Archive for March 2010

What are CME Home Price futures telling us? (And what they are not)

While the monthly release of the S&P Case-Shiller(CS) Home Price indices always results in a tremendous amount of number crunching of what has happened (with a two month delay), there is often little quantitative review of where “the market” says … Read More

March Madness and Credit Default Swaps (CDS)

My 13-year old son Jack asked me today if betting money on the NCAA basketball pool was dangerous. As a parent –and a geeky one – and knowing that every question is a potential teaching moment – I launched into … Read More

Fiserv’s Forecast: City by City (Moneywatch)

FISERV: After 2010 first-half lull -upbeat on San Fran, Boston. Poor Miami.