Westwood Capital LLC

Type: Company

Name: Westwood Capital LLC

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

How ObamaCare, Demographics Distort Jobs Picture

Posted 06:37 PM ETInitial jobless claims have fallen to a five-year low, suggesting that the worst slump since the Great Depression is finally receding.Claims usually are among the most reliable indicators. But the signal appears premature, distorted ... [Published Investors Business Daily - May 11 2013]

Entities: Obamacare, Demographics, Workers, Westwood Capital LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Federal Reserve System

Market bears still waiting for pullback

That hibernating bear may look cute now, but some experts think investors have to start worrying about it waking up soon.The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of . Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, Abbott Laboratories ... [Published CNN Money - May 09 2013]

Entities: Barry Ritholtz, Federal Reserve System, Westwood Capital LLC, S&P 500

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Harvard's Niall Ferguson: Sorry for 'stupid' remarks

Ferguson, author of several books on economic history,including The Ascent of Money, made the comments at the Altegris investment conference in California on Thursday.Asked about Keynes` observation that "in the long run we are all dead," Ferguson said ... [Published Moneycontrol.com - May 06 2013]

Entities: Niall Ferguson, Gay, Westwood Capital LLC

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Harvard's Niall Ferguson: Sorry for 'Stupid' Remarks

Harvard historian Niall Ferguson on Saturday apologized for "stupid" remarks he made about economist John Maynard Keynes which caused a storm as he attempted to draw a line under the controversy.Ferguson, author of several books on economic history,including ... [Published CNBC - May 05 2013]

Entities: Niall Ferguson, Gay, Westwood Capital LLC

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

Economix Blog: Bipartisan Agreement: Blame Washington

Though the April jobs report was better than expected, partisans on both sides in Washington were determined to see the negative – and to blame Washington.Remarkably, initial reactions on Twitter from the major political parties were different in degree, ... [Published New York Times - May 03 2013]

Entities: Sequestration, Republican Party (US), Westwood Capital LLC, Sequester, Alan B. Krueger

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Chris Low

How low can you go? Fed expected to keep interest rates low, but

The Federal Reserve’s interest rate-setting committee wraps up a two-day meeting today. This afternoon, it will announce its next steps in shoring up the economy.The Fed has been pumping money into the economy for the past four years, buying $85 billion ... [Published Marketplace - May 01 2013]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Len Blum, Westwood Capital LLC, Chris Low, Open Market Inc

Quotes

While hard to prove, he suspects "changes in health care laws are distorting the traditional relationship between employment and the economy."

How ObamaCare, Demographics Distort Jobs Picture [Published Investors Business Daily - May 11 2013]

...Ritholtz, who is a must-follow on Twitter (@Ritholtz), titled his piece " This isn't 1999 or early 2000, he noted, when everyone and their grandmother (and their grandmother's hair stylist) was trying to find the next dot-com IPO to soar. Heck, it's not even 2007, when the Dow and S&P 500 last hit their peaks before this year."

Market bears still waiting for pullback [Published CNN Money - May 09 2013]

On Saturday, Niall Ferguson posted an apology on Twitter: "I apologize deeply and unreservedly for stupid and tactless remarks about Keynes"

Harvard's Niall Ferguson: Sorry for 'stupid' remarks [Published Moneycontrol.com - May 06 2013]

Daniel Alpert, managing partner of the investment bank Westwood Capital, wrote on Twitter: "Harvard's @nfergus has totally lost it. Bashing #Keynes work because he was gay!(...) Ugh!"

Harvard's Niall Ferguson: Sorry for 'Stupid' Remarks [Published CNBC - May 05 2013]