DVD recorders
Shopping this past weekend, I came across 3 DVD recorders — all under $500: – Phillips for $499; – Panasonic for $449;...
Turning Japanese?
Does the U.S. want a weak or strong dollar? That’s the $64,000 question for currency traders. Earlier this year, a weakening dollar was...
E-Mail: Enemy of Productivity?
Has E-Mail turned into the enemy of Productivity? That’s the argument put forth by Matthew Lynn of Bloomberg. His article this...
Nader critiques on sister blog
I try to keep this blog as a strict economics/market commentary site, and bring in geopolitics only as it impacts those venues. The...
The Casino Greeter
Quote of the day: Never mind the $140 million paid to Richard A. Grasso for his work as a casino greeter. Never mind the hypocrisy of the...
Technologic Dyscalculia
Quote of the day: For his part, Mr. Grasso demonstrated a remarkably impaired capacity to calculate the impression on both the man in the...
Iraq’s 6 Month Anniversary
Nobody even mentioned it: Today was the 6 month anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq. I have to reread my magnum opus, Not-So-Hidden...
Hedge Fund Capitulation?
Do you want to be right, or do you want to make money? That, in a nutshell, is the quandry facing hedge fund managers this year. They...
More on Margin
Jeff Opdyke has a WSJ article on Margin this am: Deja Vu: Buying Stock on Margin Is Back in Vogue. His reporting specifically notes a big...
NASD Firm Margin Levels Spikes to Record Levels
On Monday, the NASD publicized the dangers of Margin in a report titled “Investing with Borrowed Funds: No “Margin” for...