Archive - Apr 2011 - Blog entry
April 17th
Stock World Weekly: Inflation & the Great Beyond
Submitted by ilene on 04/18/2011 00:34 -0500Unfortunately, when the price gets high enough, it hits an immovable object called demand destruction.
April 17th
Raising Lazarus From the Dead?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 04/17/2011 21:22 -0500You don't need to be religious to read this comment...
On The Upcoming Glencore IPO: Is The Juice Worth The Squeeze?
Submitted by Stone Street Advisors on 04/17/2011 12:43 -0500With an IPO looming, Glencore management seems to think they can continue to deliver stellar results given substantially heightened scrutiny of its "questionable" operations and tactics. Do investors buying-into the deal really know what they're getting a piece of?
April 16th
PEAK STuPiDiTY (Recently Upgraded)
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 04/16/2011 16:59 -0500Handy visual aid for explaining oil prices to non-ZH readers
An Intelligence Network For Supply Chain Energy Commodities Forecasting
Submitted by asiablues on 04/16/2011 16:37 -0500In recent years, instability in the price of energy sources and basic feedstocks — including oil and natural gas — has prompted companies to place more emphasis on supply chain market intelligence and business intelligence.
No, The Gulf Oil Spill Is NOT Old News
Submitted by George Washington on 04/16/2011 13:15 -0500While the Japanese nuclear crisis might upstage the Gulf crisis, it hasn't gone away...
Insurance, Weather, Goldie and the SNB
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 04/16/2011 11:07 -0500Saturday rants....
Public Pensions Betrayed by Fraud and Abuse?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 04/16/2011 06:37 -0500“It was like a gigantic playhouse,” says Nick Congemi, 68, chief of the Greater New Orleans Expressway Police in Metairie, who for years criticized the system’s leadership and investments. “These people have taken the futures away of good, decent law-enforcement officers who thought they could depend on this for the rest of their lives.”
THE Nobel Keynesian ASS
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 04/16/2011 06:05 -0500When fishes flew and forests walked...And figs grew upon thorn...
April 15th
Krugman – “I’ll spin it my way”
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 04/15/2011 17:33 -0500Everybody spins. Including Nobel economists.
Killing the Unborn ... With Radiation
Submitted by George Washington on 04/15/2011 15:16 -0500You want to protect the unborn? Read this ...
Fickle Friday - Google Goes Down as Costs Inflate
Submitted by ilene on 04/15/2011 14:10 -0500There are many ways this can end badly and only a few it can end well.
Did Federal Banking Regulators Inadvertently Expose Massive Mortgage Backed Securities Fraud as Part of Fraudclosure Investigation?
Submitted by 4closureFraud on 04/15/2011 13:27 -0500FROM PAGE 3 OF THE INTERAGENCY REPORT: "The reviews also showed that servicers possessed original notes and mortgages."
AnD NoW FoR A BRieF ReBuTTaL FRoM GoLDMaN SQuiD
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 04/15/2011 13:21 -0500Justice for all Squids...
Inviting anarchy, but does anyone care?
Submitted by ilene on 04/15/2011 13:17 -0500Self-dealing, conflicts of interest, favoritism and arguably fraudulent conduct are not unique to the treatment of auction rate securities during the economic collapse of 2008, for these qualities can be found in everything the Fed touches. But ARSs are one blatant example hardly anyone talks about.
