Miscellaneous

We didn't want 5 a.m. wakeup calls with a front loader moving in front of someone's driveway.

We didn't want 5 a.m. wakeup calls with a front loader moving in front of someone's driveway.

We should never as a city attempt to put profit over public safety. Public safety must be at the top read more

We should never as a city attempt to put profit over public safety. Public safety must be at the top of the list of those services that should be the last to be cut.

Even after 9/11, when their life-saving role became clear, employers have dragged their feet on raising wages to a mostly read more

Even after 9/11, when their life-saving role became clear, employers have dragged their feet on raising wages to a mostly African-American workforce. Four years after 9/11, the real estate industry has short-changed security officers, undermined the safety of their own buildings and jeopardized the well-being of the entire city.

It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a read more

It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a percentage point rise for Fed fund rates at 4.75 percent.

In Argentina in particular you have seen a pickup in volatility over the last couple of months, and it has read more

In Argentina in particular you have seen a pickup in volatility over the last couple of months, and it has to do with the fact that it has higher yields available and longer duration and makes it prone to volatility.

Latin America is finishing the year on a very strong tone.

Latin America is finishing the year on a very strong tone.

Overall, you have a very technical market pushing us to historical highs because once people got a feel for these read more

Overall, you have a very technical market pushing us to historical highs because once people got a feel for these higher levels, it has been an easy push to the upside and has been helped by lack of liquidity.

People are starting to become weary of the inversion in the U.S. curve and in particular the yields that you read more

People are starting to become weary of the inversion in the U.S. curve and in particular the yields that you receive in the 6-month and 2-year notes.

Both countries are convinced they're going to meet their future financing needs on the domestic markets.

Both countries are convinced they're going to meet their future financing needs on the domestic markets.

We were really on top of our assignments. We just shared the ball well, and when we do what our read more

We were really on top of our assignments. We just shared the ball well, and when we do what our coach tells us to do, we find easy baskets.