So here we go Portugal is placed on review for downgrade. > Moody's Investors Service said it has put Portugal's Aa2 government bond ratings on review for possible downgrade, while the government's Prime-1 short-term rating was affirmed. Moody's expects that, in the event of a downgrade, Portugal's...
Read More →Everybody thinks that the Greek demonstrations will continue. I am going to say they will slow down dramatically. Reason? > In einem tödlichen Inferno eskalierten die Proteste in Griechenland. Der Ministerpräsident zeigt sich bestürzt über den Tod dreier Menschen. Eines der Opfer war offenbar eine...
Read More →I can accept things when they are bad news, or problematic. But I can’t accept things when there is no real reason. The Euro Drop is such an example. 200 pips in a day? That is a 0.2% percentile action. What that tells me is that something is at hand. The typical response is “Greece”. Really I...
Read More →I have been a very very vocal critic of Greece and how I thought they were incapable of tightening their belt. Well I stand corrected! Greece from what I see I have to say, “thank-you you are showing the kind of metal you are made off. As a Eurozone citizen I am impressed and will support you to...
Read More →: Image by Getty Images via Daylife I've been reading Paul Krugman's blog at NYTimes.com daily. Paul won a Nobel Prize for economics, so obviously a smart guy. He's very thoughtful and always bases his opinions on research and current economic thought. I basically defer to this guy on all...
Read More →Via blog.xplana.com: [](http://blog.xplana.com/reports/digital-textbook-sales-in-u-s-higher-education-%E2%80%93-a-five-year-projection/) Personally, I think this is a little conservative... though kids and professors on campuses would probably know more about how motivated professors are to switch...
Read More →There is a great QA with Herb Greenberg over at TheKirkReport. A few snips from the article: > ... > > Kirk: For good or for ill, how do you see financial journalism evolving with the use of blogs and other social media? > > Herb Greenberg: The good: Leveling the playing field with an enormous...
Read More →Christian no longer crossposts here, but he's still an investor geek, blogging great stuff over at his blog at devspace.com. Here are a few articles I found interesting: Why “You Should Have Known Better” Does Not Cut It! Why The Republicans are Wrong To Block the SEC! Why We Are Not Buying Apple...
Read More →I am currently reading The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life in bits and pieces. It's very entertaining. This is not the type of book I would normally purchase or maybe even pick up at the library. I'm as interested in Warren Buffet as anybody, but this thing is pretty thick and...
Read More →I haven't touched an RSS feed/reader in over a year, but I'm getting back into Google Reader... trying to bring interesting things to your attention. Anyway, this guy emailed us a while ago with his list of the best 100 Finance RSS feeds. Obviously link bait, but the list is decent. I'll add some...
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