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Monthly Archives: July 2012
US of A. Is Not The Country It Used To Be
I wrote an initial draft of what is shown below as a comment to the interesting article on interest rates: The Zero Sum Game Of Lower Interest Rates And Why Mortgage Rates Will Rise. **************** Great article congratulations! You had … Continue reading
Some Thoughts About South American Banks
As a result of the question: ****************** I want to take this chance to ask you a quick question regarding South American banking stocks. Basically, I am putting together a short list of strong banks I want to invest in … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Banco de Chile, Banco Santander, Banco Santander Brazil, Banco Santander Chile, HSBC
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Short selling ban of Spanish and Italian stocks
I just received this announcement from my broker. It gives some good information regarding the short selling situation in Spain and Italy. Current established shorts can remain in place but new shorts can not be established. It gives links to … Continue reading
What percentage of the data you store is self generated ?
Can you please tell me what percentage of the data you store is generated by yourself (or family) ? I mean not downloaded or copied. For example if you have a 500 Giga disk what percentage of it has personal … Continue reading
Western Digital: Yet some some more thoughts
A few days ago I wrote reasons why I added more Western Digital shares (stock ticker WDC). After the earnings call yesterday I wrote an article on Gurufocus: Western Digital And Some Thoughts About The Current Market Position. I recommend … Continue reading
Thoughts about using VXX or UVXY spreads as a short volatility strategy to benefit from contango
In response to this question: Hi jrv, on the topic of permanently shorting VXX I just started shorting UVXY by selling front month call spreads on any VIX spikelettes. I too expect this trade to benefit from decay due to … Continue reading
Western Digital, a good call !
The has been posted on Gurufocus as: Western Digital And Some Thoughts About The Current Market Position Cheers! jrv
Austrian Economists
This post is dedicated to CVL, my new found brother ! “Fear the boom and bust”. It probably refers to the economical cycles we are so used to and it’s more and more about the boom and bust cycles of … Continue reading
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Tagged Austrian economic school, Friedrich A. Hayek, Ludwig Von Mises, Murray N. Rothbard
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