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A Religiously Monetary Parable For "Efficient" Market Sanity

Compliments of reader Chindit13 , we present to you this religiously monetary parable on how to keep your sanity under the modern verion of "efficient" markets.

Some More Perspectives On This Weekend’s Secretive Banker Meeting In Sydney

One of the less-reported events this weekend was the not so secret central banker meeting that is taking place in Sidney Australia. Now that factual details are finally emerging it is appropriate to collect some information tidbits about this shindig which has some claiming is reminiscent of a modern day version of the Jekyll Island meeting.

Guest Post: The Jobs Plan We’d Get If Leading Innovation Scholars And Growth Economists Weren’t Being Volckerized — Part 1

Submitted By Frank Ruscica The Jobs Plan We'd Get If Relevant Innovation Scholars And Growth Economists Weren't Being Volckerized (i.e., Ignored As Volcker Was Until Recently) -- Part 1 The Jobs Plan we'd get would leverage America's advantages to make America the Silicon Valley of the global market for customized education (CE). Understanding why we'd get this plan starts with knowing that popular online markets for CE can be expected to catalyze the creation of many jobs. From a November 6, 2009 article in the Wall Street Journal: "According to the Census Bureau, nearly all net job creation in the U.S

Chinese Monetary Schizophrenia Now Acute

While people may complain about the daily contradictory statements from the Federal Reserve about rates, easing, assets, QE, repos, etc., the truth is we have it easy. For a glance at what the dark side of a gonzo stimulus run amok, coupled with a sociopathic central bank, look no further than China. Earlier today, we got the following bit of data from Caing.com , "It seems that China's commercial banks have slowed the lending pace due to warnings from the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and banking regulator.

Guest Post: Dividends Are Still Trending Worse Than The Great Depression

Submitted by Thought Offerings With S&P 500 earnings reporting mostly (98%) complete for Q3 2009, it's time for an update to the charts from Dividends, Earnings, and Stock Price Trends have Tracked the Great Depression . The following chart compares the decline in twelve month trailing earnings and dividends since the stock market peaked in October 2007 to the same measures following the stock market peak in September 1929: Earnings have dropped more rapidly than during the Great Depression (dramatically so if you count reported rather than operating earnings), but they appear to have begun a recovery much sooner than occurred back then . Trailing 12-month dividends are still falling slightly faster than during the Great Depression , which is particularly remarkable given how much more severe deflation was then compared to now .