Archive for February, 2011

ROGER AILES INDICTMENT STORY UPDATE: Source Was Some Guy In Airport – The Business Insider

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ROGER AILES INDICTMENT STORY UPDATE: Source Was Some Guy In AirportThe Business InsiderThe story was first reported by financial commentator Barry Ritholtz, who said he heard it from someone whose had just learned that Roger Ailes had cancelled a speaking engagement for legal reasons. Ritholtz asked his source to clarify, and the source [...]

Internet buzzing with reports that Fox News boss Roger Ailes will be indicted – Straight.com

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Internet buzzing with reports that Fox News boss Roger Ailes will be indictedStraight.comCiting an unnamed source, blogger and economic commentator Barry Ritholtz claimed in a post that Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News, will be indicted "probably this week, maybe even Monday". Others have repeated Ritholtz's assertions. …The story behind the [...]

Roger Ailes to be Indicted – MainStreetMonroe.com

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Roger Ailes to be IndictedMainStreetMonroe.comLast week, the NY Times broke the story that Roger Ailes had urged various colleagues to lie to Federal investigators; (David Corn explains the background to this here). “It was an incendiary allegation …There's A Report Going Around That Fox News Chief Roger Ailes Is About To Be …The [...]

The explanation is much simpler. The Beat Goes On. – Green Faucet Global Market Commentaries

The explanation is much simpler. The Beat Goes On.Green Faucet Global Market CommentariesConsistent and aggressive critic (another of our featured sources) Barry Ritholtz has this take. Initial Jobless Claims. The highly volatile series moved higher, but the trend continues lower. It is not good enough to improve the employment picture. …and more »

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Four Questions for Ben Bernanke on His Global Saving Glut Hypothesis – Wall Street Pit

Four Questions for Ben Bernanke on His Global Saving Glut HypothesisWall Street Pit… plus a term premium) these developments pushed down medium to longer yields as well as seen in the figure below: As Barry Ritholtz notes this drop in yields caused big problems for fixed income fund managers expected to deliver a certain return. [...]

Market Crash 2011: It will hit by Christmas – MarketWatch

Market Crash 2011: It will hit by ChristmasMarketWatchSo if you really want to know how Wall Street's con game works on you, Barry Ritholtz, the financial genius behind “Bailout Nation,” recently summarized it in the Washington Post: “Humans make all the same mistakes, over and over again. …and more »

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Weighing the Week Ahead: The Beat Goes On – Seeking Alpha

Weighing the Week Ahead: The Beat Goes OnSeeking AlphaConsistent and aggressive critic (another of our featured sources) Barry Ritholtz has this take. Initial Jobless Claims. The highly volatile series moved higher, but the trend continues lower. It is not good enough to improve the employment picture. …

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Is Gold 50% Overpriced or 25% Underpriced? – Seeking Alpha

Is Gold 50% Overpriced or 25% Underpriced?Seeking AlphaThe core of the argument referenced an analysis done by Barry Ritholtz who observed that since 1970 the price of oil went up 700% yet the price of gold only went up 400%. It follows that if oil is more or less priced correctly today (which in my [...]

TGIF – Holding That 100% Line Would Be Nice – Seeking Alpha

TGIF – Holding That 100% Line Would Be NiceSeeking Alpha"The scale of this rally is just enormous," said New York money manager Barry Ritholtz. He calls it the most intense rally since the Depression. Even during the go-go 1990s, the S&P typically took around three years to double. …and more »

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Forex – The NAR Reponds to Questions of Overstating Sales – ForexTV.com

Forex – The NAR Reponds to Questions of Overstating SalesForexTV.comBarry Ritholtz picked up on the story this morning. Home sales measurements have shown to differ at times as reported by NAR and some outside organizations. Here are the facts and background you need to know. NAR collects sales data from numerous MLSs, …and more »

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