Keynes vs Friedman
Interesting Bloomberg article on the current massive attempts to reliquify the system: “Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is...
Does the Stock Market Rally have Legs?
David R. Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. He holds a B.S. in...
23 Bank Failures in 2009 (so far)
Ron Griess of Thechartstore.com highlights the bank failures with this chart — 23 so far this year, versus 25 in all of 2008: >
China Driving the Growth Bus
With the rally on Friday and continuing today, Chinese stocks are now at the highest level since Aug 20th. Optimism that their economic...
Taxpayer Funded GS Profits
Note: By coincidence, this post was written in International Waters a few miles off the coast of Grand Turks and Caicos. If Goldman Sachs...
Commodities have turned the corner
Commodities have turned the corner Commodity prices have started to recover since the massive commodity fund liquidations and inventory...
Goldman Sachs: No Criticism By Bloggers Allowed
WTF?!? Goldman Sachs is attempting to shut down a dissident blogger who is extremely critical of the investment bank, its board members...
Words from the (investment) wise 4.12.09
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (April 6 – 12, 2009) Five in a row! Notwithstanding sentiment for equities...
Financial Bloggers Gain Recognition Amid Turmoil
I have a few good quotes in this piece: “While bloggers sometimes get bad reputations for ranting and raving from the sidelines,...
Jared Diamond: The Evolution of Religions
Jared Diamond, professor of geography at UCLA, received the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in 1998 for Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates...