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From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 31, 2008 at 2:17 pm ET
The most frequent question we receive from readers concerns the likelihood of Bernanke finishing the job that Greenspan started: inflating the US economy back into the 70s. But the second most frequently asked question concerns ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 31, 2008 at 1:03 pm ET
Cheeseburger in a can
Recommendation: Fundamentally, technically, there is nothing about the Cheeseburger in a Can that does not make me want to back up the truck and load it with cans of Cheeseburger in ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 31, 2008 at 12:43 pm ET
Long or Short Capital released this press release this morning:
Long or Short Capital Management intends to stop messing around and realign our fiscal year end with the calendar year end. The confusion the previous ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 28, 2008 at 9:30 am ET
It’s a zero-sum game. If you put trades on that worked so well that you bankrupt your counterparty, you will not collect on those trades.”
Jim Keegan, a senior vice president and portfolio manager at American ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 25, 2008 at 10:27 am ET
Investors think Overstock (NASDAQ: OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne is crazy. That’s why his ecommerce company trades at a 0.3x price to sales ratio while Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) sits at 2.3x.
Well, here was an email from ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 24, 2008 at 2:21 pm ET
CIBC May Take $4.1 Billion Writedown, CIBC Analyst Says (headline has changed but the original was as we laid out). This just speaks to credibility of CIBC’s (NYSE: CM) equity research department!! ….or the ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 23, 2008 at 8:56 am ET
Is this a company that missed earnings or the index of the largest country in Europe? ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 22, 2008 at 1:44 am ET
If you’re like most of us, your fund is down double-digits, the first number is a 1 if you’re lucky, and you are one more -3% day away from getting a margin call from your ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 20, 2008 at 11:20 am ET
Host: why does Ambac still have AAA rating?
Cramer: BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS TOO PAINFUL.
-Jim Cramer in this CNBC video
Past Quotes Entirely Relevant to Investing ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 18, 2008 at 2:18 pm ET
…when you can’t remember what your base salary is but know that it’s just enough to cover your expenses. ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 16, 2008 at 2:05 pm ET
A few mini-ballers went skiing over break and met some stoners in the gondola who taught them all some coloradical ski lingo. Of course the mini-ballers were enthralled with this new vocabulary and proceeded ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 15, 2008 at 2:35 pm ET
Become Fed Chairman
Lower interest rates until you create an asset bubble. Hold them low until stagflation is in the air and a real estate bubble is floating
Stop being Fed Chairman and release a book on ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 15, 2008 at 7:29 am ET
SARS is trading near all-time lows. It’s been dead money for a few years. Our analysis indicates that a resurgence is due and would lead to an absolute killing for longs, especially when ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 14, 2008 at 5:27 am ET
Here’s an actual email from my trader Thursday:
Bernanke says 2008 outlook worsened, risks “pronounced”
Bernanke says housing demand “weakened further”
Bernanke says Fed “paying particular attention” to housing
Bernanke says Fed to monitor inflation, price expectations
Bernanke says job ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 13, 2008 at 11:39 am ET
“Pro forma”. From the latin, meaning “lawyers jerking themselves off.”
-Detective McNulty from The Wire
Past Quotes Entirely Relevant to Investing ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 11, 2008 at 3:22 pm ET
This exchange at Dealbreaker between “girl” and “1-2″ got me thinking. By way of background, “girl” and “1-2″ had a flirty back and forth with “1-2″ putting drinks on the table and girl unexpectedly ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 7, 2008 at 4:25 pm ET
Dear Young Lawyer and/or Doctor,
I noticed in a recent NYTimes article that some of you are having self-doubts.
To the lawyers:
Many young associates, [a formerly young female lawyer] added, spent their lunch hours making lavish purchases ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 30, 2007 at 11:12 am ET
“Which explains why the busts and reversals we deem inevitable are also the least preventable, and why they startle us, if briefly, when they come — because they were were inevitable for so long that ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 28, 2007 at 1:36 pm ET
Time and time again, people say we are running out of 2007. These cries began as early as January; by July, some were even claiming that there was less 2007 remaining than the amount ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 25, 2007 at 9:02 am ET
There is only one way to know, scientifically, if it is Christmas:
isitchristmas.com ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 23, 2007 at 1:44 pm ET
“I’ll begin with a brief note about the stock market here. Suppose you’re considering riding a unicycle on a high-wire that by most evidence is not secure, but it’s possible that the wire might hold ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 20, 2007 at 11:38 am ET
Why are things so long? Why does any conference call last more than 20 minutes? Why is any report longer than say 20 pages? Why are history books more than 50 pages? ... ( more)
From Long or Short Capital - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 18, 2007 at 11:25 am ET
Last year, we gave you, our readers, the gift of efficiency by providing you all with a guide to things you want to own. Even though prior to reading our guide, you hadn’t known ... ( more)
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