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POPSHedge Funds Did Beat Hedge funds beat market returns. But these funds compensation structures mean lean times for managers and staffers. This will hit real estate and luxury good sales in high-end zip codes.
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POPSTaxpayers Likely Profit Hank is getting us a nice dividend on the money we invest in Wall Street. He's also likely buying at the bottom (even if one or two banks don't make it). This, of course, all depends on whether the cash infusion actually gets banks to lend.
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POPSCoal for Christmas Slide 27 in this deck by Sequoia Capital shows the extent to which Americans used their homes as ATMs... and won't be able to going forward.
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POPSShort Ban's So-So Results No-short stocks caught up (or down) with the rest of the S&P500, but mainly thanks to a 10% drop the day the ban expired.
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POPSIs Helping-Out Also Bailing-Out? While the House failed to pass the $700 billion bail-out, the FDIC is pledging millions to Citigroup for its Wachovia deal. That could be, in effect, a different flavor bail-out.
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POPSWhen The Lipstick Fades Palin's earmark spending ranks HIGHER than Obama's. She's going to have to do more convincing to prove herself as a reformer.
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POPSTech Spending & GDP Since 1990, and with the exception of 2000-2001, tech spending has swiftly outpaced economic growth.
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POPSSearch Ads Rule In a tightening economy, advertisers are betting on search over banner ads. Can better targeting save banners?
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POPSHigh Expectations for the market Wall Street forecasters are predicting big earnings jumps for next quarter. The last three months of 2007 were lousy, but is there enough signs that this year's finish will be that much brighter?
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POPSOil demand isn't about us We've managed to knock down our driving and fuel consumption while, impressively, growing our economy 3.3%. But going forward, China and India will be huge consumers of oil. Any efficiency gains we can make will pay off.
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POPSWhat's Old is New Again Most ad spending is still locked in "old" methods. Yet the "new" methods are not as different as we thought they'd be.
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POPSIs the Web making young people vote? Youth voter turnout has increased in recent elections, including this year's primaries. I believe the Web has made it easier and more interesting to be politically engaged -- and young people are connecting online.
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POPSHousing Tax Credit Instead Fan & Fred pass some cheap money to home buyers, but the majority of it goes to banks. Why is the U.S. government subsidizing lenders? Instead, pass along the savings directly to homeowners.
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POPSIs being cruel online illegal? The case of Megan Meier, who committed suicide last year - is testing new, very interesting legal ground that has previously been used against hackers.
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POPSEntitlement Creep Forecasts for entitlement spending are eye-popping. If we don't want to mirror Europe's slow decline (people don't take jobs because the government pays more, for not working), we must stop this. Increasing taxes isn't the answer.
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POPSSan Francisco Swings Right? Voters came out in favor of a massive housing development plan, and against the initiative that aimed at making the new housing units more "fair". Is San Francisco trending right?
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