Archive for December, 2011
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Happy New Year
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 31st, 2011 at 5:09 pm, Comments: 0Happy New Year to you. What a long strange trip 2011 has been. I am glad that you came and participated in this blog. I [...]
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Remove That Sticker
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 31st, 2011 at 11:36 am, Comments: 0Not seeing that many stickers around anymore. Even where I live in the Far Left Outpost they call “Chicago”. Time to paper the world with [...]
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2012 Tech Trends and Themes
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 31st, 2011 at 9:07 am, Comments: 0One theme in the video I linked to yesterday on 2012 tech trends disturbed me. A couple interview subjects saw the internet as an agent [...]
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Saturday Breakfast Links
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 31st, 2011 at 8:15 am, Comments: 0Happy 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 [...]
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Happy Birthday Ronald Coase! 101 Today
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 30th, 2011 at 10:27 am, Comments: 0Father 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 [...]
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2012-Year of the Pawnbroker
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 30th, 2011 at 9:02 am, Comments: 0One 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 [...]
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Friday Breakfast Links
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 30th, 2011 at 6:49 am, Comments: 0Love this essay on leadership. Need a date for New Years? Why dating a finance guy is better for you. What do you think of [...]
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Isolationism, Protectionism, Keeping to Yourself Never Works
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 29th, 2011 at 8:12 am, Comments: 0Read an article I linked to in the breakfast links this morning that said a lot if you read between the lines a little. The [...]
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Thursday Breakfast Links
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 29th, 2011 at 6:15 am, Comments: 0If 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 [...]
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A Financial Stock Bull
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 28th, 2011 at 1:44 pm, Comments: 0Job.
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Want to Lose Weight And Change Your Life? Entrepreneurs Show You How
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 28th, 2011 at 10:58 am, Comments: 0The 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 [...]
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Wednesday Breakfast Links
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 28th, 2011 at 6:42 am, Comments: 0That 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 [...]
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What Do You Think of 2012?
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 27th, 2011 at 9:45 am, Comments: 0On December 7, I wrote about the great decoupling. I am glad the Wall Street Journal finally came over to my view of the market. [...]
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12 Guido Days of Christmas
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 27th, 2011 at 9:14 am, Comments: 0From my friend at Fasano Pies reminds me of my old neighborhood….
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Tuesday Breakfast Links
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 27th, 2011 at 7:57 am, Comments: 0Is 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 [...]
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The Continued Assault on For Profit Education
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 26th, 2011 at 10:26 am, Comments: 0For profit education has been demonized over the past couple of years by the Obama administration. In the past few weeks, I have seen that [...]
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It’s a Slow Boat to China This Week
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 26th, 2011 at 8:24 am, Comments: 0The week after Christmas and before New Years is always a weird trading week. There are not a lot of people playing around in the [...]
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Monday Morning Breakfast Links
Posted by Jeff Carter on December 26th, 2011 at 7:48 am, Comments: 0Because 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 [...]
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Jeffrey Carter is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and independent trader. He specializes in turning concepts into profits. He co-founded Hyde Park Angels one of the most active angel groups in the United States in April of 2007. He previously served on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Board of Directors. He has done market commentary for (More...) -
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