Daily commentary about business and finance.

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• The Dread "Inverted Yield Curve" It makes brave economists cower.
  Daniel Gross Dec. 29, 2005
  
• Hedge Funds Are the New Mutual Funds Oh, dear.
  Daniel Gross Dec. 27, 2005
  
• The End of the Line Steven Brill's plan to improve airport security—and save you 30 minutes.
  Daniel Gross Dec. 22, 2005
  
• Are Journalists Underpaid? Pity the sad, broke New York Times reporter.
  Daniel Gross Dec. 20, 2005
  
• The Tannenbaum Equation Are holiday tree sales a leading economic indicator?
  Daniel Gross Dec. 16, 2005
  
• GM's Board Is Bad This is why.
  Daniel Gross Dec. 14, 2005
  
• Didn't Pay Your Mortgage? Don't Worry. Why banks are so afraid to foreclose on you.
  Daniel Gross Dec. 12, 2005
  
• Buy What You Hate Which is the better stock: the company with a good reputation or the one with a bad one?
  Daniel Gross Dec. 7, 2005
  
• Obscure Economic Indicator: The Global Failures Index The bad news: It's going way up in 2006.
  Daniel Gross Dec. 5, 2005
  
• Obscure Economic Indicator: Keeneland Thoroughbred Sales What the price of racehorses signals about the health of the world economy.
  Daniel Gross Dec. 2, 2005
  
• I Want My MTV But you can keep your MTV2.
  Daniel Gross Nov. 30, 2005
  
• Can the Jews Save Christmas? Hanukkah is late this year. Will this help retailers?
  Daniel Gross Nov. 28, 2005
  
• My Cartel Is Bigger Than Your Cartel How we can screw OPEC.
  Daniel Gross Nov. 23, 2005
  
• GM's Other Victim For years, the Big Three staved off catastrophe by crushing auto parts manufacturers. Not anymore.
  Daniel Gross Nov. 21, 2005
  
• Housing Bubble Insurance Can you protect the value of your home when the housing market drops?
  Daniel Gross Nov. 18, 2005
  
• Dark Knight Why would anyone want to buy Knight Ridder?
  Daniel Gross Nov. 14, 2005
  
• Obscure Economic Indicator: The Price of Copper The metal tells us almost everything we need to know about the global economy.
  Daniel Gross Nov. 11, 2005
  
• The Big Money What's wrong with $100 billion mutual funds.
  Daniel Gross Nov. 10, 2005
  
• Avoiding Las Vegas Is the hottest destination in America cooling off?
  Daniel Gross Nov. 7, 2005
  
• Sam Alito, Financial Whiz Why his great investment strategy suggests he'll be a good justice.
  Henry Blodget Nov. 3, 2005
  
• Repo Men Debt collectors don't send thugs with baseball bats anymore. Now they sic lawyers on you.
  Daniel Gross Nov. 2, 2005
  
• Tax 'em Till They Turn Red The Bush tax panel's plan to screw Democrats.
  Daniel Gross Oct. 31, 2005
  
• You Know The Donald … Now meet The Donny.
  Daniel Gross Oct. 27, 2005
  
• Green Is Good Corporations finally learn that energy conservation is great for profits.
  Daniel Gross Oct. 26, 2005
  
• What's in Bernanke's Wallet? A psycho-financial analysis of Fed chair nominee Ben Bernanke.
  Henry Blodget Oct. 25, 2005
  
• Big Ben Bernanke's a great choice for Fed chairman, but is he tough enough on inflation?
  Daniel Gross Oct. 24, 2005
  
• Miers and Her Money A psycho-financial analysis of the Supreme Court nominee.
  Henry Blodget Oct. 20, 2005
  
• One Strike and You're Out GM's suicide pact with the United Auto Workers.
  Daniel Gross Oct. 19, 2005
  
• 21st-Century Bank Run Watching a $4 billion company fall apart in a week.
  Daniel Gross Oct. 17, 2005
  
