Archive - Feb 9, 2012 - Blog entry

As I reminded you the other day, Ben Bernanke isn't worried about inflation. That's good to know, but what are some other facts that we can look at to determine where prices and / or purchasing power are headed. Two indicators that are relevant to this topic are core inflation (everyone's favorite to point to, since it excludes those pesky inflationary items food & energy), and income.

Lots of motion, little progress. 

This is the weirdest “bubble” I have seen. 

It's all good and well to help struggling underwater homeowners, but for those of us who will not receive a dime of this measly settlement, the restoration of trust in the markets is of greater concern. In this regard, accountability for the flagrant and intentional disregard of the rule of law continues to be profitably ignored.--WB7

It takes a central banker from Goldman Sachs to conceive of the world's largest CLO, and enlist the Eurozone's central banks to do the credit analysis.

Here comes the (re)crash and the search for shortable stock is on! The good thing about bankruptcy is that despite silly manilly market, bankrupt is bankrupt and the stock will act accordingly. Ask GGP/LEH investors.

This is not a drill...

Iran has the capability of creating a world of hurt for the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.