Sorted Weekly Tweets – The Aleph Blog

Posted on 4 May 2013 by David Merkel

Market Dynamics

Gold, backwardation and the ?time cost of money? http://t.co/AauT82dWoE Many players want 2 make $$ off gold financing but conditions shift May 04, 2013
The sultans of swing http://t.co/rItrBNwPej Short vol pays income & loses in bad times, long vol loses income & wins in bad times $$ May 04, 2013
Public Pensions Underreporting Liabilities?? http://t.co/IdEnrkdcXc Milliman is incented 2 make things look good, or they would lose biz $$ May 03, 2013
It?s Time to Fight the Fed http://t.co/rAnFWIwctu Makes the case that stock market has decoupled from economic reality $$ cc @MicroFundy May 03, 2013
JPMorgan Caught in Swirl of Regulatory Woes http://t.co/RFuywRTw0s When finance gets complex there r many opportunities 4 mischief $$ $JPM May 03, 2013
Why is Doug Kass bearish on Buffett?s Berkshire? http://t.co/aCQVRoxEzv My challenge is2ask original questions that have never been asked $$ May 02, 2013
High-Speed Traders Exploit Loophole http://t.co/aMdRBW72x3 Y can’t the same data feed be provided to all participants? $$ May 02, 2013
Treasury Is Readying Floating-Rate Debt http://t.co/d2ybajZWWO First new Treasury debt product in years. Wonder what the index will be… $$ May 02, 2013
Don’t get me wrong, QE is bad policy. Rather than having a short sharp recession that clears the way 4 growth, Fed traps us in malaise $$ May 02, 2013
When Defensive Stocks Plays Offense http://t.co/aF6MIrTzyQ @ReformedBroker describes effect of $$ flowing in2 low vol stocks, erasing safety May 01, 2013
Gold Rush From Dubai2Turkey Saps Supply as Premiums Jump http://t.co/2I3a2B5npH True in the US too: http://t.co/AmkUqn639p $$ #takedelivery May 01, 2013
Canadian banks r largely shielded from effects of housing downturn b/c government-owned Canada Mtge & Housing insures 64% Canadian mtges $$ May 01, 2013
Meet the man who’s selling Canada short http://t.co/HqStfr9CCe Shorting bank common stocks, & the Loonie. Market prices / rent – high $$ May 01, 2013
My Edge and the Crossroads http://t.co/KfcVQUCCjc @ReformedBroker gives us a glimpse of how he synthesizes disparate market data $$ May 01, 2013
The Great Gold Debate Continues, And It’s Serious http://t.co/Xwtar2rlWE As central banks debase fiat $$ ,gold standard gets more attention Apr 29, 2013
Big Number: Revenues Missing a ‘Beat’ http://t.co/IwTCtzSUZS Only 44% of companies have beaten revenue estimates, rally could slow down $$ Apr 29, 2013
Gold Climbs as Higher Physical Demand Counters Decline From ETPs http://t.co/2c6WAxC5Yn Negative real cost of carry favors gold here $$ $GLD Apr 29, 2013
Gold Bears Defy Rally as Goldman Closes Short Wager http://t.co/WRNWV4MayC Demand 4 physical gold continues while ETPs c outflows $$ $GLD Apr 29, 2013
Market?s $20T Yielding 1% Shows Austerity Mistaken http://t.co/NnEbi5SshB Monetary policy papering over budget deficits aids stagnation $$ Apr 29, 2013
Stock Analysts Tell All! http://t.co/I4ixQlTBeU Follow the $$ | C how analyst comp affects their actions; hedge funds matter, retail doesn’t Apr 29, 2013
The Mind of Jeffrey Gundlach http://t.co/aLmhR5gEuB @eddyelfenbein takes us on a brief tour of how Gundlach came 2b a clever contrarian $$ Apr 29, 2013
Oil demand at lowest level since Oct http://t.co/X6qhQnYOS8 More signs of global sogginess $$ Apr 29, 2013
When Safe Havens Become Bubbles In Disguise http://t.co/XTPtp4jgGa Good article if you view the investing alternatives @ end skeptically $$ Apr 29, 2013
Gold Rout for Central Banks Buying Most Since 1964 http://t.co/Zzkd0slUS8 Gold overshot, but negative real cost of carry favors a rise $$ Apr 28, 2013
Bank-Loan Funds Pose New Risks http://t.co/V0F6rX4TSV This is a minor mania — expected future returns are low to negative. Avoid. Avoid $$ Apr 27, 2013

