A Conversation About Payroll Data That You Never Saw On CNBC

Posted on Sep 8, 2009 in Finance Robert E. Bronson, III of Bronson Capital Markets Research put together this hilarious parody dialogue about the latest US payroll data and posted on The Big Picture: A Conversation About Payroll Data That You Never Saw On CNBC by Robert E. Bronson, III Bronson Capital Markets Research ~~~~ Joereal at CNBC: We’re very pleased today to introduce Constant Pangloss for his take on today’s...
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How I caused the Credit Crunch

Posted on Aug 22, 2009 in Books, Finance I recently used my flight to Iceland for a three week visit to read Tetsuya Ishikawa’s book, How I Caused The Credit Crunch. Unlike Michel Lewis’ much acclaimed Liar’s Poker which I also read recently, Ishikawa chooses to portray his story through a fictitious character by the name of Andrew Dover. Dover is based on Ishikawa himself but he creates this fake persona to...
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Financial Humor – July 2009

Posted on Jul 16, 2009 in Blog, Finance ‘Nigel, I have got to say that I think you have been rather less than even-handed in the way that you handled our small disagreement last week about how employees should conduct themselves in (and out of) the workplace. And being placed on suspension by that sycophantic loser in HR was just too much; if he was just a bit taller, I would have punched him! Before I go to the expense of...
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Article of the week (28/2009): Goldman Trading-Code Investment Put at Risk by Theft

Posted on Jul 14, 2009 in Finance This week is a mix of news articles, blog posts and a magazine articles as the biggest shock this week has been the admission from an Assistant US Attorney about the theft of Goldman’s proprietary trading codes, that anyone with the codes could manipulate markets. As a follow up it seems that Goldman makes up to $100 million with the trades. The reading is a bit of a read through but worth...
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Article of the week (27/2009): Goldman Sachs: The Great American Bubble Machine

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 in Finance This week’s article is Goldman Sachs: The Great American Bubble Machine by Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stones magazine (Grab PDF HERE). Following is a small excerpt: The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it’s everywhere. The world’s most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into...
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Article of the week (26/2009): The Science of Economic Bubbles and Busts

Posted on Jun 27, 2009 in Finance This week’s article is The Science of Economic Bubbles and Busts by Gary Stix. Following is a small excerpt: It has all the makings of a classic B movie scene. A gunman puts a pistol to the victim’s forehead, and the screen fades to black before a loud bang is heard. A forensic specialist who traces the bullet’s trajectory would see it traversing the brain’s prefrontal cortex—a central...
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