Archive for January, 2015
Margin Debt Highest Ever: “This Is Total Insanity”
January 5th, 2015Via: CNBC: The last six years for the U.S. stock market have been an indomitable buying orgy fueled by the Federal Reserve’s zero interest rate policy, causing the S&P 500 to triple in value. One metric says it may have gone too far. Borrowing to buy stocks, as measured by the NYSE monthly margin debt […]
When a Cartoonist Landed in L.A. County Jail, She Drew What She Saw, Using Only a Golf Pencil
January 5th, 2015Via: L.A. Weekly: In June 2014, I was arrested for violating a court order. I bailed out on July 3. But because I had no money and an overworked public defender, I knew I’d have to serve time for my violation. That’s when my mentor, animator-director Ralph Bakshi, advised me to “document my exploits.” Jailed […]
Hedge Fund Manager Shot Dead, Son Arrested
January 5th, 2015Via: NY Post: The elderly founder of a Manhattan hedge fund was fatally shot in the head by his 30-year-old son inside the family’s swank East Side apartment on Sunday, authorities said. Thomas Gilbert Sr., 70, the Harvard-educated founder and chief investment officer of Wainscott Capital Partners, was gunned down by son Thomas Gilbert Jr., […]
Controversial DNA Startup Wants to Let Customers Create Creatures
January 4th, 2015Not The Onion! Via: San Francisco Chronicle: In Austen Heinz’s vision of the future, customers tinker with the genetic codes of plants and animals and even design new creatures on a computer. Then his startup, Cambrian Genomics, prints that DNA quickly, accurately and cheaply. “Anyone in the world that has a few dollars can make […]
Inflammation and Depression
January 4th, 2015I don’t believe that I read this in a mainstream news source. Via: Guardian: Barely a week goes by without a celebrity “opening up” about their “battle with depression”. This, apparently, is a brave thing to do because, despite all efforts to get rid of the stigma around depression, it is still seen as some […]
Robots Can Now Learn to Cook by Watching YouTube Videos
January 3rd, 2015Via: Venture Beat: Researchers have come up with a new way to teach robots how to use tools simply by watching videos on YouTube. The researchers, from the University of Maryland and the Australian research center NICTA, have just published a paper on their achievements, which they will present this month at the 29th annual […]
Prince Andrew Is Named in Underage Sex Lawsuit
January 3rd, 2015Via: Washington Post: Prince Andrew was named this week in an ongoing lawsuit brought by a group of women who claim they were trafficked to the world’s rich and powerful as part of an alleged underage “sex slave” ring run by American investment banker Jeffrey Epstein. The allegation, found in a court filing this week, […]
Japan 2014 Births Fall to Lowest on Record
January 2nd, 2015Via: Financial Times: Deaths outnumbered births in Japan last year by the widest margin on record, underscoring the scale of the challenge facing the government as it tries to ensure a dwindling pool of workers can support growing ranks of pensioners. The urgency of getting the country’s finances in order was highlighted this week as […]
Sugar as a Source of Disease
January 2nd, 2015Here’s an excerpt from an email to my sister: As for us being weird by American standards: We’re weird by NZ standards too. For example, we go to almost no birthday parties for other children because people are drinking Pepsi and eating baked atrocities with sprinkles on top. MSG sausages, etc. One of Owen’s friends […]
Ten Warning Signs of a Market Crash in 2015
January 2nd, 2015As a group, Cryptogon readers probably have pretty low exposure to stocks, but just in case… Via: Telegraph: Professional investors are already making for the exit. The Bloomberg smart money flow index tracks the market movements at the end of the trading day on the Dow Jones, when professional investors tend to make their move. […]
