Trader Mike

Thanks to Mark for passing along this video ode to the 2007 credit crunch, sub-prime implosion, and hedge fund blowups on Wall Street.

Michelle B submits:
As any trader knows, we can easily lose perspective when trading. Here’s a little aid to help in keeping one’s perspective.

If you missed Cramer’s appearance on ‘Conan’ last night you missed some good laughs. Jim even revealed how he got caught up in the ‘Booya’ thing. Much to my chagrin it’s not because Jim was a fan of the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. (from my home town of Carson, CA). That episode re-airs Monday [...]

There’s been a lot of good economics & business related blogging of late. This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists highlights many good recent articles. Below are some of the ones that caught my eye, plus a few other posts I read over the weekend:

Michael at the Calico Cat discusses the ‘free market of [...]

These caricatures just arrived in my inbox, so I thought I’d share them. Can you tell that I’m bored with this market???

It’s been a while since I posted about a movie. Well after seeing Rabbit-Proof Fence I was moved to write about it. The (based on a true) story takes place in 1931 Australia. The Australian government has a policy of assimilating ‘half-caste’ (mixed-race) children by snatching them from their (black) parents and [...]

I stumbled across this very innovative Honda ad. This reminds me of the contraptions you’d see in the old cartoons. They say it took over 600 takes to get that shot right.

The Matrix sequels get IMAXed
At least now I have a good excuse to see ‘Reloaded’ twice! ( IMAX’s stock got a nice pop from this news. )

Seems like this is one of those ‘love it or hate it’ movies, but if you haven’t seen this movie I highly suggest that you do. I just rented it & saw it for the first time. This is one of those movies well suited to the DVD format. (It’s disappointing that [...]

If you’re a fan of The Matrix, you have to check out the current issue (11.05) of Wired magazine. Unfortunately, that issue is not online yet. There’s a good article about the special effects in the upcoming releases. As a bonus, there are some pictures of Jada too! (She’s also on [...]