August 2011

Sunday, 28 August 2011

HFT Killed the EMini

Nanex: “We can’t understand why this is allowed to continue, because at the core, it is pure manipulation.”

Thursday, 25 August 2011

Human Activity Can Cause Earthquakes

The Big Picture

Tuesday, 23 August 2011

HP’s decade-long departure

asymco: “All failures of strategy are rooted in the assumption that outcomes are predictable.”

Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Some Advice for Democrats

NYTimes.com: “Why would you compromise with a party that won’t actually fight for the revenues required to pay for the programs it claims to want to protect?”

What Happened to Obama’s Passion?

NYTimes.com: “This statement is far more consistent with what many economists are saying publicly — and what investors apparently believe, as evident in the nosedive the stock market took after the president and Congress “saved” the economy.”

Saturday, 6 August 2011

Washington’s appetite for self-destruction

FT.com: “We now also understand that the US is not going to make meaningful investments in its economic future.”