Posts Tagged ‘China’

  • Follow The Hot Money
    Posted by on May 10th, 2013 at 7:00 am, Comments: 0

    One of the ways to make money in the market is momentum trade.  Plenty of people try it.  Richard Driehaus built an empire momentum trading. [...]

  • Is This Something? Bird Flu Strikes Again
    Posted by on April 26th, 2013 at 7:18 am, Comments: 0

    Bird flu is in the news again. Either it’s important or there isn’t much news to report and they are searching for stories. On Agricultural websites, there [...]

  • Breakfast Links
    Posted by on April 16th, 2013 at 5:00 am, Comments: 0

    Unless you were an ostrich, you heard about the Boston Marathon bombings yesterday.  Terrorism strikes again.  It’s the first successful organized terror attack since 9/11 [...]

  • Can You Avoid Bird Flu in China?
    Posted by on April 7th, 2013 at 9:19 am, Comments: 0

    The last time there was an outbreak of bird flu in China, there was some panic.  In Illinois, convicted Democrat Governor Rod Blagojevich used it [...]

  • Breakfast Links
    Posted by on March 16th, 2013 at 7:10 am, Comments: 0

    Some interesting videos on founding a company here. The Cover up is always worse than the Crime. ($JPM) Why a nationalized energy trust is a [...]

  • Breakfast Links
    Posted by on February 28th, 2013 at 5:23 am, Comments: 0

    I am riding 100 miles(in one day) in August.  Support me here if you want.  The money goes to African bike relief.  Last year, the [...]

  • When 2+2=More
    Posted by on January 5th, 2013 at 8:32 am, Comments: 0

    Yesterday, I was with a delegation from China.  Tianyi Zhu and Vincent Ma set the whole thing up.  It was very interesting.  We gave them [...]

  • America Is Innovative, Still the Greatest Country in the World
    Posted by on December 23rd, 2012 at 7:29 am, Comments: 0

    One of the things I really dislike about many Americans is they say we need to be more humble.  We aren’t the greatest country.  They [...]

  • Some Reasons Jobs Go To China
    Posted by on December 6th, 2012 at 8:19 am, Comments: 0

    Some people think the answer to economic difficulties is simply take all the jobs from outside the US and force them to come here.  They [...]

  • Private Capital, Private Markets
    Posted by on November 25th, 2012 at 9:37 am, Comments: 0

    At this time of year, a lot of articles write about what you should invest in going forward.  People take a peek at their investments [...]

  • Late Breakfast Links
    Posted by on November 23rd, 2012 at 9:54 am, Comments: 0

    I don’t understand Black Friday hype.  But Talented Blonde does. Did you see the Jets game last night?  If you call it a game.  Heads [...]

  • What’s A Market Like?
    Posted by on March 2nd, 2012 at 8:25 am, Comments: 0

    When you dip a bucket in the ocean and pull out some water, is there a dent in the ocean where you pulled the water [...]

  • Testimony on the Volcker Rule
    Posted by on March 1st, 2012 at 12:33 pm, Comments: 0

    Today in Senate testimony, Senator Corker from Tennessee asked a lot of questions of Fed Chair Ben Bernanke on the Volcker Rule. In essence, Corker [...]

  • Inflation, US Number One Export
    Posted by on February 11th, 2011 at 7:31 am, Comments: 0

    Vietnam devalued its currency by 8.5%.  China maintains its dollar peg and refuses to let its currency appreciate.  Thailand is battling inflationary pressure.  The Middle [...]

  • B. I. T.'s and China (Bonds, Inflation, Taxes)
    Posted by on February 8th, 2011 at 8:18 am, Comments: 0

    There is not a lot of business news right now, but a lot of spinning.  Call it a Super Bowl hangover, but it forces traders [...]

  • China and US Government Policy
    Posted by on February 7th, 2011 at 6:42 am, Comments: 0

    Looks like it’s going to be a big day in the grain room at the CBOT.  The US Grain Council said it received information that [...]

  • China and Currency Manipulation
    Posted by on January 17th, 2011 at 6:43 pm, Comments: 0

    The Senate is full of bluster over Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit.  The reliably populist Charlie Schumer said, “There’s no bigger step we can take [...]

  • A Couple Ominous Signs
    Posted by on January 10th, 2011 at 6:32 am, Comments: 0

    There is quite a bit of economic data out this week, along with some US Treasury auctions.  However, there are two sort of ominous signs [...]