Archive for November, 2009

• No One is Buying Real Gold, They're Just Betting On Higher Gold Prices
  Joshua M Brown, November 21st, 2009 at 9:30 am, Comments: 0

  This is a remarkable story.  I am not calling for either higher or lower gold prices as this is a forecast-free blog.  I will say [...]

• Hot Links: The Laziest Man on Earth
  Joshua M Brown, November 21st, 2009 at 7:47 am, Comments: 0

  Hot Links for Weekend Reading... Tadas on aggregating blogs and creating order.  Good stuff.  (AbnormalReturns) Signs that the Masters of the Universe are staging a [...]

• Speaking of Currencies…Here are Moneyhats!
  Joshua M Brown, November 20th, 2009 at 9:29 pm, Comments: 0

  Source: Make

• Seven Things You Should Know 11/20/2009
  Joshua M Brown, November 20th, 2009 at 2:49 pm, Comments: 0

  Seven Things You Should Know November 20th 2009  1.  Six Month Periods:  The 6-month period from November-April has gained +230% for the S&P 500 since [...]

• The Trouble With "Drill, Baby, Drill"
  Joshua M Brown, November 20th, 2009 at 11:14 am, Comments: 0

  I'm not looking to host a debate about whether or not the US should do more to encourage drilling here in America. On one side, [...]

• 7 Terms and Phrases We Should Bury With 2009
  Joshua M Brown, November 20th, 2009 at 7:57 am, Comments: 0

  Every passing year gives rise to any number of mind-bogglingly annoying terms and phrases.  2009 was no exception. I submit the following terms as ready-for-obsolescence [...]

• Coupla Things on a Red Thursday Afternoon…
  Joshua M Brown, November 19th, 2009 at 3:32 pm, Comments: 0

  The market sucks today, but not the blogosphere!  Here's a few links to keep you lol-ing The Felix Salmon v Henry Blodget is coming to [...]

• Investing Fads and Themes by Year, 1996 to Present
  Joshua M Brown, November 19th, 2009 at 8:12 am, Comments: 0

  Take a trip down memory lane with me, if you would, and maybe even have a chuckle at your own expense. After all, at one [...]

• Gekko On Set, Reading the Post
  Joshua M Brown, November 18th, 2009 at 11:43 am, Comments: 0

  Source: 'Wall Street' Journal (NYP)

• Of Oil and Equities
  Joshua M Brown, November 18th, 2009 at 11:03 am, Comments: 0

  I had an interesting conversation with a colleague this morning on the counterintuitive concept of higher energy prices being "good" for equities. For most of [...]