AEI No Way Out I — Reinhart Panel I Presentation
Doom Transcripts: Index & Guide Housing Doom is pleased to present a first selection from our under-construction transcript of the American Enterprise Institute’s October 4 9, 2009 event "No Way Out: Government Response to the Financial Crisis". 1 The event site has a number of resources, including an audio and video of the proceedings. There is as yet no official transcript. This is the Panel I presentation by AEI’s Vincent Reinhart. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-18 07:01:45
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What can Asean do to address rising poverty levels and social unrest
What can Asean do to address rising poverty levels and social unrestThe topic ‘What can Asean do to address rising poverty levels and social unrest’ is especially pertinent if the current global economic crisis is prolonged or worsens further. Even if the crisis abates during the next year, various forecasts point to a slower rate of growth in the Asean national economies.Continuing ripple effects on various economic sectors, socio-economic groups and local areas already badly hit as a result of [more...]
Date: 2009-10-06 13:23:03
52 New Magazines Launched in September and October
(image: Mr Magazine) I went out to find a Sporting News College Basketball magazine for my father who parks it next to his TV for game reference, ... have them, but the fact is there is no longer any retail distribution for magazines. So how does ... of potential subscribers. Talk about a risky business model - raise capital, hire editors, writers, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 05:44:30
Notes from Robert Costanza’s excellent talk on Ecological Economics
Global Recession; An opportunity to create a more sustainable and desirable future 13 March 2009 Robert Costanza Jeanette Fitzsimons: [ ... cycles. Full world. When our economic ideas were being formed, natural capital was abundant, built capital was scarce. ‘The folly of growth’ NewScientist . Oil peak. Net energy production even worse curve [more...]
Date: 2009-03-14 08:06:00
Ten Planks of Democracy
1. Abolition of private property in land and the application of all rents to public purpose. 2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. 3 ... capital and an exclusive monopoly. 6. Centralization of the means of communications and transport ... abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equitable distribution of population over [more...]
Date: 2009-03-22 12:41:16
The WiMAX Smart Grid Is Here, Brought to You By Grid Net
The wireless standard WiMAX might not be the sexiest of topics, but maybe the smart grid can lend it some buzz . This morning Grid Net , a startup that has developed smart grid software based on WiMAX, is officially launching itself, unveiling its software product and announcing Australian utility customer SP AusNet , as well as a whole host of partners including GE, Motorola, Cisco, Intel, and WiMAX service provider Clearwire. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-22 12:00:34
Top Rydex Funds – Mutual Fund Education
Rydex Inverse S&P; 500 Strategy Inv ( RYURX ) was incepted in January 1994. The investment seeks to provide investment results that inversely correlate to daily performance of the S&P; 500 Index. The fund normally invests in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to those of its underlying index. It is non-diversified. Unit holders have to make a minimum initial investment of $2,500 to enter this Zacks#1 Rank (“Strong Buy") fund. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-07 06:03:34
Reinventing America
America faces serious challenges to maintain its storied status quo. Hurdles include a sinking economy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rising cost of education, global warming, a crumbling infrastructure and American workers with uncertain futures. Trendwatchers are more acutely aware of these issues than most, but they’re also more hopeful [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 17:00:59
Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street
side note: Hmmm…..you think we need some more regulation? Ya…I think so. These guys are way too smart to be left to regulate themselves….there’s just too much money and greed involved. I recommend clicking here to be taken to Wired Magazine’s site, there are tons of links within the article that will help you better understand this stuff [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 17:01:23
The Perfect Opportunity for Today's Market
Just Announced: Early Bird Discount Available Now! Investor's Daily Edge and Mt. Vernon Research Combine Forces to Present the Only Investment Conference You Need to Attend This Year: The Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club Miami, [more...]
Date: 2009-03-16 10:02:00
Malaysian Economic Democratisation – Extract 6
(Extracts from DAP Alternative Budget 2010 launched on 7th October 2009)9. Thrust II: Rakyat First – Restructuring and Reallocation9.3 Unfair Public Contracts The Malaysian economic landscape is littered with many one-sided contracts and concessions under which private entrepreneurs reap supernormal profits while the government or government-linked companies continue to bear considerable business risk. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-08 05:02:24
Fed Writes A Check To Themselves, It Must Be Nice
Monday, March 23, 2009 Whitelist Us Where Is The [more...]
