By Foster Kamer 2/13/12 3:59pm

LINSANITY

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Results: This is What Jeremy Lin and Linsanity Has Done to the Stock Market

Jeremy Lin’s rocketing stardom is a game-changer, in more than a few ways. For one thing, the Knicks are winning and the Garden’s regularly packed, nowadays. For another, besides breaking records as the first Harvard grad since the 50s to play in the NBA, and only the fourth Asian-American to play in the league, he might be one of the few NBA players who can claim to have made a significant impact on financial markets. Read More

By Mike Taylor 1/20/11 6:48pm

long-term investments

Apple's Hollow Core

Apple Computer is fresh off a blockbuster fiscal first-quarter earnings report, and the company commands more than $300 billion in market capitalization. Still, one Columbia Business School professor sees a big chink in the armor of this nigh-unassailable firm.

Bruce Greenwald, who in addition to his academic duties runs $51.9 billion for First Eagle Financial, Read More

By The Editors 10/14/10 6:10pm

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Extreme Trading: Record Foreclosures, Rubles in Rubble … and More!

Each week, The Observer looks at commodities, stocks, currencies, and economic data points that are making big moves and setting new records. This week’s extreme action takes place everywhere from the ineffably mucked up U.S. real-estate market to the soy farms of Agentina. For the most hard-core, eye-popping economic action this week, check out the Read More

By Shan Li 3/04/10 6:16pm

The Observer 100 Index: Mind the Gap!

One easy way to take New York’s temperature as its health gets sorted out is to follow the stocks that define it: We assembled the Observer 100 Index to watch the city wheeze and sing. These are the stocks that gained and lost the most last week, when when sensible blue jeans beat Ron Perelman’s Read More

By Max Abelson 2/25/10 11:58pm

The Observer 100 Index: Martha Thrives, Brides Cry

One easy way to take New York’s temperature as its health gets sorted out is to follow the stocks that define it: We assembled the Observer 100 Index to watch the city wheeze and sing. These are the stocks that gained and lost the most last week, when Martha and Liz beat brides and exercisers Read More

By Max Abelson 2/11/10 7:27pm

The Observer 100 Index: Week Four

One easy way to take New York’s temperature as its health gets sorted out is to follow the stocks that define it. We assembled the Observer 100 Index to watch the city wheeze and sing. Sadly, last week was atrocious: By Friday, despite unexpectedly nice news about unemployment, the Dow Read More

By Staff 1/27/10 6:00pm

The Observer 100 Index: Week 2

One easy way to take New York’s temperature as its health gets sorted out is to follow the stocks that define it. We assembled the Observer 100 Index to watch it wheeze and sing. Click the slideshow to see the winner and loser, click here for week one’s entry.