BigLaw Partner Confused for Ryan Lochte’s Attorney
Jeffrey Ostrow, a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, has some pretty big name clients. Intel comes to him for legal advice, as do Marvell, Spotify, and Cisco. But as…
Should You Use Microsoft Bookings to Manage Your Calendar?
If you’re looking to modernize the way you schedule appointments, you might want to check out Microsoft Bookings. The new Office 360 application out of Redmond lets you schedule and…
Lawyers Should Prepare for Two Seasonal Divorce Spikes
Are you a family lawyer that handles divorces? If so, the findings that were presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association may be of interest of you.…
What’s Wrong With This Picture? (Again)
Stocks at the high of the day, Treasury yields at the low of the day, gold at the high of the day… someone is wrong or the ‘QE trade’ is…
CLSA: “The Bank Of Japan Has Nationalized The Japanese Stock Market”
Following the recent announcement by the BOJ that it would double its ETF purchases to ¥6 trillion, or $58 billion, up from the current ¥3.3 trillion, which is the equivalent…
VIX-Slam To 11 Handle Sends S&P To Record Highs
The German government is warning its people to ‘stockpile’ food, water and cash in case of ‘war’.“A wad of cash is another important part of any household’s emergency supplies. There…
US Manufacturing Flashes “Warning Light” As New Orders, Employment Tumble
Following the eurozone’s disappointing drift lower in Manufacturing PMI (and weakness in German Services), August’s US preliminary manufacturing PMI printed a disasppointing 52.1 (against expectations of 52.6). Weakness in Employment…
Gilts Spike After Cover Ratio In Today’s 15Y+ POMO Tumbles, BOE Buys All Bonds At Premium
While last week the UK bond market breathed a sigh of relief when the BOE found more than enough willing sellers into its longest-maturity, 15Y+ repurchase, or POMO, operation, following…
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Survey Collapses By Most On Record
Following flash PMI’s drop, another early August indicator has collapsed as Richmond Fed’s manufacturing survey plunges to -11 (lowest since Jan 2013) missing expectations of +6. The plunge from July’s…
New Home Sales Soar Most Since 2007 Driven By Southern Sales Surge
While the accuracy of the new home sales data is notorious questionable, with regular revisions wiping out both up- and down-side outlier prints, moments ago the Census reported that in…