Fascinating Lecture About Algos on Wall Street
Fascinating lecture on algos and how they operate in the trading universe.
అన్నా, ఇది అమెరికా!
Debt Burden of Nations
As I mentioned several times, India with only 128% of debt burden (sovereign + consumer debt) and huge population, is the right place to be for economic growth, closely followed by China.
DOW Down 512 pts. Today is for the Record Books.
Financial markets have given an unforgettable 50th birthday gift to the President. Today is nothing less than a massacre for stock markets across the world. There are any number of reasons for today’s massacre. Happy Birthday, Mr. President. The fundamental reason is imploding confidence in sovereign debts, US included. Back in 2008, many market savvy […]
Financial Market Update (Red Alert): Short-Term Yields Going Negative
Short-Term Yields Going Negative In simple English, it means that you have to PAY THE BANK TO KEEP YOUR money. This kind of imbalance happens in extreme panic situations.Via Zero Hedge: The stunner in this morning’s newsflow (the long, long overdue market collapse which is a much needed catalyst for QE3 should not surprise anyone), […]
This is why we don’t need more colleges in AP
When Chandrababu Naidu gave permission to a boatload of engineering and medical colleges in the early 2000’s I thought he was lowering the education standards. Its been close to a decade after these colleges mushroomed everywhere from Vizag to Vikarabad.Now I got a chance to see how these colleges are doing. The earlier guinea pigs […]
Welfare State: A Closer Look at the Surge in Food Stamp Use
As of May 2011, 45 million Americans, or 15% of the population are on food stamps. In 2007 the number is a mere 26 million. The great recession added nearly 20 million people (or as the well healed right-wing talk show bigots call them, “parasites”) into this social safety net. ZedroHedge noted a peculiarity in […]
Addressing a Small Criticism About My Interview with Manchu Lakshmi
It has been almost 5 months since I interviewed Manchu Lakshmi on my show. Apparently the popularity of her E-TV show, “Prematho Mee Lakshmi” is growing by leaps and bounds. The podcast of my interview with her is still getting a lot of hits on TeluGlobe. I also get e-mails that commend me or criticize […]
A Better Government, not No Government
Debt ceiling debate is over. Once again, Republicans won the fight (not the debate). Congress passed a bill that would have no “revenue increases” (Democratic euphemism for taxes) on the “job creators” (Republican euphemism for corporations on welfare, tax dodgers, and those who are in the top 1% of earners). Grandma on Social Security, tough […]
Talk about ceilings everywhere!
These days we are hearing the word ceilings everywhere. There is this big hue and cry about debt ceiling and a couple of years back about the glass ceiling that was purportedly preventing women to ascend to presidency in this country(USA) as claimed by Hillary Clinton. I was curious about the origins of ceilings […]
Brian Williams and Jimmy Fallon Slow Jam the News
Fair warning. For mature audience only! I don’t recall laughing this much watching a comedy clip. “caucus blockus” Williams: “Grow-up Fallon.” Fallon: “Growing is easy. I have a Boehner now.”
Local Talent with Uma Shankar : TORI Live
Please join us on TORI Live Chinna Prapancham and Enjoy lite music local talent by Uma Shankar from Hyderabad. Date and Time: July 31st 2011 at 12PM EST. Link: http://www.toucheradio.com/player/tori-live.html
Let’s Talk Turkey as Another US University is in the Feds Cross-hairs (Part 1 of 2)
As in the case of Tri-Valley University, about 90% of the students who are affected by this action by the Feds are Indians, and a vast majority of them are from Andhra Pradesh. In this particular case, I beg to differ from the standard line of excuse: ignorance or innocence. We all know the maxim: ignorantia legis neminem excusat (ignorance of the law excuses no one.) I contend that it is willful participation by many students.
Vasuki: An Impressive Young Woman
This the interview I talked a lot about on my July 29th show. If you don’t like RK’s style of interviewing, ignore him and focus on what she is saying. I will not be surprised if she wins it all the way and be next Miss Universe. Watch this video on YouTube
Ahoy Netflix!!!
If you missed the Netflix ads or Netflix story of late, you must not be living in the United States. Regular listeners of my show know that Netflix is one of my beat-up horses. I was on record saying that it is a company with a bloated stock price and potentially an accounting scam artist. […]
Product Driven vs. ‘Driven’ Driven Economy
Yes, it is not a typo that you see ‘Driven Driven’ in the title. What is the ailment of the current economy and the effect of it on millions of people all around the world? We can understand if the economy gets impacted if there are natural calamities like the Tsunami/earthquake in Japan […]