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  • 5 stimulus plans better than Obama’s first one
    by Living4Dividends
    James Pethokoukis Political Risk « Previous Post Next Post » July 7th, 2009 5 stimulus plans better than Obama’s first one Post a comment (23) Posted by: James Pethokoukis Tags: Uncategorized, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Obamanomics, stimulus Vice President Joe... More »
    Mon, Aug 10, 2009
  • Stock Dividends Make a Difference
    by Living4Dividends
    Stock Dividends Make a Difference by Dave KansasMonday, August 10, 2009provided by As the stock market continues to recover, more investors are easing back into the market. While stocks have had a good run, they remain well off their record levels reached in 2007.Given the carnage of the past... More »
    Mon, Aug 10, 2009
  • New York Fed Hiring Traders
    by John Lounsbury
    Aline van Duyn has a news item at ft.com reporting on hiring of traders by the New York Fed.  The title of the article is "New York Fed in hiring spree".  She states:"The Fed’s need for more traders is a direct consequence of the central bank’s efforts to... More »
    Mon, Aug 10, 2009
  • VIX Futures Forecasting a Coming Storm
    by John Lounsbury
    Jeff Kearns and Michael Tsang, writing on Bloomberg.com (here), say that trading in VIX futures are indicating a market decline is expected by contract expiration the third week in September.  This is a worthwhile article of considerable length, with a number of... More »
    Mon, Aug 10, 2009
  • The Plot Thickens in the Twitter Blog Crash
    by Tom Au
    A "Georgian" (from the former Soviet Union, not from the southern United States) has 'fessed up to being the probable target in the attack on Twiiter. Apparently, he has drawn the wrath of the RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT with his own blogs. So they retaliated on sites where he posts, including... More »
    Mon, Aug 10, 2009
  • SiriusXM - Great investment opportunity for German Investors
    by petra
    Liebe Freunde in Deutschland,in Anbetracht der Wirtschaftskrise und der Volatilitaet am Markt wird ein Investment fuer Kleinanleger immer schwieriger. Gerade die im DAX befindlichen Unternehmen sind stark vom Exportrueckgang betroffen und die Finanzinstitute in Deutschland bzw. in Europa sind... More »
    Mon, Aug 10, 2009
  • California and New York Leading America Toward Third World Status
    by Tom Au
    Apparently default swap protection costs more for California and New York than for Russia and Turkey. That's a pretty clear indication that those two states, at least, are "Banana Republics." Russia and Turkey are, at best, on the "bottom edge" of the "Second... More »
    Mon, Aug 10, 2009
  • Continuing Concerns About German Banks, Another Shoe?
    by Dr. O
    Germany still in credit crunch ‘danger’By James Wilson in Frankfurt FT.comPublished: August 10 2009 15:26 | Last updated: August 10 2009 17:30Two years after the financial crisis began, Germany is still at risk of a credit crunch as banks face a wave of corporate downgrades, the head... More »
    Mon, Aug 10, 2009
  • New York Fed Bulking Up on Traders and Staff
    by Dr. O
    New York Fed in hiring spreeBy Aline van Duyn in New York FT.comPublished: August 10 2009 23:30 | Last updated: August 10 2009 23:30The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is aggressively hiring traders as its seeks to manage its burgeoning securities holdings, making the central bank one of Wall... More »
    Mon, Aug 10, 2009
  • cap-and-trade.
    by Living4Dividends
    Here's how the Cap-And Trade legislation will work, If the bill passes: Llimits will be set on utilities and numerous greenhouse gas emitting industries on the amount of carbon emissions they can produce per year.  When companies go over their allotment, they must buy emission credits... More »
    Mon, Aug 10, 2009