Feeding the Beast (8/26) (via Market Shadows) Here’s this week’s MarketShadows August 26 2012: Feeding the Beast Excerpt: The rally on Friday was triggered by a letter released by Ben Bernanke to US Rep. Darrell Issa, which was also leaked to the WSJ: “Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in a letter responding to questions posed by …
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Market Shadows Newsletter: It’s my party, and I’ll leave if I want to (via Market Shadows) Read the latest MarketShadows August 12 2012 Excerpt: Trading volume this week dried up. Retail investors are realizing that the markets are manipulated and retail traders are learning that it’s difficult to compete against the High Frequency Trading Machines. Zero …
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Financial Markets, Politics, and the New Reality (via Market Shadows) Financial Markets, Politics, and the New Reality Courtesy of John Mauldin at Thoughts from the Frontline If you’ve been following my newsletter, you’re familiar by now with my friend George Friedman and the geopolitical analysis company he founded, Stratfor. And if you’ve read any of …
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What’s Causing Market Volatility and What Can We Do? I read an interesting short article this morning on Seeking Alpha in which Todd Campbell discussed the rising stock market volatility that has been happening since the 1970s. The article entitled “Volatility Across the Decades: It’s No Wonder We’re Edgy” (click here to view) included the …
Dating? While this is not something I would normally post, this was just too outrageous to pass up. Please gentlemen, don’t do this. The future of the species is at stake. From Amy Tennery in Time: It’s tough to tell when an internet phenomenon reaches actual meme status. But, in the case of the “creepy …
By Holly A. Bell Remember Enron? Apparently the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) don’t. While the Enron scandal had multiple layers of both illegal and unethical behavior, at the heart of it all was Jeff Skilling’s insistence on using mark-to-market accounting techniques. This was not standard accounting practice, …
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Organizational Behavior and Financial Markets By Holly A. Bell In March I published an article in the journal Insights to a Changing World titled, “Efficient Financial Markets as Organizations: A Metaphoric Analysis”. The purpose of the article was to explore efficient financial markets from the perspective of organizational behavior. The purpose was not to establish …
So who are the top 1% of wage earners in America? By Holly A. Bell What are their lives and households like and what do they do? The New York Times recently published an article that gives us some real insights into the highest 1% of income earners. You might be surprised who they are. …
A few thoughts on my week, hope for the future, the gold standard, and an update on private jets. By Holly A. Bell My Week Professorhollybell.com had a record number of visitors Monday and Tuesday of this week, but considerably fewer comments than usual. I’m not sure what to make of this, but I’ll try …
