Posts tagged as: chart

How much is a trillion dollar, really

1 comment / March 11, 2009

On the right we see a pallet of 100 dollar bills, and a man – let’s call him Timothy. This stack of cash is worth 100 million dollar. You’ll need a lot of pallets to stock one trillion dollar. See here to get a grasp how many pallets you need for a trillion dollar. NoticeRead more

Harvard loaded with emerging markets

0 comments / February 12, 2009

After reading Paul Kedrosky’s post about Harvard’s portfolio changes I decided to walk through its holdings in the latest SEC 13F report. Top investments where clearly some Emerging Markets ETF’s, but assumed this was because of the concentration of Emerging Market investments in a few lines, while regular stock holdings were scattered in a lotRead more

Lies, statistics and bubble charts

0 comments / January 22, 2009

“There are three types of lies – lies, damn lies, and statistics”, a famous quote attributed to the British politician Benjamin Disraeli. As of today we can add the bubble charts. Researchers from JP Morgan messed up their data on the capitalization of banking stocks terribly. The lay offs apparently have reached the researchers inRead more

Bankruptcy avalanche to hit US stocks

0 comments / January 16, 2009

A wave of bankruptcies will hit the US stock market according to Gunnar Stangl, strategist at Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt. The crest of the wave is still going to hit us. Bankruptcies are really just like a slow avalanche Impressing chart. Busy with option expiration today. (click for larger picture)