Sonntag, 4. September 2011

Mehr Geld, mehr Volatilität

The more money there is in the financial system, the greater the volatility. Credit destabilises a system, even as it expands.

Quelle: A „Scarily Accurate“ Prediction

Das erklärt dann auch gleich folgende Feststellung eines ZKB-Bankers:

­Andreas Küffer, Währungsspezialist bei der Zürcher Kantonalbank. Er spricht von historisch einmaligen Kursausschlägen: «So heftige Bewegungen innerhalb so kurzer Zeit gab es noch nie.»

Quelle: Hammerharter Franken – Euro wieder bei 1.12 Fr: Wann greift Nationalbank ein? – Finanzkrise – Wirtschaft – News – Blick.ch

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Sonntag, 4. September 2011

Apple pinkelt RIM ins Gärtchen

Apple’s 20th retail store in Canada, the new location is also notable for its placement in the hometown of smartphone competitor Research in Motion.

Quelle: Apple Set to Open Five New Retail Stores on Saturday – Mac Rumors

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Sonntag, 4. September 2011

Die benzinsüchtigen Amis werden zur Kasse gebeten

Gasoline, for example, costs the nation about $10.9 billion more this year than it did the last. That money has to come from somewhere. And since a rich person drives about the same number of miles as a poor person, it costs the many a lot more than it does the few.

Quelle: Not Like 2008

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Sonntag, 4. September 2011

Liebe Investmentbanker, wie wäre es mal mit der Produktion von echtem Mehrwert?

We’d contend that the vast majority of small businesses and enterprises make their profits the old-fashioned way: they earn them! They don’t lie, cheat, steal, or deceive.

Quelle: Aaah, the French

The solution, of course, is not to borrow more money and give it to people to spend. That is not real wealth creation. It is just money shuffling. The solution is creating wealth by producing things of value that people want to buy. This does not include CDOs, RMBS, and synthetic ETFs.

Quelle: Distortions and Imbalances

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Sonntag, 4. September 2011

Goldene Zukunft für die USA

We’re not going to have a jobless recovery. We’re going to have a jobless future.

Quelle: Double Depression

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Sonntag, 4. September 2011

Wie man Finnen so richtig ärgert

people started sending Linus money directly. I’m not sure they did it out of gratitude, however, since they usually sent personal checks from the US. As Linus quickly learned, Finnish banks really, really hate checks. Especially personal checks. Particularly personal checks from the US. They invent all sorts of bureaucratic pit-falls and rules and fees to make it difficult and expensive to use checks. If you want to make trouble for a Finn, send him a personal check from the US. And that’s not a joke.

Quelle: Linux Anecdotes

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Sonntag, 4. September 2011

Züchtet China die richtigen Akademiker heran?

„The gaokao rewards a special type of student: very strong memory; very strong logical and analytical ability; little imagination; little desire to question authority,“ says Jiang Xueqin, a Yale-educated school administrator in Beijing. „That person does well on the gaokao–as well as on the SAT, by the way.“

Quelle: Cramming For College At Beijing’s Second High | Fast Company

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Samstag, 3. September 2011

Chinesisches Staatsfernsehen

A popular joke about CCTV is that the first 10 minutes of the news focus on Chinese officials being very busy; the second 10 are about how Chinese people are very happy; the last 10 report how foreigners have tragic lives.

Quelle: Cramming For College At Beijing\’s Second High | Fast Company

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Samstag, 3. September 2011

Fortschrittliche Belgier

Da trifft es sich doch gut, dass Belgien seit über einem Jahr gar keine Regierung mehr hat. Damit sind die Belgier den anderen um mindestens ein Jahr voraus.

Quelle: arlesheimreloaded » Die können das. Zu zweit. Einfach so. Ist Europa. » arlesheimreloaded

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Samstag, 3. September 2011

Bye bye Wohlfahrtsstaat?

With a gold standard, the Warfare State and the Welfare State are not possible.

Quelle: You Can\’t Eat Asset Allocation Either

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