Archive - Feb 2015 - Blog entry

An evil exists...

Stocks are pricing in ECONOMIC PERFECTION and the reality is that the global economy is imploding.

The fact that Walmart raised wages in the manner that it did ought to have alerted the Fed that something is going on in the underlying employment dynamics of the labor market that they aren`t addressing with their current ZIRP stance.

And black is white.

and more news moving the markets

Please allow me to introduce myself...

Financial markets and investing reflect the same characteristics as my attempt at keeping fit

Although it may be unrealistically optimistic, I believe my paraphrase of a Churchill quote:

“Central Bankers will eventually do the right thing and return to a gold standard after they have exhausted all other alternatives.”

Learning the Facts Will Help Protect You From Heart Disease, Stroke ... And Stupid Trades

Bienvenido...

As a frequent contributor to Bloomberg, I would welcome the opportunity to debate this with Barry.
What say you @ritholtz ?  : )

and other things to keep an eye on today

Many argue money should be defined as the medium of exchange--the dollar. The catch is that the dollar only circulates because the government forces it to circulate...

The last thing Janet Yellen needs to be doing right now is cheer-leading more risk taking on behalf of financial market participants!

With the Fed and other Central banks now leveraged well above 50-to-1, even those entities that were backstopping an insolvent financial system are themselves insolvent.