Archive for November, 2011

  • Booth Chicago Economic Forecast 2012
    Posted by on November 30th, 2011 at 5:50 pm, Comments: 0

    Went to lunch today with a bunch of my fellow propeller heads. It was the University of Chicago’s Booth Graduate School of Business Economic Forecast. [...]

  • QE# is Here; Moral, Don’t Fight The Fed
    Posted by on November 30th, 2011 at 10:05 am, Comments: 0

    This morning world central banks announced they were printing money er uh, monetizing the debt, I mean, they cheapened borrowing costs worldwide for US dollars [...]

  • Wednesday (Women Gamers Have More Sex) Breakfast Links
    Posted by on November 30th, 2011 at 6:23 am, Comments: 0

    Women online gamers have more sex. tip of the hat to @laureninspace Did someone say buy gold? ($GLD, $GC_F) Not necessarily, but maybe the mining [...]

  • Some Breaking News Observations
    Posted by on November 29th, 2011 at 7:30 pm, Comments: 0

    American Airlines ($AA) declares bankruptcy. What? Aren’t they big enough to bail out? Must not be enough union workers there a la $GM. Barney Frank [...]

  • War In Europe?
    Posted by on November 29th, 2011 at 5:17 pm, Comments: 0

    Lately, because of the debt crisis in Europe a lot of people are speculating that if we don’t save the Euro, the Europeans will go [...]

  • Tuesday Morning Breakfast Links
    Posted by on November 29th, 2011 at 5:45 am, Comments: 0

    A lot of people mock right wing Christian fundamentalists because of their stance on creationism vs evolution. However, they aren’t the only ones that are [...]

  • Historical Reality Missing In Action
    Posted by on November 28th, 2011 at 9:21 am, Comments: 0

    In today’s political debate, people on the left always bring up compromise. Colin Powell did it Sunday morning again. Usually, when you bring up compromise [...]

  • Not To Excited About A Rally
    Posted by on November 28th, 2011 at 8:29 am, Comments: 0

    The futures are up sharply this morning pre market. I am not too excited. The rumor mill is turning out some nice spin on the [...]

  • Monday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on November 28th, 2011 at 6:23 am, Comments: 0

    There is a God. Ron Zook out as Fighting Illini coach. Congratulations to my friends David Gamperl and Anna Davlantes. Last night they had a [...]

  • Some Sobering Data
    Posted by on November 27th, 2011 at 8:13 am, Comments: 0

    My friend Tony LaPorta is hot. Was reading his weekly commentary and he is still bearish. Then, I skimmed down and saw this. CHANGE! $DJI [...]

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

    Fire Ron Zook. Guy can recruit, but he can’t coach. Do you think Urban Meyer would spurn the Buckeyes and clean up Zook’s mess again? [...]

  • Some Black Friday Data Points
    Posted by on November 26th, 2011 at 9:19 am, Comments: 0

    Perusing the published statistics from Black Friday: Online sales were up 20%. America is getting more comfortable with shopping online and having things delivered. Maybe [...]

  • Saturday Rivalry Breakfast Links
    Posted by on November 26th, 2011 at 7:30 am, Comments: 0

    Lot of good football rivalries play today. Enjoy them while they last. You never know which conference is going to go bust next, making a [...]

  • Money in/and Politics
    Posted by on November 25th, 2011 at 10:14 am, Comments: 0

    I wrote about money and politics with regard to political donations last week. When one starts contemplating politics, money is never far behind. They are [...]

  • Death Spiral in Euroland
    Posted by on November 25th, 2011 at 7:19 am, Comments: 0

    If you indulge in Black Friday shopping, have fun. I hate shopping with crowds. I always trade the day after Thanksgiving. It’s a light trading [...]

  • Black Friday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on November 25th, 2011 at 5:49 am, Comments: 0

    Okay, the censorship bill was stopped. But, nothing that evil ever dies. It has found new life as a “jobs” bill. Please call your elected [...]

  • Thanksgiving Breakfast Links
    Posted by on November 24th, 2011 at 4:48 am, Comments: 0

    Dispelling the snarky links today. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. There is more to life than football. Thought you might like to ponder [...]

  • MF Global Indirectly Ruins The Futures Industry
    Posted by on November 23rd, 2011 at 11:08 am, Comments: 0

    CME($CME) is getting some bad press from this whole MF Global fraud disaster. Reuters headline sums it up correctly, “tarnished”. For me, it is a [...]

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