Archive - Feb 23, 2011 - Blog entry

When Takahiro Mitani, Chairman of Japan's $1.4 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) expresses concern over his country's mounting public debt, you'd better pay attention...

Two consecutive down days in the equity markets must seem like Armageddon.

Did Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service say he was providing Al-Qaeda terrorists with "nuclear fissile material" and "biological agents"?

To consistently report an association or group's (whose primary reason for existence is to get people to buy more things) marketing mantra as news and analysis is less than completely accurate, to put it at its most favorable (I had a more direct thought here, but I decided to tone it down). Thus, I query, "When Will the Mainstream Media Be Ready To Call The NAR The Sham That It Really Is?"

Six seconds BiTCHeZ!

A look at a AAA muni.

A Friendly bankster consoles a homeowner who thought was getting a loan modification...

Dan Bigman of Forbes wants to remind you Wisconsin’s Public Pension Problems Are Your Problem, Too. But are they really or is this more fear mongering?

EURCHF reverted back into the short zone in yesterdays session, today we have CHF PPI at 03:15 EST which is likely to have an effect on this positioning. After some strong selling in the early part of yesterdays session a recovery ensued in EURUSD, the pair is now in the long zone.

Tim-fucking-berrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Holy shit is it on like...

The Conference Board says people are more optimistic. Gallup says they aren't. Who are we to believe?

Housing continues to plummet and there aren't a lot of factors that would pull it out of its decline. But, opportunities abound, if ...