Nice animation, thanks to Michael Bommarito of Computational Legal Studies :
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Visualizing Bank Failures ( 2008-2009 ) from Michael J Bommarito II on Vimeo.
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Putting aside its incredible product line and pipeline of more, its still attractive valuation relative to earnings, and its $100 per share of cash that may be used for a dividend soon, Apple's stock has gone parabolic. And, parabolic moves always end one way, back to the place where the parabolic move began. Now, AAPL can of course power higher to who knows where in this move but the largest market cap stock in the world has now entered a tenuous phase, strictly technically speaking. But I digress. German investor confidence, the ZEW, in the next 6 months rose back...
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December 14th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Greetings Professor Falkin.
Would you like to play a game?
Global Economic Collapse.
How about a nice game of chess?
December 14th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
DEFCON 4???
December 14th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Very Christmasy.
December 14th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
What the hell was going on in Georgia?
December 14th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
The pretty green flashing lights make me feel happy! But seriously, nice vis!
December 14th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Looks like New York was very well bailed out, as opposed to the rest of the nation.
December 14th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Geithner is saying that the US is making a healthy profit on TARP. This seems absurd to me. The banking industry was near collapse, you print and backstop Trillions, bankrupting future generations and we are making a profit?
December 15th, 2009 at 2:59 am
Notice how there is never just one failure at a time.
December 15th, 2009 at 6:09 am
@Simon:
The banks are being closed by the FDIC a few at a time, on quiet Friday nights, in a controlled way. Hundreds must be in virual failure as we speak.
December 15th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
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