Contributing Editors' Blog Entries
A Lesson in Liquidity?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 08/25/2009 - 20:04 I think that in the environment we are heading in, there will be a premium placed on liquidity. Long gone are the days where you tie up your money for ten years in private equity or accept lock-ups of three years with some hedge fund (some are stupid enough to do this).
Canadian Dollar Crosses Head For the Kitchen Sink - 25-Aug-2009 Action
Submitted by Raymond Shaw on 08/25/2009 - 13:08 Canadian Dollar Bank of Canada's Council Member Timothy Lane has some interesting things to tell the market.
FOIA NOT DOA: District Court Holds Federal Reserve Improperly Withheld Records From Bloomberg
Submitted by Res ipsa loquitur on 08/25/2009 - 12:13 Federal Reserve FOIA August 24, 2009 will undoubtedly go down as a day of celebration at Zero Hedge as the thus-far bullet proof Federal Reserve was ordered to produce documents improperly withheld from Bloomberg reporters Mark Pittman and Craig Torres.
The Conclusion: Beating a Dead Horse (to Death)
Submitted by Vitaliy Katsenelson on 08/25/2009 - 09:49 The Chinese ascent over last decade has lowered the degree of separation between China and the global economy: what happens in China doesn’t stay in China (not anymore), it spills over to the rest of the world.Will Pensions Follow Harvard's Mea Culpa?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 08/24/2009 - 22:39 While Harvard regroups and tacitly admits its mea culpa, most pension parrots will keep repeating the same mistakes, losing billions in the process. They will all learn the hard way.
Building A Sustainable Financial System
Submitted by PragmaticIdealist on 08/24/2009 - 22:21 My ramblings on how the banking system is broken and what to do about it.
Good morning, worker drones: This Week in Mayhem
Submitted by Project Mayhem on 08/24/2009 - 07:58 After some interesting disclosures over the past week -- including the fact that a large percentage of the U.S. market volume is comprised of just five financial stocks -- let us review new information and take a look at the week ahead, in order to make some sense of the train wreck already in progress.
What do you do?
Submitted by jester on 08/24/2009 - 03:47 !---This is an attempt to harness the ZH brain trust, an invitation to discuss---!On Blogging Brawls and Bragging Rights
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 08/23/2009 - 12:20 A couple of days ago Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism posted a comment, Who Is Tyler Durden? The post generated over 187 comments (and still counting), most of which were infantile swipes from morons claiming that one blog is better than the other one. I got carried away too and used language that I shouldn't have, but after sleeping on it, I want to offer you some of my thoughts on these blogging brawls and bragging rights.
Investor Sentiment: I Have Said It All!
Submitted by thetechnicaltake on 08/23/2009 - 09:06 Investor Sentiment To spare you the trouble of having to waste your time reading and to spare me the embarrassment, there will be no comments this week. Just graphs.Beating a Dead Horse
Submitted by Vitaliy Katsenelson on 08/23/2009 - 08:38 China projects to the world a similar image as Japan did in the 1980s. Yet we know how that (Japanese) story played out: a bust of a major banking/real estate bubble, a contracting economy for almost two decades, accompanied by deflation, ballooning debt, etc.
The GoldManchurian Candidate
Submitted by Benjamin N. Dov... on 08/22/2009 - 12:54 I break the first two rules of ZeroHedge and reveal Tyler Durden's hidden agenda.
ZH Vs. All Comers
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 08/22/2009 - 09:47 ZH under assault again. This fight is getting interesting. My thoughts.This Time Is Different (In Reverse)
Submitted by thetechnicaltake on 08/21/2009 - 21:27 The Dollar Index continues to trend lower, and it is at real risk of seeing accelerating losses.