Running Numbers: Surowiecki on how much the payrolls report can be trusted.
Citi and the Kitchen Sink Theory: "Banks cannot just arbitrarily decide how large they want their write-downs to be. But assigning values to mortgage-related securities these days is a notoriously inexact business, which leaves lots of room for discretion."
Gasoline prices: As prices rise, motorists drive less, and more slowly, and choose more fuel-efficient vehicles. But none of these effects are large.
To Blog or Not to Blog: Should prospective traders start blogging?
BofA’s awesome Countrywide tax break
Triggers Look at Banks, SEC Looks at Merrill Trading,
In Search of ‘Front-Running’: The WSJ’s insider-trading reports.