Archive for December, 2009

• Thanks and Have a Great 2010
  Aiki14 Market Sense, December 18th, 2009 at 2:22 am, Comments: 0

  This Blog will be on Hiatus until the second week of January as I will be in Tasmania. I might put up a few pictures or post commentary but wont be following the markets too closely.
  I want to thank all of you who read my posts and watch my show on StockTwits TV. It's a [...]

• Did Abu Dhabi get it’s Moneys Worth?
  Aiki14 Market Sense, December 17th, 2009 at 8:32 am, Comments: 0

  The sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi cheered markets by extending a $10 billion bailout to Dubai, enabling its fellow emirate to avoid an embarrassing slide into default by troubled state-owned property developer Nakheel. The move by the oil-rich capital of the United Arab Emirates ended three weeks of market turmoil following Dubai’s request to [...]

• Enough of the Goldman Bashing
  Aiki14 Market Sense, December 11th, 2009 at 6:36 am, Comments: 0

  Yesterday Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein issued a statement describing the compensation packages for the companies thirty highest paid executives. They will be paid entirely in company stock with added provisions of a five year hold time and conditions for clawbacks (these allow for the shares to be taken back if the executive behaves in [...]

• Insider Trading and the SEC
  Aiki14 Market Sense, December 10th, 2009 at 8:38 am, Comments: 0

  An article in todays Wall Street Journal describes the SEC investigation of some firms allegedly trading on "illegally shared confidential information". Apparently unscrupulous Hedge Fund guys were meeting with Industry mucky mucks over some drinks and wouldn't you know it, faster than you can say In Vino Veritas, coming away with information that allowed them [...]

• The Old Guard Ushers in The New Paradigm in Finance Journalism
  Aiki14 Market Sense, December 6th, 2009 at 5:35 pm, Comments: 0

  I am from the last of the pre-techie generation, and can remember our family's first color TV, the first PC, the first walkman, and I remember thinking "who needs a cell phone". I still get the Wall St. Journal, and Investors Business Daily delivered to my home. Younger readers are probably envisioning the Joad family, [...]

• Mr. Bernanke goes to Washington, and has my Sympathies
  Aiki14 Market Sense, December 3rd, 2009 at 10:54 pm, Comments: 0

  Our Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is up for another term. President Obama has reappointed him but Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has placed a hold on the appointment and now Mr. Bernanke has to go before the Senate Finance Committee. Now I have said before that I am not a big fan of Mr. Bernanke [...]