Other

Cicadas, the Wedding Crashers Who Can Jitterbug http://t.co/jcnOqeJeY0 Will b going2an outdoor wedding in late May, should be a scream $$ 😉 May 03, 2013
Note, Shodan can be used positively 2 identify security flaws in your own systems 😉 $$ http://t.co/PmMo1IWcrp May 03, 2013
SHODAN – Computer Search Engine http://t.co/5stvEHa6Js Why be the last person on your block w/o ability to unprotected computer networks? $$ May 03, 2013
NO PIZZA FOR YOU!!! http://t.co/6BxRJtamn2 Mayor Bloomberg runs into his “Personal Slice Limit,” & has to go to another pizza purveyor $$ May 03, 2013
5 Twitter tools to Unfollow Inactive Users http://t.co/o467OjGtgA Interesting utilities cc: @carney @reformedbroker $$ May 02, 2013
Billionaires Flee Havens as Trillions Pursued Offshore http://t.co/Lbmk1sofQC Politicians interested protecting tax havens 4 their owners $$ Apr 29, 2013
Run or walk: Why science hasn?t determined which exercise is best http://t.co/nFB6BgCPzf Equal expending of calories -> similar results $$ Apr 29, 2013
Texas Town?s Blast Crater Shows Risk From Patchwork Zoning Laws http://t.co/LHYMiBq3l7 Necessary dirty industry has 2 go somewhere $$ Apr 28, 2013
Can You Get a Refund From a Bad Hedge Fund? http://t.co/VO3AsaooVO If your hedge fund has lost $$, u may be able 2 rescind your purchase Apr 28, 2013
Are Bachelor’s Degrees Worth It? http://t.co/AxAWgZmWge Bachelor’s degrees may not b worth it, but community college can bring a return $$ Apr 28, 2013

Rest of the World

Too-Big-to-Fail Danish Banks Seek Bailout Text in Sifi Law http://t.co/jRJigpfsW1 Overleveraged housing sector & banks challenge Denmark $$ May 03, 2013
Chinese Way of Doing Business – In Cash We Trust http://t.co/pGEcUDgMTa More corrupt ur nation is, the more u want 2do cash transactions $$ May 02, 2013
Denmark Exhausts Stimulus Avenues as Housing Losses Persist http://t.co/MjtLztxIeg Denmark is the poster child 4 mtge excess, then Canada $$ May 02, 2013
Japan household spending surges as Abenomics gains momentum http://t.co/9wehqDMxde Inflation genie comes out of the bottle, what next? $$ May 01, 2013
Where the Chinese credit is going? http://t.co/lYHxHMCNeZ “financial distress is another reason why credit expansion has not worked well” $$ May 01, 2013
Why the China Dream Might Be a Mirage http://t.co/hO4YupHbJl Economic change w/o political change will not work much longer in China $$ Apr 30, 2013
Factories to face headwinds from enlarged TPP http://t.co/dbPXgxlqzr Chinese businesses build factories elsewhere 4 cheap labor $$ #surprise Apr 29, 2013
European Leaders? Softening on Austerity May Accelerate http://t.co/VnLL4Npykr Ending austerity is one thing; sharing losses is another $$ Apr 29, 2013
Silvercrest’s Patrick Chovanec http://t.co/H2RgxU16Kq Excellent interview w/ @prchovanec on the difficulties w/old Chinese growth model $$ Apr 29, 2013
Japan’s ‘wall of money’ proves elusive for global markets http://t.co/l9d8RVnqks So far, most of the credit inflation recycled in Japan $$ Apr 29, 2013
The hole the mutual fund industry has dug for itself http://t.co/MEYDxqJgy5 Huge mutual fund fees in Canada shortchange investors $$ #Wow Apr 29, 2013
Europe: Aging deepens debt-laden region?s economic woes http://t.co/jWqDYPaDSO Economic growth relies on a population not shrinking $$ Apr 29, 2013
Danes as Most-Indebted in World Resist Credit http://t.co/PPfvdn12tT Denmark is the poster child 4 what happens w/2 much mortgage debt $$ Apr 29, 2013
Japan’s Abenomics New Export By-Product: Deflation! http://t.co/0YMovyM2Br Growth does not come as more reserves build up in the banks $$ Apr 29, 2013
Japan’s Yen Unintended Consequences – Fukushima and the Yen – Hara-Kiri http://t.co/TRqa9gjIUs Higher fuel costs begin 2 bite in Japan $$ Apr 29, 2013
Europeans Are Thinking the Unthinkable: That Debt Defaults Might Make Sense http://t.co/BQdfWoGknw Only if u can stiff foreign creditors $$ Apr 29, 2013

