Archive - Feb 2012 - Blog entry
February 13th
The Great Squeeze: Asset Prices Will Fall, While the Cost of Living Will Rise
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 02/13/2012 11:28 -0500
The reality is that the Fed is stuck in ZIRP and will never be able to leave it. In 2011, the US made $454 BILLION in interest payments. And that’s with interest rates at or near 0%. Things are only going to get worse. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the estimated interest that will be due on the US’s debt load by 2015 will be $533 billion: an amount equal to 1/3 of all federal income taxes collected that year (assuming of course that the current GDP growth projections are accurate...)
The Value Of Not Following The Name Brand Following Crowd, Re: Apple, Goldman & RIM
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 02/13/2012 10:30 -0500Explain to me again, how often is EVERYBODY ALWAYS RIGHT? Finding value in not following the name brand following crowd...
Tick By Tick Research Email - The Bonus Dilemma
Submitted by Tick By Tick on 02/13/2012 02:32 -0500Is a bonus culture beneficial to the economy?
February 12th
“See Something Say Something” Campaign Could Allow People to Label ANY AMERICAN a Suspected “Terrorist” … Just Like in NaziTown
Submitted by George Washington on 02/12/2012 19:29 -0500See Something, Act Like a Snitch in Nazi Germany, Stasi East Germany or Iraq
Why Are We Fighting On the Same Side with Al Qaeda?
Submitted by George Washington on 02/12/2012 16:22 -0500The U.S. Is On the Same Side as Al Qaeda In Syria
WHaT'S WRoNG WiTH THe MSM...con't
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 02/12/2012 14:28 -0500"The mass media do not transmit ideologies; they are themselves an ideology."--Umberto Eco
SEC Begins Poking At Private Equity Asset Valuations
Submitted by CrownThomas on 02/12/2012 13:08 -0500Insight into the hedge fund and other private fund managers who previously conducted their work under the radar and outside the vision of regulators
Investor Sentiment: Heading Into the Final Stages
Submitted by thetechnicaltake on 02/12/2012 12:20 -0500As long as the bulls continue to believe, the market should continue to push higher, but there will be limit.
Trade Data: Is China Losing Its Steam?
Submitted by EconMatters on 02/12/2012 11:09 -0500With major trade partners battered by recession, the latest trade data seem to give credence to a China hard-landing crash scenario by some forecasters.
Euro Analogy Three-peat
Submitted by Tim Knight from Slope of Hope on 02/12/2012 10:09 -0500As a companion to my post late last month of the GDX via my chicken-scratch, here's another poultry-created masterpiece: a trio of Euro drawings with my best attempt at marking the "matched" points of this analog. The charts speak for themselves. Whether or not this pans out a third time remains to be seen. So far, so good, though.....(as a side note, I originally posted this on Slope of Hope at the end of last month, but the analog still holds - - - what happens this week will either break or affirm it).
On Meredith Whitney, Munis and Leaks
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 02/12/2012 09:41 -0500A New York City story
February 11th
Movie and Music Copyright Cops Themselves Infringe Intellectual Property
Submitted by George Washington on 02/11/2012 19:33 -0500Members of the RIAA, Department of Homeland Security, Sony, Universal and Fox may have illegally downloaded files from BitTorrent ... And Lamar Smith – the Congressman sponsoring SOPA – used a pirated photograph on his official campaign website ...
The Liberty Option
Submitted by Michael Victory on 02/11/2012 19:29 -0500Documenting destruction with Fabian Calvo.
Fear of Terror Makes People Stupid … So Here’s Some Comic Relief
Submitted by George Washington on 02/11/2012 19:26 -0500If you smile, it means you're a terrorist ...
Treasury Market Panic Reversal Due To Little Known Forces Called Supply and Demand
Submitted by ilene on 02/11/2012 17:11 -0500To confirm a reversal in Treasuries we need a bona fide breakout.
