Unintended Consequences of QE and Low Interest Rates
I couldn’t help but notice today’s note from the EIA that if you exclude the 2008 spike in oil prices (to be fair, seemingly a...
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TOP STORY: Drones: Hellfire, Morality and Strategy
Airstrikes by unmanned aerial vehicles have become a matter of serious dispute lately. The controversy focuses on the United States, which has the biggest fleet...
Las Vegas Real Estate: Sales and Inventory Decreased in January
This is a key distressed market to follow since Las Vegas has seen the largest price decline of any of the Case-Shiller composite 20 cities....
The People-as-Props That Obama SHOULD Use During His Speech Tomorrow Night…
Oh, dear. I guess this is going to be a regular thing. A few days earlier, our dignified House Speaker created the twitter hashtag #spendingstheproblem....
Iceland Wins! “Icesave” Lawsuit Dismissed
Iceland is in an economic recovery thanks to its decision to not bailout banks at taxpayer expense during the great financial collapse. Iceland's decision upset...
Gallup Poll on Obama’s Proposals to Address Gun Violence
Gallup has an interesting poll on Gun control. Republicans, Independents, and Democrats are in agreement far more than one might have thought. Of course I...
Apple Hits $500, Conspiracy Theorists Come Out
On Friday, Jan. 18, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares hit $500. For many, this perfect figure (not $499.99 or $500.01) raised eyebrows among bloggers and Twitter....
BlackRock: The 2013 Macro View
I don’t totally agree here, but this is is a nice macro overview of the current landscape via BlackRock: Fiscal Cliff: A huge policy blunder...
Facebook Inc (FB) Stock Rebounds After Search Engine Unveiled
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s share went up again after it announced its ‘Graph Search’. The company’s chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, introduced an enhanced search engine,...
All Your Bases and Dead Presidents Are Belong to the Government?
A serious wonk debate has broken out over the trillion dollar coin and its ramifications. As I said 18 months ago when I first discussed...