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2008.12.16 16:00:00 Met a guy who's had a day off Cause he realised he'd been fooled by Madoff "What a shame I won't get my bonus" said he munching on his donuts, while I the poor entrepreneur wanted to throw up. ...... Read more...
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2008.12.14 16:00:00 The Medieval Times had loads of stories about dragons and monsters, how knights fought them and won pride and glamor when returning with the monster's head. Here's an absolutely marvelous piece on how the Investment Bank monster swallowed so much money before exploding, with the Government stepping...... Read more...
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2008.12.12 16:00:00 Hereunder a breakdown of the rescue package disbursements ...... Read more...
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2008.12.10 16:00:00 A good proxy for economic activity is the demand of oil, and the demand looks grim. According to the US energy department, demand for oil will continue to fall in 2009 with a continued decrease of approximately 450,000 barrels per day. The world economy is indeed in a bad shape, and it does not look...... Read more...
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2008.12.07 16:00:00 Recessions come and go, putting a burden on employment and consumers. However, as an investor, opportunities appear. Firstly, governments look at injecting money in the system to create jobs and jumpstart the economy. Therefore, infrastructure is a good bet. Infrastructure companies will get loads...... Read more...
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2008.11.28 16:00:00 In August this year, oil puts with strike price at 100 USD per barrel were selling at 1.8 USD per barrel. The genius investors who bought these are now looking at gains of over 2,000 % as the oil price is below 60 USD, yielding a gain of more than 40 USD per put option…....... Read more...
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2008.11.28 16:00:00 Now that oil prices are down to let’s say almost normal levels, it is time to think on how to avoid the trap of high oil prices. If you believe that oil prices will go up again, then maybe it is time to think on how to offset the potential cost increase due to gasoline and gasoil price hikes. With...... Read more...
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2008.11.27 16:00:00 If the Fed and the Treasury bail out the banks, maybe the vicious circle of deflation and falling asset prices will be contained. Banks will start lending again and the economic freeze will thaw. But, the question is, however, how much more are the real estate prices going to fall before recovering?...... Read more...
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2008.11.25 17:01:07 It was interesting to see that last week, that the Eurozone announced that it was in a recession. Growth was negative for two consecutive quarters in the biggest economies such as Germany and the UK, but France was not, and here’s maybe an explanation for it. In its typical centralized, hierarchical,...... Read more...
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2008.11.21 01:04:24 The specter of deflation is back. Central banks in US and Europe are ready to cut interest rates once again, to reach record low levels, less than 1% in the US as an example. But why would deflation have to be fought, if prices fall, everybody is better off, no? Actually no, deflation is much worse...... Read more...
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2008.11.11 19:40:08 Financial products today lost quite some credibility, fear took over from greed, and investments that were supposed to offer a nice return turn out to be completely worthless, even worse, the money is gone down the drain! When you hear that bankers were selling CDOs without even understanding what they...... Read more...
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2008.11.11 17:53:07 It’s been a long ride since March: betting that the oil price would be lower than $80 per barrel by the year end was a crazy bet, who would have thought that the oil price would go up to $147 per barrel before crashing at the speed we saw? First, as everybody feels by now, the economy did not have...... Read more...
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2008.11.04 21:52:03 Recently, a friend of mine pointed out that the New York Times brought an online graphical tool to compare the financial benefits of buying a home versus renting a home. The outcome is very nice, useful and interesting, although the assumptions behind the calculations could have been explained in a more...... Read more...
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2008.10.27 23:51:31 A nice video from SayItVisually.com on the credit crisis...... Read more...
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2008.10.27 17:14:49 Personal Finance Monitor: Insights into How Vietnamese Consumers Manage their Finance Visa International, the world’s leading provider of payment card systems and ACNielsen the global leader in market research, announced the findings of their first Vietnam Personal Finance Monitor (PFM). The PFM is...... Read more...
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2008.10.24 01:23:27 Just look at the graph on the historical data of oil price, and then ask yourself: is it sustainable? I do not think it is sustainable, and you probably do not think you want to continue to pay the prices we have seen when you refuel your tank. Now, here are some statistics: The average annual increase...... Read more...
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2008.10.23 02:21:08 Warren Buffet's message in these times of stock market mess: The New York Times ...... Read more...
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2008.10.22 19:50:39 Let's take a step back and go back 5 years in time, I would be 25 years old, working in a large MNC as an engineer, playing with chipsets and embedded software, working on mathematical optimization to improve the performance, etc. Basically, I am a labrat working my ass off for not much in $ terms......... Read more...
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2008.10.21 02:46:56 Real Estate is often considered a safe bet for investments, investing for the long-term where rent is covered by the lease payments. The risk investors take is that no tenant shows up and you end up paying the mortgage. So, how do you mitigate that risk? Well, you make sure that the lease payments are...... Read more...
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2008.10.15 19:42:49 Looking back at my bet in February/March this year that the oil price would be below 80 USD/barrel by the end of the year, I think I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. After having reached a stunning 147 USD/barrel in July, and with some convulsion in September where the oil price jumped...... Read more...
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