Cool graphic:
http://datavis.tumblr.com/post/274512934/nuclear-explosions-since-1942-via-i-imgur-com
http://i.imgur.com/Pik5g.jpg
"There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody." —Adlai Stevenson
I highlighted this morning the importance of China's CPI figure tonight in light of the possibility of an interest rate hike at some point in China following their attempt to cool inflation pressures and lending growth. With regards to the relentless US equity market rally where the SPX is just 4 pts from its Jan high, one asset class has dramatically lagged and that is commodities as the CRB index is 6% below its Jan high and is back to where it was 3 weeks ago. Due to China's voracious appetite for commodities as we all know, the relationship of...
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December 15th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I wouldn’t exactly classify the two for Japan in 1945 as “tests”.
December 15th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
what’s the deal with “1979?” off of South Africa…
If this is a game of RISK then who’s playing grey?
December 15th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
sgornick – I agree, but nobody is classifying the two in Japan as tests. The graphic says “atmospheric attacks.” Is there a comment that got deleted that I didn’t see or are you making up data like a climatologist?