Category Archives: investments

George Soros on Zakaria GPS

Posted on October 12, 2008 by

Hedge fund manager George Soros is one of the world’s richest and most successful market watchers (and market manipulators?). Zakaria reports that Soros’ recent plays have netted him over 2 billion. He’s very controversial for his political views though my … Continue reading →

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Sequoia’s Slide Show on the Economy

Posted on October 10, 2008 by

Sequoia’s Advice to startups has been the subject of speculation for the past few days, but now VentureBeat has posted the actual slide show from a recent major meeting where startups were told to prepare for some seriously bad economic … Continue reading →

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Hello UK, and welcome to the bail out club…

Posted on October 8, 2008 by

I’m not seeing enough about the 500 billion pound UK Bailout (that’s $865 Billion US) on US Financial news. That’s more than our USA bail out despite the fact that our economy dwarfs that of the UK.  Probably a sign … Continue reading →

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Will 2010s be like 1930s? I sure hope not.

Posted on October 3, 2008 by

Wow.   I thought the crash in October 1929 brought the market down to  the low levels that signalled the great depression.  So I was surprised to learn that after a large rebound in the DOW it was really the declines … Continue reading →

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Bailout Blues + Red Ink = Spending Revolution Needed.

Posted on September 29, 2008 by

Washington does not understand why taxpayers are so angry about the bailout.   Some pundits are calling this ignorance, but I think to the extent *anybody* can predict things taxpayers know pretty much what is going on here, and realize there … Continue reading →

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Wen Jiabao interviewed by Zakaria

Posted on September 28, 2008 by

Wen Jiabao is the Premier of China, making him one of the most influential international figures of this generation. Today on Fareed Zakaria’s GPS – one of the best shows on TV, we are hearing from Wen Jiabao on several … Continue reading →

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The megabillion bailout better be transparent

Posted on September 23, 2008 by

Most of us are still trying to wrap our heads around the fiscal crisis also known as the US banking system.   I’m listening now to the Bush economics crew (Cox, Paulson, Bernanke)  in their congressional testimony. It is too early … Continue reading →

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Templar Treasure Refund?

Posted on August 4, 2008 by

The Knights Templar are suing the Vatican to recover the treasure that was taken from them 700 years ago: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/04/knights_templar_pope/ (thanks Glenn for the tip!) Just when you thought Facebook employees were making out like bandits and as if the … Continue reading →

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240k Kindles with books on the wall, 240k Kindles with books

Posted on August 1, 2008 by

OK, so now TechCrunch is reporting that their secret source informs them that Amazon has sold  240k Kindles in less than a year.   That would be pretty good though it does not lead me to retract my May suggestion … Continue reading →

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Google’s KinderGate: Your kids are welcome here for $57,000 a year.

Posted on July 5, 2008 by

When I first read about trouble in Google land over child care costs I thought it would be another case of the how super well paid but whiney Silicon Valley parents were unreasonably complaining about a minor bump in their … Continue reading →

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