Matt Miller on #@$!-Bombs: 5 Uses of Profanity in Politics
Bloomberg’s Matt Miller reports on the use of curse words by elected officials, from Speaker Boehner to Vice President Cheney....
Long Term Inflation: Wiemar, Europe, US, South America
I cringe each time I hear some inflationista — you may have met that guy who insisted there was no inflation during the 2000s as...
Yen 10.3tr Japanese stimulus plan announced
Mr Abe unveiled a Yen 10.3 tr (US$115 bn) supplementary budget, which includes a major stimulus programme. Some Yen 5tr was already...
10 Friday AM Reads
My morning reads: • The latest foreclosure horror: the zombie title (Reuters) see also Bank Deal Ends Flawed Reviews of Foreclosures...
Your Intuition Is Deceiving You
David Brooks has a fascinating column out this morning explaining the ways our assumptions and intuition leads us astray. It is filled...
HSBC: Holy Sh#&, Bank Corrupt!
Bank Wankers – HSBC The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily...
39% of Fund Managers Beat the S&P in 2012
Here is an astonishing fact brought to my attention from the quant group at Merrill: “In 2012, 39% of managers beat the...