Archives: October 2011

Earth to Europe: The Great Chan in the Brussels Mind

Posted by: Tom Keene on October 31

But there, central, subterranean, superior, filled with palaces, lotuses, lifeless pools and eunuchs and porcelain--stands my Purple City... Victor Segalen (circa. 1912) in The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western...

Second-Order Effects

Posted by: Justin Bachman on October 25

By Tom Keene Matt McCollister, a vice president at central Ohio's economic development panel, Columbus2020, said the strong yen came up often in meetings with Japanese executives as a solid...

The Death Cross

Posted by: Tom Keene on October 14

Moving Averages are the Land of the Amateur. By definition, they lag. And then, there is the immodest question of how many units to use and, how many moving averages...

Nein, Nein, Nein

Posted by: Tom Keene on October 13

The handshake is let's-talk-business firm. The greeting is collegial and winning. And, he is. (Would a properly schooled media consultant have gone with the tie in equity-kicker gold?) It is...

Dartmouth Bubble

Posted by: Tom Keene on October 07

"He's patient. He's not flopping around back there. He's very stable," Dartmouth coach Bob Gaudet said. "With the style we have, he's a really good complement for the rest of...

Cross-Asset Cacophony

Posted by: Tom Keene on October 05

Stocks rose after the Financial Times quoted Olli Rehn, European commissioner for economic affairs, as saying there is an "increasingly shared view" that the region needs a coordinated approach to...

Occupy Surveillance

Posted by: Tom Keene on October 04

#occupywallstreet http://t.co/TmnYaovp Americans, start acting for your freedoms, stop being lazy ***kers It is in each and every way a personal experience; a fallback on childhood. Item: The mothers of...