Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Flashback 2007: A Really Good Call

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A reader sent this in, first posted June 26, 2007: (Off-topic) Banks' banker warns of downturn THE risk of a 1930s-style economic sl...

Cree, Inc. Spikes, Then Swoons, on GE Deal Drama (CREE; GE)

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A couple times a year I like to start the GE/Cree rumor. [ he's kidding -ed ] From Schaeffer's Research: Shares of LED specialist...

Glencore Sinks Below Offering Price (GLEN.L)

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From DealBook: Not all initial public offerings are getting the same interest as LinkedIn . Shares of Glencore, the large commodities tra...

Fabricated Smear of the U.S. Military Wins The National Magazine Award for Reporting--off topic

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Good grief. Is it any wonder that no one reads the rags anymore? I saw a copy of TIME last week, it was maybe 16 pages. There was an era ...

"Commodities Gain as Goldman Advises Buying" (USO; GSP)

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In the early 1980's Joe Granville got a couple market calls right and attracted such a following that his saying "Buy" or ...
Monday, May 23, 2011

"How To Build Your Own Industrial Civilization"

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Very decent of NTM to post this, it's a bit outside their purview. The 50 machines make for an interesting list. From No Tech Magazine...

YES!!! "Van Eck Plans Mongolia Equities ETF"

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From a May '09 post, " With a Name Like Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech Co., it has to be good ( 600111:Shanghai) ...

VIX Jumps Again ("What if He's Masturbating?") VXX; TVIX

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From MarketBeat: The stock market’s volatility index rose to its highest level in two months on Monday as investor concern over the worse...

Molycorp Bounces at $56.99; Fills Gap From Thursday, Grinds Higher (MCP)

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The Stock is trading down $1.13 (1.90%) at $58.23 with the major indices down 1.2 to 1.7%. The recent low was $55.82 on the 17th. This is ...

"How One State’s Light Bulb Legislation Could Impact All U.S. Manufacturing"

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There will be powerful forces arrayed against this idea. From Money Morning: By Martin Hutchinson , Contributing Editor , Money Morning ...

Green on the Screen: Stifel Nicolaus Upgrades The Mosaic CompanyTo Buy; JPMorgan Says "Overweight" (MOS)

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With the markets down 1.1% MOS is trading up 62 cents at $66.04. From Benzinga : J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on The Mosaic C...

After Defending "Le Perv" Ben Stein Tries His Hand at Penny Stock Promotion

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I loathe Ben Stein but, if it's possible, Felix Salmon cares even less for him. From Reuters: In 2004, Ben Stein wrote a thin book c...

"Caterpillar Inc. and the end of the commodity boom ?" (CAT)

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I hate it when finance/investing writers put the question mark in a headline. Our preference leans toward this style, from April 28: ...

Lloyd's of London warns insurers to raise premiums or risk collapse

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There is so much excess capacity that I don't know of anyone but Berkshire who is going to show an underwriting profit. Over the last si...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Repost: "How to short a volcano" (What did Eyjafjallajökull screw up?)

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Originally posted April 23, 2010. From FT Alphaville: Data Explorers, specialists in the tracking of short interest, on Thursday publishe...

"The Rapture: Sign of the Econo-Beast" (AMR; GOOG)

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From Kedrosky at Bloomberg : And I saw the Sign of the Beast, 666, and it was, unsurprisingly, an airline.    Have a great weekend, ever...

Grimsvötn eruption – frequently asked questions (and some speculations on flying)

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From Volcan01010: Iceland’s most active volcano, Grimsvötn, began erupting last night.  Fire and Ice yet again, baby!  Here are some answer...

UPDATED: Grímsvötn eruption closes Keflavik Airport near Reykjavik Iceland (but seems to be calming down)

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Update: " Grimsvötn eruption – frequently asked questions (and some speculations on flying) " Original post: From Iceland Revie...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Iceland's Grímsvötn volcano erupts on supposed Rapture day; Iceland Air Traffic Banned w/in 200 Kilometers

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From CBS' " What's Trending ": (CBS / What's Trending) - As "apocalypse", "end of world 2011", ...
Friday, May 20, 2011

"Once Bullish, Contrarian Jim Grant Likes Cash Now" (until the inflation hits)

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From the AP via NPR: Jim Grant quotes obscure dead economists at length. He pines for an earlier time of gas lights and top hats when the ...