Archive for December, 2011

  • Happy New Year
    Posted by on December 31st, 2011 at 5:09 pm, Comments: 0

    Happy New Year to you. What a long strange trip 2011 has been. I am glad that you came and participated in this blog. I [...]

  • Remove That Sticker
    Posted by on December 31st, 2011 at 11:36 am, Comments: 0

    Not seeing that many stickers around anymore. Even where I live in the Far Left Outpost they call “Chicago”. Time to paper the world with [...]

  • 2012 Tech Trends and Themes
    Posted by on December 31st, 2011 at 9:07 am, Comments: 0

    One theme in the video I linked to yesterday on 2012 tech trends disturbed me. A couple interview subjects saw the internet as an agent [...]

  • Saturday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on December 31st, 2011 at 8:15 am, Comments: 0

    Happy New Year to you and your family. Thanks for stopping by today. The US isn’t the only economy hurting. They are hurting in Britain [...]

  • Happy Birthday Ronald Coase! 101 Today
    Posted by on December 30th, 2011 at 10:27 am, Comments: 0

    Father of the Coase Theorem. If you don’t know Coase Theorem, you need to master it. It’s a fundamental theory of economics that works in [...]

  • 2012-Year of the Pawnbroker
    Posted by on December 30th, 2011 at 9:02 am, Comments: 0

    One of the most popular shows on cable television is Pawn Stars. It’s a nitty gritty version of eBay. Pawn shops were a traditional place [...]

  • Friday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on December 30th, 2011 at 6:49 am, Comments: 0

    Love this essay on leadership. Need a date for New Years? Why dating a finance guy is better for you. What do you think of [...]

  • Isolationism, Protectionism, Keeping to Yourself Never Works
    Posted by on December 29th, 2011 at 8:12 am, Comments: 0

    Read an article I linked to in the breakfast links this morning that said a lot if you read between the lines a little. The [...]

  • Thursday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on December 29th, 2011 at 6:15 am, Comments: 0

    If you didn’t know it already, Paul Krugman is deranged. “Protectionism is gaining ground” in Europe. Maybe that’s why Ron Paul is catching on. He [...]

  • A Financial Stock Bull
    Posted by on December 28th, 2011 at 1:44 pm, Comments: 0

    Job.

  • Want to Lose Weight And Change Your Life? Entrepreneurs Show You How
    Posted by on December 28th, 2011 at 10:58 am, Comments: 0

    The top new years resolution every year is to lose weight. It’s why all the gyms scale their ad budgets for the end of December [...]

  • Wednesday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on December 28th, 2011 at 6:42 am, Comments: 0

    That payroll tax cut that caused so much consternation…has a recapture provision. Fake tax cut. A legend tells his story. Is every state going to [...]

  • What Do You Think of 2012?
    Posted by on December 27th, 2011 at 9:45 am, Comments: 0

    On December 7, I wrote about the great decoupling. I am glad the Wall Street Journal finally came over to my view of the market. [...]

  • 12 Guido Days of Christmas
    Posted by on December 27th, 2011 at 9:14 am, Comments: 0

    From my friend at Fasano Pies reminds me of my old neighborhood….

  • Tuesday Breakfast Links
    Posted by on December 27th, 2011 at 7:57 am, Comments: 0

    Is Ron Paul a racist? A statement from a former employee. I don’t need to know if Ron Paul is a racist or not. I [...]

  • The Continued Assault on For Profit Education
    Posted by on December 26th, 2011 at 10:26 am, Comments: 0

    For profit education has been demonized over the past couple of years by the Obama administration. In the past few weeks, I have seen that [...]

  • It’s a Slow Boat to China This Week
    Posted by on December 26th, 2011 at 8:24 am, Comments: 0

    The week after Christmas and before New Years is always a weird trading week. There are not a lot of people playing around in the [...]

  • Monday Morning Breakfast Links
    Posted by on December 26th, 2011 at 7:48 am, Comments: 0

    Because we know cigarette smoking causes cancer, it has become demonized. But, even anti-smoking advocates become special interests when money and power mix to form [...]