nym's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/253956/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/175600-dubai-s-debt-woes-could-further-unhinge-u-s-commercial-real-estate-sector?source=feed#comment-781473 781473 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:30:11 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/174226-kicked-out-of-finance-and-into-journalism?source=feed#comment-767337 767337 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:01:25 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/173967-a-different-approach-to-economic-forecasting-a-hard-look-at-whitney-s-skill?source=feed#comment-765579 765579 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:15:52 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/173295-two-safe-havens?source=feed#comment-760335 760335 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:20:07 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/173064-goldman-sachs-not-very-charitable-foundation?source=feed#comment-759332 759332 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:28:51 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/172835-william-white-it-s-2003-all-over-again?source=feed#comment-757589 757589 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:02:55 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/172820-rent-to-buy?source=feed#comment-757546 757546
"...the house is essentially placed in escrow..." Not really: enforcement of the contract might require going to court. The seller would repossess, but at great cost. Unless the German government is the escrow agent and then they might as well get into banking. Hmm...sounds like our GSEs.]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:31:33 -0500
"...the house is essentially placed in escrow..." Not really: enforcement of the contract might require going to court. The seller would repossess, but at great cost. Unless the German government is the escrow agent and then they might as well get into banking. Hmm...sounds like our GSEs.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/171134-building-boring-nationalized-companies?source=feed#comment-746416 746416 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:35:15 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/171187-how-long-can-public-pensions-continue?source=feed#comment-745539 745539 www.statesmanjournal.c...]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:22:37 -0500 www.statesmanjournal.c...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/170530-richmond-fed-gses-encourage-mortgage-defaults?source=feed#comment-743052 743052 www.richmondfed.org/pu...]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:44:48 -0500 www.richmondfed.org/pu...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/170530-richmond-fed-gses-encourage-mortgage-defaults?source=feed#comment-742846 742846 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:06:09 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/170130-the-real-problem-with-etns-the-spreads?source=feed#comment-736989 736989 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:40:26 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168768-whose-face-should-grace-the-1-million-bill?source=feed#comment-730686 730686 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... with his motto "What, me worry?"]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:14:38 -0400 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... with his motto "What, me worry?"]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/166700-the-chamber-of-commerce-has-it-backwards?source=feed#comment-717102 717102 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:49:23 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/166851-regarding-osinski-toxic-assets-and-felix-salmon?source=feed#comment-717089 717089 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:32:46 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/166531-naked-shorting-datapoint-of-the-day-carl-icahn-edition?source=feed#comment-715770 715770

On Oct 14 05:02 PM Tom Armistead wrote:

> He who sells what is not his'n,
> Must buy it back, or go to prison.]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:32:16 -0400

On Oct 14 05:02 PM Tom Armistead wrote:

> He who sells what is not his'n,
> Must buy it back, or go to prison.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/166172-the-bank-lending-channel-s-role-in-the-recession?source=feed#comment-714153 714153 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:41:45 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/165468-political-will-for-reform-and-the-concept-of-corporate-communism?source=feed#comment-709004 709004 blogs.ft.com/maverecon.../ echoes Ratigan's theme with "...turn our financial sector back into something that belongs in and sustains a market economy instead of a form of communism for the rich and well-connected."]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:42:56 -0400 blogs.ft.com/maverecon.../ echoes Ratigan's theme with "...turn our financial sector back into something that belongs in and sustains a market economy instead of a form of communism for the rich and well-connected."]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/164963-krugman-puzzled-by-housing-asymmetry?source=feed#comment-705066 705066
One the other hand, Falkenstein has clipped, pasted and taken a shot at his better.]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:10:19 -0400
One the other hand, Falkenstein has clipped, pasted and taken a shot at his better.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/164030-why-capital-regulations-didn-t-cause-the-mortgage-crisis?source=feed#comment-697782 697782 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:06:58 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/163975-walgreen-co-takes-care-of-business?source=feed#comment-696369 696369 Reminds me that I bought a garden hose at Rite Aide a few years ago and junked it before long. Fool me once....]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:47:09 -0400 Reminds me that I bought a garden hose at Rite Aide a few years ago and junked it before long. Fool me once....]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/163559-fisking-scientific-american-on-peak-oil?source=feed#comment-692913 692913 www.scientificamerican...
At the end of article you'll see: "ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
Leonardo Maugeri is an economist and senior executive vice president of the Italian oil company Eni. He is a visiting scholar of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of M.I.T.'s External Energy Advisory Board. In 2007 his book The Age of Oil received the U.S. Choice Award. His new book, Beyond the Age of Oil: The Myths, Realities, and Future of Fossil Fuels and Their Alternatives, will be published in early 2010 by Praeger."
In my opinion he is not a tribute to the judgement of MIT.]]> Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:56:56 -0400 www.scientificamerican...
At the end of article you'll see: "ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
Leonardo Maugeri is an economist and senior executive vice president of the Italian oil company Eni. He is a visiting scholar of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of M.I.T.'s External Energy Advisory Board. In 2007 his book The Age of Oil received the U.S. Choice Award. His new book, Beyond the Age of Oil: The Myths, Realities, and Future of Fossil Fuels and Their Alternatives, will be published in early 2010 by Praeger."
In my opinion he is not a tribute to the judgement of MIT.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/163134-the-latest-equity-factor-model?source=feed#comment-688967 688967 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:11:59 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/161026-otiose-trustee-of-the-day-us-bancorp?source=feed#comment-672535 672535 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:02:18 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/160042-krugman-s-magnum-opus-on-macroeconomics?source=feed#comment-662673 662673 Larry Summers once began a paper on finance by declaring: “THERE ARE IDIOTS. Look around.”

That includes know-nothings like whidbey.]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:48:49 -0400 Larry Summers once began a paper on finance by declaring: “THERE ARE IDIOTS. Look around.”

That includes know-nothings like whidbey.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/158744-bank-failure-forecasting-upping-the-ante?source=feed#comment-651503 651503 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:11:57 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/158393-annals-of-icelandic-overspending-kaupthinking-edition?source=feed#comment-648197 648197 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:40:52 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/158362-predicting-financial-crises-are-macroeconomic-models-useful?source=feed#comment-647143 647143 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:14:55 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/158182-sears-canada-odd-but-inexpensive-desjardins?source=feed#comment-646482 646482 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:30:08 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/158075-we-need-a-new-paradigm-of-economic-thought?source=feed#comment-645152 645152 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:21:02 -0400