Comments on: Links 12/15/08 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:53:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508.html#comment-29469 Anonymous Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:37:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508/#comment-29469 I saw a graph about 6 month ago showing the peak sales for the last 4 to 5 years and the triggering of the ARM loan interest rate increases. It showed the peaks getting bigger, all the way into 09. Worst to come? <br/><br/>Back that with credit card defaults and double the fun.<br/><br/>Skippy I saw a graph about 6 month ago showing the peak sales for the last 4 to 5 years and the triggering of the ARM loan interest rate increases. It showed the peaks getting bigger, all the way into 09. Worst to come?

Back that with credit card defaults and double the fun.

Skippy

]]> By: Glen http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508.html#comment-29452 Glen Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:25:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508/#comment-29452 Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse - it just did. From Jesse's Cafe: "Here comes a second wave of defaults and losses" http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2008/12/here-comes-second-wave-of-defaults-and.html Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse – it just did. From Jesse’s Cafe: “Here comes a second wave of defaults and losses” http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2008/12/here-comes-second-wave-of-defaults-and.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508.html#comment-29448 Anonymous Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:51:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508/#comment-29448 According to Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren, the credit card companies are misleading consumers and making up their own rules. "These guys have figured out the best way to compete is to put a smiley face in your commercials, a low introductory rate, and hire a team of MBAs to lay traps in the fine print," Warren tells FRONTLINE. <br/><br/>Read the full article for a good laugh.<br/><br/>Full article,<br/>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/credit/etc/synopsis.html<br/><br/>skippy. According to Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren, the credit card companies are misleading consumers and making up their own rules. “These guys have figured out the best way to compete is to put a smiley face in your commercials, a low introductory rate, and hire a team of MBAs to lay traps in the fine print,” Warren tells FRONTLINE.

Read the full article for a good laugh.

Full article,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/credit/etc/synopsis.html

skippy.

]]> By: GloomBoom.com http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508.html#comment-29447 GloomBoom.com Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:45:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508/#comment-29447 Cerberus should never get a penny of that money. What a joke. It's actually just a bandaid until Obama gets in. Cerberus should never get a penny of that money. What a joke. It’s actually just a bandaid until Obama gets in.

]]> By: Juan http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508.html#comment-29444 Juan Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:13:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508/#comment-29444 Well doc, cats may not have been a delicacy but on the recollections of a former mining co. associate they can be trimmed to appear as rabbit and during the Great Depression in central FL even sold for enough to help offset a diet of swamp cabbage and gopher tortoise. Well doc, cats may not have been a delicacy but on the recollections of a former mining co. associate they can be trimmed to appear as rabbit and during the Great Depression in central FL even sold for enough to help offset a diet of swamp cabbage and gopher tortoise.

]]> By: macndub http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508.html#comment-29442 macndub Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:11:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508/#comment-29442 Another boring topic: apparently, the Canadian nuclear reactor that produces radioactive isotopes for medical use is on the fritz, again. This has led to cabinet-level resignations over the past year, I believe. There's an analogy here with the constant drive toward supply chain efficiency at the expense of flexibility.<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081215.wisotopes1216/BNStory/politics/home" REL="nofollow"> Globe and Mail </a> Another boring topic: apparently, the Canadian nuclear reactor that produces radioactive isotopes for medical use is on the fritz, again. This has led to cabinet-level resignations over the past year, I believe. There’s an analogy here with the constant drive toward supply chain efficiency at the expense of flexibility.

Globe and Mail

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508.html#comment-29441 Anonymous Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:05:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508/#comment-29441 Why is Cerberus, one of the world's richest private equity firms, begging for a bailout?<br/> http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/12/09/chrysler-cerberus-bailout-oped-cx_dg_1210gerstein.html Why is Cerberus, one of the world’s richest private equity firms, begging for a bailout?
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/12/09/chrysler-cerberus-bailout-oped-cx_dg_1210gerstein.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508.html#comment-29437 Anonymous Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:19:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508/#comment-29437 Your photo reminded me of a photo I took of a cat that had been socialized with a flock of chickens.<br/>Point Reys Peninsula around 1994. Your photo reminded me of a photo I took of a cat that had been socialized with a flock of chickens.
Point Reys Peninsula around 1994.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508.html#comment-29436 Anonymous Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:01:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508/#comment-29436 a great link (thanks to OR)<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.investorsinsight.com/blogs/john_mauldins_outside_the_box/archive/2008/12/15/semi-annual-u-s-economic-outlook-collapsing-on-schedule.aspx" REL="nofollow"> Summary of Shillings Newsletter </a> a great link (thanks to OR)

Summary of Shillings Newsletter

]]> By: doc holiday http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508.html#comment-29434 doc holiday Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:02:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/12/links-121508/#comment-29434 Richard Smith,<br/><br/>I have much to catch up, and thanks for the reply! Richard Smith,

I have much to catch up, and thanks for the reply!

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