Archive for June, 2012
« Previous EntriesYear To Date Total Returns for the S&P 500 and Other Indexes
Saturday, June 30th, 2012June turned out to be a decent month for nearly every index I track here at AFM (you can click on the graphic to download a PDF version). One interesting thing to point out. Had the month ended on Thursday, oil would have been down 9% for the month. Instead, yesterday’s $7.27 per barrel increase [...]
Chart(s) of the Day – Research in Motion
Friday, June 29th, 2012BlackBerry, oh how far you have fallen. Market share: Share price: To make matters worse, they reported a quarterly loss AND their next smart phone won’t be ready until NEXT year instead of this Fall. This is huge in that they miss out on the Christmas season (that said, they’re probably only missing out on [...]
I’m Stunned
Thursday, June 28th, 2012I have to say, I’m stunned by the Supreme Court’s ruling on Obamacare. It was split down the middle ideolocigally with John Roberts siding with the liberals. Incredible. Wow. This quote came from an article I found in the Wall Street Journal and copied and pasted to facebook but now I can’t find the original [...]
Alan BLINDer’s Latest Silliness
Thursday, June 28th, 2012I have mentioned Alan Blinder a couple of times on AFM. His op-ed pieces in the Wall Street Journal are always good for a discussion. This week’s piece was no exception. I hope AFM readers can access it without a WSJ subscription. Just in case you can’t, I have highlighted some of the main points [...]
Working on Installing a New Theme for AFM
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012Over the next few days I’ll be installing a new theme for AFM. I’m sure there will be some kinks along the way so please be patient. I do think the end result will be a new and improved AllFinancialMatters. I’m a little leery of moving away from the 3-column layout. It has served me [...]
Great (Long) Piece About the Last Days of MF Global
Monday, June 25th, 2012This is some good stuff from Peter Elkind and Doris Burke: The Last Days of MF Global. I will warn you: it’s long. Bottom line: John Corzine sunk MF Global. Yep, you read that right.
Robert Shiller: “Reviving Real Estate Requires Collective Action”
Monday, June 25th, 2012Read this over the weekend: Reviving Real Estate Requires Collective Action What does he mean by “collective action”? Well, here’s one idea, which I find scary: ROBERT C. HOCKETT, a Cornell University law professor, has outlined another approach, which uses the principle of eminent domain, to solve this collective action problem. Eminent domain has been [...]
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