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Archive for April 2012
Floating-rate Treasury Debt?

Floating-rate Treasury Debt?

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Bloomberg has an intriguing April 29 article on Treasury Floaters According to Bloomberg, the Treasury may announce on May...
Speculation and gas prices

Speculation and gas prices

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I was getting myself frothed up about the recent idea that  “speculators” are behind the recent gas price increase. ...
How to lie with statistics

How to lie with statistics

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Along with David Leonhardt’s interesting article “Taxmageddon,” last weekend's  New York Times Sunday Review included...
Money Market Runs

Money Market Runs

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A good oped in Bloomberg’s “Business Class” series tackles money market funds. (I signed it along with the rest of the Squam...
Price and volatility in the great crash

Price and volatility in the great crash

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I made the following cool graph last week. (Well, I think it’s cool):The black line is the VIX volatility index. You can...
Supreme court and health insurance part II

Supreme court and health insurance part II

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Yesterday’s post morphed into a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, reprinted below.Why am I going on? I think too many people don’t...
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