Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Blogroll and Linkable Policy Change at Alfidi Capital Blog

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Here's a brief announcement of a revised approach I'm taking with this blog's social media footprint.  I cleaned out quite a fe...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Talking Security at the Amphion Forum 2013

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I am all about security.  That's why I had to attend the Amphion Forum last week in San Francisco.  They programmed several different ...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

The Limerick of Finance for 12/15/13

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China index hits a surprise low Manufacturing moving too slow Most Chinese stats are fake No one cares, for Pete's sake Some invest...

Markets Await Unlikely Fed Taper

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I'm getting bored with the endless chatter in financial media about whether the Fed will taper its quantitative easing program.   The n...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

The Haiku of Finance for 12/14/13

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Europe bad bank plan One more way to hook rich North No plan to opt out

Eurozone Bank Closure Proposal as Stalking Horse for Integration

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This is a very interesting proposal out of the eurozone to share the costs of closing down failed banks.  I think it's unrealistic to ...
Friday, December 13, 2013

The Haiku of Finance for 12/13/13

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App security Layer with device, network Encrypt end-to-end
Thursday, December 12, 2013

The Haiku of Finance for 12/12/13

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Easing forever No end to this foolishness Pumping all markets

Talking Down the Aussie Dollar

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I own the Australian dollar ETF, ticker FXA .   It's been losing value lately partly thanks to the country's central bank governor...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Machine Learning Needs a Common Sense School

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I've been hearing from thought leaders all year about how virtualization, machine learning, and M2M traffic are going to solve the ente...

Catching Up at Telx MarketplaceLIVE West 2013

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I admire companies that cultivate their product ecosystems.  That's why I had to drop in at the Telx MarketplaceLIVE West 2013 in San ...

The Haiku of Finance for 12/11/13

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Hedge without alpha No purpose for such a fund Beta not enough

Makism 3D (MDDD) Is Making . . . No Income

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Andy Chambers (whose website I cannot locate) sent me a pump mailer about Makism 3D Corp. ( MDDD ) and its 3D printers.  Wanna see the fan...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

The Haiku of Finance for 12/10/13

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Market reaches high Only fools pay premiums I prefer discount

Investors Getting Complacent Near Year's End

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Investors continue to misread the massaged "official" statistics that overstate economic growth and understate both inflation and...