– Richard Florida was back this week, with another implausible job creation idea. My article about it on Seeking Alpha: “Richard Florida’s Latest Job Creation Idea“.
– In an earlier article (“Helping House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Hedge His Treasuries Exposure“), I mentioned a way to hedge against a U.S. default by using [...]
On 07.06.11, In Economics, History, Musings memories and observations, Politics, U.S. economy, by David Pinsen
The Financial Times published this letter of mine today:
From Mr David Pinsen.
Sir, Larry Pierson (Letters, June 30) argues against the use of government spending as a form of economic stimulus, noting that Barack Obama’s fiscal stimulus failed to stem the rise in unemployment.
He then broadens his argument against fiscal stimulus by stating that only the [...]
- “How not to fix America’s ‘Broken Jobs Machine‘” — Me versus Richard Florida, who seems to think that retail jobs at companies such as Zappos and Starbucks can take the place of manufacturing jobs.
- “Hedging against market risk by buying puts on ETFs that track indexes” — Don’t blame me for the clunky headline, [...]
On 04.14.11, In Business and Entrepreneurship, Investing, Musings memories and observations, Technology, U.S. economy, hedging, by David Pinsen
- A few more articles of mine published on Seeking Alpha this week:
Does Downside Protection for Precious Metals ETFs Make Sense?
Peter Thiel and the Higher Education Bubble
Did 9/11 Delay an Economic Day of Reckoning?
- As of yesterday (there’s a day lag on reporting), we sold more than twice as many Portfolio Armor iOS apps this [...]
A few articles of mine published on Seeking Alpha recently:
Why U.S. Unemployment Remains so High (the graphic in the previous post is related to this article)
The Battle for Dominance among Mobile Operating Systems
Hedging the NASDAQ 100 and its most widely-traded components
The graphic below accompanied this FT article last week, “German Spirits Sky High as industry soars”:
Plan not to panic
“Plan not to panic” next time your stock portfolio drops 40%. That was billionaire hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt’s advice for the little people in a column on his Magic Formula investing site last year (by the way, Virginia, there are no magic formulas). So what did Greenblatt do when [...]
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