Archive - Jun 24, 2010 - Blog entry
A New Plan for Valuing Pensions?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 06/24/2010 23:08 -0500The difference — three or four percentage points — translates into hundreds of billions of dollars when applied to pension obligations.
BP's Blowout Preventer is Leaning and Might Fall Over
Submitted by George Washington on 06/24/2010 18:16 -0500Which would REALLY suck ...
Inflation and Monetary Regimes, Part II: The Introduction of Paper Money
Submitted by Chris Pavese on 06/24/2010 15:25 -0500
A Look Into How We Are Picking Stocks to Short For the Balance of the Year
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 06/24/2010 09:57 -0500A quick piece on how we're selecting stocks to short for the balance of 2010, along with a live spreadsheet of over 1,400 non-financial stocks in our initial pool of candidates, including their pricing and key solvency metrics.
How US Job Losses Will End.
Submitted by madhedgefundtrader on 06/24/2010 08:57 -0500When foreign labor costs reach half of those at home, manufacturers quit exporting jobs. Chinese wage growth at the current rate takes them up to half our minimum wage in only five years. Recent indications that the Chinese will allow the Yuan to float, and therefore go up, will only accelerate this trend. (FXI), (EWY), (VNM),
