''If you put a thousand people in barrels and push them over Niagara Falls, some of them will survive. And if you take those guys and push them over again, some of them will survive. And then they’ll write books about how to survive being pushed ...
personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-12-07 20:32 - 1 comment
As I was reading an interview with Jim Rogers I was reminded of another hedging strategy commonly employed by hedge funds. The long/short strategy, which requires that an investor place equal long and short positions in different investments. T ...
personal blog entry - sharpsicle - 2006-02-14 02:18 - 2 comments
Its time to change my mind models and weapons.What do I mean? Behind every portfolio is a strategy and for different battle you have different strategy . Lets have a look at Dorfman portfolio : You can see it as : 1.list of independent stock ...
personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-11-22 02:53 - 0 comments
My biggest pet peeve is the parrots on CNBC reciting news that the market has already digested. It seems as though they exist for instilling fear in investors to get ratings, and with any market shock, they sure definitely get an increase of viewers to ...
personal blog entry - thefinancialwhiz - 2007-08-05 23:34 - 3 comments
Interview with Mike Rothman from Barrons article: Where is the oil heading. Mike Rothman is head of integrated oil research of the ISI Group, an economic research and investment-strategy firm based in Manhattan. A regular at OPEC meetings sin ...
personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-09-19 17:54 - 2 comments
Ever wonder how much you can make investing other people's money? Well here's a list of 36 stellar money managers
whom are also billionaires. Produce superior returns and you will be well rewarded. These managers each
made their for ...
personal blog entry - Theo - 2005-12-01 00:29 - 0 comments
,, I'm also a big fan of natural gas at current prices, around $7.50 per million Btu. There have been production cuts in Canada, and about 10% of U.S. natural-gas fields have been depleted. The supply side is going to tighten up, and inventory levels are ...
personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-06-22 00:25 - 8 comments
From the CBC : Egypt's president announced plans Monday to build several nuclear power plants — the latest in a string of such proposals from moderate Arab countries. The United States immediately welcomed the plan, in sharp contrast to ...
personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-10-29 22:40 - 0 comments
A lot of people seem to think the gold standard was either random or unnecessary. But alas it was not. James Turk, in his writings , explains why we use gold as money and how currencies came to be: In accounting terms, money is a ...
personal blog entry - Theo - 2006-10-29 23:35 - 2 comments
While gold is being focused at this moment and gold stocks have appreciated in prices fantastically silver has not performed as well. When I first thought of investing, silver was obviously my second choice than gold because we regard it as a metal that ...
personal blog entry - YY - 2006-07-12 22:39 - 12 comments
U.S EQUITY Pershing Square International Sprott Hedge Fund Zweig-DiMenna International GLOBAL EQUITY Glenrock Global Partners Goshen Global Equity Passport I Viking Global Equities III EQUITY SECTOR FUNDS BlackRock Hea ...
personal blog entry - pelcmarek - 2008-11-06 18:55 - 2 comments
From CBC : Rising food prices could cause political instability worldwide, the UN's top humanitarian official said Tuesday, as clashes over food costs in Haiti and Egypt continued for a second day. Pointing to a 40 per cent average rise in food ...
personal blog entry - Theo - 2008-04-10 18:10 - 0 comments
I admire top performing hedge funds,but when the hedge fund has a simple strategy and is willing to give detailed explanation of its strategy, I like it even more. Performance: 29.46% annually. http://www.ljmpartners.com/content/history. ...
personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-07-16 19:35 - 10 comments
Today Rally announced production is up 64% from 2,748 boe/d in the first quarter to 4,500 boe/d at the end of March 2006. They are also examining the potential sale of their Canadian assets to increase working capital and focus on higher impact p ...
personal blog entry - Theo - 2006-04-19 08:28 - 0 comments
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