• Greenspan's Successor Who will fill the Fed chairman's shoes?
  Daniel Gross Oct. 14, 2005
  
• The Oracle of Delphi Steve Miller's vision of the post-bourgeois workforce.
  Daniel Gross Oct. 11, 2005
  
• The New Lords of the Ring Tone Why Americans are hanging up on the Baby Bells.
  Daniel Gross Oct. 6, 2005
  
• Don't Look Now ... Here comes inflation.
  Daniel Gross Oct. 5, 2005
  
• The October Surprise It's your home heating bill, 70 percent higher than last year's.
  Daniel Gross Oct. 3, 2005
  
• The J.P. Morgan of Silicon Valley Is Larry Ellison the software industry's savior?
  Daniel Gross Sept. 29, 2005
  
• Frist's Real HCA Scandal It's how he and his party have helped ruin the family business.
  Daniel Gross Sept. 27, 2005
  
• What FEMA Could Learn From Wal-Mart Less than you think.
  Daniel Gross Sept. 23, 2005
  
• Martha's Makeover She's fantastic on TV. Too bad her apprentices are so loathsome.
  Henry Blodget Sept. 22, 2005
  
• Attack of the Tentacle Lady! At last, a business the Chinese can't dominate.
  Daniel Gross Sept. 21, 2005
  
• Das Flat Tax The conservative economic proposal flopped with American voters. Now Germans are learning to hate it, too.
  Daniel Gross Sept. 16, 2005
  
• It's So Fine To Be a Refiner Who you should really hate when you fill your tank.
  Daniel Gross Sept. 8, 2005
  
• Pennies From Heaven Why Katrina won't flood insurance companies.
  Daniel Gross Sept. 6, 2005
  
• The Katrina Premium Why the hurricane may hurt the economy more than 9/11.
  Daniel Gross Sept. 1, 2005
  
• Is Dell Dying? What's wrong with America's greatest computer company.
  Daniel Gross Aug. 30, 2005
  
• Hold Everything Obscure Economic Indicator: Port of Los Angeles container counts.
  Daniel Gross Aug. 26, 2005
  
• Après Moi Le Bull Market Why French stocks rock.
  Daniel Gross Aug. 25, 2005
  
• The New Industry Standard Why you may soon own Google.
  Daniel Gross Aug. 23, 2005
  
• You and Your Dumb Money Why you picked the wrong mutual funds—again.
  Daniel Gross Aug. 11, 2005
  
• The Denim Bubble Is the $300-jeans market about to crash?
  Aug. 10, 2005
  
• The Peter Principle Network newscasts may be dying, but they're doing it profitably.
  Daniel Gross Aug. 9, 2005
  
• Baby, You Can Park My Car Obscure Economic Indicator: Behold the Colliers parking survey.
  Daniel Gross Aug. 5, 2005
  
• Boeing Almighty Why the aircraft manufacturer is taking off.
  Daniel Gross Aug. 4, 2005
  
• When Dad Is Also the Boss Lachlan Murdoch quit his father's company. Wouldn't you?
  Daniel Gross Aug. 2, 2005
  
• God vs. Satan Who's the better investor?
  Daniel Gross July 29, 2005
  
• What's Wrong With Payola? The pointlessness of Eliot Spitzer's crusade against the music industry.
  Daniel Gross July 27, 2005
  
• How To Invest Like a Supreme Court Justice What John Roberts' portfolio reveals about his character.
  Henry Blodget July 26, 2005
  
• Economy of Scale How fat people could save American business.
  Daniel Gross July 21, 2005
  
• Who Suffers From Inflation? It's not you. It's rich people.
  Daniel Gross July 19, 2005
  
• Al-Qaida vs. Allstate If the government doesn't insure against terrorist attacks, who will?
  Daniel Gross July 15, 2005
  
• The Shipping Bubble Got a canoe? You should do an IPO.
  Daniel Gross July 14, 2005
  