Companies & Industries

Buffett Bets on Business Insurance ?Big Time? http://t.co/tlcMeszcWJ Rounding out underwriting book; more conservative version of $AIG $$ May 03, 2013
Quite a first day of trading for CST Brands, Inc. Common Stock Finance http://t.co/nFzrkovLWN Spun off from Valero | FD: + $CST & $VLO $$ May 02, 2013

?? Endurance Reports First Quarter 2013 Financial Results http://t.co/VC4x9cUQBh I have never seen an earnings beat this big b4 | FD: long $ENH May 01, 2013

How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank http://t.co/FzgwKpOvBh Long, worth a read, describes financial industry’s strategy 2 kill Dodd-Frank $$ May 01, 2013
I don’t like D-F b/c it’s weak in areas that matter, & strong in areas that don’t matter. &, study committees shouldn’t have lotsa power $$ May 01, 2013
I was serious on that last comment. Actuaries serve as honest, semi-neutral advisors to the regulators, & have a significant ethics code $$ May 01, 2013
That makes insurance regulation significantly more brainy than banking regulation. Also tougher, b/c harder 2 co-opt 50 state regulators $$ May 01, 2013
New Ajit Jain Signals in the Berkshire Hathaway Tea Leaves http://t.co/k5sikoCKGM Is Ajit preparing 2b CEO or retire? FD: long $BRK/B $$ Apr 29, 2013
Apple doesn’t deserve top credit rating: Fitch http://t.co/ardXsKVuoB Problem is that the $$ is overseas & the debts r in the US $AAPL Apr 29, 2013
Tech Stocks Are Cheapest in Seven Years http://t.co/InmrCkKmVw Question should b how sustainable revenue streams r in a soggy economy $$ Apr 29, 2013
States Object to ‘Payday’ Lawsuit Lending http://t.co/ZL7vvCz3GQ This looks like a good market 2 avoid; 2 much risk from legal changes $$ Apr 29, 2013

US Economic Policy

Deflation, not inflation, could bedevil markets http://t.co/seyOKKmSZV Watch global weakness weigh on the US, also inventory drawdowns $$ May 03, 2013
US Economy : 6 Critical Indicators of Potential Recession Flashing RED http://t.co/32jNZ3SNrC A stroll through the bearish economic view $$ May 03, 2013
A possible step towards numerical guidance for QE? http://t.co/fjNXmEMPPk Volume/Clarity of Fed communications doesn’t matter $$ #deadend May 03, 2013
Fed weighs tighter cap on bank leverage http://t.co/oLiw2XZdqf Maybe adapt well-designed RBC formula life insurance industry uses $$ #noway May 01, 2013
Obama to Name Congressman Mel Watt to Housing-Finance Post http://t.co/LClhqyLnij This seems like a mistake; Zandi would have been better $$ May 01, 2013
There Will Be Haircuts http://t.co/uGuDijhW7d @pimco gives 4 ways govt will fleece us: negative real rates, inflation, default, cap ctrls $$ May 01, 2013
Roubini: Money supplies holding back economy, but run could last 2 years http://t.co/kaoOK1Nd41 Monetary policy is weak in a liquidity trap Apr 30, 2013
Powerful Union, Upstart Battle Over Shrinking Pie http://t.co/z5N7DME5sT Another sign that unions are a thing of the past. Good riddance $$ Apr 30, 2013
Ebbing Inflation Means More Easy Money http://t.co/32RIuQeX1f Fed’s new job is 2 push the marginal productivity of capital to zero $$ Apr 29, 2013
Wall Street is full of ‘crooks,’ Jeffrey Sachs told Philadelphia Fed audience http://t.co/V8LhcyX8qg Evidence would help, many assertions $$ Apr 29, 2013
US Growth comes Mostly from Inventories http://t.co/WJnRbUGfiJ The current expansion is not robust, IMO will not persist at rates >1.5% $$ Apr 29, 2013
The Federal Financial Triangle http://t.co/tc8vEvK7QP The Fed, the Treasury, & GSEs have mispriced financial risk -> deeper US deficits $$ Apr 29, 2013
Are You Ready for the New Investment Tax? http://t.co/yDSIkClF5H Make a lot of many from investments? This tax could surprise u in 2014 $$ Apr 28, 2013

