Late Afternoon Reads
My late afternoon reading: • Here’s One Way to Beat the Market: Cheat! (WSJ) • Wolf: The road to recovery gets steeper (FT)...
So Much More Than Plasma and Poison
Fantastic article from the NYT about Jellyfish: (So Much More Than Plasma and Poison): Source: (So Much More Than Plasma and Poison)...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events (6.10.11)
Succinct summation of week’s events: Positives: 1) US exports hit record high in April (somewhat old news I know) and lower than...
Debt Ceiling Kabuki Theater
As we noted last month (Debt Ceiling Limits 1939- 2011), from our elected eejits of both parties, this is simply bad behavior/kabuki...
Apple’s New Content Rules Signal A Turning Point in Their...
It’s been a confusing week in the Apple ecosystem. Over the past couple of days there have been contradicting interpretations of...
Home Prices Relative to Gold
Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Chart of the Day: “It currently takes a relatively low 106 ounces of gold to buy the...
Easy Money and Housing Trouble in Harlem
“They mistook Harlem for Fifth Avenue and 79th Street. The only surprise is that it took this long.” -Harold Shultz, former city...
Friday Reads
Here are today’s favorite reads: • Fixing America’s Economy: Nine Ideas from Around the World (Business Week) • Percentage of...
Bianco, Ghahramani Interview on Fed Policy, Economy
Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research LLC, and Sassan Ghahramani, chief executive officer at SGH Macro Advisors, discuss the outlook...
The Honor of the Nation Was At Stake
“The honor of the nation was at stake.” June 9, 2011 David R. Kotok Cumber.com ~~~ Stefan Ingves, Sweden’s central bank...