• Useless Mountains of Cash Why CEOs need to stop saving and start spending.
  Daniel Gross July 12, 2005
  
• The 9/11 Effect Why financial markets reacted as they did.
  Daniel Gross July 7, 2005
  
• Power to the People Montana's mayors try a hostile takeover.
  Daniel Gross July 6, 2005
  
• Intellectually Bankrupt Big lenders got their consumer bankruptcy bill. Will it deprive them of corporate business?
  Daniel Gross July 1, 2005
  
• Bubble Over Troubled Waters Why the real estate bubble could be good news for the economy.
  Daniel Gross June 28, 2005
  
• Fair and Balanced ... Portfolios Who would watch a Fox News business channel?
  Daniel Gross June 23, 2005
  
• The China Price Why Chinese investors are overpaying for struggling American companies.
  Daniel Gross June 21, 2005
  
• Savings Glut The self-serving explanation for America's bad habits.
  Daniel Gross June 16, 2005
  
• The Redstone Dilemma Would media moguls rather be rich or famous?
  Daniel Gross June 14, 2005
  
• The Takeunder The odd idea driving the sale of Neiman Marcus.
  Daniel Gross June 9, 2005
  
• Wal-Mart, Meet Prada The low-end retailer wants to go upscale. Here are some tips.
  Daniel Gross June 7, 2005
  
• Upside-Down Interest Rates Bad news for the U.S. that is worse news for the world.
  Daniel Gross June 3, 2005
  
• The Homeland Security Bubble Is the War on Terror a bad investment?
  Daniel Gross June 1, 2005
  
• Neil Diamond Economics Obscure economic indicator: immigration applications and the dollar.
  Daniel Gross May 27, 2005
  
• Trump Is Desperate It's not pretty.
  Daniel Gross May 24, 2005
  
• The Cram-Down Decade You met your obligations; your employer didn't. Result: You're screwed.
  Daniel Gross May 20, 2005
  
• The Poisonous Gift Ford and GM are in big trouble. So, why do they keep paying fat dividends?
  Daniel Gross May 19, 2005
  
• Old Money The geezer billionaires who are upending Wall Street.
  Daniel Gross May 17, 2005
  
• Rockonomics and Its Uses Finally, economic proof of Elton John's genius!
  Daniel Gross May 13, 2005
  
• The Neiman Marcus Paradox How dumb rich people end up in debt.
  Daniel Gross May 10, 2005
  
• What Are You Doing, Kirk? Kirk Kerkorian is investing billions in GM. Is this genius or lunacy?
  Daniel Gross May 6, 2005
  
• Axle of Evil What happens if an Iranian company buys a famous British automaker?
  Daniel Gross May 4, 2005
  
• Welcome to Miller Time, Loser The great American beer crisis.
  Daniel Gross May 2, 2005
  
• Psst, Wanna Buy My Skyscraper? Why big companies are selling their office buildings.
  Daniel Gross April 28, 2005
  
• Breaking Up Is Hard To Do But less so when you get a $250 million going-away present.
  Daniel Gross April 26, 2005
  
• Americans Pay Off Credit Card Debt! This is not science fiction. It's really happening.
  Daniel Gross April 22, 2005
  
• Do as We Say, Not as We Dow Why is Peter Kann still running Dow Jones?
  Daniel Gross April 20, 2005
  
• Location, Location—Deduction The mortgage-interest deduction costs taxpayers billions, but it won't go away anytime soon.
  Daniel Gross April 14, 2005
  
• Corporate America's Journalism Problem Wal-Mart makes peace with the media. GM goes to war with it.
  Daniel Gross April 8, 2005
  
• Gloomy Gustavs Obscure Economic Indicator: Germany's Ifo Index.
  Daniel Gross April 6, 2005
  
• Is Buffett in Trouble? Sorting out the insurance scandal.
  Daniel Gross April 4, 2005
  
