Archive - 2011 - Blog entry
January 30th
WASHINGTON STATE JOINS MOVEMENT FOR PUBLIC BANKING
Submitted by ilene on 01/30/2011 20:59 -0500The effort in Washington State draws heavily on the success of the 92-year-old Bank of North Dakota (BND), currently the only state-wide publicly-owned U.S. bank.
DiSAMBiGuaTiNG STaTe oN eGYPT (PLuS BoRiS KaRLoFF iN...)
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 01/30/2011 20:28 -0500Words spoken by a Hillary of beans...
Israeli, Saudi and American Leaders Say Arabs Are Not Ready for Democracy
Submitted by George Washington on 01/30/2011 17:39 -0500The War on Terror was supposed to be about bringing democracy to the Middle East, among other things … wasn’t it?
Private Equity Rewards Pensions?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 01/30/2011 17:37 -0500More studies touting the "benefits of private equity"...
The Financial Crisis “Round Two” Survival Guide
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 01/30/2011 15:44 -0500Over the last 30 years, the US has built up record debts on a personal, state, and national level. Consumers thought they were financially stable so long as they could cover the interest payments on their credit cards, states created program after program few if any of which they could afford, and the Federal Government issued $30-50 trillion in debt and liabilities (counting Social Security and Medicare).
Florida House Representative George R. Moraitis, Jr. Values Your Input on Expedited Foreclosures and Goals for the Judicial System
Submitted by 4closureFraud on 01/30/2011 14:11 -0500It seems that Mr. Moraitis is more concerned that our judiciary become an auction house instead of a place where constitutional rights and due process of law is upheld.
What's Happening in Egypt?
Submitted by George Washington on 01/30/2011 13:59 -0500Events are moving very quickly in Egypt...
Tunisia/Swiss banks/Gold – What’s Next?
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 01/30/2011 10:54 -0500Should we get the headline that the Swiss have acted against another leader I would recommend getting long physical gold, fast. If hot money is not safe in a Swiss account it will go into physical gold.
Investor Sentiment: This Time Will Not Be Different
Submitted by thetechnicaltake on 01/30/2011 10:49 -0500It was touch and go this week, but in the end and as suspected in last week's comments, the "this time is different" scenario will not play out.
Protests in Egypt Cause Market to Take It in The Sphinxter
Submitted by MoneyMcbags on 01/30/2011 10:26 -0500Holy(land) shit did the market sell off on Friday as civil (or more exactly, uncivil) unrest overran the streets of Egypt like...
Is the Egyptian Government Using Agents Provocateur to Justify a Crack Down On the Protesters?
Submitted by George Washington on 01/30/2011 03:59 -0500Looks that way ...
January 29th
Barron's Roundtable Wrapup
Submitted by Stone Street Advisors on 01/29/2011 16:19 -0500An Investment Pro thinks WWIII has Started and other musings from the final installment of the Roundtable
The Quant Delusion
Submitted by Cheeky Bastard on 01/29/2011 15:25 -0500In the year 1900 a little known French mathematician Louis Bachelier put forth the effort to eradicate risk involved with investing in financial markets. While his work was lost for 60 years, his original contribution to pricing options (more importantly, pricing volatility of a given asset) will become the cornerstone in what is today most widely used formula in finance; Black-Scholes-Merton formula for pricing options.
Arab World's Berlin Moment?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 01/29/2011 14:39 -0500There is a virtual media frenzy proclaiming the "Arab world's Berlin moment". I'm very skeptical but realize that no matter what outcome, developments in Egypt will have a profound effect on the global political landscape, economy and financial markets...
January 28th
ReGiMe CHaNGe RiSK-oN!
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 01/28/2011 23:26 -0500The brand new game everyone is talking about...
