Contributing Editors' Blog Entries
Do Summers, Geithner and Bernanke Have to Share Credit for Saving the Banks with Drug Kingpins?
Submitted by George Washington on 12/14/2009 - 15:00 Strange bedfellows ...
Natural Gas: The Forgotten Commodity, But Not By Exxon Mobil
Submitted by asiablues on 12/14/2009 - 14:58 Exxon Natural Gas Natural gas has become an almost forgotten commodity with poor market fundamentals keeping a lid on the price. But the fuel is not forgotten by Exxon Mobil (XOM). Exxon just announced this morning that it will buy XTO Energy (XTO) in an all-stock deal worth $31 billion as the oil giant moved aggressively towards the abundant unconventional natural gas source at home.Larry Summers Is Like a Guy Who Yells That the Sun Really DOES Revolve Around the Earth and that the Current Orbit is Just a Temporary Aberration...
Submitted by George Washington on 12/14/2009 - 14:57 Larry Summers Heretic! Heretic!
Good morning, worker drones: This Week In Mayhem
Submitted by Project Mayhem on 12/14/2009 - 11:05 Journalist thrown out of Copenhagen by UN security thugs, Dems to lift debt ceiling in game of currency Jenga, Sovereign debt crises emerging, Obama protects Bush torture lawyer Yoo, Afghan 'army' a bunch of pot-smoking teenagers, Chavez launches Telenovela.
How to Triple Your Money in Just One Month!
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 12/14/2009 - 10:57 Someone is making big bucks on the continuing Dubai story. I wonder who that might be.
And I’m back…and the investment world is still nutty
Submitted by inoculatedinvestor on 12/14/2009 - 02:03 I am back from my brief blogging hiatus and not surprisingly, all of the nutty things going on in the financial markets have not magically reversed themselves. So, after some separation from the markets I have made a list of the things I think make the least sense and would impact investors in a meaningful way if the current trends turned around.
Economist Paul Samuelson, Dead at 94
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 12/13/2009 - 17:07 Paul Samuelson Professor Samuelson was a giant in economics. His many articles, books and lectures are a true testimony to his intellectual breadth and depth. The world lost another great thinker today.Healing Inch by Inch?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 12/13/2009 - 01:03 Just like football, life is a game of inches. As world leaders gather in Copenhagen this week to discuss measures to protect our climate, is there enough political will to do what's right for the environment and the global financial system?
Climate Change: Summary of Current Science
Submitted by Econophile on 12/12/2009 - 15:20 Something to think about this weekend if you are freezing your ass off, or getting soaked. Is it global warming or global cooling? What have we done to change climate? What happens if we do nothing? What happens if we do something as outlined in Copenhagen? Here's a great summary of the science from Cato. Illarionov was Putin's chief economic advisor.Cocktails and RE in Greenwich
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 12/12/2009 - 10:35 Some real estate insight at one of America's nicest addresses. Some other thoughts as well.Does the Caisse Need Retention Bonuses?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 12/11/2009 - 23:11 When I hear people at the Caisse whining, I tell them to shut up and deliver the goods. Period. The Caisse isn't a charity. It's one of the largest pension funds in North America. The money managers and analysts there are treated like royalty, often spoon-fed by sell-side brokers (what they are fed, that's another matter).
China vs. The World (revised)
Submitted by Vitaliy Katsenelson on 12/11/2009 - 18:20 China the dichotomy between how investors look at China and the rest of the worldHouse Passes Bill to Audit the Fed
Submitted by George Washington on 12/11/2009 - 17:43 We've won round 1!New Stock Exchange Opens in Africa
Submitted by Econophile on 12/11/2009 - 17:23 When is a stock exchange a criminal syndicate? Here's one in Somalia that takes a unique financing approach to a dynamic growth industry: piracy.
