Archive for August, 2011

• Government Turns Both Barrels on Honest Business
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 31st, 2011 at 8:16 am, Comments: 0

  If you were not outraged by the malpractice at the CFTC over the past few years before, you ought to be now. It’s so bad [...]

• Everyone Calls it Hump Day Breakfast Links
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 31st, 2011 at 4:44 am, Comments: 0

  Good post on oil contracts and Coase. $ICE, $CME, $COP, $XON, $CL_F, $BP 599 days. They are playing the race card pretty early. I say [...]

• Charlie Evans, Windy City Fed Prez Speaks on QE
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 30th, 2011 at 9:53 am, Comments: 0

  Chicago Federal Reserve President Charlie Evans was interviewed by Steve Liesman on CNBC this morning. I thought it was a really good interview, with some [...]

• Tuesday #Macro Breakfast Links
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 30th, 2011 at 4:45 am, Comments: 0

  Comment on the Jackson Hole, WY conference. The economic past. 4 minute history of economics. A little on the new White House economist. I don’t [...]

• Free To Choose and Farmageddon
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 29th, 2011 at 8:24 am, Comments: 0

  Last night I went to see the documentary Farmageddon in Chicago. I also stayed for the full panel discussion. The film is shocking. Documentaries are [...]

• Monday Morning Breakfast Links
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 29th, 2011 at 4:32 am, Comments: 0

  Women are storming the boardrooms of Asia. If you haven’t read Free To Choose, you should. This movie shows why. Farmageddon – Movie Trailer from [...]

• Big Government Destroys Family Farmers
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 28th, 2011 at 9:54 am, Comments: 0

  Big government isn’t just bad because it is so costly. Big government is toxic because it becomes an over reaching nanny state that tries to [...]

• Sunday Brunch (Bow Tie) Breakfast Links
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 28th, 2011 at 4:48 am, Comments: 0

  Jim Rogers endorses Ron Paul for President. Jim Rogers thinks Ag is the place to be. ($DE,$MON,$AIGA,$DBC,$ADM,$SFD,$BG,$TYS) Some facts about physical metals, and their ETFs. [...]

• Honesty is The Best Policy; Be Straight With Your VC, and Your Associates
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 27th, 2011 at 11:04 am, Comments: 0

  At Hyde Park Angels, we see a lot of start up companies. They submit their business plans and we go through them. If they are [...]

• Beefy Saturday Breakfast Links
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 27th, 2011 at 8:45 am, Comments: 0

  Fukushima=168 Hiroshima: Japanese earthquake math. They rounded up a posse and caught a cattle rustler. ($LE_F) I am on the Michael and Gina show this [...]

• Pricing in QE3
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 26th, 2011 at 4:15 pm, Comments: 0

  I think from the Federal Reserve statement today, the market action tells you they are starting to price in QE3. Gold +51 $GLD $GC_F Silver [...]

• Chicago Cubs Owner Leads Bike Ride
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 26th, 2011 at 2:13 pm, Comments: 0

  The Cubs have gotten a lot of flak from columnists this year. I think 99% if it is pretty unfair. You don’t turn around a [...]

• Gentle Ben Speaks, Not Helicopter Ben
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 26th, 2011 at 10:38 am, Comments: 0

  Fed Chairman gave a much anticipated speech at a Jackson Hole conference today. I think that there are a couple of things you can glean. [...]

• Is It the Bottom For Banks?
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 26th, 2011 at 7:49 am, Comments: 0

  Some are saying that Warren Buffett buying Bank of America ($BAC) stock yesterday was the bottom for banks. Is it? I don’t think so. Why? [...]

• Friday Breakfast Links
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 26th, 2011 at 6:35 am, Comments: 0

  Does this remind you of Ben Bernanke’s upcoming speech today? The Stocktwits meet up in Chicago was a lot of fun yesterday. For those that [...]

• Sarah Palin; Will She Or Won’t She? Some Hope So
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 25th, 2011 at 4:52 pm, Comments: 0

  Sarah Palin has been constantly in the speculative storm. She has had an easy time of staying in the public’s collective conscious because so many [...]

• Books for Trading
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 25th, 2011 at 8:37 am, Comments: 0

  On Twitter, I was talking with Swoon about the market. Swoon wondered what books were good to read to help you understand the market. I [...]

• Breakfast Links
  Posted by Jeff Carter on August 25th, 2011 at 4:14 am, Comments: 0

  I am going to be at the Funding Post panel in Chicago all day today. Might want to read this before Gentle Ben speaks on [...]