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Sunday Nov 28 2010 Nassim Taleb has an update on his best seller The Black Swan. I mentioned this book, over 2 million sold, to blank stares in class the other day. Here is a good review by Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine Important events are unexpected. Barack edges out Hillary, McCain comes back from…
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Tuesday August 10, 2010 We are studying stock option costing in Intermed II Accounting. Now we learn that the guys at KKR have apparently offered so many option on their stock that it cut earnings 92% and KKR has cancelled another stock offering, given poor market condition, well duh, which they helped create, read on. …
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Tuesday July 20, 2010 Here is an idea for a silver coin but with a different twist. This coin would have a high not a low monetary value. And it could go up in value if silver went up. This would have been a much better idea when silver bottomed at $3.50. But here is…
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Sunday June 20, 2010 We have initiated market coverage at Market Perspectives. Click for a link to that blog where we will market observations. That blog combines socionomics, business history, accounting analysis, and technical analysis.
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Saturday May 1, 2010 Happy Days are Here Again Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. surpassed profit expectations for the first quarter, crediting Texas' resilient economy for the performance. “My colleagues and I believe the worst of the recession is now behind us,” Cullen/Frost Chairman and CEO Dick Evans told analysts in a conference call Wednesday. “The economic…
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Sunday April 18 2010 The Government has a habit of attacking business success at the top of the markets. Radio Corporation of America was the tech stand out of the 1920s, the Federal Govt sued RCA at the end of the market run up. The SEC began investigating Drexel in 1986, the market would crash…
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Tuesday April 5, 2010 I removed the usual indicators of RSI and MACD and MAs, okay, what do you see? Quick now… The answer, first of all, is a head and shoulders topping pattern. The deterioration is clear with the right shoulder lower than the left. But more than that, the second worry, the…
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Friday April 2, 2010 FORTUCAST CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS: MAY 21-23, 2010 (3/31) FORTUCAST is pleased to announce a “Fortucast Financial Visions into the Future Conference: Practical Tools for Outsmarting the Markets in a Changing World.” The conference will have 6 key speakers and 4 (2.25 hour) workshops and will be held adjacent to Best Western…
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Wed March 24 2010 We made the case this past weekend that it was not yet the time to buy gold, that is being born out in trading this week. We prefer to look at CEF as it represents real market buying and selling in gold rather than the commercial specs shorting at…
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Tuesday March 23 2010 "We are at the point right now," Stevens said, "where no one trusts the American housing finance system." One of the reasons America has built large capital markets is trust. Accountants express independent opinions on financial statements. This gives investors confidence that they are reading the truth. Failure to adhere to…
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