Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Jun 11, 2010, 8:09 am
Two excellent articles from Fortune Magazine that details the possible liability to BP for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Part One and Part Two A good review of the field of Behavioral Finance entitled Behavioral Finance: An Introduction. Corporations are hoarding cash as many still ...
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Eric F. posted an article on - Jun 10, 2010, 9:12 am
BP just released the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, which is published annually, and covers consumption, production and other statistics on oil, natural gas and other forms of energy for 2009. I just wanted to point out the statistics on domestic United States production of oil and natural...
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Eric F. posted an article on - Jun 9, 2010, 2:21 pm
The Federal Reserve Bank of New has added a new section to its web site detailing the assistance that the bank has extended to AIG during the financial crisis. This aid was given, according to the bank, to "to preserve the stability of an already fragile U.S. economy and to protect the U.S. taxpay...
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Jun 9, 2010, 6:24 am
The Federal Reserve gets transparent on its dealings. There's still too much natural gas drilling in the United States as many operators ignore prices and drill to hold acreage. The BP Statistical Review of World Energy shows a sharp drop in demand in 2009 for just about every form of energy, and ...
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Jun 7, 2010, 10:10 am
I found a new blog written by an oil industry insider. The blog is called Open Choke, and it provides an interesting point of view on activities in the Energy Sector. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York weighs in on the Homeownership gap. The bank's conclusion: "Negative equity homeowners will ...
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Eric F. posted an article on - Feb 25, 2010, 5:36 am
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Feb 8, 2010, 7:51 am
An excellent summary of the fundamentals in the energy complex from the Dallas Federal Reserve. The 1st American State Bank of Minnesota, located in Hancock, Minnesota, was the only bank to fail last week. This failure will only cost the government $3.1 million. An academic paper entitled Paulson'...
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Feb 8, 2010, 7:51 am
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Jan 21, 2010, 6:28 am
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Jan 21, 2010, 6:28 am
I have been saying for quite some time that the exploration and production industry may be underestimating the growing environmental opposition to hydraulic fracturing. The issue is getting more and more publicity as the practice spreads across the United States. The financial crisis may be easing, ...
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Eric F. posted an article on - Jan 20, 2010, 11:02 am
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Eric F. posted an article on - Jan 9, 2010, 7:41 am
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Dec 17, 2009, 10:47 am
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Dec 17, 2009, 10:47 am
The revenge of the hedge fund wives strikes again as the ex-wife of Steven Cohen of SAC Capital sues him. This was a wife from the late 1980's. The IPO of Cobalt International Energy falls a little flat in its debut,but the company does have 87 prospects to drill in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore...
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Eric F. posted an article on - Dec 17, 2009, 10:32 am
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Eric F. posted an article on - Dec 15, 2009, 11:05 am
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Eric F. posted an article on - Dec 4, 2009, 9:41 am
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Eric F. posted an article on - Dec 1, 2009, 11:40 am
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Dec 1, 2009, 11:00 am
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Dec 1, 2009, 11:00 am
Here's a new anecdotal indicator of when the top of the market is reached. How about when a country starts building the tallest skyscraper in the world, that means it is time to sell. Read about the Burj Dubai. These seem like five solid reasons for a pause in the stock market rally. Investors shou...
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Eric F. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 4:22 pm
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Eric F. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 4:22 pm
It was reported today that Motorola (MOT) is shopping around its division that makes set top boxes and other equipment for cable and phone companies. The rumored asking price is around $4.5 billion. That sounds great, but unfortunately for Motorola and its shareholders, the company paid $11 billion ...
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Eric F. posted an article on - Oct 26, 2009, 6:45 am
I ran across an academic article recently that I haven't had time to read yet, but thought I would share it with readers of this blog. The Financial Crisis as a Symbol of the Failure of Academic Finance? and it's available here. This excerpt from the abstract drew my attention: "Theoretical constr...
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Eric F. posted an article on - Oct 26, 2009, 6:45 am
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Sep 30, 2009, 2:27 pm
The Chief of Staff of the Brazilian Government said in a speech that pre salt reserves off the Brazilian coast may hold "between 25 billion and 100 billion barrels" of reserves. If this is true and much of it turns out to be recoverable then this should put any peak oil nonsense to rest. U.S. oil d...
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Sep 30, 2009, 2:27 pm
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Sep 20, 2009, 8:32 am
The New York Times joins the debate over whether the market rally has gone too far. are we on the cusp of more irrational exuberance? Did you know that Charlie Munger went to Harvard Law School? It still sucks to be an architect, but things are getting a little better. Get the latest copy of Grant'...
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Sep 20, 2009, 8:32 am
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Eric F. posted an article on - Sep 17, 2009, 10:22 am
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Eric F. posted an article on - Sep 15, 2009, 7:56 am
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Eric F. posted an article on - Aug 31, 2009, 9:10 pm
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Eric F. posted an article on - Aug 13, 2009, 11:32 am
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Aug 12, 2009, 12:12 pm
Are you one of those doom and gloomers who think the U.S. is bound to fall like other civilizations? Do you have a theory about how it will happen? Then check out this list of 144 possibilities and see if your theory is on there. One hundred and forty four scenarios for the fall. Jim Simpson of B...
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Aug 12, 2009, 12:12 pm
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Eric F. posted an article on - Aug 12, 2009, 9:08 am
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Aug 4, 2009, 7:40 am
The folks at Barron's weigh in on the seesaw battle between Growth and Value Investing. This is a conflict that has almost reached biblical proportions and is clouded by the use of unreliable statistics due to the composition of the indexes that are used. See my post here for more details. Another g...
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Eric F. posted an article on Under The Buttonwood Tree - Aug 4, 2009, 7:40 am
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Eric F. posted an article on - Jul 27, 2009, 11:55 am
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Eric F. posted an article on - Jul 21, 2009, 7:06 am
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Eric F. posted an article on - Jul 12, 2009, 4:33 pm
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