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A View from the Trenches, July 22nd, 2009: "Analyzing preliminary details"

( To subscribe to this daily market letter and receive it by email, in pdf format, please visit : www.sibileau.com/martin ) Yesterday, we had an “intraday” correction, driven by the earnings releases for Zions Bancorporation and Regions Financial...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Jul 21 2009

A View from the Trenches, August 19th, 2011: " Told you so!"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: august-19-2011 In light of the events yesterday, which in our view were mainly driven by fears of US dollar funding problems in the Eurozone banks, we thought it would be appropriate to reproduce...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Fri, Aug 19 2011

Regulate This...

I never cease to be amazed with the American people’s faith in government regulation. Business must be regulated to protect the consumer, and personal behavior must be regulated to protect everyone from the actions of others as well as themselves...

Posted to rrt00004 by rrt00004 on Sun, Nov 21 2010

The Claude Rains Recovery

The Claude Rains Recovery By Monty Pelerin , posted February 27th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/02/27/the-claude-rains-recovery/ “No Recovery?” In the best Claude Rains fashion, “I am shocked, shocked!” There is no economic...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Sat, Feb 27 2010

Filed under: economic crisis, recession, Casablanca

This picture looks familiar...

This could get me in trouble. Read More...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Austrian Addiction on Mon, Nov 24 2008

La Sociedad como Fin y la Sociedad como Medio

por Manfred F Schieder "La civilización es el progreso hacia una sociedad de privacidad. La existencia del salvaje es pública, regida por las leyes de la tribu. La civilización es el proceso que consiste en liberar al hombre...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Tue, Jul 7 2009

Disgraced Spitzer Attacks Disgraced Geithner

Although this story doesn’t quite qualify for “No honor amongst thieves,” it does say something about Geithner. I suspect he will be thrown under the bus shortly, perhaps also with Bernanke. Bernanke is more difficult because of the...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Fri, Nov 27 2009

Filed under: politics, Government, Spitzer, Geithner

A View from the Trenches, July 19th, 2010: "What went wrong?"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: july-19-2010 Back from a relaxing vacation in Canada’s wilderness, we are left to explain last week’s developments. The reader knows how bearish of the Euro and bullish of gold we were...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Mon, Jul 19 2010

A View from the Trenches, November 16th, 2009: "On randomness"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: www.sibileau.com Friday’s session was range-bound and nothing fundamentally new has so far taken place. Therefore, I would like to take the opportunity this morning to write about a topic that...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Sun, Nov 15 2009

American Pie

American Pie By Monty Pelerin , posted April 13th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/04/13/american-pie/ In all good humor there is some truth. The following is no exception: AmericanPie Share/Save Related posts: What Has Happened to the American...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Tue, Apr 13 2010

Filed under: humor

On Techniques

An essential characteristic of man is that he acts. Action is purposeful behavior, that is the behavior of rationally utilizing means for an ends. We call means that have material embodiment “technology.” We call means that do not have material...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Fri, Jun 19 2009

Filed under: Human Nature, Praxeology

Numbers of the Future

Numbers of the Future By Monty Pelerin , posted March 24th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/24/numbers-of-the-future/ ‘Rithmetic Is Getting Harder Little did Richard Feynman know when he made his humorous observation how bad things were...

Posted to Monty Pelerin's World by Monty Pelerin on Wed, Mar 24 2010

Filed under: inflation, Mises, feynman

Diez años después

por Fernando Londoño Hoyos Quedaron atrás los discursos interminables, los desplantes, las promesas vagas y las mentiras piadosas. Diez años después de la posesión de Hugo Chávez como Presidente de Venezuela,...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Sat, Nov 14 2009

Haiti and Wall Street - Two Sides of the Same Coin

Haiti. What a mess. As my father said so brilliantly, "Even before the earthquake it was never anything but a campsite." I would wager that if you'd sent a truck full of free food into Port Au Prince the day before the earthquake the reaction...

Posted to Not-a-Lemming by FutbolGuru on Wed, Jan 27 2010

Filed under: Wall Street, Earthquake, financial crisis, Haiti

Two cows.

I thought others might get a good laugh from this link: You have 2 cows. My favorite: " Italian Capitalism You have 2 cows, but you don't know where they are. While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman. You break for lunch. Life is good...

Posted to Bracket Bending by Brent the bracket bender on Thu, Dec 18 2008