Category: Humor

Month in Review, January 2013: Part 2, To the global

14 March, 2013 (14:38) | Bankruptcy, Cambridge, Detroit, Elderly, Euro, Global markets, Greece, Humor, MEEs, Month in review, Public housing, Redevelopment, Rent control, Spain, Speculation |

By:David A. Smith   [Continued from yesterday's Part 1.]   Yesterday’s Part 1 of this review on the localized issues covered in January brought us to the problem of one elderly mother and her daughter and son-in-law, an issue that is confronting China (and even more, Japan) at a scale far surpassing our needs here [...]

Month in Review, January 2013: Part 1, From the local

14 March, 2013 (14:34) | Bankruptcy, Cambridge, Detroit, Elderly, Euro, Global markets, Greece, Humor, MEEs, Month in review, Public housing, Redevelopment, Rent control, Spain, Speculation |

[Previous Months in Review available here: Dec 12, Nov 12, Oct 12, Sep 12, Aug 12, Jul 12, Jun 12, May 12]   By:David A. Smith   No interval is so gloomy as to be entirely without its lighter side, and for a New England Patriots fan despondent at the team’s elimination from the playoffs, [...]

Please release me, let me go: Part 3, cheaper through scalpers

24 January, 2013 (10:35) | Bonds, Capital markets, Finance, football, Humor, municipal bonds, New York Jets, personal seat licenses, Securities, Speculation |

By:David A. Smith   [Continued from yesterday's Part 2 and the preceding Part 1.]   Yesterday we saw that, in addition to unhappy Jets fan Kenny Scarabaggio who had his moment in the sun (actually, the New York Post (January 7, 2013), we have unhappy Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum, recently fired in large part because of [...]

Please release me, let me go: Part 2, a fully disclosed ripoff?

23 January, 2013 (16:42) | Bonds, Capital markets, Finance, football, Humor, municipal bonds, New York Jets, personal seat licenses, Securities, Speculation |

By:David A. Smith   [Continued from yesterday's Part 1.]   Yesterday’s post on the capital-asset implications of a multi-year football Personal Seat License, inspired by a short article in the New York Post (January 7, 2013), introduced long-suffering Jets fan Kenny Scarabaggio, who in a burst of optimism bought a New York Jets Personal Seat [...]

Please release me, let me go: Part 1, harder to get rid of than Mark Sanchez

22 January, 2013 (18:27) | Bonds, Capital markets, Finance, football, Humor, municipal bonds, New York Jets, personal seat licenses, Securities, Speculation |

By:David A. Smith   Up front or over time?    Can we give back our overpaid underachieving quarterback … and my overpriced underachieving tickets?   When it comes to expensive purchases that cannot be financed from normal available cash flows, would you rather accumulate capital (via savings or grants) or indenture yourself for years into [...]