Archive - May 2014 - Blog entry

I know how to disappear you...[Cover your keyboards]

Could the euro rally on a 10-15 bp cut in key rates?  Technical indicators suggest this may be likely.  

The interesting part is how the Econ Data and Central Bank events for the next three weeks all directly affect the next event, and how the market digests all these events as a whole.

Crunch time will hit in Spring 2016 according to some economists in the UK. That’s the time when the British will suffer the consequences of the rising annual house-price rate in the country standing at 17% per year. Oh, the people are rejoicing that their houses are worth hundreds of thousands and increasing every year.

...  "To See What You’re Thinking, Even Behind Closed Doors”

Hope for Veterans...

Even soothsayers and Abenomics spin doctors expected a downdraft after Japan’s consumption tax was jacked up. But not this.

What did he do again this week? I forgot...

It is very apparent the Fed literally are making policy up as they go along and Wall Street doesn`t realize that the Fed has no exit strategy.  The learning curve is going to be painful as always for Bond Holders.

The Keynesians have failed. Japan has proved it. It’s only a matter of time before the rest of the world… and the markets catch on.

With the advent of unions in the USA in the 19th century, they were once synonymous with downing tools and walking out to hold the management and the company they were working for to ransom. Collective bargaining and across-the-board pay rises were high on the agenda back then.

Denying someone an opportunity based on anything other than their skills is immoral. And equally immoral is actively seeking out and hiring the "disadvantaged" or "under-represented" simply to meet some kind of quota or corporate goal. It's an injustice to any other candidates that are better-qualified for the task at hand.

Exposing your children to real world experiences provides an education not easily achieved elsewhere. They will learn to think outside of the box and question everything.

Despite all the doom and gloom in the market, we would have loved to have these employment numbers three years ago.