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Much has been made of the fact that the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 11,000 last week. (For further reference, it’s trading at about 11,123 as I type this.) Woooooo?
See, the problem is that I’m not exactly sure what I am supposed to be taking from this information from an overall economic perspective. [...]
I am not a huge fan of April Fools’ Day- given that a large part of my existence is reading and interpreting the news, I would hope you can imagine how frustrating it is to not know whether the stories are real or fake. So far, I’ve come across:
A marriage proposal
A fashion site that [...]
Tags: Finance · Just For Fun · Random Links
I wrote a few weeks ago about Goldman Sachs’ involvement in the problems that are plaguing Greece. This seems to be a confusing topic for everyone, both because it involves a lot of finance mumbo-jumbo and also because journalists have a vested interest in making their stories more interesting by taking somewhat of a [...]
Tags: Finance · Follow Ups
You know, I was previously worried that Goldman Sachs had Washington just a tad too much in its back pocket…good thing then, I suppose, that Greece has allowed me to take an “at least I’m not THAT guy” stance and feel much better.
If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you at the very least [...]
Tags: Finance · Incentives · Macroeconomics · Markets
I knew I would see my name in lights someday, and now it’s official: I am giving a humor talk at the annual meeting of the American Economics Association. My name’s even in the program and everything. (Do a search for humor and you’ll find it. And for the record, Caroline [...]
Tags: Finance · Just For Fun
