Tony Petroski

Why Krugman Is Wrong About the Yuan

Mr. Rein. You are right and Krugman is wrong.

From the article: "the Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist, who wrote on Nov. 15 that China severely undervalues its currency."

Forgive me. Peace Prize? Economics? Soccer.

For you who are scoffing at my put-down of Mr. Krugman, I must point out that the august body, the Nobel Committee, awarded my President the prize for peace. He, after all had....

Are you guys sure this Nobel Committee knows what they're doing?

Does Steve Jobs Deserve Fortune's "CEO of the Decade" Award?

Jobs deserves the title and his health and other issues are his own business.

A curious commencement speech. "I dropped out and now look, I'm up here lecturing you folks."

The Future of U.S. Consumer Spending: It's a Generational Thing

At last, someone broke the mold:

"By studying the generational makeup and growth of the U.S. and Japanese consumer (ages 15 to 70) from 1970 to 2025, one can see it is like comparing apples with mangoes."

I prefer mangoes.

This was printed for the Japanese:

9%: GI Generation (born 1905 to 1924)
39%: Silent Generation (born 1925 to 1944)
35%: Baby Boomers (born 1945 to 1964)
19%: Generatiosn X (born 1965 to 1984)

I don't know if it was an American or a Japanese national, but I know it was a young one. Most of the Japanese "GI's" didn't make it. A number of the American GI's didn't make it either.

Mary Meeker: Economy Is Recovering, Mobile Is Exploding

Good article Tech Cruncher.

Interesting Points from Julian Robertson's FT Interview

The Norway play?

It's Not a 'Cloud', It's a 'Brain'

Orestes: Tighten up the prose:

"For those of you familiar with brain chemistry, you can think of these devices as a neurons—when we touch or speak into it, it transmits information based on our usage habits, times spent on apps, the types of apps we download, the music and movies we like, the games we are interested in, or basic information based on who we reach out to—such demographics are stored in a centralized location profiling who we are as users, customers, cultures."

An interesting article. Good tidings.

Enormous Downside Risk for Stocks

Naufal: Very entertaining.

Yesterday's Rally: More Upside Volume than Monday's Sell-off

Mr. Bass. I thought I would make a comment to make you feel better. If you want comments, write an article like: "Gold: An Investment for the Foolish?"