New Air Force Intelligence Report Available

Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Nuclear, Russia, Air And Space, Air Force Intelligence, Blog, China, Cruise Missile Threat, Cruise-Missiles, Intelligence Report, Military Powers, Nasic, New Developments, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Weapon States, Powers Report, Space Intelligence Center, Web Rumors

The Air Force Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) has published an update to its Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat. The document, which I obtained from NASIC, is sobering reading.
The latest update continues the previoususer-friendly format and describes a number of important assessments and new developments in ballistic and cruise missiles of many of the world’s major [...]

How To Spot A Bubble

Posted by Matt in April 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Financial, Bond Price, Bubbles, Deregulation, Derivatives, Emerging Markets, Equity Issues, Fads Trends, Fund Managers, Investor Demand, Liberalization, Margin Trading, New Developments, New Opportunities, Novice, Optimism, Performance Fund, Professional Investors, Share Price, Share Prices, Spectacular Profits, Sprees

Here are the characteristics of a bubble:

Fads, trends or new developments emerge encouraging new investment.
Rising share prices encourage optimism and expectations of yet higher prices.
Deregulation and liberalization create new opportunities, particularly in emerging markets.
Buying sprees are fueled by plentiful credit supply.
More equity issues are made to satisfy investor demand.
New types of derivatives make an appearance [...]

In Spain, Water Is a New Battleground

Posted by Matt in June 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Water, Battleground, Desert, Dozens, Germany, global warming, Golf Courses, Hardscrabble Corner, Hothouses, Lettuce, Lush Fields, Murcia, New Developments, New Spain, Running Water, Southeast Spain, Tomatoes

FORTUNA, Spain — Lush fields of lettuce and hothouses of tomatoes line the roads. Verdant new developments of plush pastel vacation homes beckon buyers from Britain and Germany. Golf courses — dozens of them, all recently built — give way to the beach. At last, this hardscrabble corner of southeast Spain is thriving.
There is only [...]