As we are back to the first full week of the year, it is time to check on the temp staffing index. The early results back the view we have held for some time that employment will accelerate into Q1 […]
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Emphasis is mine: 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 11.64% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN <PAGE> SCHEDULE 13D Item 1. Security and Issuer This statement constitutes Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 13D relating to […]
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The (Lengthy) Case for Shorting Australian Dollars
It is my humble opinion (still!) that the world is going to enter another recession. The rationale for this can be seen on my recession call post…. http://kelpie-capital.com/2011/10/18/recessionary-times-the-evidence-is-compelling/ http://www.bloomberg.com/video/82844550/ and some more recent commentary from the ECRI in this great […]
S&P 500 Has Best Start to Year Since 1987
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its highest level since July, as confidence among homebuilders topped economists’ forecasts, Goldman Sachs (GS) Group Inc. rallied and concern about Europe eased. Goldman Sachs climbed 7.6 percent as […]
Obama Denies Keystone, Will Allow Refile
President Barack Obama denied a permit for TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s Keystone XL oil pipeline and will let the company file a revised route that avoids an environmentally sensitive area in Nebraska. The decision by the State Department today was praised […]
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SOPA: Online World Blocked Out [INFOGRAPHIC]
Whatever it may be, whether we write about business, education, marketing, social media – SOPA affects us all. In light of today’s widely protested issue, SOPA, this infographic takes a look at the world without Wikipedia – a world of […]
Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook opposes SOPA and PIPA
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently released a statement on his own social network opposing the STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT BILL that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011, by House Judiciary Committee Chair Representative Lamar S. Smith and a bipartisan group […]
Zeke Ashton “2/3s of insurance cos are trading below book”
eke Ashton is the founder of Dallas, Texas based Centaur Capital Partners. The firm specializes in value-oriented investing strategies with an emphasis on achieving excellent risk-adjusted returns. The Centaur Value Fund, a long / short, long-biased private investment partnership launched […]
Bob Doll of BlackRock: Double-Digit Market Returns in 2012?
Stocks Post a Strong Start to 2012 Following strong gains in the first trading week of the year, stocks were up again last week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing 0.5% to 12,422, the S&P 500 Index rising 0.9% […]
