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What Exactly Does the GDP Deflator Measure?: James Hamilton submits: As Menzie explained on Monday, it isn't inflation. Since there still seems to be some controversy about this issue (e.g., Rich Karlgaard, Instapundit, and Reuters), let me take a stab at it as well. Rather than walk through the detailed...; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-08-06
Stock Performance Since Earnings: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: We recently calculated the performance of all US stocks since the open following their most recent earnings reports. This takes out the initial reaction to earnings reports in after-hours and pre-market trading and highlights how investors have treated shares post earnings. As shown...; Tags: US Market, AuthenTec, Biogen Idec Inc., Continental Airlines Inc., CDI Corp., Centene Corp., Commercial Vehicle Group Inc., Elan Corp. Plc., EPIQ Systems Inc., Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Inc., Gramercy Capital Corp., ImClone Systems Inc., Overstock.com Inc., Piper Jaffray Cos., Penson Worldwide Inc., Spartan Motors Inc., SunTrust Banks Inc., Trimas Corp., Wachovia Corp.; External links 2008-08-06
The Need For Risk Management and Its Implementation: David Enke submits: The New York Times had an article yesterday about how the CEO at Freddie Mac FRE ignored the warnings signs of potential problems, in particular its financing of questionable loans that threatened its financial health. Not necessarily news, but it once again stresses the need for...; Tags: Freddie Mac, US Market, Fannie Mae; External links 2008-08-06
The New York Times Attack on Freddie Mac's Richard Syron: Jeff Miller submits: When does a good story get in the way of informing readers? Editors of all major publications face this decision each day. A recurring topic in my writing is how many bloggers play fast and loose with facts. The Internet gatekeepers push along the stories placing...; Tags: Freddie Mac, US Market, Fannie Mae; External links 2008-08-06
Greenspan to Bernanke - You're Becoming Irrelevant: Zubin Jelveh submits: You have to wonder if the former Fed Chair has any personal warmth for his successor. Judging by Greenspan's column in yesterday's Financial Times, the answer would be no. Although Greenspan's ability to move markets has waned in recent months, he's still a news maker....; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-08-06

An Equal Opportunity Rally: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: With a gain just shy of 3%, today's rally was an equal opportunity advance, as all ten S&P 500 sectors rose by at least 1%. Since the onset of the credit crisis in February 2007 (when HSBC was one of the first to...; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-08-06
Wednesday Outlook: August Rebound?: David Fry ETF Digest submits: Why the rally yesterday? The oil price declines are taking hold despite a passing hurricane and ongoing Iranian issues. The sell commodities/buy mainstream stocks play is a trade that?s gaining more traction. Add a slightly better than expected...; Tags: US Market, ETF; External links 2008-08-06
Should We Be Thinking About Relative Deflation?: Scott Rothbort submits: Housing prices continue to slump, albeit at a declining rate. Crude oil is down nearly 20% in less than a month. Copper, gold, corn, wheat all at multi month lows. Why are we so worried about inflation when the discussion ought to be focused on deflation?...; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-08-06
Does Berkshire Represent the Best of Exchange-Traded Funds?: Gary Gordon submits: Deutsche Bank endeavored to create, promote and list a Buffett-like exchange-traded vehicle on a U.S. exchange. Through the Elements namesake, they called it the Morningstar Wide Moat Total Return ETN WMW. In case you're not familiar with the "moat" concept, companies that have...; Tags: US Market, ETF; External links 2008-08-06
Commercial Banks, Riverbanks, and Moral Hazard: Jeffrey Frankel submits: Quite a few economists are worried about moral hazard in financial markets. Vince Reinhart wrote a Wall Street Journal column rebuking his former bosses after the Bear Stearns BSC intervention: “…the Federal Reserve’s action can only be viewed as rewarding bad behavior.” Ken Rogoff recently wrote in...; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-08-06
Slightly Lower Gas Prices Doesn't Mean Huge Increases in Consumer Spending: Chad Brand submits: Oil is down a couple of bucks and retailers are on fire. Sears Holdings SHLD jumped $9 per share yesterday? Remember everyone, rising gas prices did not result in plummeting retail sales and this subsequent drop does not mean Sears is all of the sudden going...; Tags: Retail, US Market, Sears Holdings Corp.; External links 2008-08-06
Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged; Walks Tightrope on Inflation: Jordan Kahn submits: As expected, on Tuesday, the FOMC decided to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 2.00%. Here are some of the highlights from its statement: Economic activity expanded in the second quarter, partly reflecting growth in consumer spending and exports....; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-08-06
Careening Towards a Financial Crisis?: Michael Panzner submits: It's been debated many times: Who is responsible for the mess our nation's finances are in - Democrats or Republicans? The reality, of course, is that both sides share the blame. No matter how hard they try, partisans can't take...; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-08-06
The Fed Is Still Expecting Inflation to Moderate: Tim Iacono submits: As expected, the Federal Reserve left short-term interest rates at the freakishly low level of just 2.0 percent earlier yesterday (that's minus 3.0 percent in real terms), noting once again that they expected inflation to moderate. Why they would expect inflation to moderate when real...; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-08-06
The Downside of Having International Exposure: eChristian Investing submits: Over the last few quarters, a declining dollar and difficult economic conditions in the U.S. have provided big benefits to companies with large international exposure. Companies which generate a large portion of their revenues from overseas have profited from favorable exchange rates and strong economies abroad. Meanwhile,...; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-08-06
What the Fed's Latest Decision Means for Investors: Marc Courtenay submits: The Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee held a key interest rate steady on Tuesday in an effort to supposedly nurse the economy back to health. This is apparently to be done without further exacerbating inflation. The decision by the U.S. central bank leaves the benchmark...; Tags: US Market, Gold, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Streettracks Gold Trust, Hecla Mining Co., IShares Silver Trust; External links 2008-08-06
Options Earnings Spreadsheet: 8/6 - 8/8: Option Dragon submits: Here is our earnings snapshot for the rest of the week. We built this list based on option liquidity volumes and have many useful data columns. Key by Option Dragon; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-08-06
Post Fed Fade?: Andrew Crowder submits: As we all know by now the market surged yesterday before and after the highly anticipated FOMC announcement. I will not bother going into the details of the announcement you can read that here because my focus as a trader is the next short-term move. Where are...; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-08-06
Corporate Fraud + Government Intervention = Bailout Nation: James Quinn submits: The U.S. financial system appears to be crumbling. Politicians and Washington bureaucrats are scrambling to make it appear like they are actually doing something. When politicians and Washington bureaucrats scramble, that means that taxpayers will be getting screwed again. They are throwing our...; Tags: US Market, Ambac Financial Group Inc., American International Group Inc., Citigroup Inc., Countrywide Financial Corp., Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, MBIA Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Toll Brothers Inc., Wachovia Corp.; External links 2008-08-06
Greenspan: Still Almost Childlike in His Idealism: Tim Iacono submits: Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan wrote in yesterday's Financial Times of more bank failures to come and warned on the need to resist heavy-handed regulation in an effort to prevent the re-occurrence of what happened on his watch. Falling home prices are the critical factor...; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-08-06