1929 is, of course, famous for the big stock market crash that is pointed to as heralding in the Great Depression. (Whether it was the crash, the credit contraction, the protectionist measures that followed, or a combination that made it so deep and brutal isn’t completely relevant for purposes of this discussion) A lesser known, but [Continue]
I’m reading an interesting book originally published in 1997, called The Fourth Turning.The book’s premise is that all history runs in cycles, roughly encompassing the length of a long human life 80-100 years. Each generation’s maturation is divided up into 4 parts running about 20-25 years each, and there are 4 different [Continue]
Golden Lotus informed me that it was bad “ju-ju” (sp?) to “tour” where dead people are laid to rest. Yet here I find myself, along with a fair number of tourist walking through the cemetary in Buenos Aires, fairly fascinated. This “graveyard” stretched on for blocks and blocks, with each mosoleum uniquely [Continue]
Obviously, given fuBarrio’s canine like tendencies, it was only a matter of time before, he would be driven to “sniff out” a place called Colonia (Culonia?). Colonia sits west of Montevideo, on the Plata river, a one hour ferry ride from Buenos Aires. While a little bit touristy, and the main streets were a little bit overrun [Continue]
Merry xmas, everyone. I spent some time this week checking out Colonia, Buenos Aires, Punta del Este, and some other beaches to the “north” of punta. I’ll post some pics and commentary when i get a chance. But for now, let me just say that I’m satisfied with my selection of Montevideo over Buenos Aires. Ciao, fB If you [Continue]
….but, we’ll make it up in volume!” United States Mint Moves to Limit Exportation & Melting of CoinsInterim Rule Goes Into Effect Immediately WASHINGTON — The United States Mint has implemented regulations to limit the exportation, melting, or treatment of one-cent (penny) and 5-cent (nickel) United States coins, to [Continue]
Technical analysis is the “art” of predicting (or attempting to) future price movements in assets based on previous price movements. While at times the mathematics can get quite involved….technical analysis can most easily be grasped for the lay person as somone looking at a chart of an asset price over time, often paired with [Continue]
Recently it’s been brought to my attention that the picture in my profile didn’t capture me at my most “cuddly”….The words are commonly phrased something like, “damn that is ONE UGLY DOG” In an attempt to show my “good side” I enclosed another photo recently taken in support of my upcoming [Continue]
…it’s a DE-flation…in your Standard of Living!!! While not everyone yearns for the nostalgia of yesteryear, lately keeping pace seems to be taking more and more of a toll. Luckily for most Americans, whose wages have been stuck in neutral the last several years, the Fed informs us that there is no meaningful uptick in “core [Continue]
The Rule of Page 16 & The Rule of Page One are really one rule, conversely expressed. I attribute the rule to Donald Coxe. Page one and page 16 refer to a section of a traditional newspaper, page one being the front page, and page 16, the back. Simply put, by the time a story has [Continue]