Fixed Income

DoubleLine’s Gundlach seeks more risk in new closed-end fund http://t.co/EaBoKhCGCv I like the strategy, wonder when will get 2 crowded $$ Apr 29, 2013
Fitch US High Yield Default Insight ? March 2013 http://t.co/8KnB3v1uN7 Lots of good data on the stretched junk bond market $$ $HYG $JNK Apr 29, 2013
Junk Bond Daily Yield Snapshot: 5.289% (Yes, Another Record) http://t.co/1GiDYWac74 Further price gains should b incremental due 2 calls $$ Apr 29, 2013

At the Bloomberg Washington Summit

Bloomberg Washington Summit http://t.co/t1pgPaRBRg The videos from the event can be found here. 5.5 hours of video #BBwash $$ May 03, 2013
At the Bloomberg Washington Summit, Part 5 http://t.co/k3a3maTPST Alan Krueger (Chmn Council of Economic Advisers) & Other Stuff #BBwash $$ May 03, 2013
At the Bloomberg Washington Summit, Part 4 http://t.co/lQVo1drGbc Economics, US Postal Service, Lunch & China #BBwash $$ May 03, 2013
At the Bloomberg Washington Summit, Part 3 http://t.co/i3KmSxbKmz Infrastructure, Corp Tax Reform, Dodd-Frank, & Garry Gensler $$ #BBwash May 03, 2013
At the Bloomberg Washington Summit, Part 2 http://t.co/6m43ZgCm8X Unemployment, Healthcare Spending, & the State of the states $$ #BBwash May 03, 2013
At the Bloomberg Washington Summit, Part 1 http://t.co/Rjgb8zY60u US Budget, Sequester, dysfunctional politics & economics #BBwash $$ May 03, 2013
Back home from #BBwash, watch for a summary post later tonight at http://t.co/HQR2bRfS06 Thanks 2 @bgov, @BoozAllen, @Visa, @Bloomberg Apr 30, 2013
Final panel optimistic about tax reform over the next 2 years Prob over 50%. Can’t say I’m that optimistic #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
John Rogers of the CFA institute asks Q on differential taxation of dividends/interest, of course panel goes 4 ending dbl taxation #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
Take back my last tweet. Panel agrees on every corporate tax cut, but shies away from anything that might affect their interest #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
Final Panel at #BBWash on corporate tax reform, the significant disagreements of panelists indicate y reform will b tough Apr 30, 2013
Last tweet made 2 counter what the VA Governor said about his budget being balanced, along with the rest of the states #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
States only balance on a cash basis. Various pension, healthcare and other liabilities r not fully funded all states in the Union #BBWash Apr 30, 2013
VA Gov McDonnell speaking of the US “Don’t you know we are broke?” Then goes on 2 talk about our unfunded public benefit liabilities #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
VA Governor makes case that sequestration cuts r unfair b/c they disproportionately affect VA. But VA benefited when spending rose #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
#hello still waiting on sequestration’s effect on Virginia #BBWash Apr 30, 2013
Waiting 2 get 2 the main topic w/the VA governor on sequestration, interviewer still grilling on perceived conflict of interest #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
@cate_long Cool, if you were here, I would say “hi.” Instead, I type “hi.” Apr 30, 2013
Gov McDonnell of VA speaking @ #BBWash about sequestration, Instead, gets grilled by interviewer on perceived conflicts of interest Apr 30, 2013
@cate_long Are you here at BBWash or watching on television? Apr 30, 2013
Ravitch says the threat of BK can make all of the parties focus; biggest state risk is confiscatory tax levels, not reduced benefits #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
Rendell makes case 4 telling truth & shared sacrifice. Ravitch: Muni Bankruptcy is an admission that democracy has failed #BBWash Apr 30, 2013
