'Three possible American futures beckon...'

Here's an interesting post from Iron Ink, discussing the recently-deceased Samuel Huntington's ideas on the three possible futures for America, as delineated in this quote from a Wall Street Journal article:“Three possible American futures ... in the imperial impulse.”Which of these three futures is likely?I think all of us here would choose [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 06:27:00

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After the G-8: It’s Every ‘Man’ for Himself

... Brzail - Estadao - Original Article (Portuguese) Based on the evolution of the futures markets, oil ... interval. Some recent price quotes and forecasts have already influenced the trade in wheat [more...]

Date: 2008-07-13 18:32:53

Pre-Market Down 1.7%

As of New York midnight and the start of Monday, it kinda looks like the Paulson equity bear squeeze is over: [ ... Pre-Market Data, Stock Market Quotes, Fair Value, Futures, Volatility Index, World Markets Information - CNBC.com And the TED spread: Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 04:45:48

quote flow monitor

Hi I found this on the website of boston technologies, originally meant for brokers to know when a quote feed has stopped updating, ... Solutions for Forex, CFD, and Futures Trading Platforms Attached Files File Type: ex4 quotes [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 11:35:48

SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 0405 GMT

- Obama pledges to strengthen financial regulatory agencies, ... hitting 4-½ year low - Dollar slips against yen - Long-dated U.S. govt bonds edge lower QUOTES “ ... S.Africa’s rand steady to dlr, stock futures up November 11, 2008 — S.Africa bank stocks slip after Fitch [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 05:59:44

J. Lennox Scott & Dick Beeson Predictions vs. Reality

Some quotes from J. Lennox Scott about the local real estate market ... to appreciate, creating a great opportunity for buyers to position themselves for the future. Here’ ... an additional 30%. Some quotes from Dick Beeson, Tacoma Windermere broker and NWMLS director: January 2008 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 18:49:32

E-Futures International

E-Futures International 3.2.0.4 download Free commodity futures trading software with live quotes and charts [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 18:52:59

The Economy: Congressmen Don't Know When to Just Shut Up

by Matt Gauntt Untitled Earlier today, I posted my regular "Friday Funnies" that included a number of quotes from my heroes (Churchill and Reagan) and others. This article will have quotes, but they won't be from heroes ... juice futures. The same thing is happening today: what is coming out of Congress that may mess [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 03:55:22

01-05-09 KCBT Not Implementing Seasonal Storage Rates

Kansas City–January 5, 2009–The Kansas City Board of Trade has received numerous calls asking whether the exchange intends to implement seasonal ... per bushel per month. The Kansas City Board of Trade, founded in 1856, is the world’s largest futures market for hard red winter wheat. Daily quotes, market commentary, historical data and charting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:36:07

MLDownloader

MLDownloader downloads intraday, end of day and historical stock quotes, Options and Futures from ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 06:37:06

SbB @ MLB All-Star Game: Lady Liberty Live Blog

We’ve finally arrived at the day that most major league baseball players fondly call “the second day of my three-day fishing trip”: the MLB All-Star Game. We made it through a lackluster Futures Game (though we don’t know why MLB ... no implication with the quotes; we just don’t want to be caught predicting Legionnaires’ Disease too [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 23:36:25

“I have found a flaw”

Searching the Web for overviews of our current financial crisis — accounts of how we got to where we are — I came across two very useful and ... important challenge was that posed by derivatives. In 1998 the head of the Commodity Futures Trading ... of the causes of the crisis in Vanity Fair. Some choice Stiglitz quotes: As we stripped back the old [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 07:02:14

StockStream Mobile - Live Market Data Anytime Anywhere

Ann-Marie let me know about StockStream Mobile and I was pretty impressed ... provider Global equities, indices, options and futures Equities news Time and sales, financials ... One-touch keys to obtain quotes and other data Price / volume alerts and news indicator Advanced charting [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 13:51:30

What is up with oil?

