Archive for October, 2011

  • MF Global is MF Kaput
    Posted by on October 31st, 2011 at 5:53 pm, Comments: 0

    There are a few sides to the futures business. I was always a “local” trader, and never had customers, filled orders, tried to get retail [...]

  • Knoxville, TN
    Posted by on October 30th, 2011 at 9:03 pm, Comments: 0

    On the way home, we stopped in Tennessee. If you haven’t been in the Piedmont mountains during fall you are missing something Took an extended [...]

  • Sunday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on October 30th, 2011 at 6:39 am, Comments: 0

    Fire Ron Zook. Not sure if I agree with this or not. I do think Newt’s correct, anyone but Obama. Great article on Siri. If [...]

  • Innovators That Are First Don’t Always Stay First
    Posted by on October 29th, 2011 at 8:43 am, Comments: 0

    In the internet age, time and time again we have seen companies that are the first to market get run over by next generation competitors [...]

  • Saturday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on October 29th, 2011 at 7:34 am, Comments: 0

    I am in North Carolina. They don’t call it tailgating down here on the expressways. It’s called “drafting”. Interesting thoughts about capitalism. Romney isn’t catching [...]

  • It’s a Bull! And You’re Going to Hear a Lot of Bull
    Posted by on October 28th, 2011 at 6:29 pm, Comments: 0

    The market is looking pretty nice. The Dow finished up today after a massive relief rally yesterday. S+P looks good too. ($SPY, $ES_F) SPDR S&P [...]

  • Friday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on October 28th, 2011 at 5:46 am, Comments: 0

    Incentives matter. After WW2, southerners moved north because that’s where the money was. Now it’s south of the Mason-Dixon line Yeah! Europe is done. Or [...]

  • Occupy Wall Street and Entrepreneur Investment
    Posted by on October 27th, 2011 at 9:13 am, Comments: 0

    Reading many blogs from various VC’s and entrepreneurs, I get the impression that they are on the side of Occupy Wall Street. Or, if they [...]

  • A Little Food For Thought About Europe
    Posted by on October 27th, 2011 at 8:48 am, Comments: 0

    Think the EU situation is settled? Think again. At Notes From the Underground, there is this gem. At the same hearing, Chairman Bernanke told the [...]

  • Thursday Morning Breakfast Links And an Occupy Wall Street Message
    Posted by on October 27th, 2011 at 6:30 am, Comments: 0

    I love this video. Hey Occupy Wall Street, grow a pair and stop whining. This guy kicks ass. What if social media decided the Presidential [...]

  • The One Video You Need to Watch Today
    Posted by on October 27th, 2011 at 6:27 am, Comments: 0

    This summarizes all the tax and financial issues on our plate today. It’s succinct, compelling and as good as anything that I have ever seen. [...]

  • European Financial Leaders Photo
    Posted by on October 26th, 2011 at 7:43 pm, Comments: 0

    I don’t know if “Pesty” is Greece, Italy, Portugal or Spain.

  • What Does Copper Really Indicate?
    Posted by on October 26th, 2011 at 1:47 pm, Comments: 0

    Copper ($HG_F) prices were always a leading indicator for the direction of the US economy. Because the economy was so dependent on building growth, markets [...]

  • Governments Don’t Think Out of the Box
    Posted by on October 26th, 2011 at 11:24 am, Comments: 0

    Name a state or national government that isn’t in some sort of financial trouble. Even the states that are supposedly rock solid financially have underfunded [...]

  • Wednesday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on October 26th, 2011 at 5:08 am, Comments: 0

    Paul Ryan declares war. Yen goes to record highs. Global population reaches 7 billion increasing demand for food. Amazing times for hog producers. ($HE_F) This [...]

  • Illinois Tax Bill and Exchanges, Legislators Stick it to The Clearing Firms
    Posted by on October 25th, 2011 at 9:15 am, Comments: 0

    There was a rumor that the Illinois Senate was ready to pass a bill to decrease the CME and CBOE state tax liability. CME ($CME) [...]

  • Tuesday Morning Breakfast Links
    Posted by on October 25th, 2011 at 8:12 am, Comments: 0

    Man, if you aren’t watching the World Series you are missing some great baseball. Why we lose so much tax money picking winners and losers. [...]

  • Intimidating Dance
    Posted by on October 24th, 2011 at 4:39 pm, Comments: 0

    If you have never seen this, it’s worth watching. New Zealand All Blacks try to intimidate their opponents with it. They won the game 8-7, [...]

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