uomo_senza_nome's threads
We like gold, but not a gold standard
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 29 Aug 2012
7 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://macrobits.pinetreecapit So a gold standard introduces a recessionary bias to economies with the burden always falling on countries with weaker currencies (typically as a consequence of trade deficits). This ...
The Euro: love it or leave it?
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 13 Dec 2011
Posted 12 years ago
http://www.voxeu.org/index.php Old piece but quite relevant.
Boring stock ETF recommendations
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 27 Jan 2012
3 comments, latest
12 years ago
I found a few on Vanguard. Such as VIG, VDC, VPU etc. Any specific ETF among these or a mutual fund that you'd recommend for long term savings? I ...
Is this where American Health Insurance heading to?
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 21 Jun 2011
6 comments, latest
13 years ago
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl He told the paper he had lost his job after 17 years as a Coca-Cola delivery man, and with it his health insurance. He was in increasing pain ...
Qualified borrowers are dwindling at lower rates
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 19 Sep 2012
4 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://www.housingwire.com/new The purchase index, which measures applications filed for mortgages on home purchases, fell 4%. Refinance activity, on the other hand, grew 1% from the previous week, with applications ...
The price of Justice
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 9 Feb 2012
4 comments, latest
12 years ago
Mortgage Servicing Fraud, Foreclosure Fraud, Bringing the entire global economy on its knees with shitty paper signed by Linda Green, Accounting gimmicks. A related article on MF Global: http://jessescrossroadscafe.bl ...
More on the housing "recovery"
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 27 Sep 2012
1 comment, latest
12 years ago
http://pragcap.com/more-on-tha I don’t intend to rain on the economic parade. I’ve been saying we’d avoid a recession in 2012 for a long time now and the fact that housing ...
Who benefits from QE?
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 30 Aug 2012
2 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://economistsview.typepad. By pushing up a range of asset prices, asset purchases have boosted the value of households’ financial wealth held outside pension funds, but holdings are heavily skewed with ...
The super awesome Jon Stewart
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 12 Nov 2012
1 comment, latest
11 years ago
http://jessescrossroadscafe.bl http://jessescrossroadscafe.bl Bill Moyers said it very well: "an alternate reality, where the truth is as elusive as a moonbeam and facts as alien as little green men with ...
Can we not predict a recession?
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 18 Jan 2012
6 comments, latest
12 years ago
"Guessing what the stock market will do is just that. Guessing." - edvard2, Patrick.net user. There are at least two institutions to my knowledge who made a great call ...
The rule of law is dead
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 16 Aug 2012
8 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/20
The marginal productivity of debt
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 14 Oct 2011
6 comments, latest
13 years ago
Please consider this article: http://professorfekete.com/art I quote from the article: The key to understanding the problem is the marginal productivity of debt , a concept curiously missing from the ...
Wealthfront
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 18 Dec 2012
Posted 11 years ago
http://www.indexuniverse.com/s https://www.wealthfront.com/ Have any of you tried this? Like it? Dislike it? any other thoughts?
Why would you want more socialism from a corrupt government?
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 22 Dec 2011
3 comments, latest
12 years ago
This makes no sense to me. I am open to listening to any intelligent socialist present their case for why they want more government intervention from a corrupt government. ...
Gold miners vs. Gold Bullion divergence
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 27 Jun 2011
6 comments, latest
13 years ago
Borrowing the below chart from Jesse's blog ( http://jessescrossroadscafe.bl ) Was wondering if any of you had thoughts on undervalued miners (relatively, compared to their peers)? This seems like ...
If we had a Nate Silver for budget debate
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 26 Nov 2012
1 comment, latest
11 years ago
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/ Silver managed to call every state exactly right. He ignored the gibberish about momentum or voters moods and simply focused on the data given by the various polls ...
The myth of Japan's failure
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 9 Jan 2012
5 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01
What to do when every market is manipulated
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 16 Aug 2012
3 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://www.peakprosperity.com/
The connection between evolution and neurobiology
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 23 Jan 2012
4 comments, latest
12 years ago
Richard Dawkins writes: The world at time t is not greatly different from the world at time t-1. Therefore it is not necessary for sensory systems continuously to report ...
There's little we can do to prevent another massacre
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 17 Dec 2012
Posted 11 years ago
http://www.thedailybeast.com/a There just aren't good words to talk about Newtown. It is a crime that literally defies imagination--hell, it flings imagination down and dances upon its head. No one ...
Finding compromise
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 7 Nov 2012
Posted 12 years ago
http://www.econbrowser.com/arc But the Republicans held control of the House of Representatives and Americans remain deeply divided. Historically, the party in control of the White House loses some congressional seats ...
Financial Fraud, Moral Hazard and Psychology of Cheating
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 12 Nov 2012
Posted 11 years ago
http://jessescrossroadscafe.bl But there are times when corruption and callous greed becomes more tolerated, and a larger segment of the population that is not amoral, but is perhaps morally ambivalent ...
When economists brush with death
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 23 Sep 2012
2 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://www.businessspectator.c The magic of margin was that, if shares rose a mere 10 per cent, you doubled your money, turning $10 million into $20 million. The catch was that, ...
Why Mish is wrong on Hyperinflation
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 8 Jan 2013
Posted 11 years ago
http://howfiatdies.blogspot.co Mish thinks people would not decide to have hyperinflation. I don't believe there has ever been a "decision to have hyperinflation". Hyperinflation is when things get out of ...
Maturity Transformation and Duration Mismatch
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 6 Oct 2012
Posted 12 years ago
http://nonlineardynamic.blogsp Paul Krugman conveys an idea in words better than anyone else regarding the topic that is at the heart of modern banking: maturity transformation. In simple terms, individual ...
Fed prepares to act. what will they do?
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 7 Sep 2011
4 comments, latest
13 years ago
http://www.calculatedriskblog. Option 1: Operation Twist. Option 2: Cut interest rate on excess reserves, forcing banks to take lending risks with their reserves (hint...more inflation). Option 3: Word magic and ...
Why global shortage of safe assets matters?
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 23 Dec 2011
3 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://macromarketmusings.blog
Kyle Bass on artificial stability
by
uomo_senza_nome
on 3 Dec 2011
3 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://youtu.be/5V3kpKzd-Yw
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