John Lounsbury

John Lounsbury submits:Calculated Risk maintains an unofficial problem bank list compiled from publicly available records. The latest list contains 844 names with a total of $412 billion in assets.

John Lounsbury submits:In case you haven't seen it elsewhere (it is one of the most popular graphs on the financial nodes on the internet), here is Calculated Risk's employment tracking chart updated with Friday's new data.

John Lounsbury submits:One of the things that talking heads keep repeating is that increased health care costs are one of the reasons causing employers to avoid adding new hires. This is reported to be especially important for smaller companies.It certainly is true that small business is seeing much less indication of recovery. The NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) survey is much more pessimistic than the ISM (Institute for Supply Management) as shown in the following graph:

John Lounsbury submits:Where have all the flowers gone?Long time passingWhere have all the flowers gone?Long time agoWhere have all the flowers gone?Girls have picked them every oneWhen will they ever learn?When will they ever learn? -- Pete Seeger

John Lounsbury submits:I reported earlier on a post by the 5-Min.

John Lounsbury submits:David Rosenberg, chief economist for Gluskin Sheff (Toronto), had an interesting graph the other day showing how well the yield of the U.S.

John Lounsbury submits:There were actually two informal meetings for bloggers at the Treasury Department last week. The one I attended on Monday (reported here and here) and another on Wednesday.

John Lounsbury submits:David Rosenberg, chief economist for Toronto's Gluskin Sheff, has a graph showing the history of the Philly Fed Business Outlook Survey. I have added annotations below (click to enlarge image):

John Lounsbury submits:This week the following graph from Chartoftheday.com has been annotated by the author to highlight similarities of the current era for stocks to a corporate earnings pattern traced out nearly a century ago.Annotation by John B. Lounsbury August 20, 2010

John Lounsbury submits:In a previous article reviewing my attendance at a small discussion group meeting with Treasury Secretary Geithner and other senior Treasury Officials, I left out one very important topic that was covered. I also failed to effectively summarize my overall impressions. First, let’s cover the omitted topic.Housing