April 2010

The Unrecovery Comes to Queens – A Fairy Tale

Here’s a little fairy tale straight from the Unrecovery that most Americans are experiencing… Like all good fairy tales, it’s set in a land far, far away – in this case 36th Street in Sunnyside, Queens. And of course, we’ll need a Prince – how about 300 of them, unemployed men sleeping in tents on…

Congress Set To Fry Calamari On Tuesday

‘God’s Helper’ Sir Lloyd Blankfein and one of his gallant nobles, the Duc De Tourré, are set to testify before a Congressional hearing on Tuesday surrounding the recent SEC fraud charges filed against Goldman Sachs ($GS).  The markets will probably be frozen as participants around the world tune in for the the Squid’s side of…

Random Thoughts On A Friday

In no particular order, here are some random thoughts on my mind this afternoon… 1.  Microsoft ($MSFT) is losing more on the brutal Bing/MSN twosome than they are taking in on revenues for the online business.  Is the board living in phsyical fear of Ballmer?  He has literally gotten nothing right in what seems like…