We already discussed the worrying collapse in industrial metals, including copper. Doug Kass via Barry Ritholtz provides this chart which shows one of the reasons the move lower in copper is worrying:
This isn’t comforting at all.
We already discussed the worrying collapse in industrial metals, including copper. Doug Kass via Barry Ritholtz provides this chart which shows one of the reasons the move lower in copper is worrying:
This isn’t comforting at all.

Like me, Barry Ritholtz sniffed a whiff of panic in the Fed’s actions yesterday. The question he asks is why they acted before their meeting. Here are his questions, all good. I have pretty much stolen the whole post. Hopefully Barry will not mind: What does this mean for investors. Quite a number of...
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Can I ask for some applause for this from Crossing Wall Street? I have to agree with Frederic Mishkin of the Fed: I think there is too much focus on what decision will be made about the federal funds rate target at the next FOMC meeting. What is important for pricing most financial assets...
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Barry Ritholtz, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Dottie Herman, Noah Rosenblatt and Nouriel Roubini debate the housing market and its impact on the economy.
Hat tip: Barry Ritholtz
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