Tuesday 25 March 2014

Target price of zero entertained our traders in HK earlier today. Makes an interesting caveat/read

 'Is China Really So Constipated? Lumena claims to sell ~300,000
tons of medical thenardite, primarily used as a laxative, every year. If this  
is true, we estimate that Lumena would have to sell an average of 30 doses of medical thenardite ever year to every human being in China over the age of 14. This simply defies credibility.'                                
{https://glaucusresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/0
3/GlaucusResearch-China_Lumena-HK_0067-Strong_Sell_March_25_2014
.pdf}

The 100 Best Economics Books of All TIme
{http://www.listmuse.com/100-best-economics-books-time.php}

Did Hyman Minsky find the secret behind financial crashes?
(answer: no, but good definitions for being caught short without toilet paper, 'Minsktymoment')
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26680993}

Behavioural economics and public policy
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9d7d31a4-aea8-11e3-aaa6-00144feab7de.html#axzz2wrmhSvJZ}

Thursday 20 March 2014

Very interesting how people get bogged down by international law.. We should clean the shit up in our own garden before moaning about the state of the park.
The War Nerd: Everything you know about Crimea is wrong(-er)
{http://pando.com/2014/03/17/the-war-nerd-everything-you-know-about-crimea-is-wrong-er/}

After annexing Crimea, Russians move to carve up the spoils
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66a08912-aeba-11e3-a088-00144feab7de.html?siteedition=uk#axzz2wUNLbg62}

The Automatic Corporation
{http://blog.vivekhaldar.com/post/79843441901/the-automatic-corporation}


Thursday 6 March 2014

Thursday 6th March

The Gold Standard Was an Accident of History
{http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.in/2014/03/the-gold-standard-was-accident-of.html}

Interesting on the global investment perspective and explains glob drop in trding volumes
The Relentless Bid, Explained
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2014/03/05/the-relentless-bid-explained/}
&
The Trouble with Relentless Bid Theories
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2014/03/05/the-trouble-with-relentless-bid-theories/}

Monday 3 March 2014