Feeling Sandy
Early estimates for the economic costs of the storm that hit the east coast of the United States range from $20 and $50 bln. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 still appears to be more potent. There are three...
View ArticleGreat Graphic: QE and S&P 500 Is that All there Is?
This Great Graphic comes from Zero Hedge, who got it from SocGen It purports to depict the performance of the S&P 500 and concludes that QE is generating diminishing returns. Although our eyes...
View ArticleChinese Yuan has weakened against Euro since the summer while it strengthens...
Chinese Yuan has remained strong against the US dollar in the past few weeks. Chinese Yuan started strengthening against the US dollar since the summer as risk appetite improved and the dollar started...
View ArticleSolid Gold Business Cards Are The New Currency Among Chinese Businessmen
October 29, 2012, En route to Los Angeles. Greetings from Hong Kong International Airport; just a quick note today as I’m just about to hop a plane bound for California. Before I head out, I wanted to...
View ArticleEL-ERIAN: Based On The Info Available, I Have Made 4 Observations About...
As our thoughts remain with all those who have been horribly affected by the devastation that hit the U.S. Eastern seaboard and its aftermath, we are being asked about the implications of Hurricane...
View ArticleDaily ETF Roundup: Wall Street Recovers After Hurricane Sandy
Trading on Wall Street finally resumed today, after the destructive path of hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast and forced the New York Stock Exchange to close on Monday and Tuesday. After the...
View ArticleDaily ETF Roundup: Wall Street Recovers After Hurricane Sandy
Trading on Wall Street finally resumed today, after the destructive path of hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast and forced the New York Stock Exchange to close on Monday and Tuesday. After the...
View ArticleCalifornia's Solar Cities 2012
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View ArticleFive Reasons Why California Cities Will Build One Million Solar Roofs and 12...
Shade & Energy "At the end of 2011 there were approximately 100,000 installations and 1GW of solar PV in California (1). The state has dual goals of one million solar roofs by 2018 and 12 GW of...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: Hamburger Capital Management
We know all about grinding up capital in a choppy market! High levels of cash continue to be my position in this current market. Don’t overtrade sloppy markets. - Dan Zanger, on StockTwits, Oct 31,...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: Hamburger Capital Management
We know all about grinding up capital in a choppy market! High levels of cash continue to be my position in this current market. Don’t overtrade sloppy markets. - Dan Zanger, on StockTwits, Oct 31,...
View ArticleThoughts on a Trip to Jos A. Bank
As many of you know, I’ve been saying JOSB has several – if not many – orange/red flags in its SEC filings, advertisements, and stores. This past weekend, I decided to pop into the JOSB store in...
View ArticleRomney's CRUT Tax Shelter
by Linda Beale Romney's CRUT Tax Shelter\ The Bloomberg press has looked further at Romney's use of trusts and other arrangements to avoid taxes, using Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain...
View ArticleRomney's CRUT Tax Shelter
by Linda Beale Romney's CRUT Tax Shelter\ The Bloomberg press has looked further at Romney's use of trusts and other arrangements to avoid taxes, using Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain...
View ArticlePortugal passes fresh tax hikes
Portugal’s parliament has passed the country’s largest tax hike package in decades. The changes form part of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s new 2013 budget programme. Lisbon has to meet targets...
View ArticlePeople’s Bank of China injects RMB173 billion of liquidity via open market...
People’s Bank of China performs yet another round of reverse repurchase operation to inject massive amount of liquidity into the banking system. Today’s operation includes RMB58 billion of 7-day...
View ArticleHSBC/Markit China manufacturing PMI points to 12 consecutive months of...
While the official PMI signals a return to expansion, HSBC/Markit China manufacturing PMI continues to show contraction of the manufacturing sector. Headline HSBC/Markit China manufacturing PMI...
View ArticleChina official manufacturing PMI points to a return to expansion
China official manufacturing PMI climbed back above 50 in September after two months of sub-50 reading, suggesting a return a slow expansion. Headline PMI increased from 49.8 to 50.2, in-line with...
View ArticleA Romney Win Would Be A Disaster For Gold
Gold reversed it recent slide this week after Japan launched an eighth – yes, eighth – round of quantitative easing. Japan's latest move to flood market with cheap money follows similar measures in...
View ArticleChina has probably stopped "manipulating" its currency for a while
Mitt Romney claims that he would label China as currency manipulator on day in office (if he wins). Various people have weighed in already as to whether Chinese currency is still being massively...
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