naked capitalism Wed 2009-11-25 11:37 EST

Marc Faber: ``I don't think that you'll see gold below $1,000 per ounce probably ever''

Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns

...cash is now trash with zero interest rates. So holding cash means underperforming. Bonds present an unfavourable risk/reward. Therefore, commodities and precious metals look attractive. One must also have equities exposure. Interestingly, he makes a fairly explicit statement in favour of peak oil from about 1:40 in the second video below. The world is adding less in oil reserves than it consumes. That necessarily means a tighter supply/demand dynamic, especially given the demand in emerging economies for oil.

000; 1; Marc Faber; naked capitalism; ounce probably; see gold; Think.

Credit Writedowns Wed 2009-10-14 12:12 EDT

Currencies pegged to the dollar under pressure to drop peg

...as the dollar continues to weaken, those countries with pegs will be under pressure to drop their peg or to revalue their pegs higher. The Bloomberg video linked below explains. The dichotomy whereby the adjustment process is done only through free-floating currencies is inherently unstable -- and invites a nationalistic response. A busted peg in any major U.S. trading partner's currency is likely to have a very negative psychological impact on currency markets and severe knock-on effects... [dollar losing reserve status]

credit writedowns; currency pegs; Dollar; drop peg; pressures.

Thu 2008-07-24 00:00 EDT

Jesse's Café Américain: Housing Bill Stipulates All Credit Card Transaction Will Be Reported to the IRS

Jesse's Café Américain: Housing Bill Stipulates All Credit Card Transaction Will Be Reported to the IRS; Ron Paul video

credit Card transaction; Housing Bill Stipulates; IRS; Jesse's Café Américain; report.

Thu 2008-03-27 00:00 EDT

Slashdot | Must a CD Cost $15.99?

Wal-Mart "elling the major record labels to lower the price of CDs or risk losing retail space to DVDs and video games"

15; 99; CD costs; Slashdot.

Thu 2006-07-20 00:00 EDT

Capture or record a real audio/video (rtsp) stream in Linux

by Thomer M. Gil

capturing; Linux; real audio/video; records; RTSP; streamed.

Fri 2001-11-16 00:00 EST

Selling To The Feds - Market Watch, Andrew Mohr, Government Video Contracts,

Selling To The Feds - Market Watch, Andrew Mohr, Government Video Contracts, GAS, GAO, BAPs

Andrew Mohr; Fed; Government Video Contracts; Market Watch; sell.

Mon 2001-04-23 00:00 EDT

Karin - Open Source Automatic Commercial Deletion

karin home page [from Karin -- detect and delete commercials in captured video]

Karine; Open Source Automatic Commercial Deletion.