I am writing this from the polished teak floored, white columned, veranda of the historic Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Exotic tropical birds with huge curved bills are calling each other from the betel nut trees. I am somewhat peeved, as the Sir Stamford Raffles Suite which I have reserved is not yet available. A visiting
?To be right when a large government is wrong can be very dangerous,? said Benjamin Franklin.
I have been following your trades for a while, to the tune of several hundreds of thousands in profits. Kindly sign me up to the "A" team. Even after investing for over 30 years, some as a Wall St. pro, I need help with this market. Keep up the good work. BF
?The problem is that we have an analogue political culture in a digital word,? said former news anchor, Tom Brockaw.
Desperate homeowners counting on a "V" shaped recovery in residential real estate prices to bail them out better first take a close look at global demographic data, which tells us there will be no recovery at least another 15 years. I have been using the US Census Bureau's population pyramids as long leading indicator of
?When I came into Disney, it was a brand, yes, but a museum mostly. It?s was not all about Pinocchio and Snow White. We had to look forward,? said Michael Eisner, the former CEO of Walt Disney (DIS).
Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader?s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Orlando, Florida on Thursday, November 10, 2011. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide ranging discussion and an open ended question-and-answer period. I?ll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, currencies,
I received an urgent call from my friend at Fidelitrade (http://fidelitrade.com/) this morning, a leading dealer in 1,000 ounce bars of gold and silver. He had just been cleaned out of the 1,000 ounce silver bars at $34,930 each, and there was nothing in the pipeline. What the hell was going on with silver? I
I have an unusually sensitive nose. Maybe that is because it is so big. It is particularly attuned to detecting bullpucky in broker research reports. So when an analyst recently downgraded the mid-level broker, Jeffries & Co (JEF), on the back of its European debt exposure, the stench was overwhelming. I went to the website
?The bond markets are telling the truth about the financial markets right now. It?s not being told by the equity markets,? said Constance Hunter, chief economist at Aladdin Capital Management of bond house.