Posted in Economy, Financial Markets, Media, Stockmarket, tagged CNBC, Economy, financial media, Global Economy, Global Recession, US Economy on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you were watching CNBC or even follow MSNBC, you would have noticed this idiotic rant from one of CNBC’s so called market analysts.
Earlier we had Jim Cramer had a similar rant.
Notice how in the earlier instance, jim cramer was ranting about Ben Bernanke was doing all [...]
Posted in Economy, Financial Markets, Legislation, Media, tagged Financial Markets, Global Economy, Government intervention, stock markets, US Economy on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Its called “Inside the meltdown” and full of left-liberal pundits, but it is a pretty good description of what went on during those crucial months last year.
Here it is…
Posted in Economy, Energy technology, Environment, Environmentalism, Financial Markets, Incidental-musing, Investment, Legislation, Media, Stockmarket, Technology, Thought-Trails, tagged American recovery and reinvestment plan, Broadband internet access, Conservative Economists, Depression, Economic Depression, Financial Markets, Global depression, Global Economy, Global Recession, Green Energy, High speed rail roads in US, House, Hybrid cars, John Kenneth Galbraith, Liberal Economists, Main Street, National Power grid, Senate, stock markets, Tax breaks, Tax cuts, US Economy, US House of representatives, US Infrastructure, US Politics, US recession, US Senate, world economy on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
House passes the granduosly named American recovery and reinvestment plan, and, it is irrelevant at this point. For this plan is not far sighted enough nor does it change the game in any way. But don’t blame the president for this, for he was just working with in the boundaries of consitution. Fact is this [...]
Posted in Economy, Financial Markets, Incidental-musing, Investment, Stockmarket, tagged Economy, financial institutions, Financial Markets, Global Economy, Interesting books, risk, US Economy on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the link to an informative article on nytimes, detailing the genesis and circumstances associated with the quantification of risk in a portfolio.
The book mentioned at the beginning of the article “Against the gods” is a part of a series of excellent books by Peter L Bernstein: Capital Ideas, Against the gods and The [...]
Posted in Stockmarket, tagged financial institutions, Financial Markets, Global Economy, Stockmarket, US Economy on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve seen enough of the articles, which say 2008 is forgettable or imply this…
Here’s a sample.
Newyork Times:
Markets Limp Into 2009 After a Bruising Year
AP:
Stocks gain as investors try to forget 2008
SanJose Mercury News:
2008: For stock investors, a year to forget
Atlanta Journal Constitution:
Good riddance to 2008; it’s time to start over
Boston Herald:
2008: A year to forget
The [...]
Posted in Economy, Financial Markets, Thought-Trails, tagged commodities markets, Crude futures, crude oil speculation, crude spot prices, Financial Markets, Global Economy, Paul Krugman, US Economy on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a post by Paul Krugman in nytimes on crude cost and speculation.
While i agree with the logic of this argument, a couple of curious points that should have been taken into account are as follows:
1. Assuming OPEC nations raise their production substantially, shouldn’t crude price go down? The natural response to crude price going [...]
