Alea

A Dash of Insight

Employment Situation Report Preview

Each month we ask the question, "What change in payroll employment would be consistent with other economic data from the same time period (the middle of the prior month)?This is ... [Link]

FT Alphaville

The Weekender

 This week on FT Alphaville, - Fiscal patriotism, we NEED YOU! - Bubbles, the shampoo and Chinese kind. - A rogue trader in crude oil. - Introducing www.franktimis.co.uk. - Taleb ... [Link]

Le blog d'éconoclaste

The Krugman Blues

Paul Krugman est décidément une muse pour les chanteurs talentueux. A part ça, régulièrement dans mes oreilles ces temps-ci, les rigolos de Naive New Beaters. Ça sent l'été, je vous ... [Link]

Abnormal Returns

Friday links: the factor of chance

We want to wish all of our readers a happy and healthy Fourth of July. Don’t believe all the hype about record Wall Street bonuses.  (The Big Money) Taking ... [Link]

Across the Curve

Appetite for the Greenback Sated

From Bloomberg news a story that India has joined the chorus of those talking diversification. [Link]

The Aleph Blog

Efficient Markets as a Limiting Concept; There are Conceptual Limits to Efficient Markets

I do and don’t believe in the efficient markets hypothesis [EMH].  I do believe in the adaptive markets hypothesis [AMH].   The efficient markets hypothesis posits that: Past public information can’t ... [Link]