Archive - Mar 5, 2010 - Blog entry
White Schools Bernanke on Basic Economics
Submitted by George Washington on 03/05/2010 19:10 -0500White FTW ...
Is a Big Global Risk Reversal At Hand?
Submitted by madhedgefundtrader on 03/05/2010 15:54 -0500Something amazing is happening in the labor market. The aggregate payroll figures are meaningless. Many of the jobless are getting rehired very quickly. This is proof that the dying sectors of the US economy that are delivering the highest unemployment rates. US employment is really much better than it appears. Without the snow, the February number could have been as high as a positive 100,000. Alert: the markets don’t know this.
PPPPDPPW: Put Purchasing on the PPD Ponzi, Pyramid, or Whatever It's Called...
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 03/05/2010 14:26 -0500Somebody seems to have taken notice of the discussion on Prepaid Legal. Those 40 Puts Impl. Vol. are ripping! And for good reason. The stock and interest in it is on the down move...
Will Lithium Become the New Oil?
Submitted by madhedgefundtrader on 03/05/2010 00:21 -0500Not for a while. The bad news is that a truly economic, price competitive lithium battery is still some ways off. The problem with exploding batteries. The Department of Energy is pouring money into lithium research on an amazingly wide front. The car companies aren’t buying it, and are sticking with proven nickel metal hydride batteries. Unlike past battery car movements, this one is not going to end up crushed in a junkyard. (SQM), (ENS), (XIDE), (CHP), (ZBB).
