Risk & Robustness-Black Swan: New Yorker
Risk & Robustness-Black Swan: New Yorker:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb talks with James Surowiecki about the causes of the 2008 financial crisis and the future of the economy.

Risk & Robustness-Black Swan: New Yorker:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb talks with James Surowiecki about the causes of the 2008 financial crisis and the future of the economy.

Anticipating a busy week on the jobs & housing front, with Ward McCarthy, Jefferies, and Cameron Findlay, LendingTree.com.

The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged at 1% Thursday, as widely expected. João Borges de Assunção from Católica School of Business, Charlie Morris from HSBC Global Asset Management and Brendan Brown from Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International have analysis.

Durable goods orders for February continued the up trend we’ve seen over the last couple of months. John Canally, of LPL Financial, and Bob Baur, of Principal Global Investors, share their insight.

Parsing Obama’s “Investing in America” town hall meeting with Diane Swonk, of Mesirow Financial; Robert Doll, of BlackRock; and Bill Gross, of Pimco.

Double Dip Recession Ahead?
Are we headed toward a double dip recession? Diane Swonk, of Mesirow Financial, and CNBC’s Steve Liesman discuss.

Looking at the market, since Monday’s follow-through day, the market and a batch of leading stocks, steadily rallied which is a healthy sign. The fact that we have not seen any serious distribution days show up since Monday’s FTD bodes well for this nascent rally. It is also a welcome sign to see the market continue to improve as investors digest the latest round of stronger than expected economic and earnings data. Remember that now that a new rally has been confirmed, the window is open to start buying high quality breakouts. Trade accordingly.