August 8, 2008
Rachel Lapp: You know carpentry. Can you do anything else? John Book: Whacking. I'm hell at whacking. -- Witness (1985) To turn the data around for a second in the prior post -- the one about the seeming...
Ian Faith: The Boston gig has been canceled... David St. Hubbins: What? Ian Faith: Yeah. I wouldn't worry about it though, it's not a big college town. - Spinal Tap (1984) In playing with Google Insight I started...
It's interesting to think about the effective, unhedged income cut to OPEC and non-OPEC oil exporters caused by the current collapse in crude oil prices. Recall, we have gone from a peak of $146 to a current price of something...
Joker: C'mon hit me. C'MON HIT ME!!! -- Dark Knight (2008) Gee, apparently I'm dead wrong in my Yahoo Finance video where I opine about Apple's weak back-to-school selling season. Darn. And I was so sure I was onto...
We're deep in that nutty phase of the markets where they go pounding off in either direction, almost whimsically, depending on the latest bit of news. In other words, don't worry, it's not you, it's them, or at least the...
Interesting to compare the current collapse of most major currencies against the U.S. dollar with what is happening in emerging markets (click on either figure for a larger version): [via PERS]...