Date: 2009-03-23 09:04:00
Viking Global. Global macro funds seek to find investments in whatever market they can gain an edge, whether it be equities, bonds, currencies, debt, ... Moore Capital Management, he returned 86%. Bacon strives to identify long running macro trends. While ... capital from investors and instead turned them to Bacon's firm. Returning 31% annually since [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 14:01:00
Ira Artman’s Sterling Slivers: A Little Off The Top, Heads Up On Nationalization
Source: SweeneyToddMovie.com What choice do banks have but to lend? The administration unveiled its Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan , to the praise of TARP recipients. Other investors remain more guarded, and the prices of major financial stocks continue their steady descent to an April 10 th “touchdown”, [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 05:02:48
greedy bankers are ugly symptoms of an age of inequality
When wealth became a character flaw The greedy bankers are ugly symptoms of an age of inequality. Remind yourself of that when prosperity returns. KONRAD YAKABUSKI From Saturday's Globe and Mail [more...]
Date: 2009-03-21 11:49:00
Russia Review
Mar30 MM Emerging MarketsMM Macro Includes: Banking sector stability, Political corporate intervention, Telenor-Alfa, Norilsk Nickel, Ukraine Gas, ... to include part of their subordinated debt into tier one capital brought relief and support. The sector ... without draining capital or bailing out oligarchs continues. There are also signs of movement [more...]
Date: 2009-03-30 13:19:00
Matt Zeitlin has a very smart post on inequality: We know from Larry Bartels that inequality tends to go up under Republican presidents, ... to inequality is that the tippity-top of the income distribution having vastly more money than ... , and your standard Democratic policy solutions, or an increased investment in human capital as suggested [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 20:42:18
Paulson says China's role critical
by James Oliphant As the credit crunch has struck markets worldwide, one lingering question has been how the turmoil will affect China's burgeoning economy. Tuesday evening in New York, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson spoke about China's economic health and addressed its relationship with the United States in a speech to the National Committee [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 00:03:41
A Bonus From The Stimulus Bill That Nobody Is Talking About
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Whitelist Us [more...]
Date: 2009-02-18 11:32:00
Scar to Oscar...Jai Ho!
It doesn’t matter where you come from...it just matters where you are headed The stock markets continue to perform as under-dogs and are waiting for a David Boyle to tell an old recycled story better. Piling impossibility on impossibility remains a hope for bulls as global [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 03:58:00
Vodafonewatch, issue 2009.01 snapshot
GROUP : Vodafone’s Q3 performance was fairly flat (which is laudable in the current economic environment), pepped up by favourable foreign exchange movements , leading to an upgraded FY outlook. Handset (other than smart devices) and voice revenues were down, amongst other recessionary indicators, and Turkish operations are being shaken up, [more...]
Date: 2009-02-11 18:23:18
“Taxing The Wealthy” Leads to Greater Economic Distortions
After reading that one percent of the households in New York City, roughly 40,000 people , pay 50% of the income taxes in this city of more than 8 million inhabitants, it made be begin to wonder where we were headed as a nation. This astonishing figure brings home the practical consequences of relying on taxes from a small group of high-earners [more...]
Date: 2009-03-01 18:30:08
Obama’s Little Red Book
Is Redistribution Really All That Bad? Redistribution is never an issue when the money is flowing upwards. It’s only when working people are poised to get a few scraps that all hell breaks loose. That’s when self-styled “mavericks” and their political cadres spring into action and unleash their vitriol at anyone who challenges the failed [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 12:22:13
Even Dr. Doom Knows The Law Of Small Numbers
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Whitelist Us [more...]
Date: 2009-03-24 08:59:00
The Clyde Gateway: a new urban frontier
By Neil Gray Variant “Not only does ‘urban regeneration’ represent the next wave of gentrification, planned and financed on an unprecedented scale, but the victory of this language in anesthetizing our critical understanding of gentrification in Europe represents a considerable ideological victory for neo-liberal visions of the city [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 22:37:34
Can Obama and Sarkozy Succeed?