RT @cate_long: Rendell “If city goes bankrupt cant borrow again” BBG’s Glasgall “Orange County went bankrupt and can still borrow” #bbwash Apr 30, 2013
Moderator makes point about the frenzy in the junk muni market, Ravitch says cities & states have no choice but 2 have access 2 mkts #BBWash Apr 30, 2013
Ed Rendell makes case 4 a single payer health system. Same point can be made for no health insurance, which would lower costs more #BBWash Apr 30, 2013
Pension & OPEB panel @ #BBwash is making the case that we are in deep trouble, w/little way out Apr 30, 2013
@cate_long Thanks, useful… Apr 30, 2013
@cate_long Thanks, just puzzled by the moderators comments on OPEB at this panel at #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
@cate_long Cate, most corporations don’t reserve OPEB, b/c they can walk away from it, Governments can’t do the same? Apr 30, 2013
@CescaAntonelli Could be, I think she is the leading candidate as well, but I don’t like her seemingly reflexive dovishness Apr 30, 2013
Never happened b4 2 VC RT @CescaAntonelli: Yellen has right of first refusal at Fed, Meyer says at @BBGlink #bbwash http://t.co/Qwn6MvlmVP Apr 30, 2013
Krueger suggests that people have to adjust their definition of fairness. Trouble is there is no fairness, it is all based on trade #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
@tomkeene brings up corporate tax code given $AAPL bond deal, Krueger says a deal can be done if the base can b broadened #BBWash #notlikely Apr 30, 2013
Krueger goes on talking about inequality, has few solutions; education is slow if it works, throwing $$ @ it hasn’t worked recently #BBWash Apr 30, 2013
Krueger spending a lot of time criticizing the sequester, suggests there is a way to do smart cuts. When have we ever done that? #BBWash Apr 30, 2013
Krueger suggests that fixing infrastructure has the highest payoff. Problem: haven’t *ever* done it, & the budget 2 deep in deficit #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
Kreuger implies Stockman’s opinions r not worthy of consideration #BBWash Apr 30, 2013
Delicious food & good conversation @ #BBwash lunch. Sat w/ @tomkeene & @steve_hanke Apr 30, 2013
@pattersonscott In my opinion, that comes down to misregulation of inv banks & AIG , they should have regulated derivs as if on B/S #bbwash Apr 30, 2013
@pattersonscott & I argued 4 ring-fencing the derivative counterparties, & let the holding companies fail, but had 2 have mtges fail 1st Apr 30, 2013
@pattersonscott derivatives did crater some companies taking one side of the mortgage trade, but mortgages had to go bad first Apr 30, 2013
@pattersonscott for every winner on a derivative, there is a loser. nets to zero — on the original loan there are real loan losses #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
Appreciate CFTC Chairman Gensler’s sense of humor, even if it burns time… #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
#BBwash Gensler says that we will move away from Libor. Me: Any benchmark not based on trades will b gamed, as well as those based on trades Apr 30, 2013
@pattersonscott Some were tied to the mortgages, but the real losses came from the mortgage underwriting, which came first #bbwash Apr 30, 2013
Utterly mistaken RT @cedwaddell: #BBwash Gary Gensler, chair of CFTC, says 8 million jobs lost since 2008 due to unregulated swaps market Apr 30, 2013
Gensler traces the crisis to the derivatives markets when it was really due to bad mortgage lending #BBwash #FTL Apr 30, 2013
@PeterCCook Ask him why derivatives are not regulated like insurance, and require insurable interest #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
@PeterCCook Ask him why derivatives are not regulated like insurance, and require insurable interest Apr 30, 2013
