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May 3, 2013

“Not Funny, Whole Foods!”

Poor — and Well-Timed — Sales Either someone at the local Whole Foods has a sick sense of humor (it’s in the 30’s and snowing — again — in the Twin Cities at the moment). Or more likely, someone in corporate — literally 1,000 miles away in Austin, Texas — decided to put suntan lotion...
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Flumoxxed by the Fed[eral Reserve]

The “Alice in Wonderland” Stock Market; or, Figuring Out What the Fed Will Do  “The next level analysis is [determining] whether . . . good news is bad (meaning less accommodation) or good (economic improvement); or conversely, whether bad news is good (meaning more accommodation) or bad (economic deterioration).” –Barry Ritholtz, “Predicting Jobs Data is Hard...
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“Million Dollar Listing . . . Minneapolis?!?”

“Relative” Reality “The level of reality is very high.” –Bravo producer, “Million Dollar Listing New York”; The Real and Unreal on Reality TV (NYT, May 2, 2013) First, there was the Crime Scene Investigation (“CSI”) franchise. As in, “CSI:  Las Vegas,” “CSI: Miami,” “CSI:  New York,” etc. Next came The Real Housewives of . ....
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