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Stocks Point Lower On Economic WorriesU.S. investors remained cautious Thursday about the struggling economy but found some optimism following reports that a big investor in Citigroup Inc. plans to boost his stake in the company. ... |
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Financials Drag Markets DownFinancial stocks were again leading the stock market lower after an early rally built on optimism about the tech sector evaporated. Citigroup dropped 11%. ... |
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Veblen and the savings rate (Marginal Utility)Maybe the savings behavior of Americans has nothing to do with optimism and everything to do with fear. Chris Dillow linked to this paper by Jon Wisman that confirms an idea that seems intuitively... ... |
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The Singularity and HumanityThe progress towards the metashifts that will occur, and the technological singularity, which is still theoretical, can be a time of great hope and expectation. I believe that the best chance for our optimism... ... |
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The cruelty in Gaza continues [Effect Measure]Reader JJ reminds me that while we celebrate Obama's victory and a new mood of hope and optimism in the US, the people of the Gaza strip have little to celebrate and even less reason for hope and optimism: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... ... |
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Fashion’s New Optimism?Recession, depression, credit crunch, layoffs……. it’s all so bleak. But Dazed and Confused, the cult British magazine, is coming out with a December issue all about the unlikeliest of topics: optimism. And not just any kind of optimism, but fashion optimism — warm, fuzzy... |

