I’m reading more and more about the Fed’s liquidity trap these days, which is interesting considering the timing – on the probable eve of yet another guns-blazing Fed bond-buying program. The trouble with zero-bound interest rates is that they wreck business models, specifically in the financial industry (insurance companies, lending, investment management, etc).  Which would…

361 Capital portfolio manager, Blaine Rollins, CFA, previously manager of the Janus Fund, writes a weekly update looking back on major moves, macro-trends and economic data points. The 361 Capital Weekly Research Briefing summarizes the latest market news along with some interesting facts and a touch of humor. 361 Capital is a provider of alternative investment mutual funds, separate accounts,…

A lot of guys who run money tactically make some use of the 50-day and 200-day moving average crossovers as their signals to buy or sell

Video.

Chart.

Just kidding, relax. It’s not the future they fear, it’s the uncertainty associated with it according to a woven-together amalgam of studies that examined the difference between the brains of Republicans and Democrats. Take this with nine teaspoons of salt, but it’s definitely interesting. From ABC News: Conservatives and liberals may have one less thing…

I have a few thousand CDs in boxes in my garage.  When I die, the kids get them.  Or if I decide to run off and become a Pan Am stewardess, I’ll leave them for the Nugget* with a note that says “Look under your bed, it will set you free. Listen to Tommy with…