Sunday, June 20, 2010

Weekend edition: he is not sick he is fully sick sick

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No stock implications – just a fabulous YouTube rap.  Christiaan Van Vuuren is locked up in quarantine in Sydney with a really nasty strain ...
Friday, June 18, 2010

Stress tests and sovereign solvency – part IV in the Edward Hugh tribute series

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The Scandinavian banking crisis was solved in the following manner (a).  The banks were guaranteed (b).  Someone independent of the bank...
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Digital rights management and international travel – a reason not to buy a Kindle – but maybe a reason to buy Amazon stock…

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I purchased a Kindle in the US.  I wasn’t an early adopter – but it was an early Kindle DX.  I loved it.  I get almost any book I want and t...
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Emporiki – a Greek-French sideline – the third post in my Edward Hugh tribute series

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I once met the CEO of a French regional bank affiliated with Credit Agricole.  His bank was rich and a quasi-mutual – and hence he was only ...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

National Bank of Greece: part 2 in the Edward Hugh series

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Edward Hugh is obsessed mainly with Spain – and Spain is the big picture – but the markets are obsessed with Greece.  Greece is ground-zero ...
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

In honor of Edward Hugh – Part 1

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Edward Hugh writes A Fistful-of-Euros – one of my favorite blogs. I always thought of Edward as some second-tier economics academic who was...
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reform proposal from Goldman Sachs

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Donald Marron and Phil Swagel have written a paper which proposes a reform structure for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  It should not be take...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Nigerian spam email of the week

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From : Dudley Caruthers Esq (Barrister at Law) Subject : BP Related Agreement Entitlement E-mail : Dear Friend I am the pri...
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Monday, June 7, 2010

Weekend edition: In the tradition of Yves Smith’s – antidote du jour

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I went to a free concert on the Opera House steps on the weekend.  The billing was very strange: Laurie Anderson (and possibly her partner ...
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

What is it with Carlo Civelli and George Soros?

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Carlo Civelli is nothing if not controversial.  His name alone gets Canadian securities regulators into a lather as he was a major investor ...
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