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- The Accidental Consultant
- The Armageddon economy has created a new shadow workforce of, ahem, consultants. If you're one, here's how to make the best of it — and maybe find your next job.The ranks of the white-collar unemployed have risen by more than a third since 2007. The market for full-time employment is...
- Articles 2009-05-26
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- The Economy is Scraping Along the Bottom
- Many economic analysts took comfort this week from the fact that initial jobless claims were down, but there was also a lot of evidence that we're still scraping along. Sure, it's good to know we actually have hit bottom - for a time in January the economy was in freefall...
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- U.S. Economy: Another Crack Opening Up?
- Michael Panzner submits: You see plenty of reports nowadays suggesting that financial Armageddon has been avoided. Meanwhile, "experts" in Washington and on Wall Street congratulate each other on their apparent success in preventing the crisis flood waters from breaching the financial system's levee walls. In reality, all...
- External links 2009-07-23
- IS THE RECESSION REALLY OVER?
- David A. Rosenberg is Chief Economist & Strategist at Gluskin Sheff, with a focus on providing a top-down perspective to the Firm's investment process. Mr. Rosenberg has earned both Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Economics from the University of Toronto. Prior to joining Gluskin Sheff, David...
- News items 2009-08-19
- At WPP, Martin Sorrell Indulges His Inner Economics Professor
- Sir Martin Sorrell, chief of agency holding company WPP, inserted a curious rant about economics into his third quarter earnings press release. WPP â€" which includes ad agencies such as Ogilvy & Mather, JWT and Grey Global Group â€" normally makes a fairly staid statement of its finances and restricts...
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Tech Demand Outlook: It's Anyone's Guess, but Execs Are Preparing For the Worst
- Almost a month has passed since technology demand fell off dramatically; the stock markets tanked and worry about the credit crisis moved from Wall Street to Main Street to your company. Despite this perfect storm it’s hard to generalize the enterprise technology economy. Simply put, it’s not all gloom and...
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Improving the Wall Street Bailout Proposal
- Improving the Wall Street Bailout ProposalRE: Improving the Wall Street Bailout ProposalShut down Freddie Mac and Fannie May and let the banks in trouble go bankrupt. The financial market needs this enema. Top off with increased accountability and regulation. And convince the population to buy homes it can afford.RE: Improving...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Diane Swonk: What's Next for the Markets?
- Investors may be overly jubilant, but the trend is good, says prominent economist Diane Swonk. She discusses whether she thinks the recent rally is sustainable, which market sectors look good (and which don't), and what could derail a recovery. Swonk...
- Articles 2009-08-06
- Karma Strikes Investment Banks
- Finally, proof that Karma exists. Wall Street's investment banks have had a sweet deal, a free ride, for decades. Now they’re finally getting what’s coming to them. In every major corporate fraud story --- Enron, WorldCom, Refco, you name it --- at least one investment bank was complicit. Ten...
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- E-Commerce Forecasts Are All Over the Map
- The fourth quarter for e-commerce will be very telling. Will online sales continue to grow even if the consumer is strapped? Or will e-commerce increasingly look like the rest of the retail sector? To wit: Amazon’s fourth quarter outlook, which had a range so...
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- Government's Plans for 2009 Miss the Mark
- Andrew Hughes submits: As 2008 comes to an end after a brain curdling descent in to an economic abyss, what is on the to-do list for 2009? Will the same mistakes that were made to try and ease the impact of the crisis be repeated in 2008? All indications are...
- External links 2008-12-16
- Valuation Headwinds for Stocks
- Eric Parnell submits: Stocks continue to celebrate the survival of the global financial system. The change in investor sentiment has been dramatic. As recently as early March, the market was deeply troubled that the banking system and the worldwide economy may be grinding to a halt. But in the...
- External links 2009-06-10
- Consumer Confidence: Broadway Musical Needed!
- I have confidence in sunshine I have confidence in rain I have confidence that spring will come again Besides which you see I have confidence in me -from The Sound of Music (music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) ...
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- Too-Big-to-Fail and the Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
- Jim Gobetz submits: A year or so ago in the aftermath of the Lehman Bros LEHMQ.PK) failure, as we stood on the precipice of economic Armageddon, our then Secretary of the Treasury came before the people and said that if we didn’t rescue a group of firms in the...
- External links 2009-10-30
- Stolen: The Price War Retailers Will Never Win
- Retail stores are, officially, being hit from all sides. Sales are lackluster and consumer confidence is down. But it turns out that on top of trying to just stay afloat in this economic climate, retailers are faced with an increasingly grave problem – organized retail theft rings. ...
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- There's Got to Be a Better Way Than TARP I!
- Alpha TimerAllen Phatimer submits: The whole idea of using taxpayer money at the Treasury to stabilize the economy and arrest the collateral economic damage which Wall Street has wrought on Main Street is either naïve or sinister. Naïve if Paulson and Congress really thought this was the most efficient and...
- External links 2009-01-22
- The bear's bear turns bullish as bids hit the buffers
- It's been a bad week for bears. Just two years ago, Morgan Stanley's chief economist Stephen Roach, who is known as the "Bear's Bear", was predicting economic "Armageddon". Now he has had a change of heart, inspired by the International Monetary Fund's decision last month to begin talks to resolve...
- Research articles 2006-05-07
- JPM Strategist's Market Outlook - Another Wall Street Clown Show
- Michael Panzner submits: It's been a while since I laughed out loud while going through the news, but that's just what happened when I read the following Reuters report, "JPMorgan's Lee Sees S&P 500 Retest of '07 Record." As a service to loyal Financial Armageddon visitors, I thought I'd...
- External links 2009-06-19
- BofA's Wrist Slap Speaks Volumes About Capital Markets Integrity
- J Clinton Hill submits: I normally observe most of Wall Street’s shenanigans from an emotional distance and refrain from throwing my two cents into the pot with other critics, but every now and then something really gets under my skin. This time it is the B of...
- External links 2009-08-03
- CIT: Lessons Learned
- Tom Lindmark submits: Here’s a dirty little secret for you. The market actually works and we don’t need to bail out everyone. I guess that’s two secrets. Remember how the imminent demise of CIT was going to tank small businesses from sea to shining sea? The usual...
- External links 2009-08-11
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