Archive for November, 2010

• EARLY LOOK: Old Austerity
  keith, November 30th, 2010 at 2:35 pm, Comments: 0

  “You never see the old austerity. That was the essence of civility; young people hereabouts, unbridled, now just want.” -Moliere That’s an old quote from [...]

• EARLY LOOK: Strength at Home
  keith, November 29th, 2010 at 7:33 am, Comments: 0

  “The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.” -Confucius Slowly, but surely, the US Dollar is re-capturing some credibility. Yes, we [...]

• EARLY LOOK: The Stream and the Rock
  keith, November 26th, 2010 at 7:34 am, Comments: 0

  “In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins.” -Buddha Global equity markets are a riskier place than they were 48 [...]

• EARLY LOOK: Thinking Quant
  keith, November 24th, 2010 at 3:26 pm, Comments: 0

  “I think a model works if it’s a useful way of thinking about things.” -Emanuel Derman Some of the “quants” make money. Some of them [...]

• EARLY LOOK: Globasl Shakedown
  keith, November 23rd, 2010 at 2:58 pm, Comments: 0

  “No matter what you do I’m gonna take you down.” -Bob Seger Bob Seger is a 65-year old American singer-songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. In 1987, [...]

• EARLY LOOK: No Timeouts
  keith, November 22nd, 2010 at 2:22 pm, Comments: 0

  “I think I have a natural ability to lead.” -Mark Sanchez Some people confuse a young winner’s conviction with their own insecurity. Most of those [...]

• EARLY LOOK: The Ber-nank Blame
  keith, November 19th, 2010 at 2:54 pm, Comments: 0

  “When you cease to exist, then who will you blame.” -Bob Dylan For a global macro analyst, the early morning grind is usually bland. It’s [...]

• EARLY LOOK: General Mobama
  keith, November 18th, 2010 at 2:02 pm, Comments: 0

  “There is, in a competitive society, nobody who can exercise even a fraction of the power which a socialist planning board would possess .” -Friedrich [...]

• EARLY LOOK: The Courage to Listen
  keith, November 17th, 2010 at 2:08 pm, Comments: 0

  “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” -Winston Churchill For those [...]

• EARLY LOOK: Stepping On Cocaine
  keith, November 16th, 2010 at 2:51 pm, Comments: 0

  “Sean: See you Monday. We’ll be talking about Freud and why he did enough cocaine to kill a small horse. <http://thinkexist.com/quotation/sean-see_you_monday-we-ll_be_talking_about_freud/340466.html> ” -Good Will Hunting [...]