Archive - Apr 2011 - Blog entry
April 3rd
Did The Economy Stop Blowing Jobs?
Submitted by MoneyMcbags on 04/03/2011 22:42 -0500The big news in the market on Friday was the release of the (No) Labor Department's NFP Jobs Report (more commonly known as the Labor Force Participation Rate Report, or fiction) which showed the ponzeconomy™ ....
Sola Dosis Facit Venenum?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 04/03/2011 21:37 -0500The dose makes the poison...
Pump It Up: Stock World Weekly
Submitted by ilene on 04/03/2011 18:21 -0500The current rally has left some very good companies behind, and nowhere is this more evident than in the technology sector.
The Contrarian View 4th April-8th April
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 04/03/2011 17:12 -0500A review of the Commitment of Traders and Retail Trader Positioning Analysis.
On Wachovia, Whistle-Blowers, and Incentives
Submitted by Stone Street Advisors on 04/03/2011 16:55 -0500The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men (and women) to do nothing...
Inflation Misconceptions Hide A Downright U-G-L-Y Real Estate Landscape! – Part 1
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 04/03/2011 12:04 -0500Here’s a quiz for you. An ages old correlation that has pretty much remained rock solid is now upon us. Real estate has been highly correlated to inflation and has acted as an inflation hedge for a very long time. This makes sense, since hard assets that both throw off income and have an actual demand for physical use (in other words, they have have intrinsic value) that hold when fiat currencies assimilate toilet paper in both value and use as input prices skyrocket. But that correlation is now broken - or is it???!!!
Buffett, Sokol, Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion
Submitted by Vitaliy Katsenelson on 04/03/2011 10:00 -0500I was quoted in FT
about David Sokol, CEO of a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, buying
shares in Lubrizol a few months before Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway
bought Lubrizol at a significant premium, which made Sokol 3 million
dollars on his $10 million purchase.
NeuTRoN JaCK's CiRCuS iS BaCK...WaTCH YouR BaCK!
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 04/03/2011 05:41 -0500I have been patient with GE. I don't know why. My patience is totally unwarranted.
Red Herring: Libya Oil Exports Offline Indefinitely?
Submitted by asiablues on 04/03/2011 03:40 -0500There were some interesting developments coming out of Libya suggest that much of the fear that Libya oil export could be offline for years or even ‘indefinitely’ seems to be somewhat hyperbole, and a bit of a red herring.
April 2nd
Presentation on China/Japan (video, audio, updated slides)
Submitted by Vitaliy Katsenelson on 04/02/2011 23:02 -0500Canada's Demographic Time Bomb?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 04/02/2011 22:20 -0500Another warning about Canada's "demographic time bomb". But I'm more concerned about bombs waiting to explode in the near-term...
60 Minutes | Foreclosure Fraud Featured this Sunday on 60 Minutes
Submitted by 4closureFraud on 04/02/2011 19:19 -0500Lender Processing Services (LPS) / DOCX Robosigner "Forged 4000 bogus mortgage documents a day for major US Banks" Scott Pelley reports, Sunday, April 3, 7 p.m. ET/PT.
TaKaSHi UeSuGi: AN ANGRY JaPaNeSe JouRNaLiST
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 04/02/2011 15:00 -0500Essential reading on the nature of the Japanese government/media juggernaut and what Tokyo netizens are thinking...
Update on Japan's Nuclear Crisis
Submitted by George Washington on 04/02/2011 13:49 -0500The situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex is getting worse in many ways, but better in some ways. Here's a quick roundup ...
