Archive - Oct 2013 - Blog entry

How Many Constitutional Freedoms Have We Lost?

Accute Wiretap Ear spotted...

Once upon a time the person that ended up with the Nobel Prize for whatever it might have been was always the single person to be left standing on the podium in the number one position.

Debunking Government’s Justification for Mass Surveillance

I continue to read pieces in the media claiming the QE should not be stopped because it will hurt the recovery. I don’t understand this claim because there is literally no historical evidence that QE creates jobs in the first place.

How Fitch has not downgraded the U.S. already is a mystery to analysts looking at the U.S. fiscal position and the lack of political will to tackle it. It seems likely that significant political pressure is being put on credit ratings agencies regarding their credit rating of the U.S.

Big Boehner in Little Vichy...Happy Execution Day 2013!

The documentary will air Novemeber 4th at Battle of The Quants in Shanghai and from there will hopefully make its way around the world

It’s obvious that we might sometimes have the impression the freedom has no price on it. But, think again.

Over-burdensome regulation and massive liability exposure is stifling business and creativity, slowing the flow of capital globally and stagnating economic growth.

And a surprise encore guest lecture...

Time runs out on Italian and Spanish banks. But the truth is fatal.

I like Professor Shiller and respect his work. Really, I do, but... Massive bubbles, the sort of the proportion of the 2008 crisis, are nigh impossible to miss if you can add single digits successfully and are able to keep your eyes open for a few minutes at a time. Yes, I truly do feel its that simple. I saw the property bubble over a year in advance, cashed out and came back in shorting - all for a very profitable round trip. Was I a genius soothsayer? Well, maybe in my own mind, but the reality of the situation is I was simply paying attention. Let's recap:

A Banzai7 public service translation...

Gold’s price falls are very counter intuitive and suggests that Wall Street banks, either independently or in unison with the U.S. authorities possibly through the Working Group On Financial Markets or the Plunge Protection Team, are suppressing gold lower.