RT @cate_long: “I believe that the role of the Post Office is universal service and overnight delivery is part of that” Sen Cardin #bbwash Apr 30, 2013
USPS CFO thinks there is a long-term solution, needs regulatory changes, allowing delivery of alcohol, etc. wants more independence #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
CFO of $UPS talks about two scenarios for rises in interest rates: good: improvement in productivity, bad: stagflation #BBwash #duh Apr 30, 2013
If business were already agreed on tax policy, tax policy would have changed already #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
Mistaken concept that the business community has 1 clear goal in tax policy, one man’s tax expenditure is more valuable than others #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
Eclectic panel Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), Kurt Kuehn, CFO UPS & Joseph Corbett, CFO & EVP, USPS — don’t think this goes far #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
PA gov Corbett leaves benefits/fees of fracking to local governments where it is needed #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
Corbett wants to be the “Texas” of Natgas, TX ain’t what it used 2b #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
1 in 6 people in PA on Medicaid would b 1 in 4 under Obamacare, according2 Tom Corbett, PA 2nd highest in Medicaid b/c optional covs #BBWash Apr 30, 2013
@fbonacci @incakolanews @felixsalmon Easy come, easy go, little high, little low… nothing really matters, anyone can see… Apr 30, 2013
At #BBwash , Tom Corbett talks about selling the state liquor stores, when it barely moves the needle in terms of the NPV of the liabs Apr 30, 2013
John Rogers of the CFA Institute asks Engle why we should invest in a new bubble created by the Federal Reserve? Engle waffles. #BBWash Apr 30, 2013
@incakolanews Galileo, Galileo, will you let me go? Apr 30, 2013
Engle correct in noting that the tea party has made washington a 3-party game, which creates a complex blocked situation #BBWash Apr 30, 2013
Gotta give Scaramucci credit for getting on this #BBWash panel, he has said some notably odd things Apr 30, 2013
Federal Reserve less independent since Dodd-Frank, & not in a good way, it supports the US financial sector & government #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
Pitt: if I were a college professor, I would give Congress an “F” 4 Dodd-Frank #BBWash Apr 30, 2013
Humorous panel w/Harvey Pitt, Robert Engle, and Anthony Scaramucci — Engle is clueless, thinking Fed policy can b easily removed #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
Wargaming in economics is impossible; there is no way to predict next economic crisis, writ small. Overlevered systems r risky #BBwash $$ Apr 30, 2013
Too much discussion over bailing out the system. Too little discussion over how to limit overall debt and debt complexity #BBWash $$ Apr 30, 2013
Good discussion @ #BBwash where they describe how more complex laws & regulations make markets more complex rather than clear $$ #worse Apr 30, 2013
Panel on Dodd-Frank arguing about bank capital, arguing that higher capital isn’t so bad. #BBwash $$ That said, liquidity is more important Apr 30, 2013
Panel on Dodd-Frank arguing about bank capital, arguing that higher capital isn’t so bad. #BBwah $$ That said, liquidity is more important Apr 30, 2013
Really disappointed in the lack of reasoning from Larry Meyer, not disappointed in Chris van Hollen, nothing to expect there $$ #BBwash Apr 30, 2013
At the Bloomberg Washington Summit: definitely a liberal bias to first two panels, saying that the current deficits must continue #BBWash $$ Apr 30, 2013

