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A Win & a Fail

Published at 25 March 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

From the week past

 

For the Win 

Toppris

Toppris – a kind of biscuit/topic/milky chocolate hybrid

 

Fail

Real

Real Energy Chocolate – disgusting dark stuff

 

Guess which one we got issued…

 

Are Economic Journalists a Barometer for the Intelligence of the Wider Financial Community?

Published at 30 January 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

I hope not.

So how about for 2009 we give up on the monthly sales numbers and builder-confidence surveys and home-price indexes. We already know 2009 isn’t going to be any better than 2008 in the housing market. Let’s just wait until next January to confirm that and avoid all the angst in between.Steve Kerch, assistant managing editor, MarketWatch

Similar rant against financial idiotism in Kevin Depew’s 5 things column on Minyanville today.