September 2011
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INVESTMENT - 09-11 - Bear - The Economist: Be...
Ok… When The Economist starts something with those two words you better read and read it good. They’re not known for joking around.
The world economy
Be afraid
Unless politicians act more boldly, the world economy will keep heading towards a black hole
IN DARK days, people naturally seek glimmers of hope. So it was that financial markets, long battered by the ever-worsening euro...
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POLITICS - We The People! Dawn Of A True Peoples...
I am impressed about how US is at least trying to listen to it’s people by it’s “We The People” online petitions service.
This is clearly the direction all modern democracies should be aiming at. I also think modern technology allows taking this kind of activity a lot further than just petitions. From here on it is only a matter of political will anymore.
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INVESTMENT - 09-11 - Bear - Volatility Is Huge
The markets are getting more and more nervous. From Business Insider:
This chart of the NYSE Advance-Decline Volume really gives a clear picture to the increased volatility we’ve seen over the last 6 weeks as we oscillate back from really oversold to really overbought.
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INVESTMENT - 09-11 - Bear -China Just Keeps Diving
This is something to note @ Business Insider:
China, which has suddenly become a chief concern for world markets, continues to look sick. At least from the perspective of domestic markets.
The Shanghai Composite, which has already lost about a third of its value since late last year, is sliding once again.
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If the reasons for this plunge are on sound fundamental basis this...
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POLITICS - FUNDAMENTAL FLAW OF WESTERN DEMOCRACIES
I think all western democracies are mainly flawed to the point of failure because of demotivating time frames and politicians forced to play in this false context.
Read more here…
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INVESTMENT - Bear - 09-11 - SOROS: Financial...
One of the guys who I have utmost respect for: George Soros in Business Insider:
George Soros said on Saturday on CNN that failing to resolve the sovereign debt crisis in Europe could lead to a “real meltdown” of the global financial system.
And suddenly, he’s not convinced that authorities can do what it takes to resolve it.
Read more…
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INVESTMENT - 09-11 - BULL - We have hope
The 10 Fastest Growing Shopping Districts In The World
A Finnish economist commented recently that Finland really needs to count on exports. Especially exports into Germany… WTF?! ROTFLMAO! That is the funniest thing I’ve read in a while.
Go East.
New York’s 5th Avenue may have the highest retail rent in the world at $2,250 per square foot per year. However, saturation and...
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INVESTMENT - 09-11 - Bear - Dow's worst week since...
As reported at CNN Money:
…investors losing faith in economies and political leaders around the world. The Dow Jones industrial average closed the week down 738 points, or 6.4%, its worst weekly performance since October 2008.
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PS. The recession has imo started already earlier. The US equities Q factor clearly shows that stock prices were at completely unbearable levels at...
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Want to Stop Global Warming... Wear Animal Fur!!!
Animal fur has always been worn by humans - during the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras, it was worn for simple clothing. Humans were cold and wanted to stop being cold, and recognizing nature did not give them anything to ward off the elements, a bear’s or deer’s would do just fine. As clothes have been made out of other materials such as cotton, wool, and silk, some people,...
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INVESTMENT - 09-11 - Bear - Euro economies enters...
From BBC News:
The sovereign debt crisis continues to unfold in Europe, with every country appearing to get sucked in one by one.
Three nations in the eurozone - the 17 nations that use the euro - have been recipients of bailouts as attempts to solve the crisis keep stalling.
Italy became the latest to feel the domino effect of the markets when its debt rating was lowered, the latest in a...
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INVESTMENT - 09-11 - World Sovereign Deficits...
This analysis aims at explaining how the deficit develops:
There is a limited amount of money that the world’s sovereign governments can borrow in any single given year without pressuring interest rates to rise above the point of affordability. This limit is approximately 9% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP). The following graph chart demonstrates this concept.
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POLITIIKKA - Suomen Plan B... Onko mitään...
Mikäli eurokriisi toteutuu pahimmalla mahdollisella tavalla, on Suomenkin pankkisektori todennäköisesti pulassa ja tarvitsee tukea.
Jos mitään on opittu 90-luvun lamasta tukia EI pitäisi mielestäni maksaa ilman vastaavaa tuettavan pankin omistuspohjan muutosta tai muuta vastaavaa järjestelyä. Tässä tilanteessa myös koko tukea saavan tahon ylin johto tulisi vaihtaa.
Olen periaatteessa julkisen...
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INVESTMENT - WHAT IF GREECE DEFAULTS
Most experts seem to agree (close to 100 %), Greece will not be able to pay all it’s debts. Read here how CNN Money reports on the results following possible default of Greece - http://pulse.me/s/1KUr7
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Julkisen sektorin hankintojen parhaat...
MuroBBs:ssa erittäin mielenkiintoinen avaus julkisten varojen käytöstä:
Tulipa mieleen että valitettavan harva suomalainen veronmaksaja on tietoinen Valtionhallinnon tarkastusviraston tekemästä arvokkaasta työstä. VTV pyrkii nimittäin ottamaan selvää, mihin veronmaksajilta kerätyt pennoset oikeastaan päätyvät – ja kuinka tuloksellisesti. Tähän ketjuun voitaisiin kerätä parhaita paloja...
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POLITIIKKA - Lisää Hämmentävää Tekstiä
Surullista nähdä, että ulkopoliittisen instituutin johtajan mielipide on edelleen täysin perusteettomasti hyssyttelevä, kun juuri on todettu, että todelliset vaihtoehdot ovat vähissä eurokriisin hoidossa.
Tiilikainen edustaa juuri sitä tahoa jonka pitäisi ammattitaioisesti uskaltaa lanseerata hyvin perusteltuja, syväluotaavia näkemyksiä siitä mihin ollaan menossa eikä yhden kappaleen sisään...
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INVESTMENT - 09-11 - Bear - S&P DOWNGRADES ITALY
Who is next? Spain?
Standard & Poor’s downgraded Italian debt Monday evening to A/A-1 with a negative outlook, warning of the county’s weakening economy and precarious debt situation.
“In our opinion, the measures included in and the implementation timeline of Italy’s National Reform Plan will likely do little to boost Italy’s economic performance,...
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INVESTMENT - 09-11 - Bear -Europe's four big...
As reported on BBC News:
Decision time for the euro is fast approaching
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Q&A: Greek debt crisis
As Europe’s leaders seemingly dance on the edge of disaster, what are the real problems facing the euro?
For many onlookers, the issues may seem complicated and interconnected.
But essentially...
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INVESTMENT - 09-11 - The euro zone is in intensive...
An interesting article from The Economist:
Fighting for its life
The euro zone is in intensive care
WHAT’S the French for “this sucker could go down”? Echoes of 2008, when the global financial system wobbled and George Bush gave his pithy view of the American economy, now resound on the other side of the Atlantic. Credit-default-swap spreads for European banks, a measure of how costly it...
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INVESTMENT - 09-11 - Central banks to the rescue
Imo a realistic question is: Are the tax payers monies enough at this scale?
Here is an article form The Economist:
THE pledge by the world’s leading central banks to provide unlimited dollar liquidity in three month-loans to battered European lenders cheered up markets on September 15th. European stockmarkets closed up, by more than 3% in France and Germany. French bank shares, which have...
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INVESTMENT - How To Get Permission To Put $2...
Learn how to waste 2 billion $ with solid permission: http://www.businessinsider.com/ubs-value-at-risk-2-billion-kweku-adoboli-2011-9
