Hedge fun
economist.com 10/16/2008 — WHAT, exactly, is going on? This whole global bail-out thing was supposed to turn the crash into a soothing gradual bear market, and yet volatility indexes remain off the charts, and 10% swings are, if anything, increasing. What's the deal? One ...

Retail--Enough Fun For You
upsidetrader.blogspot.com 4/7/2009 — Enough is enough, I'll keep you posted.

Bailouts should be no fun
econbrowser.com 1/25/2009 — If everybody wants a bailout, that's a good indication that we're making some mistakes.

CPSIA: I’m from the government and I’m here to help
rescuemarketing.com 2/9/2009 — Former FEMA Director Michael Brown One of the natural reactions to a CPSIA discussion with store owners, manufacturers, the press and other business people that I speak to about the Act is “Oh, the government would never do anything to shut down ...

Fun with R-Squared
paul.kedrosky.com 2/5/2009 — The following graph is from Paul Krugman’s site, and while there’s no denying a relationship between inflation/deflation and an output gap, the R-squared on this thing must be darn small, making the imposed line  … optimistic.

CPSIA and the national press
overlawyered.com 2/9/2009 — I was sitting down to write a more extended post about the press’s treatment of the CPSIA controversy when I found that Prof. Mark Obbie, whose LawBeat blog watches the world of legal journalism closely, had already said much of what I wanted ...

CPSIA | Business is Personal
rescuemarketing.com 2/9/2009 — Courtney : CPSIA has forced Selecta to stop selling their toys in the US, so the legislation doesn’t only affect... marianne : Love the analogy of CPSIA to the poopy diapar leaking all over the place. Well stated for a 6 month old.... Trevor Thorson : ...

Triple the Fun
adamsoptions.blogspot.com 12/8/2008 — So a month in, how have those triples fared? Let's see, since inception, the Russell is down about 20%. TNA, The Triple long has "outperformed", down only 58%. TZA, the triple short? Up 28%. Um, that's a bit of underperformance, ouch. Now remember, ...

CPSIA and vintage books
overlawyered.com 2/11/2009 — As readers are aware , the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday advised thrift stores and other resellers and distributors of used goods to discard (unless they wished to test for lead or take other typically unpractical steps such as ...

The banking challenge (video)
marketnewslive.blogspot.com 1/22/2009 — The Obama administration faces many challenges, including the a fast rescue for the desperate banking system President Obama has given few specifics about how he plans to rescue the ailing banking system. But with the situation growing more dire every day, action is needed. Bobbi Rebell reports.