Category Archives: General Finance

Green Shoots watch

By cordial | July 29, 2009

“LONDON (MarketWatch) — Consumer lending in Great Britain continued to slow in June, the Bank of England reported Wednesday, growing at its weakest pace since current records began in 1993. Total consumer lending rose by 414 million pounds ($682 million), compared with a rise of 485 million pounds in May. Economists had forecast a rise [...]

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SUV’s don’t deliver your Avocados

By cordial | February 17, 2009

“A mile travelled by a large truck full of groceries is not the same as a mile travelled by a sport-utility vehicle carrying a bag of salad” Economist Article, 2006 As a response to this post  by nattsang and the increased chatter about protectionism in the world media due to the America first clause in the recent [...]

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Why arent retail investors petrified yet?

By cordial | November 20, 2008

I looked at the British Airways iii message board this evening and what I found was somewhat disconcerting. Although its only an anecdotal tell, I would feel much more comfortable about being long if there was more fear on a board like this (as I said in my techy post on the board, shown below) – “I find the general bullishness on [...]

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Fear and loathing and Las Vegas

By cordial | November 19, 2008

Fear. Loathing. Las Vegas. Everywhere you look there are stories that in years past would have all been front page news. The above stories probably werent even the most important events of the day what with the car bail out started to stall and the commercial mortgage markets cracks growing ever larger.  In fact those two [...]

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