Alan J. Pakula and the economic recession

Posted by miguel in finance, movies on 24. Jan, 2009 | 0 Comments

In 1981, Alan J. Pakula (All the President’s men, Presumed innocent, etc.) filmed a movie called Rollover. Basically, it was about a monetary crisis that shocked the world economy.

More information: IMDB | Wikipedia.
Updated: Peter Schiff’s great predictions.

2009 International trading calendar by IB

2009 International trading calendar by IB

Posted by miguel in finance on 19. Jan, 2009 | 0 Comments

Interactive Brokers offers every year a calendar for traders operating in international markets. It is available in full and wallet size format and you can download both on PDF.
Reference: IB Calendar (select “Trader’s Calendar” tab)

Financial crisis timeline

Financial crisis timeline

Posted by miguel in finance on 05. Oct, 2008 | 0 Comments

In the current economic situation is easy to feel lost. Every week is full of facts and events. The MSNBC website offers an interactive timeline to get a clearer and organized view of the domino game .
MSNBC Economy in turmoil timeline
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26797480

A real inconvenient truth

Posted by miguel in finance on 25. Sep, 2008 | 0 Comments

“We don’t have the money to wipe out poverty. We can’t do it. But all of a sudden, yeah, we do have $700 billion for a bailout of Wall Street.”
Bernard Sanders, junior United States Senator from Vermont.
Source: Democracy now!