April 1, 2008

The Case of the Disappearing iPhones

This is a strange story: According to various sources, most Apple stores in the country are newly out of iPhones. While you can order them from the Apple Store with 5-7 day delivery, you can't get them in stores....

Doug Kass Poses Market Rorschach Test

Doug Kass over at TheStreet/RealMoney has posed a kind of backdoor market Rorschach test today. By posted a faux conversion/confession on his supposed shift from bearishness to raging bullishness he got lots of attention -- and now bears and...

Paulson Plan Pillorying Proceeds

Great to see that I'm not alone in pillorying Henry Paulson's plan for regulation reform in the U.S. Damn investment bankers think every solution involves M&A or a takeover, and that's what Paulson is trying to orchestrate here. This thing...

Best/Worst Q1 Performers

The good people over at Bespoke have up a useful table of the best/worst performers of Q1/08 from the Russell 3000. Here they are, with an energy stock leading the way up:...