Counterparties

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Predicting jobs data is not only hard — it's also useless

Aaron Task: RT @ritholtz: Get ready for the most overanalyzed, least useful data spasm of the month! http://t.co/7SCU8gomta

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"Infrastructure": one of those meaningless terms that almost no one thinks about critically

blogs.reuters.com Discussion Tweet This

Jack Shafer: New @ReutersOpinion: Infrastructure BS http://t.co/NxKjnSsq

Job seekers stand in line to meet prospective employers at a career fair in New York City

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"Today's problem is unemployment. Tomorrow's problem is the deficit"

online.wsj.com Discussion Tweet This

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Should hospitals be more like the Cheesecake Factory?

newyorker.com Discussion Tweet This

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"You are no different from some teen in Indiana with a LiveJournal about cutting"

theawl.com Discussion Tweet This

Katie Baker: "You are no different from some teen in Indiana with a LiveJournal about cutting. Sorry folks!" http://t.co/U0lOyIzB (via @doree)

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"Crowdmuppeting is a super dumb way to raise capital"

dealbreaker.com Discussion Tweet This

Heidi N. Moore: RT @mccarthyryanj: "crowdmuppeting is a super dumb way to raise capital" http://t.co/117o1JPf

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How "the robosigning agreement has allowed the mass production of perjury."

washingtonpost.com Discussion Tweet This

John Kiff: Foreclosure settlement a failure of law, a triumph for bank attorneys http://t.co/8Z8YbQlm | Barry Ritholtz via @washingtonpost

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Wall Street reports are not "research"

iheartwallstreet.com Discussion Tweet This

The Aleph Blog: Recent Tweets

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"Of course ADP hasn't been very useful in predicting the BLS report."

calculatedriskblog.com Discussion Tweet This

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Allessio Rastani is not actually saying anything that radical

kiddynamitesworld.com Discussion Tweet This

WSJ.com: MarketBeat Blog - WSJ.com: Alessio Rastani Is Not Exactly Saying Anything All That Radical

Deals
5/24

Yahoo joins the gaggle of bidders for Hulu

EU Mess
5/24
3 Sources

IMF searches soul, blames Europe

UGH
5/24
6 Sources

"It's Rich Kids of Instagram, concentrated in one Canadian"

Bubbly
5/24
2 Sources

Private equity firms and hedge funds are recruiting first-year analysts again

Politicking
5/24

The politicians who hate food stamps but love agricultural subsidies

Housing
5/24

New home sales are up and "will probably continue to increase for some time"

Beer
5/24
1 Sources

Fracking threatens to destroy the German beer industry

Second Acts
5/23

Meet the guy who helps hedge funders cope with prison

Felix
5/23
7 Sources

"The view that 'we have to pay a price for past sins' is nearly always wrong"

Things We Don't Need
5/23
2 Sources

New rifle allows uses "user to stream live video and audio to an iPad "

TBTF
5/23
3 Sources

"The Too Big to Fail Subsidy is Negative Ten Billion Dollars, Says Goldman Sachs"

Hoarders
5/23
3 Sources

Corporate America's hoarding more and more cash, even as the economy improves

Alpha
5/23
1 Sources

No one's particularly sure why the Nikkei dropped 7% overnight

EU Mess
5/23
5 Sources

Rogoff: Fixing the eurozone crisis will require massive writedowns of debt

Crisis Retro
5/23

Ratings agencies are not rating RMBS high enough, so investors are ignoring them

Yikes
5/23
11 Sources

The oil price-fixing scandal has landed in the U.S.

Fannie Mae "is regaining its swagger even as lawmakers plot its demise"

Wall Street lobbyists frequently help draft financial legislation

The deeper agenda behind Abenomics

Good Points

Predicting jobs data is not only hard — it's also useless

"Infrastructure": one of those meaningless terms that almost no one thinks about critically

"Today's problem is unemployment. Tomorrow's problem is the deficit"

Should hospitals be more like the Cheesecake Factory?

"You are no different from some teen in Indiana with a LiveJournal about cutting"

"Crowdmuppeting is a super dumb way to raise capital"

How "the robosigning agreement has allowed the mass production of perjury."

Wall Street reports are not "research"

"Of course ADP hasn't been very useful in predicting the BLS report."

Allessio Rastani is not actually saying anything that radical

Yahoo joins the gaggle of bidders for Hulu

IMF searches soul, blames Europe

"It's Rich Kids of Instagram, concentrated in one Canadian"

Private equity firms and hedge funds are recruiting first-year analysts again

The politicians who hate food stamps but love agricultural subsidies

New home sales are up and "will probably continue to increase for some time"

Fracking threatens to destroy the German beer industry

Meet the guy who helps hedge funders cope with prison

"The view that 'we have to pay a price for past sins' is nearly always wrong"

New rifle allows uses "user to stream live video and audio to an iPad "

"The Too Big to Fail Subsidy is Negative Ten Billion Dollars, Says Goldman Sachs"

Corporate America's hoarding more and more cash, even as the economy improves

No one's particularly sure why the Nikkei dropped 7% overnight

Rogoff: Fixing the eurozone crisis will require massive writedowns of debt

Ratings agencies are not rating RMBS high enough, so investors are ignoring them

Dairy farmers are drowning in Greek yogurt's acidic byproduct