'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

“Santa Christ?” by Sinclair Ferguson

Jump to Comments “I took the hand of my toddler son (it was several decades ago now) as we made our way into the local shop on the small and remote Scottish island where earlier that year I had been installed as minister. It was Christmas week. The store was brightly decorated and a general air of excitement was abroad [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 01:50:22

A Post-Election Autopsy

Guest Commentary by Edward Cline:The Republican Party has entered into a state of post-traumatic shock after its resounding defeat in the 2008 presidential election. Christian conservatives are licking their wounds. Conservatives are engaged in a half-hearted pep rally about how Republicans can reclaim Congress and the White House, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 16:06:00

THE CONSERVATIVE’S SHAMEFUL DEFENSE OF GRAMM

The cluelessness demonstrated by many conservatives regarding the comments made by now former McCain economic adviser and surrogate Phil Gramm has been a revelation of sorts. I have discovered that my own brand of conservatism is probably as irrelevant to the mainstream of conservative thought as classical liberalism is to mainstream thinking on [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 11:45:58

Impeachment Hearing: Bush Dead-Enders Make One Last Stand

Guest blogged by Jon Ponder, Pensito Review. Rep. Steven King (R-Iowa) Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) Prospects are so bad for Republicans in the Senate that Sen. Mitch McConnell, their embattled leader, has given them free reign to vote against the party and, certainly, their unpopular president, [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 20:14:23

Counting Blessings

This diary at DailyKos from a woman who got laid off along with 2/3 of her company yesterday is going to become increasingly regular news. For all that I've been swimming in the schadenfreude at watching the banks collapse and multimillionaire CEOs humbled, mass layoffs of ordinary people like this, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 00:17:43

Celebrity chefs: Jamie blames moms, Nick Nairn calls for soda ban, and Spanish chef wants McDonald’s

can’t cook. Put a less-nice way, he says it’s the fault of working moms who don’t take the time to cook healthy meals for their kids, consigning them to a life of flab. He’s probably at least a little bit right about that. Also about the fact that the current economic problems worldwide are likely to lead to more obesity [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 12:25:17

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

Crunch Time By Mike Whitney + Criminals dumping weak dollar for euro

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 08/22/08 “ICH” Sharp contractions in the money supply and recession are two spokes on the same wheel. When the money supply shrinks, there’s less economic activity, and the economy slows. An article in this week’s UK Telegraph by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard removes any doubt that a deep recession can still be [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 22:59:57

Latest News In Stock Market Investment Research - Dec 26, 2008

India’s Reliance refinery could lean on oil margins: Journal 26 Dec 2008 at 1:16am MADRID (MarketWatch) — India’s Reliance Industries Ltd. on Thursday revved up operations at its 580,000-barrel-a-day refinery in western India, a move that will likely raise pressure on refining margins globally, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 08:34:48

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

GOP puts brakes on auto bailout

earlier today, it ain’t over yet. Just because the Democrats and the White House like it doesn’t mean it’s been passed and put into action. Stay tuned. Tom Vanderwell Post from: Straight Talk About Mortgages and Real Estate If you are reading this anywhere other than your RSS Feed or on my site, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 01:54:22

OPEC cuts production, prices fall, Hugo sweats some more

WSJ Blog: 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. BBC: The cut will take effect from 1 November ... at Newedge, a brokerage firm. “Falling prices will deepen, not lessen, those divisions.” Because [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 12:30:13

10 Things You Should Know About Bush’s Trillion Dollar Fleecing Plan

By AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. Posted September 23, 2008. Here’s a roundup of what opponents of the Bush-Paulson plan are saying. The Bush administration’s proposal to bail out some of Wall Street’s biggest players with an unprecedented transfer of public wealth to the private sector sent shock-waves throughout the nation [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 14:46:31

Energy Investment Opinions by Bill Paul

Jan 4, 2009 - Bill Paul is a former Wall Street Journal energy and environmental reporter with more than 30 years of experience. He recently wrote an article titled, “Stay Ahead of the Energy Curve” for Stocks, Futures and Options magazine. As he has been reporting on energy issues before many of the green energy advocates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:38:53

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

Movies

Jim and I just got home from the movies. It is, surprisingly, our second one in the last two weeks. Siskel and Ebert we are not and we chuckle that our movie reviews don't always coincide with everyone elses. I try not to dip into pop culture too often on the blog but here goes! We took the boys to see "Marley and Me" after Christmas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 02:54:00

Julie Gerberding Has Resigned

CNN is reporting that the current head of the CDC has resigned effective January 20th. Mike Leavitt, current head of HHS asked for her resignation along with several other senior officials at CDC. Gerberding will be replaced by William H. Gimson, COO, will take over as interim director until a new director is appointed by the Obama administration [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 21:30:23

Stock Market Sentiment

Daily Market Commentary for November 6, 2008 from Millennium-Traders.Com Buyers remain on the sidelines and even still, they are definitely not looking to take any chance in getting in on these heavy market losses taken by stocks as of yet. (read more) http://www.millennium-traders.com/news/newscommentary [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 03:00:24

1/2/09 (New Year Predictions?)

Traders, We had a fairly decent move across the board – especially the RUT which got right to the 500 mark. What is in store for us in 2009? Here are some of my predictions.1. Many companies will find a bottom to their balance sheet – but it will not happen quickly.2 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 14:11:00

Viking Global. Global macro funds seek to find investments in whatever market they can gain an edge, whether it be equities, bonds, currencies, debt, ... he has a longer-term macroeconomic view, he won't let that stop him from making money by trading [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 14:01:00

Stock Market Dictionary - D

DFifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that it is a new issue, such as the result of a reverse split ... commodity, futures, and options markets are allowed to rise or fall in a day. Exchanges usually impose ... in the context of stocks to refer to the date trading begins on a new stock issued to the public.Date [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:33:00

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