Posted by Daniel Hall on December 19, 2008 The pithy answer is nothing — not production, not consumption, and certainly not the price ... gas. 2) Oil futures are not tremendously influenced by OPEC’s announced cuts.  OPEC does ... countries oversell their quotes, and the budgetary pressure on some of these governments — who spent [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 17:09:10

Oily, Day Two

Day two and the feeling of being dunked in oil hasn't lifted. In fact, given the financial news rocking Wall Street and the soaring price of oil futures, I'm ... , "If It Isn't Boring, It Isn't Green," Friedman quotes [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 15:32:08

From an Amateur's Angle: The Impact of the Visual Image in Defining Abu Ghraib

"In contemporary conflicts, any mention of culture may mask the sound of a revolver being drawn" Hermann Goering (Quoted in Paul & Bogler 1998: 35). Author George Orwell (1949) wrote about the future ... . 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 21:53:25

Adebayor, Arshavin, Barry, Berbatov, Lampard, Robinho, Ronaldinho, Santa Cruz & SWP all on the move?

Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the Day: “ ... Spurs’ Berbatov if they can land Ronaldo. Berbatov’s future is muddied however by Simon Jones [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 10:06:02

Gold Derby nuggets: Ralph Fiennes vs. Ralph Fiennes | 'The View' as Mount Rushmore = Emmy at last?

• Dave Karger is reporting that Ralph Fiennes is dropping down to the supporting actor race for "The Reader" ... of a weekly series of "Oscar Futures," those wags at New York mag's Vulture blog have the newly screened ... appeal and quotes from the filmmakers. Due out next is "Slumdog Millionaire" on Nov. 12 which he says [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 22:17:13

Anagram:Death Magnetic/It Changed Meat

December 29, 2008 – 7:39 pm Posted in Editorial, Hamas, Israel, Links, METAL, Metallica, Music, Politics, Quotes, War, news, oil, opinion, ... , Politics, Quotes, video, War           News from the financial front first.  Oil prices are going up due ... a barrel before futures prices went back down.  Even with a decrease in global and [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 00:39:09

Heller Bigwig Defects for Bingham

Geoffrey Aronow, the managing partner of Heller Ehrman's Washington, D.C ... Legal Times. Aronow, a former enforcement director at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... that, so it's not a goal, but it's a result." Legal Times quotes Heller's firmwide managing partner, Robert [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 15:35:08

Sing for change

The resemblance between these two videos is purely coincidental ... are no longer willing to trust politicians with their wallets or their futures. Nor are many willing to trust the financial professionals much either, after what has happened.  Rich Lowry quotes [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 20:57:23

Quote of the Day: Aggressive lending to 1st-time buyers

From a speech back in 2004 comes this telling quote: > "One other thing I've done, ... 4) whose exemption was made possible by the Commodities Futures Modernization Act. That legislation [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 21:45:00

Oil E&P Firms Mixed as Crude Hovers at $38; ‘09 Recovery?

Shares of the major oil and gas exploration and production firms were mixed today as crude oil futures slipped to 38 ... the rise of U.S. oil reserves, which are up 10% this year. The article quotes Sarah Emerson, head of Energy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 19:17:05

Chesapeake's Cutback of Natural Gas Expenditures

Note: This is an updated version of a post from earlier this week. Some more recent quotes have been added at the end of this post ... cost of producing- to currently above the price of natural gas futures. While shutting ... At $100 Oil, What Can the Scientist Say to the Investor? The Energy Return on Time Peak Oil - Why [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 20:12:34

Oil Ink: OPEC Slashes Output, Crude Price Falls

OPEC did exactly what it promised in Vienna, slashing oil output by 1 ... two years and crude futures fell to $63 in New York. With global demand for oil retrenching ... the cartel’s official forecasts. The Washington Post quotes the Qatari oil minister saying “We hate [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 12:24:06

Cyklotron 2.4

New technical analysis method. New formulas and indicators. Professional tool for market analysts. Stocks, commodities, forex, futures and t-bonds trading become unexpected effective. EOD data in csv and prn formats. Cyklotron finds and optimizes quotes cycle and it generates traading signals [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 07:50:05

Are Adebayor, Arshavin, Barry, Berbatov, Lampard, Robinho, Ronaldinho, Santa Cruz & SWP all on the move?

Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the Day: “ ... to withdraw from the race to sign Spurs’ Berbatov if they can land Ronaldo. Berbatov’s future is muddied [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 10:06:02

Physical gold for sale

Physical gold for sale Posted by Michael S. Rozeff at 12:31 PM As I write, ... . Comex futures are lower, but you have to wait a bit and then go through the hassle of taking delivery which they discourage. Monex quotes the Krugerrand at 824.70. Kitco quotes 844.70 for gold maples [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 18:00:23

Happy Whatever

Happy whatever-you-celebrate. I spent some time with my family doing the Christmas thing, which was good since I hadn’t seen them in a year ... there is an entire rural economy, including credit and futures markets, tied to the opium trade ... been trying to argue for well over a year: “arming the tribes” is a really really bad idea. He also quotes MP [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 17:57:33

Wall Street is buying the Detroit Bridge…..

Prospect of auto-industry aid lifts stocks Stock futures indicate a reversal from Tuesday’s retreat as investors cheer progress toward a $15 billion bridge loan for the car makers. MarketWatch.com: Stock Market Quotes - Business News - Financial News. This is an example of the emotion that is in place in today’s market.   The Dow [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 15:35:53

The Housing Crisis is Like Hurricane Katrina

There were four back-to-back panel sessions on the topic of Foreclosures at Real Estate Connect this morning. Here are some sound bites and quotes. There are 25,000 homes per MONTH in California that are going back to the lender.  This is going to create a glut of housing inventory for many months into the forseeable future.  The percentage [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 06:16:41

Creative Edward de Bono quotes

Edward de Bono is one of the very few people in history who can be said to have had a major impact on the way we think ... de Bono quotes. If you never change your mind, why have one? The need to be right all the time ... be prepared to deal with various possible futures. One very important aspect of motivation [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 23:02:11

White-Knuckle Market Updates and Quotes (Updated)

The latest sightings: Money market rates doubled overnight: despite considerable central bank intervention: ... billion). The SNB also said it will offer overnight cash.. Stocks continued to fall. Dow futures ... . Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 1 percent. UBS, the largest Swiss bank, lost 9.2 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 12:30:23

The Final Customer

This isn't a doomsday scenario about there being only one customer left ... has some quotes from industry veterans. The whole thing is worth reading, but here is the heart ... the death of General Motors. We are trusting our livelihoods and our futures to people [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 13:57:00

Quotes of the day

Quotes of the day My cold having gone, like all my colds, directly to my chest, ... the trading floor (and with a Bloomberg!) for the past 2 weeks, let me just say: things are very bad, and only getting worse. I'm honestly scared for the future of the financial system. How did [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 01:50:42

Five Secrets to Successful Real Estate Investing Partnerships

There’s a quote by Gene Brown that says “One good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the ... economic futures, and buying them with good partners was the key to our success. Partners [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 02:57:19

In his blog post, Mustard Seeds of Hope, which mega-investor did Larry Kudlow quote?

#fullpost{display:inline;}CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia AnswersCNBC Million Dollar Portfolio ChallengeThe CallIn his blog post, Mustard Seeds of Hope, ... inflation spread continues to fall.The second positive is the collapse of oil prices and the end ... , to $3.04 from $4.11. The futures market suggests [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 16:13:00

new rule: if it’s too good to be true, it probably isnt!…

Recently, I was talking about the future of the blogs, and mentioning emptywheel’s facility at document analysis ... to eriposte at the left coaster, Econo Fraud 101, and felt like I needed to go no further. He quotes [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 18:25:12

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