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Some Good Reading Links That Caught My Eye
Here are some of the posts that i found interesting recently. Business: Bill Gross Says QE3 Unlikely; Still Shuns Treasuries. (GlobalEcon) Playing Chicken with the Debt Ceiling is a Dangerous Game. (Fortune) Collapse In Philly Fed: Weakest Since 2009, Biggest 3 Month Drop Ever. (ZeroHedge) Millionaires Control 39% of the World’s Wealth. (WSJ) The U.S.
Interestesting Graphic Showing Foreclosure Backlog
Millions of homeowners in distress are getting some unexpected breathing room — lots of it in some places. In New York State, it would take lenders 62 years at their current pace, the longest time frame in the nation, to repossess the 213,000 houses now in severe default or foreclosure. Clearing the pipeline in
Venture Deals Are Picking Up
An increase in Venture Capital funding is typically a good indicator that more growth is coming. CB Insights Quarterly Venture Capital Report for Q1 2011 highlights the recent positive momentum. It reports about $7.5B invested across 738 deals. The following chart shows the top states based on deals and dollars. The full chart details Q1
A Look at the Recent Increase in IPOs: What it Means and Who it Benefits
There have been a number of high profile Initial Public Offerings lately, including LinkedIn, Pandora, and soon Groupon and Facebook. Here is a clip where Silicon Valley pundit, Andy Kessler, talks about the recent increase in tech IPOs and what the that means … and who they benefit. Here is a link to the
Money Is Flowing Into Asia
I have spent the past few days in Jakarta, for meetings; and I'm impressed The World Economic Forum is having some sessions here … and the city is bustling. There is much new muscle and confidence here about Asian economies and money-flow into the region. Even the local tech fair surprised me. It
Some Good Reading Links That Caught My Eye Recently
Business Posts Moving the Markets that I Found Interesting Recently: The Ranks of the World's Millionaires Expanded by 12 percent in 2010. (Bloomberg) Indicators Point to a Small-Business Rebound. (Entrepreneur) Measuring the Net's Growth: The Internet Is Now a Big Part of Global GDP. (McKinsey) Airline Industry’s Profit Forecast Slashed to Less than a Quarter