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Icelandic Freeze

This is a bit of an eye-opening story I read this morning.  For a country completely isolated out there in the Alantic it’s a very […]

Kinney Lakes

Been a busy week, so haven’t had a chance to put these up…  Anyway, Carol gave me a ride up to the mountains last weekend […]

San Joaquin Oaks

Some black-and-whites I snapped on the way back from the Sierras last weekend.

Let’s Just Close The Markets?

With the global rout of stock markets over the past few weeks, during which time we’ve seen almost a decade of economic growth disappear, some […]

Lightbox II

I’ve been searching for some time for a better way to display images on The Lemon. I recently came across a Java-based plug-in from a […]

Central Bank Execution-Style Rate Cuts

The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and four other central banks lowered interest rates in an unprecedented coordinated effort to ease the economic effects of […]

A Little History…

For those of us old enough to remember, a little history to inject into today’s collapse from Pat Pisapia… Oct 6, 1998: spot USD/JPY trades from […]

Point Reyes and Arch Rock

I found myself kicking myself on Sunday after taking a trip out to Point Reyes National Seashore that we haven’t explored the national park more […]

Google For $0.01?

When you look at the order books of listed stocks you’ll often see phantom bids at $0.01 and offers up at extraordinary levels like $1,000,000.00.  […]

Sonoma Sunset

On the way to the pub last Friday night and had my camera in the car, managed to snap a few photos along the way… […]

European Versus US Bank Leverage

There’s a lot of talk about leverage so here’s a comparison of assets versus equity.  Assets are from end of financial year, and they don’t […]

Who Pays For FDIC Insurance?

Doom and gloom from Ché Garcia… FDIC insures all accounts up to $100,000 at its member banks, and it has never failed to honor a […]

Fannie Mae Eases Credit Requirements

Check out this article from the New York Times in 1999. Doesn’t this just boil your blood?! Steven A. Holmes, September 30 1999 In a […]

Shantaram

Shantaram, Gregory David Roberts Jacqui Steele put me onto this book a while ago after I mentioned to her that Marching Powder is one of […]

The Ultimate Short Squeeze

As you can imagine, a lot of people involved in the financial markets these days are very edgy.  Millions of pairs of eyes are focused […]