Pages
Netflix shares tumble
David Brancaccio Nov 11, 2011
Netflix stock could use some mouth-to-mouth today. The company's shares fell more than 30 percent today, the first time they have been below $100 since the summer of 2009.
Sweet tooth -- traders buy commodities
Paddy Hirsch Nov 10, 2011
Commodities priced jumped today, after prices fell to a ten-moth low last week. Sugar spun up to its highest price in more than a month. Aluminum rose, and coffee perked up, too.
Why Banks Don't Listen to their Risk Managers
Paddy Hirsch Sep 19, 2011
Woodbine Associates sent me an opinion piece this morning. It's a bit long, but it makes for interesting reading....
Glug glug glug - cash drains out of stocks
Paddy Hirsch Nov 1, 2011
Money continues to flow out of the stock market. A report by Bloomberg News today cites research by the Investment Company Institute and EPFR...
Bernanke: nothing for now
Paddy Hirsch Sep 8, 2011
The Fed Chairman said today that he "expects economic growth to improve slowly and inflation to ease":http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents...
The problem with Operation Twist
Paddy Hirsch Sep 7, 2011
Or should I say, another problem. Operation Twist is designed to lower long term interest rates, in order to make it cheaper or consumers to borrow...
Europe: Nooobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition. Yet.
Heidi N. Moore Nov 10, 2011
If you thought America's problems - four years into the financial crisis aftermath - were bad, it's particularly sobering to realize that Europe,...
When the market's up, we buy cars...
Paddy Hirsch Aug 31, 2011
...and when it's down, we don't. That makes no sense, of course: the stock markets are not an accurate reflection of the national economy. They...
Hedge funds taking a hammering
Paddy Hirsch Aug 30, 2011
Some Americans may be feeling a hint of schadenfreude at the news that hedge funds are having a hard time of it in this market....
