If, like me, you missed I.O.U.S.A. during its theatrical run you can now watch the condensed, 30 minute version online: By now, you may have heard about our acclaimed documentary I.O.U.S.A., a film that boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. The film has been [...]
Posted by 19 September 2008
Financial Armageddon is in Full Effect
A comment by Andrew on Barry’s post about the SEC wanting to ban all short selling sent me to my copy of Michael Panzner‘s book Financial Armageddon. Andrew stated that “tonight’s event draws me to the last paragraph of ch.7 in Michael Panzer’s Financial Armageddon“. When I read that paragraph I was reminded of how [...]
Posted by 22 April 2008
A Food Mania?
I’ve long wondered how long current supplies of all kinds of commodities (natural resources) will last given how rapacious humans (especially Westerners) can be. After watching ‘Human Footprint’ on National Geographic Channel last week I was more convinced than ever that I needed to be long every conceivable hard commodity and probably most of the [...]
Posted by 9 December 2007
Barry ‘Big Picture’ Ritholtz on WallStrip
Posted by 18 August 2007
Countrywide, oh Countrywide…
The Chairman posted a link to an article about a “bank run” on Countrywide Financial Corp. (CFC) . I just had to shake my head and laugh after reading that article. I’ve been watching that company, which happens to hold my mortgage, closely this year. Back in March when the subprime/credit concerns first got serious [...]
