The machines of the 20th century were dumb machines that could replace brawns but not brains. To protect against the commoditization of labor, we invest about twenty years of our lives in formal… Continue reading
6 years on and it has become an unofficial crime to be bearish. Conversations will freeze in the company of friends and suspicious gazes whenever your view was asked and you said you… Continue reading
Friends have been asking me where I think USDSGD is heading. Not satisfied with my “No Where” answer, I had to do the gun to my head simulation and being the recalcitrant that… Continue reading
Nearly everyone in the markets is superstitious – you see it from the figurines, money plants, coins, and even the lucky tie they wear. Reuters has a good article on what does Hong… Continue reading
Latest CPI numbers in Asia Pacific Australia 2.7% (2.2% last year, 3% 2 years ago) Bangladesh 7.4% (7.1% last year, 10.6% 2 years ago) Cambodia 4.2% (1.2% last year, 5.3% 2 years ago)… Continue reading
The ILO released their Global Employment Trends report overnight. The executive summary should be required reading for those who care about politics. We all know that in the past, worker solidarity had brought… Continue reading
Gripes, rants or peeves, this has been a thought provoking weekend. When you are caught in 3 separate jams that totaled 3 hours, paid ERP 5 times – twice on the same gantry,… Continue reading
This may be one of my last posts. If they shut me down. So be it. But I have to assert my point. Things here are not what they seem. Being a first… Continue reading
No, it is not this photo of Tandoori chicken and what appears to be rice atop a pizza that is scaring me, basking in all its double carbs glory. Neither is it the… Continue reading
The Grip Of Paranoia, Libertarians and Insanity
byMarket is talking about the suicide of a trader or salesperson in Hong Kong as was reported in the SCMP and Apple Daily. http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1430296/man-leaps-death-jp-morgans-headquarters-central The word is that he was just 33 and… Continue reading →