Kyle Bass: Investing For Armageddon
(Via The Pragmatic Capitalist)
(Via The Pragmatic Capitalist)
Revenue is being affected by significantly weaker than expected demand in all geographies and market segments. – Intel Press Release, 11/12/08 After the close yesterday, chip giant Intel (INTC) cut their 4th quarter revenue forecast by about 15% from a…
California, New York and other states are showing many of the same signs of debt overload that recently took Greece to the brink — budgets that will not balance, accounting that masks debt, the use of derivatives to plug holes, and…
A lot of good ideas were shoved aside because of the Depression and the rise of the Keynesian view of the world. – George Selgin, Professor of Economics, University of Georgia, quoted in “Ron Paul’s ideas no longer fringe”, Los…
If actions taken by the Administration, the Congress, and the Federal Reserve are successful in restoring some measure of financial stability – and only if that is the case, in my view – there is a reasonable prospect that the…
Here are Target’s (TGT) monthly same store sales comps for the last year (Target Releases): Sept 07 1.2% Aug 07 6.1% Jul 07 6.1% Jun 07 3.3% May 07 5.8% Mar and Apr 07 3.0% (See this post for why I’m…
Temporary hiring is a reliable leading indicator. – William Hester, Analyst, Hussman Econometrics (Via The Big Picture) Temporary hiring is supposedly a reliable leading indicator of overall employment – and it continues to drop. Suggests the labor market has not…