Archive - 2011 - Blog entry
February 6th
Sparrow's Belch in a Typhoon
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 02/06/2011 21:57 -0500We get to see the budget this week. It will not be pretty.
Stock World Weekly
Submitted by ilene on 02/06/2011 21:06 -0500Here's this week's newsletter from Phil's Stock World.
Another Stock Bubble Underway?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 02/06/2011 17:44 -0500My fear is that another stock bubble is underway and despite lessons from the past, it will last a lot longer than we think...
Lies, Damn Lies, and The B(L)S Jobs Report
Submitted by MoneyMcbags on 02/06/2011 13:48 -0500Wow. Just fucking wow.
American Warships Heading to Egypt
Submitted by George Washington on 02/06/2011 01:07 -0500For evacuations or ... something else?
Oil has joined the Past… NG is the Future!
Submitted by Jack H Barnes on 02/06/2011 01:05 -0500The natural gas cartel, a dream of Russia’s just a few years ago, is dead. It died when a natural gas revolution broke out and Gazprom lost. Energy importing nations around the world are evaluating their own geology, currently, to see if they have shale reserves that can be tapped.
February 5th
If The US Was a Company, It Would be Bankrupt
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 02/05/2011 18:55 -0500Let’s pretend the US is a company...
The Market Running Out of Buyers... Except the Fed?
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 02/05/2011 18:33 -0500By most historic metrics, the market is showing signs of a significant top. Investor sentiment is back to super bullish autumn 2007 levels. Insider selling to buying ratios are back to autumn 2007 levels (insiders are selling the farm). Money market fund assets are at 2007 levels (indicating that investors have gone “all in” with stocks). Mutual fund cash levels are at a historic low.
SuPeR DoLe 2011 (BaNZai7 PRe-GaMe WaRM UP)
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 02/05/2011 16:28 -0500More plays and more POMO girls...
Meanwhile, Back In the OTHER Gulf
Submitted by George Washington on 02/05/2011 11:09 -0500Things are not all unicorns and skittles in the Gulf ...
This and That
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 02/05/2011 09:55 -0500Who said this? "The United States is the best looking horse at the glue factory."
BP "Worked Hand in Glove with [the Mubarak] Dictatorship"
Submitted by George Washington on 02/05/2011 01:17 -0500BP spreads more love and light ...
February 4th
What Exactly IS the Fed’s Inflation Mandate? 100% Inflation?
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 02/04/2011 22:21 -0500Remember back when Bernanke claimed that more QE would lower interest rates? What was it… less than six months ago. Strange that this claim would be so far removed from every journalist (and the minds of regulators and Congress) when the markets have proven Bernanke to be an outright fraud.
Can Markets Save the Pension Promise?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 02/04/2011 21:23 -0500Can markets alone save the pension promise? Of course not, but that doesn't mean we should abolish defined-benefit plans...
