Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

The World's Most Profitable Companies



Ref: http://www.billshrink.com/blog/the-worlds-most-profitable-companies/

Thursday, October 01, 2009

Restaurant Performance Index correlates S&P 500 (Update 1)

Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) – a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry. The RPI is based on the responses to the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Industry Tracking Survey, which is fielded monthly among restaurant operators nationwide on a variety of indicators including sales, traffic, labor and capital expenditures.

I can't help myself but draw a correlation between the RPI and S&P 500. The S&P came out of the 2002-2003 triple bottom during the PRI crossover from contraction to expansion. The S&P peaked during the crossover from expansion to contraction in 2007. Is the RPI becoming the new leading indicator of the US stock market?



edited on 10 Dec 2010: the link of the restaurant.org is updated. And I'm going to check out the recent trend and see if we see something more interesting coming out of this. :>

Saturday, March 07, 2009

『非農』乃唯一『非典』般傳染力強的經濟數據

黑暗中也會有光明,而那里有光明,那里就能找到真理。

像『黑社會』中,古天樂扮演的 Jimmy 仔,雖然一邊在缽蘭街靠扯皮條搵食,也一邊會去大學修讀經濟,尋找混沌中的真理。

黑暗如聯邦儲備局這種邪惡勢力,有時候仔細看看,都能找到絲絲真理。皆因他們的人也會去講一些對他們既得利益無影響的真理。

紐約聯儲,2008年出了一篇良心调研: How Economic News Moves Markets ,論述美國經濟數據發布對不同證劵的影響。而剛剛過去這個周五,也再次證實了每月非農 Nonfarm payroll 的數據發布,是巨有能力撥動各個證劵市場的動態,尤其是歐羅對美元匯價 —— NFP 數據在早上 8:30 美國東部時間發布后,歐元對美元隨即 rally 向上飆了一陣。

此報告中最大的真理,就是推翻那些財經新聞中的吹水佬的廢話 —— NFP 數據,無論升降,在歷史數據看來,都對證劵波動的方向性無 correlated 的影響。那些最喜歡事后諸葛亮的電視財經新聞分析師所謂的分析所謂升或跌的因果關系,當笑話聽下就算了,別太認真!

此調研中的一個數據表格,也能說明,其實眾多經濟數據中,也只有NFP對證劵波動幅度具有 consistent 的殺傷力,其他的,則往往會失準。

Monday, March 02, 2009

美国房产顶多只能用来保值抗通胀

Glenn Beck 讥讽 Obama 无能力 "arrest" 房市跌势

Fox News commentator Glenn Beck makes a pretty straightforward case about the folly of trying to "stabilize" home prices at current levels in the following YouTube video segment from his show, "Glenn Beck":

推荐纪录片 Zeitgeist Movie

如果你今年只有心情看一部较为严肃的纪录片, 看 Zeitgeist Movie, 官网内有BT 种子下载. 有两个片, 第一部在 Shooter.cn 有中文字幕下载, 而续集则未找到有中文字幕。

If you can only watch one documentary series in 2009, watch the following.
Highly recommend a two-part documentaries: http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
The film maker makes the movie free. If you want, you may download from their official torrents.

两部片中, 宗教政治部分, 可看可不看, 但是, 经济部分却和我们生长的大环境息息相关, 严重推荐观看!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

长『揸』股票足以致贫

有无人告诉过你,股市长线持有,是致富的必然途径?

别被蒙骗!

美国很多财经媒体都宣称美国股市回报率,自从 1900 年起,每年平均有 6% 的回报。然而,据 London Business School and Credit Suisse Group AG 综合了通胀之后的数据显示,撇除 dividends 和 annual gain 之后,年均升幅只剩下 1.7%. 如果你是美国人,买国债都起码有 2.1% 的稳妥回报率。如果在中国,就更不要说了,长期以来,中国内地银行的定期存款是傲视同群,世界各地银行都无法匹敌的!

几个月前,一个理财异常保守的广州亲戚提醒我,我才发现国内银行定期存款的金矿;赶紧砸了为女儿读书准备的,和老婆勾手指『不许动』存款存进去五年定期,稳稳当当在5年后收超过百分之二十五的利息回报!