Deputy Syrian Foreign Minister Faysal al-Mekdad’s visited the House of Representatives suggests that Washington is trying to help Syria get sanctions lifted. Sanctions are the sticking point of US-Syrian engagement. The US wants a Lebanese government and headway on Iraq and Palestine. Syria wants sanctions lifted. Ultimately it wants the Golan. But the US is in no position to offer it the Golan. Israel is not playing ball for the time being. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-02 14:06:08
The Fall Of Crony Capitalism Is Creating An Incredible Opportunity
Friday, February 20, 2009 Whitelist Us ... % gains this year… and thousands of percent upside in the years ahead. That’s a big ... was that he was full of it. But he showed me a statement and the gains were all there. I asked [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 09:59:00
Post Session Commentary - March 19 2009
Indian market today managed to end the volatile session just above the dotted line. Market recovered after touching the lowest in afternoon trade ... bonds. Further, stocks turned volatile and pared off gains on some profit booking. Additional ... were also in buyer's radar. However, Capital Goods, Auto, FMGC and Consumer Durables stocks remained [more...]
Date: 2009-03-19 17:27:00
Why it Makes Sense to Target Longtail Keywords First
When launching a brand new website in a competitive marketplace you have a lot of network effects working against you ... that, I can afford to lock up that capital with no returns because I know I am buying market-share in a fairly ... can be reinvested to further buy marketshare and distribution. There is more value [more...]
Date: 2009-02-21 02:11:21
Media & Politics (one section only today)
Permanent link to MTA daily media newsLee Judge (permission to post this cartoon has been requested)Payback time for AIG: Treasury, Congress go after the bonuses (McClatchy) In an effort to quell a mounting furor, the Treasury Department said late Tuesday that it would require American International Group to repay the government more than $165 [more...]
Date: 2009-03-18 20:46:20
Inflation
Inflation is a worldwide phenomenon. It is the constant increase in general prices. It affects the economy of each country. Inflation has a negative impact on the economy and influences the overall people’s wellbeing. Economists have initiated and analyzed several policies that can control the inflation and minimize its negative impact. There are several costs to the economy that are a direct result from periods of inflation. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-06 15:57:18
The Ominous Future Of Hugo Chavez
The posters and graffiti, still blaring from the walls of every town and city in Venezuela, couldn’t be simpler. Roughly half scream “Si! ... of Chavez , thanks in part to his generous distribution of petrodollars abroad, now extends across ... in the streets – especially in greater Caracas, the capital and home to a quarter of the nation’ [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 22:46:40
The Danger Lurking Behind Obama’s Tax Policy
Following an historic election, we take a moment to examine just what an Obama presidency will mean to the United States - what we have to look ... taxes as a way of employing government to alter the pre-tax distribution of income, which he believes has concentrated too much of the gains from productivity in recent years in the hands of the very rich [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 01:32:09
Text of Geithner’s Testimony on Regulating Risk
Text of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s testimony on regulating financial risk before the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday ... rewarded short-term profits over long-term return. We saw huge gains in increased access to credit for large parts of the American economy, but those gains were overshadowed by pervasive failures [more...]
Date: 2009-03-26 13:47:41
Tax breaks under PERA rules (Part 4)
For so many years, professionals working in the capital markets here in the Philippines have been complaining about the high costs of financial ... . What more when you’re talking of taxes on dividends, sales of shares of stocks, capital gains ... of the maximum amount allowed herein is tax exempt.” Yes, goodbye 20% tax on interest income, capital gains [more...]
Date: 2009-03-18 10:27:32
Re: Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street
Great article on one of the primary reasons we have a financial crisis. With the Gaussian copula function Wall Street traders finally had the ultimate tool to calculate risk. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds and The Black Swan are two good books that help explain that these events occur periodically throughout [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 12:12:21
Taleb Mad at Economists
I have been mildly critical of Taleb Nassim in the past for not making it clear exactly what he was arguing for, as opposed to what he is against ... ." These are products or contracts that, in general, generate small gains and very rarely have losses ... distribution, non gaussian distributions, or any other mathematical curiousity. It is about [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 01:57:26
Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street
A year ago, it was hardly unthinkable that a math wizard like David X. Li might someday earn a Nobel Prize ... is probably thankful he still has a job in finance at all. Not that his achievement should be dismissed ... ubiquitous in finance worldwide. For five years, Li’s formula, known as a Gaussian copula function [more...]
