Archive for June, 2011

  • Post Trading Comments, June 30
    Posted by on June 30th, 2011 at 6:25 pm, Comments: 0

    It’s the end of the month; end of half the year.  Where are we and where are we going? ($ES_F $SPY) AMEX SPIDER Options Chart [...]

  • Remember How This Tax Worked Out
    Posted by on June 30th, 2011 at 6:14 pm, Comments: 0

    An alert reader said I was a schmuck for not remembering how the last luxury tax worked out. Enacted by George Bush, the luxury boat [...]

  • Obama Makes An Interesting Point
    Posted by on June 30th, 2011 at 8:45 am, Comments: 0

    Yesterday, Obama held a campaign press conference. In it, he vilified corporate jets, and again went after the rich people that make $250,000 a year [...]

  • Back Home Breakfast Links
    Posted by on June 30th, 2011 at 12:41 am, Comments: 0

    Whew! Drove 20 hours in 2.5 days. Good to be back. Hotty Toddy. Hey, how about that $EURUSD trade? Good thing Obama released oil from [...]

  • On the Road Breakfast Links
    Posted by on June 28th, 2011 at 8:18 am, Comments: 0

    Driving my daughter to school. Here is a useful tool. ($NKE) Nike knows the market. A libertarian post on gay marriage. I know of several, [...]

  • Illinois Greatest Senator, Peter Fitzgerald
    Posted by on June 27th, 2011 at 4:29 pm, Comments: 0

    A lot of people think that Barack Obama was Illinois greatest Senator by virtue of his attaining the White House. Some think Everett Dirksen, or [...]

  • Empty Nest
    Posted by on June 27th, 2011 at 12:31 pm, Comments: 0

    Today my wife and I officially become empty nesters. We will have two kids in college. Neither of them will live at home for an [...]

  • An Example of How Not to Stimulate Economic Growth
    Posted by on June 27th, 2011 at 9:42 am, Comments: 0

    This article just released by Bloomberg.  Obama is trying to position himself as pro-business.   “Look, I am giving away 72 billion in tax breaks. [...]

  • It Takes 20 Years
    Posted by on June 27th, 2011 at 9:06 am, Comments: 0

    The world is amidst in an amazing change.  Someday, historians will chart this change, and it’s effect on human relationships and say it was as [...]

  • Breakfast Links
    Posted by on June 27th, 2011 at 7:17 am, Comments: 0

    Being there.   Really, I think it might be true. (tip of the hat to Insty) Loving the NY Times coming to the realization that [...]

  • Education in America
    Posted by on June 26th, 2011 at 12:11 pm, Comments: 0

    There has been a lot of consternation over the cost of a college education.  I think that the cost can be explained using simple economics. [...]

  • Sunday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on June 26th, 2011 at 10:05 am, Comments: 0

    Chicago cops win national championship in football. Soros thinks the Greeks will exit the Euro, eventually. Did you know about Sri Lanka’s killing fields?  I [...]

  • Unintended Consequences of Gay Marriage
    Posted by on June 25th, 2011 at 12:40 pm, Comments: 0

    Now that New York and Illinois have approved gay marriage, it probably won’t be long until California comes along and approves it. Can even a [...]

  • S+P, Down 87% of the Time
    Posted by on June 25th, 2011 at 10:45 am, Comments: 0

    Over the past 8 weeks, the S+P ($ES_F, $SPY) has been down 7 out of them. It’s starting to frighten people. On the Mike and [...]

  • Saturday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on June 25th, 2011 at 8:33 am, Comments: 0

    Hey, want to learn something? Buy this book. China supporting Europe, buying Hungarian debt. When will they take a shot at owning the Parthenon? In [...]

  • David Mamet’s Book: The Secret Knowledge
    Posted by on June 24th, 2011 at 5:26 pm, Comments: 0

    I have been reading David Mamet’s new book, The Secret Knowledge.  It’s a very intellectual book.  You have to know something to understand it. When [...]

  • Hmm, It’s Been A Year
    Posted by on June 24th, 2011 at 8:34 am, Comments: 0

    Not too many people talk about the entrepreneurial start up population in Chicago. There is something seminal happening here.  I co-founded Hyde Park Angels, and [...]

  • Breakfast Links-Theme, Some People Just Don’t Get It
    Posted by on June 24th, 2011 at 6:56 am, Comments: 0

    Last night was a Built In Chicago party. Really great crowd. I keep telling people that there is entrepreneurial stuff happening here. If you aren’t [...]

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