Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Queen Uses Twitter, Stock Collapses (TWTR)

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On Oct. 24 the wires were humming with news  the Queen of England had made her first tweet . Which was followed by the news she got trolled...

Are Economists Ready for Income Redistribution?

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First off, we'll have to determine Piketty's royalties, then...* Oh wait. From the Fiscal Times: When the Great Recession hit a...

What Do You Really Think About Silicon Valley's .01%? (GOOG; FB)

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From New Geography: Silicon Valley's Chips off the Old Block  Silicon Valley long has been hailed as an exemplar of the American cu...

Felix Dennis on "What Is the Magazine Business?"

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Via Alpha Ideas : What is the magazine, business? It is a business where our main, activity is chopping down millions and millions of ...

Columbia University Business School's Graham & Doddsville's Fall 2014 Issue Is Out

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Via Value Investing World: Graham & Doddsville's Fall 2014 Issue ( LINK ) The new issue features Wally Weitz of Weitz Investme...

China Loves Australian Beef (and cattle ranches)

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From The Land: Chinese covet cattle stations CHINA'S ravenous demand for Australian beef could soon lead to some major cattle statio...

More Goldman on Oil and a Correction on the Stimulative Effects of Oil Price Declines

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In yesterday's " Oil Shows Some Resiliance (today) " I said " The stimulative effects of lower oil prices are immense, ma...

Sardinians Want Rome to Sell Them to the Swiss

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From Marginal Revolution: Sardinians who want to be a Swiss Charter-City Island Most secessionist movements want independence. But a smal...
Monday, October 27, 2014

"Why The Fed Will End QE On Wednesday"

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As noted en passant in the post immediately below. From ZeroHedge: This week we will find out the answer to whether the Federal Reserve ...

Oil Shows Some Resiliance (today)

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At the moment oil is probably the most important story in the global economy. The stimulative effects of lower oil prices are immense, mayb...

Magicians, Mafiosos, a Missing Painting, and the Heist of a Lifetime

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From Medium: Pipino: Gentleman Thief Venice was built to confuse. The floating Italian city has few straight lines: Each cobblestoned ...

Y Combinator's Online Stanford Class: How to Start a Startup-Lecture 9: Marc Andreessen on "How to Raise Money"

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Jumping ahead here, back to lectures 7 & 8 in a couple days. From Stanford University: Annotated transcript The recommended read...

RIP, NYC's Middle Class: Why Families are Being Pushed Away From the City

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From New Geography via The New York Daily News: As wages stay flat and the cost of living keeps rising, we’re no longer a city of opportuni...

"Al-Qaeda Declares War on China, Too"

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Apparently trying to get back some of the headlines taken by the usurper ISIS. From The Diplomat: Al-Qaeda has joined the Islamic State i...

"Enabling Blockchain Innovations with Pegged Sidechains"

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As foretold by Carole King. From A VC: Sidechains Earlier this year some entrepreneurs walked into our office and explained sidechains...

Polygamous Lesbians Flee Sharia

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Now that I have your attention I'd like to point out a headline writer at Business Insider who actually knows a Latin root when he/she s...

Oil: Goldman Lowers Forecast, Brent and WTI Both Down

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Following up on Izabella Kaminska's Oct. 21 post " Oil Sell-off, the Goldman View (XLE; ERY) ", which we took as an opportunit...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

"Sunday may prove crucial for the future of world farming"

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From Agrimoney, Friday Oct. 24: If you want an idea of what lies in store for agricultural commodity prices, keep an eye on Brazil's ...

Harley-Davidson Goes Electric (HOG)

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From ars technica: New Project LiveWire bike is a far cry from company's first motorcycle in 1903. On June 18, 2014, Harley-Davidson...

"Apple Pay Takes On Hackers, Cash" (AAPL)

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From Barron's: Apple Pay further locks in the position of Visa and MasterCard, the world’s top payment networks. For years, technol...