The Tangible vs. The Intangible"In order to be on this treadmill, to stay ahead of the diminishing returns, we have to keep going faster and faster..." - Woody Tasch, author of Inquiries in

1) Point of Recognition Edges Closer"The United States today is in a short-term deflationary phase caused by forced liquidations, de-leveraging, going out of business sales, and other temporary

1. The Commodification of Violence; or, We Specialize in Small OrdersThere's much violence in the news these days. So much, in fact, that a certain commodification of it is required to win my attenti

Kevin Depew's Five Things You Need to Know to stay ahead of the pack on Wall Street:1. Consumer Prices Hit the WallAnd to think, just a few years ago they said it couldn't be done; that declining con

Kevin Depew's daily Five Things You Need to Know to stay ahead of the pack on Wall Street: Secular Forces of Deflation... Explosion of Simulacra... The Crisis of the Real... The Precession of the

Kevin Depew's Five Things You Need to Know to stay ahead of the pack on Wall Street: 1.  The  Crisis of the Real  While short-term cyclical signs point to at least a short-term

The Holy Grail de jour of financial market prognostication is predicting the bottom in housing. It's a fool's errand, however. Investing based on a perceived end to declining property values has&

According to Bloomberg, the New York Times Company (NYT) said today that advertising revenue at its newspapers and Web sites fell 13% in May. It was the biggest monthly decline this year for the third

To drill or not to drill? What's good for offshore drillers such as Transocean (RIG), Noble Corporation (NE) and ENSCO (ESV) isn't necessarily good for consumers. Even a major oil discovery off the co

South Africa’s electricity provider, Eskom, was given permission to raise prices another 13.3 percent (starting in July) after already being given permission to raise prices 14.2 percent, for a