• A Man, a Plan, a Canal: Erie! The $7.9 million bet that made America.
  Daniel Gross March 31, 2005
  
• The Profits in the Attic How an old technology has turned Ampex into America's hottest stock.
  Daniel Gross March 29, 2005
  
• Right Books, Wrong Time New York publishers discover conservatives—just a little too late.
  Daniel Gross March 25, 2005
  
• The Greatest Job in Business Vice chairman.
  March 24, 2005
  
• The New Enrons And we mean that in a good way.
  Daniel Gross March 23, 2005
  
• A Harvard Fantasy The most fatuous argument for privatizing Social Security.
  Daniel Gross March 21, 2005
  
• The CEO-English Phrasebook What GM is really saying.
  Daniel Gross March 18, 2005
  
• Why Bankers Are Like Dogs Sit. Stay. Roll over for the CEO. Fetch that IPO.
  Daniel Gross March 17, 2005
  
• The Iger Sanction Can a corporate No. 2 ever be a good No. 1?
  Daniel Gross March 14, 2005
  
• The Puck Stops Here The National Hockey League can be saved. Here's how.
  Daniel Gross March 10, 2005
  
• Next Up, DVD Reimportation A fantastic moneymaking opportunity for Slate readers.
  Daniel Gross March 8, 2005
  
• CEOs vs. CFOs Who's smarter?
  Daniel Gross March 4, 2005
  
• The 7 Percent Delusion Why are Social Security privatizers so sure that stocks will outperform bonds forever?
  Daniel Gross March 3, 2005
  
• 911 for 401(k)s Why we're so incredibly stupid about retirement investing.
  Daniel Gross March 1, 2005
  
• About Time Newspapers' $1 billion bet.
  Daniel Gross Feb. 18, 2005
  
• Enron Bought Washington. So What? What a new study on corporate political giving gets wrong.
  Daniel Gross Feb. 17, 2005
  
• Crazy Rich Are Americans successful because they're nuts?
  Daniel Gross Feb. 15, 2005
  
• Mouseketeers at the Gate Why this business scandal book will sell, and the others don't.
  Daniel Gross Feb. 10, 2005
  
• Good Riddance, Carly! Why HP shareholders are so happy Fiorina's quitting.
  Daniel Gross Feb. 9, 2005
  
• Go Long! Please bring back the 30-year bond.
  Daniel Gross Feb. 4, 2005
  
• Gee, Banking Can Be Fun! Commerce Bancorp—where Citigroup meets Crazy Eddie.
  Daniel Gross Feb. 2, 2005
  
• The CEO-English Phrasebook Special AT&T/SBC merger edition.
  Daniel Gross Jan. 31, 2005
  
• He's Still "That Man" The Bushies' war on Franklin Roosevelt.
  Daniel Gross Jan. 28, 2005
  
• The Poultry Boom It's never a good time to be a chicken, but now is really awful.
  Daniel Gross Jan. 26, 2005
  
• Outfoxing SOX Sarbanes-Oxley banned sweetheart loans to greedy executives. So, corporations are giving them free money instead.
  Jan. 24, 2005
  
• The CEO-English Phrasebook, Second Installment What your boss means when he talks like that.
  Daniel Gross Jan. 21, 2005
  
• Zero-Sum Charity Does tsunami relief dry up other giving?
  Daniel Gross Jan. 20, 2005
  
• Attack of the Machines Is your stockbroker a robot?
  Daniel Gross Jan. 18, 2005
  
• Don't Buy American Why Europeans hate American Express and Wal-Mart, but like MasterCard and Colgate.
  Daniel Gross Jan. 13, 2005
  
• Who Needs Harvard? Why big corporations are hiring fewer Ivy Leaguers.
  Daniel Gross Jan. 12, 2005
  
• The CEO-English Phrase Book What your boss means when he talks like that.
  Daniel Gross Jan. 7, 2005