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Tag Archives: Bailout
4 miscellaneous web links you can’t afford to ignore
- Max Keiser and Alec Baldwin lecture little Nigel Eccles (of HubDub) on Italian cheese and the US economy. – Auction system in the NFL. – Via prof Mike Giberson from Texas. – Local newspapers are going down the toilets, … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, The Global Economy
Tagged Alec Baldwin, Bailout, inflation, links, Max Keiser, stimulus, US economy, web links
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Here is a Wall Street pundit who is very quick to blame the prediction markets. But did the punditry of that smart ass performed better than the prediction markets, regarding last week’s vote on the House of Representatives?
Financial Times’ John Authers: Prediction markets, summing the market’s wisdom, had it wrong. Last week, the Intrade market put the odds that the TARP would have passed by now at more than 90 per cent. -
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Technical Note: If you are not able to see the right end of the huge chart below, read my info-tech tips over there. – -
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged Bailout, economy, financial bailout, financial crisis, financial rescue, global economy, Paulson plan, US Congess, US economy, US Federal Reserve, US Treasury
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Good Morning America.
I Told You So. by Ed Miracle This painting was on the cover of Thomas Friedman’s book, The World Is Flat.
Posted in Art, Humor
Tagged Art, Bailout, economy, Ed Miracle, Finance, financial bailout, financial crisis, financial rescue, global economy, Humor, I Told You So, paintings, The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman
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Washington Mutual is seized by the US government.
- New York Times – Another one bites the dust: (Sorry for those who have a narrow screen and don’t see the right part of this big chart.) – According to InTrade, here are the banks that could fail next: … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Market Expiry, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics, The Global Economy
Tagged Bailout, Bank United Financial, banking, banks, betting markets, Business, Capitol Hill, Downey Financial, event derivative markets, event derivatives, failure, Finance, financial coup d'etat, financial crisis, Forecasting (Science & Practice), housing, housing bubble, InTrade, Mike Linksvayer, prediction markets, Predictions, real estate, real estate bubble, Reason magazine, US government, Washington Mutual
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I am going to suffer retaliation for what I am about to tell you, but I am taking the risk because it’s the truth.
Paul Krugman’s blog is the best critical read on the Bailout plan. It is said.
Posted in Finance, Resources - References, The Global Economy
Tagged Bailout, Economics, Finance, Open Media, Paul Krugman
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Justin Wolfers has signed a “pretty weak” petition on the Bailout proposal…
… according to Felix Salmon. Same idea with that one.
Posted in Finance
Tagged Bailout, economists, Felix Salmon, Finance, Justin Wolfers, petition, prediction markets
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Something absolutely EXTRAORDINARY happened in my life, today.
I subscribed to Paul Krugman’s blog. What’s next?
Posted in Finance, Resources - References
Tagged analysis, Bailout, economic analysis, Economics, Finance, financial analysis, Journalism, Nouriel Roubini, Open Media, Paul Krugman
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