ETF Periscope: Spain Protests Just May Cause the Running Away of the Bulls
“Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.” — John Kenneth Galbraith One of the great ironies regarding our elected officials can be found in the fact that they often...
View ArticleETF Periscope: Could I Interest You In a Slightly Used Parthenon?
“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.” Buddha Wall Street spent the bulk of last week floundering...
View ArticleETF Periscope: Are PIIGS About to Get Poked On the Street? (The Sequel)
“There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; it’s what we do with them that’s important.” – Jim Rohn Take a deep breath, everybody. Really, no need to worry. Just disregard all the...
View ArticleETF Periscope: Oil Speculators Get Spanked. Or Did They?
“It is better to travel well than to arrive.” – Buddha Watching crude oil take a serious plunge this week gave motorists a reason to cheer, but left oil traders with a strong, queasy feeling....
View ArticleETF Periscope: In Flux and Out of Time: Could Washington Really Blow...
“Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.” — Lao Tzu The thing about playing the game chicken is that sometimes someone ends up getting flattened like a character out...
View ArticleETF Periscope: Benny and the Greeks
“Why don’t they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff. “ –Steven Wright Ben Bernanke struck out swinging. Next up: the European Union’s heavy hitters. How they handle the curve ball...
View ArticleETF Periscope: PIIGS Flu Grows More Contagious
“The Edge… there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” – Hunter S. Thompson So maybe this is what EU contagion looks...
View ArticleETF Periscope: Are Latest S&P Ratings On EU Baked In or About to Burn the...
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them — that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” — Lao Tzu...
View ArticleBig Unemployment Numbers Across the Pond Remains the Big EU News
“A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.” — Mark Twain More stimulus for the eurozone is likely in the cards at some point in the near future, as the...
View ArticleSanta Claus Rally? Maybe, But Hedge Just In Case
“Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.” – Aldous Huxley Wall Street made a nice little recovery on Friday, as positive jobs numbers helped bring...
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