I know I said I would stop publishing on InvestorGeeks. However, I saw something that I would like people to comment on. Because I think it is very important, I would like as many people as possible to comment to say whether I am right or wrong. If I am wrong I will delete this post…

I have a habit of looking at the budgets of countries to understand whether or not the country is doing its thing properly.
Well I just looked at the Greek budget and what I saw scared …

Well folks, my journey at InvestorGeeks has come to an end. I want to thank the Investor Geeks for giving me the opportunity to post, and comment. It was fun.
I will be continuing my posting on my own blog at http://www.happyasahippo.com. If you wish to follow me, head on over there, otherwise it was nice having you as a reader. At my blog I will also be updating what I will be posting on. I am thinking I will be focusing on both commentary and using Excel for investing purposes, …

I find it funny how the market is repricing that the EU will support Greece. The EU might support Greece, but not with Germany’s money. Without any cuts there is NO WAY, and I really do mean NO WAY that Germany will provide money for Greece. I was talking to some Germans in Germany and they said, “Give me a break with Greece. They think they can get away with it [no cuts, no changes]. I want Greece out of the Euro, they don’t deserve it.”
The EU is kicking the …

I have been following this Greece situation quite closely and today I read something that is making me think of what the next potential step may be.
EU spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio says the EU executive has given Greece an end-of-February deadline to give details on how deals called currency swaps affected government accounts since 2001.
He said such swaps weren’t illegal unless the Greece was not using market rates to calculate the exchange rate.

What I find interesting is that they seem to be focusing on the swap exchange rate, and the …

Many of you might be thinking, “Christian are you off your rocker… If Greece goes under the Euro zone will go under…” I say, no, it will in fact strengthen the Euro zone because a precedent has been set. Namely that the Eurozone must clean up its act and balance its budgets.
The Greek prime minister is doing best what politicians of Greece have been doing all along, namely avoiding the issue. Here is the problem Greece said that they are cutting wages by 20%. Yet is that an answer? That …

I suppose I have been too long in Europe, but the Google Superbowl ad just sucks! The first time I watched it I stopped. Then I read what it was about, and it sucked again… It is a dumb story! I suppose this is due to the fact that I live in Europe and the story is so cliche that it is not even interesting anymore.
But the ad is in fact factually incorrect!
Namely…  If this person were indeed traveling to France, and indeed putting in his search requests they would …

Many of you know that while I use Microsoft’s products I am very critical of the management. Especially when news on Windows Mobile 7 come out that makes the Microsoft mobile OS seem like an iPhone.
Later this month, Microsoft will most likely unveil Windows Mobile 7 Windows Phone 7 at the Mobile World Congress. Rumours abound, and the latest set of rumours paint a rather dramatic turnaround for Microsoft’s mobile platform - no more multitasking, application distribution limited to official channels, and a whole lot more.

What I truly wonder is …

I am going to post Patrick’s comment in its entirety, because it is very insightful:
What’s your long-term on gold? As the half-life between bubbles gets smaller, we approach a 1987 moment most likely where not just extreme volume ratios but infrastructure drop the market. Remember in 2008 it was metals in Feb/March, Grains in April/May, Energy in June/July and then finally a “bubble” in dollars as everything finally couldn’t hack it anymore and unwound. Maybe we’re approaching something similar but bigger… might want some allocated gold receipts to fall back …

I read the story on how everybody is nervous on the Euro. What I find completely hilarious about all of this is that for every cent the Euro looses strength it is about 0.50 to 2 cents earnings from many of the big global corporations in the US. Here is my list, Starbucks, Visa, Mc Donalds and so on… 
But what was more telling is are the following comments:
It appears that the Europeans are waking up to the reality that our American politians are still not accepting. We better start …

As I have been saying before people are selling the Euro because of the worries regarding Greece. Folks, here is the interesting thing, most people in Euro land are not that concerned, whereas people outside of Euro land are.
Does that not seem odd to you? Should you not be asking why nobody in Euro land is concerned? Are the Euro land people that dumb? Notice how somebody appears to be concerned?
The Swiss Franc fell sharply against Euro and the Dollar very quickly. Such a moved could be motivated by an …