Date: 2009-02-25 00:01:23
Arc Renewable Energy: Green Jobs in Action
Also Available in White I got a call from a long-time business associate yesterday. He was excited ... farms are certainly making a dent in our renewable energy production, that are a massive capital ... , but there are scores of reasons why local distribution makes more sense in many (many applications [more...]
Date: 2009-03-17 16:58:27
Post Session Commentary - March 19 2009
Indian market today managed to end the volatile session just above the dotted line. Market recovered after touching the lowest in afternoon trade ... , stocks turned volatile and pared off gains on some profit booking. Additional, the all time low ... . However, Capital Goods, Auto, FMGC and Consumer Durables stocks remained out of favor.Among [more...]
Date: 2009-03-19 13:00:00
The Danger Lurking Behind Obama’s Tax Policy
Following an historic election, we take a moment to examine just what an Obama presidency will mean to the United States - what we have to look ... taxes as a way of employing government to alter the pre-tax distribution of income, which he believes has concentrated too much of the gains from productivity in recent years in the hands of the very [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 18:59:52
Text of Tim Geithner’s Testimony on Regulating Risk
This is the full text of Geithner's statement. It is separated by section to make it easy to navigate and to locate parts of greatest interest. Credit Default Swaps and Other OTC Derivatives Let me be clear: the days when a major insurance company could bet the house on credit default swaps with no one watching and no credible backing to [more...]
Date: 2009-03-26 19:28:00
John McCain in New Hampshire
Speaking in Manchester, NH on Wednesday, Senator John McCain continued to criticize Senator Barack Obama for his economic and tax plans. Ever since Obama made the now (in)famous “spread the wealth around” remark, Republicans have seized on it, finally believing they had found something on Obama they could successfully use against him [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 16:48:02
Celebrating 50 Years of Cuban Internationalism by Carlos Alvarez
From Africa to Latin America, Cuba spreads working-class solidarity The 1959 Cuban Revolution marked the single most important event in Cuban history ... . The interests of foreign capital no longer trumped the needs of Cuban workers. Fidel Castro meets ... not keep the gains of the revolution to themselves; they would share them with the world. Cuba [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 04:40:00
Rollover IRAs Offer a Wide Range of Benefits
T he best part about a 401k rollover is that it’s much easier than teaching your dog to do the same trick ... for distribution planning. Also, a 401k rollover can typically be operated with fewer restrictions. Here’ ... may force changes. Internal Revenue Service distribution rules for IRAs generally require IRA account [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 12:32:01
GM reports $2.5 billion loss in 3rd-quarter, warns it may run out of cash by mid-2009
Announcing a fifth-straight quarterly loss due to “unprecedented economic and credit market turmoil” GM reported a net loss of $2 ... o 2009 capital spending reduced by $2.5 billion; key product and technology programs on track ... capital improvements of $500 million o Further salaried employment cost reductions of $500 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 19:43:12
This Week: Governors' Giddy Good Sign
By The Greek - Economy & Markets : Visit the front pages of Wall Street Greek and Market Moving News to see our current coverage of economic reports and financial markets. Financial markets received a desperately needed injection of hopeful news this past weekend, one bit of which originated from here at home and another born abroad [more...]
Date: 2009-02-23 22:30:00
An Imperial Strategy for a New World Order: The Origins of World War III
Part 1 by Andrew Gavin Marshall Global Research October 16, 2009 In the face of total global economic collapse, the prospects of a massive international war are increasing. Historically, periods of imperial decline and economic crisis are marked by increased international violence and war. The decline of the great European empires was marked by World War I and World War II, with the Great Depression taking place in the intermediary period. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-16 02:25:33
Financing Solutions: What Is A Merchant Banking Operation?
by Amy Nutt In today’s diverse and unpredictable economy, the need for a sustained profit plan and long term growth strategy has become essential for both individuals and corporations. Merchant banking principally involves providing financial services and advice for individuals and corporations. Merchant banking operations consists of providing clients with a variety of financing options to sustain long term growth. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-06 06:17:58
Financing Solutions: What Is A Merchant Banking Operation?
by Amy Nutt In today’s diverse and unpredictable economy, the need for a sustained profit plan and long term growth strategy has become essential for both individuals and corporations. Merchant banking principally involves providing financial services and advice for individuals and corporations. Merchant banking operations consists of providing clients with a variety of financing options to sustain long term growth. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-06 06:13:46
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