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…willing to offer AIG terms that are about 180 bp wide of where Ford Motor Credit is trading. Come to think of it, let’s not ignore the mistakes, for after…

Oil prices VS Storms

trading day. When the storm fell on a week end, I counted 1 week after and used the next Monday. Chart after the fold. I do not do correlation calculations….

How are we going to fix a money from money economy?

…be sold to another non-US trading partner because all the trading partners have done away with their middle man in health care. Yet, it is the fastest growing sector of…

Qwest for the truth

CEO Nacchio of Qwest has a write up in WAPO: A former Qwest Communications International executive, appealing a conviction for insider trading, has alleged that the government withdrew opportunities for…

…of possible explanations. One is simply that the exchange rate hasn’t really changed against the US’s major trading partners. There’s some truth to that idea, since the dollar hasn’t weakened…

…required), Buffett says that he is extremely worried about the US trade deficit. In particular, he is worried about the fact that by running trade deficits, and thus effectively trading