Economics for the Intelligent Amateur

US Markets

DJIA10567.33chart+2.95
NASDAQ2358.95chart+0.00
S&P 5001145.61chart+0.00
2010-03-10 16:01

Intl. Markets

FTSE5636.24chart-4.33
DAX5941.91chart+5.19
Nikkei10664.95chart+101.03
2010-03-11 05:21

Commodity Futures

Oil82.03chart-0.06
Gold1105.80chart+0.00
Copper2.95chart+0.03
2010-03-11 05:26

Treasury Yield

13 Weeks0.14chart-1.30
5 Year2.38chart-21.40
10 Year3.72chart-33.48
2010-03-10 14:59

Exchange Rates

JPY90.44chart+0.00
EUR0.73chart+0.00
GBP0.67chart+0.00
2010-03-11 05:36

Humor

Happy Birthday to 2 very Dumbagents!! »

Happy Birthday to Jason Nagashima and Rebecca Gebhardt!! We hope you have very Efficient and Globalized Birthdays!
Have a few drinks too

Miserable recovery »

The Misery Index has been gaining traction as of late with its biggest increase since the early 1990’s. For those not in the know, the Misery Index isn’t a measure of how grumpy people are, but is simply the sum of the inflation and the unemployment rate.
This misery index has been rising for [...]

Our Buy Global Campaign »

Or at least the T-shirts thereof.
Dumbagent.com is proud to announce its new T-shirts here and here.
Wear one with pride, then buy one for your significant other!

Congratulations to Dumbagent Rebecca!! »

Rebecca Gebhardt, Dumbagent, is now engaged to be married to Giuseppe Brizi and we wish them both a wonderful and economically efficient marriage with much prosperity and free markets.
Auguri ne!!

Happy Birthday Jason and Rebecca! »

Dumbagent would like to wish Happy Birthday to at least 50% of our team. Happy Birthday guys! May your year be free of protectionist control and full of free markets!
Now for the usual relatively unrelated trivia question:
How many people must there be in order to have a 50% probability of two people sharing [...]