Trading Rules, Aphorisms & Books
Expat writes: I am interested in your opinion and advice. I traded oil for eighteen years before retiring to the south of France where I...
Madoff: Banks “Had to Know” of My Fraud
“They had to know. But the attitude was sort of, ‘If you’re doing something wrong, we don’t want to know.’ ” -Bernie Madoff...
Bremmer: Emerging Markets Are Really to Blame for Rising Food...
Source: Bernanke’s Off the Hook: Emerging Markets Are Really to Blame for Rising Food Prices, Says Bremmer Stacy Curtin Yahoo Tech...
Tuesday Afternoon Reads
• Great Inflation Debate: Big Week for Inflationistas (Marketbeat) • Bubblemania: Is It Time to be Skeptical of the Skeptics?...
2012 US Budget: $3.7 Trillion
Interactive graphic from the NYT showing how the 2012 is allocated: > click for interactive graphic
Labor Costs vs Consumer Prices 1950-2010
> The Bloomberg chart above compares year-to-year percentage changes in labor costs and consumer prices — from 1950 to...
Behind the Scenes at Pixar
Melena Ryzik gets a rare behind-the-scenes look at the Pixar Studios complex in California. Source: Animation Advocacy, Pixar Style...
Tracking the Presidential Stock Cycle
> What a stock market! Just 29 days (11.5 percent of the year) of trading into the year and the S&P500 is already up 5.94...
Economic data
The NAHB home builder sentiment survey was unch at 16, in line with expectations and flat for a 4th straight month. Present conditions...
Max Keiser Appearance (RT)
This week Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert talk about the Shoe Throwing Index, Saudi oil reserves and haircuts on investors. In the...