The Singularity and Facebook
Kevin Ferry Chief Market Strategist Cronus Contrarian Corner www.cronusfutures.com ~~~ In 1993, after digging 22 kilometers of tunnel in...
Long Term Stock Market Growth (1871-2010)
I was kicking around some of the outstanding charts at Visualizing Economics, when these two below leapt out at me. The first chart shows...
How They Deal With Snow in Japan
Attention Americans: THIS is how you deal with heavy snow. Notice the expensive equipment; the high paid staff. You want your streets...
Putting a Price Tag on Facebook
~~~ Source: Why Facebook Is Such a Crucial Friend for Goldman PETER LATTMAN NYT, January 3, 2011...
On Mark-to-Market
I love this quote: “Next time you hear a banker denounce mark-to-market rules, ask if he runs his business that way. Will he offer...
Goldilocks in China!? Euro Zone CPI heats up
Soft landing hopes in China after the moderating manufacturing indices over the weekend helped to send the Shanghai index higher by 1.6%...
Reform It! Broken Budget Process Costs Time, Money
Bruce Bartlett is an American historian and economist; he was a domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan and was a Treasury...
BofA Freddie Mac Putbacks Resolved for 1¢ on $
Bank of America settled numerous claims with Fannie Mae for an astonishingly cheap rate, according to a Bloomberg report. A premium of...
AAII Asset Allocation Survey: Bond Holdings at a 10-Month Low
From AAII.com: Individual investors kept their portfolio allocations to equities essentially unchanged last month, according to the...