We took a trip down to Visalia last weekend to attend the Zimmerman’s wedding, we stayed at the Bakker’s on Friday night before the wedding. […]
Chronology
Volkswagen Takes Off!
Finally, something that’s up! Volkswagen almost tripled its market capitalization today, closing around 218 on Friday and reaching an intra-day high today above 625! To put that […]
Circuit Breakers Kick In
I meant to put this up last Friday but got a little tied up… Anyway, there’s been a lot of markets halted since this whole […]
Iceland Rescued?
A follow up to the post I put up about Iceland’s woes: Icelandic Freeze Iceland and the International Monetary Fund will probably announce an agreement […]
The New Lense
Sales of stock photos online recently funded the purchase of something I’ve been eyeing off for quite some time: an ultra wide-angle lense. In the […]
Timeline: Global Credit Crunch
An interesting credit crunch timeline from BBC, thanks Ché Garcia (click on the image below for the full article).
The Bodessi Ranch
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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 […]
High Sierra Wood
Wood along the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway.
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 […]
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… […]
Stocks, Oil Plunge After Congress Rejects Bailout
I think this Blomberg article from today pretty much sums it all up for September 29, 2008. Can it get any crazier? Jeez, my brain […]
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 […]