Wrong

Wrong: Fed Seen Slowing Stimulus With QE Cut by End of This Year http://t.co/h2ckgPDc3e Sorry, but the Fed will increase its QE in 2013 $$ May 02, 2013
Wrong: Europe?s New Path: Austerity with a Human Face http://t.co/HXzbWFx2v9 Real austerity hasn’t been tried yet, only debt monetization $$ Apr 29, 2013
Wrong: ?Peak Fossil Fuels? Is Closer Than You Think: BNEF – Bloomberg http://t.co/XoKYF1qoEW No way; governments of world won’t cooperate $$ Apr 28, 2013
New York Times Moves Toward Netflix Model as Ads Tumble http://t.co/rHrbxxAe8e I think $NYT is eventually a zero as the internet eats it $$ Apr 28, 2013

Replies, Retweets & Comments

5.5% annualized growth $$ RT @EddyElfenbein: Nominal S&P 500 earnings are expected to be roughly double this year compared with 2000 May 03, 2013
@EddyElfenbein http://t.co/FvBzLDzuGI On the IBM Industrial Average, where I propose the News Corp Industrial Average May 03, 2013
@H_X_S Thanks, Janetter looks interesting. May 03, 2013
Liked the old Tweetdeck better $$ RT @danprimack: Does Twitter know that some of us probably would have paid to keep tweetdeck alive? May 03, 2013
@AndreCimini It’s all a part of the current “race to the bottom” monetary policy game. Trying to figure out how this one blows up May 03, 2013
@fsmontenegro Thanks, missed that, relied on a friend May 03, 2013
‘ @JayLeonard No doubt, & realize these are marginal rates, which few pay because of the Swiss cheese nature of the corp tax code $$ May 03, 2013
@alestuma I get that — that’s y some investors co-locate servers at the exchanges. But not getting the same feed initially is different May 02, 2013
‘ @WarrenBuffett Good 4u, Mr. Buffett. We all await your wise counsel, especially me, a student of yours & a shareholder. $$ FD: + $BRK.B May 02, 2013
@TheStalwart I don’t think much happened overnight, but I did publish a five piece set of articles on the Bloomberg Washington Summit May 02, 2013
@notgunnamatta Yes May 02, 2013
@dpinsen There r no good solutions in the bust. The only sane thing is to try to prevent booms from getting out of control, a la Martin $$ May 02, 2013
@CardiffGarcia If I had the data, would be interesting to try a parabolic fit, & look at the coefficients, looks like it would flop May 01, 2013
@rubicon59 @PlanMaestro @SajKarsan I think I was the only one that did public analyses of the 3 Maiden Lane trusts, but I was wrong there 2 May 01, 2013
@rubicon59 @PlanMaestro @SajKarsan Yes, I did; I presumed that the really junky assets that they had would default far more than they did May 01, 2013
Cool $$ RT @jasonzweigwsj: our great Fed-speak comparison machine: see how the FOMC’s statements change over time http://t.co/CubyVqQ6KL May 01, 2013
@Matthew_C_Klein Next in line r colonialists who exploited Belgium/Congo, Germany/SW Africa, Spanish in the new World, Black Slavery $$ May 01, 2013
@Matthew_C_Klein Historically, it is fascinating how many attempts at forced collectivization led to massive deaths, Ukraine, Cambodia $$ May 01, 2013
His rhetoric usually leaves me cold $$ RT @TheStalwart: Some folks asking who, exactly, Krugman has persuaded. Fair question. May 01, 2013
@Matthew_C_Klein I’ve seen higher estimates on the deaths c book “Hungry Ghosts;” the statistics r hard 2 come by; most don’t want 2 talk $$ May 01, 2013
“Any anomaly can be overfished. The low volatility anomaly was one of the more durable ones, but?” ? David_Merkel http://t.co/syjdr5nHDU May 01, 2013
@CFAevents Honored that you would mention me. Thanks. Osband’s book was one of the best I have read on the topic. May 01, 2013
@djoalpha11 @tomkeene What flash crash? Apr 30, 2013
@csissoko But most of the issuance of bad mtges were prime, not subprime — the issuance of Fannie & Freddie were more responsible 4 crisis Apr 30, 2013
@csissoko Yes, the lust for yield drove willingness to enter into CDS, taking risk, receiving premium, which led some issuance of bad mtges Apr 30, 2013
@Nonrelatedsense I read otherwise in an article yesterday… but thanks for the correction Apr 30, 2013
Apologies, you are right RT @Nonrelatedsense: @AlephBlog DSL is absolutely a Closed End Fund. Prospectus: http://t.co/vXcUpTEZi9 Apr 30, 2013
@Nonrelatedsense It’s an ETF, not a CEF Apr 30, 2013
Also leads 2 creation of more shares, grows the fund $$ RT @vzban123: Per doubline website, IPO price is almost 5% premium to NAV. Apr 29, 2013
Yeh, saw that. Just another symptom of yield lust. $$ RT @vzban123: @AlephBlog Per doubline website, IPO price is almost 5% premium to NAV Apr 29, 2013
It’s a great job if you have the skills to get it; it’s even better if you have business skills as well… http://t.co/ji5jgSLPA9 Apr 29, 2013
@aneiro Any stats on what %age of the market is trading to call, rather than maturity? Apr 29, 2013
@codywillard I suspect there r a lot of games going on w/ETPs, certainly in Europe, regulation is tighter here, collateral issues & arb Apr 29, 2013
@codywillard I was against the bailouts dear friend; what I puzzle over is how many games r *presently* being played on Wall Street Apr 29, 2013
@EddyElfenbein model 2 minimizes the sum of squared ratios between actual & modeled prices. Model 2 more reliable, IMO, though fits worse Apr 29, 2013
@EddyElfenbein model 1 minimizes the sum of squared differences between actual & modeled prices. Apr 29, 2013
@Jesse_Livermore Emerging Market Government Bonds, maybe Long Treasuries — it is a deflationary environment, kinda, maybe, sorta, meh $$ Apr 27, 2013

FWIW

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