10 Thursday PM Reads
My afternoon train reads: • Why Things Fail: From Tires to Helicopter Blades, Everything Breaks Eventually (Wired) • How China Became...
73% of Voters Think Medical Marijuana Should be Legal
I don’t know about you, but I found this data surprising: Record-High 50% of Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana Use ...
First Ever U.S. Ferrari F12 Berlinetta to be Auctioned to...
“Here at Ferrari, we have experienced and seen the devastation that Hurricane Sandy has caused in the affected area firsthand. We want...
October Foreclosure Activity Rises +3%
The other day, someone asked me when foreclosure activity would begin to reflect what I wrote earlier this year (Foreclosure machinery...
CPI benign? Not for many.
Consumer inflation in Oct rose .1% headline m/o/m and .2% core. The headline figure was in line with estimates but the core rate was .1...
10 Thursday AM Reads
My morning reads: • Economy Has Green Shoots From China to U.S. as Data Surprise (Bloomberg) but see Eroding Dividends and Failing QE3...
Blu-Ray: LOTR Trilogy $43.49
One day sale at Amazon: The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of...
Europe/Japan,China/bears
Notwithstanding a slightly better than expected Q3 GDP print for Germany and France, the euro zone economy contracted in Q3 as...
Yen weakening materially
The Australian Central Bank, the RBA stated that it had increased sales of the A$ last month to a number of buyers, including foreign...