Comments on: Ah. http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/12/09/ah/ Prediction Markets, etc. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:13:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Medemi http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/12/09/ah/#comment-23043 Medemi Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:21:07 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=12062#comment-23043 <em>In a Vanity Fair article, "Wall Street Lays Another Egg," Harvard financial historian Niall Ferguson teases his new book, "The Ascent of Money:" "When our "animal spirits flip from greed to fear, the bubble that [our] earlier euphoria inflated can burst with amazing suddenness ... markets are mirrors of the human psyche. </em>10 clues: A new bubble is blowing <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Ten-clues-tell-us-a/story.aspx?guid=%7B46BEE66B%2D29D6%2D4799%2D88F8%2DC6FBAD94AFAB%7D&dist=SecMostRead" rel="nofollow">http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Ten-clues-tell-us-a/story.aspx?guid=%7B46BEE66B%2D29D6%2D4799%2D88F8%2DC6FBAD94AFAB%7D&dist=SecMostRead</a> In a Vanity Fair article, “Wall Street Lays Another Egg,” Harvard financial historian Niall Ferguson teases his new book, “The Ascent of Money:” “When our “animal spirits flip from greed to fear, the bubble that [our] earlier euphoria inflated can burst with amazing suddenness … markets are mirrors of the human psyche.

10 clues: A new bubble is blowing
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Ten-clues-tell-us-a/story.aspx?guid=%7B46BEE66B%2D29D6%2D4799%2D88F8%2DC6FBAD94AFAB%7D&dist=SecMostRead

]]> By: Medemi http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/12/09/ah/#comment-23042 Medemi Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:46:25 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=12062#comment-23042 :-D :-D :-D :-D

]]> By: Medemi http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/12/09/ah/#comment-23041 Medemi Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:45:20 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=12062#comment-23041 <em><strong>Goldman Sachs predicted oil to touch $200 per barrel </strong>in very near future.</em> I'm on record for criticizing them when oil was heading towards $147, saying we were well into the blow-off stage. <em>The latest prediction has come from analysts at </em><strong><em>Merrill Lynch, who have given a target of $25 per barrel. </em> :-D <a href="http://www.labnol.org/india/markets/tale-of-two-investment-banks-their-predictions-on-oil/5865/" rel="nofollow">http://www.labnol.org/india/markets/tale-of-two-investment-banks-their-predictions-on-oil/5865/</a> </strong> Goldman Sachs predicted oil to touch $200 per barrel in very near future.

I’m on record for criticizing them when oil was heading towards $147, saying we were well into the blow-off stage.

The latest prediction has come from analysts at Merrill Lynch, who have given a target of $25 per barrel.

:-D

http://www.labnol.org/india/markets/tale-of-two-investment-banks-their-predictions-on-oil/5865/

]]> By: Medemi http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/12/09/ah/#comment-23040 Medemi Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:13:57 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=12062#comment-23040 Hardly groundbreaking stuff IMO, but maybe I missed it. Greed combined with security, more importantly a false sense of security, causes bubbles. But there's a lot proper regulation can do to prevent them. We're animals, cattle to some. Prey species are extremely vigilant, so you have to sneak up on them. Betfair understand all this, talk to them. Hardly groundbreaking stuff IMO, but maybe I missed it. Greed combined with security, more importantly a false sense of security, causes bubbles. But there’s a lot proper regulation can do to prevent them. We’re animals, cattle to some. Prey species are extremely vigilant, so you have to sneak up on them. Betfair understand all this, talk to them.

]]> By: John Salvatier http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/12/09/ah/#comment-23031 John Salvatier Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:01:32 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=12062#comment-23031 This article on The Atlantic about bubbles seems relevant to this blog http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200812/financial-bubbles This article on The Atlantic about bubbles seems relevant to this blog http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200812/financial-bubbles

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