What's in the Cards for Our Economy? APM Marketplace
TEXT OF INTERVIEW: KAI RYSSDAL: 3M and McDonald's aren't the most likely of corporate bedfellows. But they made similar news this morn...

Systemic Risk: High in Europe, Not So Bad in the U.S.
(Click to enlarge)Two weeks ago I highlighted the spike in swap spreads both here and in Europe, noting that they indicated deep-seated...

Economists Strive For Better Forecasting Regime
Economists have almost as much trouble making sense of the past as they do in their fundamental role of forecasting the future path of ...

A View From the Financial Overhaul Conference
As top Democrats met Tuesday to plan their end-game on new financial regulations, Sen. Judd Gregg (R., N.H.) warned in an interview tha...

Tuesday Reading
Some reads for a Tuesday afternoon . . . Kass: Placing Our Bets, Once More, on the Banks? (TheStreet.com) U.S. s $13 Trillio...

U.K. Facing 'Formidable' Challenge in Reducing Deficit
The scale of the United Kingdom s (UK) ( AAA /Stable Outlook) fiscal challenge is formidable and warrants a strong medium ter...

Today's Headlines
Bloomberg:Fitch Says U.K. Fiscal Challenge 'Formidable;' Pound Declines. Britain is facing a fiscal challenge and needs to accelerate ...

Make Up Your Own Facts
Barry Ritholtz takes on Art Laffer's recent opinion piece in the WSJ arguing that we're headed for economic disaster if the Bush tax cu...

Hedge Fund Trends: Overall Very Low Net Long
Given the recent market downturn and ramp up in volatility, it should come as no surprise that hedge funds have been unwinding risk as...