Monthly Archives: October 2011

Your Investment Options

As an investor, it is good to remember that there are a number of options available to you. If you’ve only every out your money in stocks and shares, then you may feel like this is the area in which … Continue reading

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Was John Maynard Keynes right thinking that recession and unemployment could be solved by spending?

Can we really spend ourselves out of a crisis? This other excellent extract from chapter 6 of the book Essentials in Economics by Faustino Ballvé can help us answer the question : Even less tenable is the doctrine given currency … Continue reading

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The illusion of credit expansion by Faustino Ballvé

Excellent extract from chapter 6 of the book Essentials in Economics by Faustino Ballvé (available for download here) explaining the dynamics and damages to the economy and crisis produced due to government interventionism, specifically by indiscriminate credit expansion most of … Continue reading

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Current market thoughts and some protective actions

I have hardly written lately because my time is taken by reading. Here are some books and the authors I recently read: 1) Human Action from Ludwig Van Mises. Fortunately this genius was brought to my attention by Phil Carret, … Continue reading

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TLT (treasury bonds) covered put and other activities

I sold one January 2013 strike 90 TLT put. It paid 364 dollars after commissions. It is covered by some of the TLT shorts that I have, equivalent to 300 shares. I therefore limit, for 100 shares, my short gain … Continue reading

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George Soros and his reflexive theory and some other thoughts

I just added on Tuesday to my favorite stocks, that day some of them were trading cheap enough to add some more of: Becton Dickinson, Wells Fargo and Google BOT 10 BDX Stock 69.70 USD BATS TUESDAY 10:58:26 1.00 BOT … Continue reading

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