Archive - Sep 14, 2011 - Blog entry
Retail Sales Reports Are Right for the Wrong Reason
Submitted by ilene on 09/14/2011 23:33 -0500It's only when you drill down into the raw, unmanipulated data that the weakness is more apparent.
And So It Began
Submitted by lizzy36 on 09/14/2011 22:40 -0500Three years ago tonight we were all watching a new world unfold.
A Lost Decade Into The Great Middle Class Poverty?
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/14/2011 22:21 -0500While President Obama is pressing the bloc's big countries to show leadership, the U.S. actually is in dire need of extraordinary leadership with a sharp strategic focus to turn the country around.
Dear Ben, Please Make Us Trillionaires
Submitted by testosteronepit on 09/14/2011 17:08 -0500Trillionaires. Just the sound of it! It's beautiful, Ben. But without your help, we'll never get there. So, at your big meeting next week, think about us. Because the way you make trillionaires is by printing money.
ViSUAL CoMBaT DaiLY (9.14.11) (BoMBS AWaY...)
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 09/14/2011 13:44 -0500"We are not going to have a Lehman Brothers" --Timmah quoting Mutti [Reminder: What Lehman day is tomorrow?]
Trump, Apmex, and Goldilocks
Submitted by Michael Victory on 09/14/2011 13:25 -0500
The Donald takes delivery of 3 Kilos.
Book Excerpt: A Sideways View of the World
Submitted by Vitaliy Katsenelson on 09/14/2011 10:36 -0500The following chapter 2 is excerpted from The Little Book of Sideways Markets (Wiley, 2010). Enjoy
Before the Tape: 9-13-11
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 09/14/2011 08:52 -0500The market has become dominated by rumors. The primary rumor is of China supporting Europe. We saw similar rumors in 2008 for Wall Street banks. Those purchases all resulted in massive losses for the funds in question. And yet we are seeing similar rumors inciting large rallies in stocks today, this time the rumors pertaining to China and Japan buying Europe.
David Kotok | Policy Madness in Muniland
Submitted by rcwhalen on 09/14/2011 08:25 -0500Policy Madness (inconsistency) in Muniland. Some bullets.
There's No Better Indicator That Someone Is Lying Than When They Do The Opposite Of What They Say: Enter BNP Paribas
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 09/14/2011 07:17 -0500"Look at what I say, not at what I do! We have no liquidity problem." Listen, if you have to sell $96 billion of mismarked assets when you DON'T need liquidity, imagine what needs to be done if you have a liquidity problem!
SocGen comes to town
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 09/14/2011 06:24 -0500The CEO of SocGen is selling. I'm not buying.
