Gross Bill

Is This a Recession? Wrong Question.

Piggybank, I'm sure where you live, in Underyourrockville, all that you wrote makes sense. I think the author's America-centricity can be explained by the fact that he was writing about the USA.

Corporate profits (as per S&P) are down 4 quarters in a row--in the USA. Over here, we don't consider that fairly good--and that hasn't happened outside of a recession. Meredith Whitney is on, gotta go.

Crunching the Numbers: It's Not a Recession

Yes, please spare George Bush this recession call as his list of failures has used up both sides of a page.

Let's blame it on all on Obama--even if he hasn't been elected yet.

Ways to Win a Recession-Predicting Contest

It seems like you fell into your own trap, Jeff. Sheesh, what passes for financial journalism.

They Call This a Bear Market?

Ummm, we just finished a bear rally...from 1276 to 1350, you think it's going to shoot up again from here?

I say it drops through 1270 this time with the added weight of bad earnings and the recession that few have really accounted for.