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Real Estate Media Set to Launch an Internet-Based "Foreclosure Triage Center"

The housing market in the US is in a deep recession, and research indicates further declines in new construction, sales and prices are imminent. By the end of next year, falling home values, combined with rising payments on adjustable mortgages, tighter le ...

forum topic - onevision - 2007-11-21 09:56 - 0 comments

On choosing 6 or 7 new stocks

On a recent gurufocus.com forum post, I was asked, "if you had $10,000 to invest today, which 5 stocks would you buy right now".  Here's what I said: Re: if you had $10,000 to invest today, which 5 stocks would you buy right now ...

personal blog entry - Vooch - 2007-01-23 23:57 - 0 comments

Report Blasts "Peak Oil" Theory

For those Energy-lovers out there, I saw this on slashdot today which you might find of interest: "Today, the Cambridge Energy Research Associates released a report dismissing the Peak Oil theory , suggesting that world oil production will c ...

personal blog entry - Vooch - 2006-11-15 17:19 - 1 comment

Canadian stocks ravaged

That was the title in the Globe and Mail today.  Here is an eye-opening quote from the article: "The market is finally starting to wake up to some realities out there," said Murray Leith, director of research at investment adviser ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2008-01-22 01:30 - 0 comments

Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report

Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK-A ), for those that do not know, is Warren Buffett’s gargantuan investing vehicle.  Book value for Berkshire has grown from $19 to $59,377 over the past 41 years at a rate of 21.5% compounded annually.  And Warren ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-11-16 12:09 - 0 comments

Food Rationing in America

From the New York Sun : Many parts of America, long considered the breadbasket of the world, are now confronting a once unthinkable phenomenon: food rationing. Major retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast are lim ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2008-04-22 17:58 - 0 comments

Warren Buffett--In 1974

I love this Buffett article from 1974 when he was 44 years old.  A must read to see how cheap the market was and how Buffett knew it and made a killing. How do you contemplate the current stock market, we asked Warren Buffett, the sage of O ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2008-05-03 04:36 - 0 comments

In the Red, Selling Stock

Nearly half the companies that have gone public so far this year have been unprofitable : As stock-market indexes hit one record after another, there is something else to remind investors of the heady days of 1999 and early 2000: Nearly half the ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-06-03 22:33 - 0 comments

HNR thesis

All data taken from 8-K filed Dec. 1, 2006 unless otherwise noted                 South Mongas Unit (SMU)           Harvest ...

personal blog entry - biscosc - 2007-02-21 16:07 - 6 comments

This powder keg is going to blow (Who is next Bove list)

by Doug Kass After a big bank in California collapsed in mid-July, Mr. Richard X. Bove rushed out a report with a provocative title: “Who’s Next?” What followed was a list of 107 banks, ranked according to two measures of their f ...

personal blog entry - pelcmarek - 2008-08-06 05:54 - 0 comments

Bernanke should cut rates

Peter Hodson wrote a thought-provoking article on why Bernanke should cut rates .  At the minimum, Bernanke will almost certainly not raise rates any time soon. The market responds better to truly surprising rate cuts or those that can poten ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-08-14 16:18 - 0 comments

Everbank CDs

Has anyone looked into the foreign currency CDs at everbank.com? For someone who is a complete amateur in currency markets, the Icelandic Krona's 13% APY on a 3-month cd seems like a pretty sweet deal--too good to be true. I wonder if the currency/governme ...

personal blog entry - smtkr - 2007-03-14 10:23 - 2 comments

connacher oil and gas

I urge everyone to due their own research and what has impressed me about this site is the lack of hype.  i hope to continue this level of discourse and that is why it has taken me so long to compose this post. If you're looking for a small cap val ...

personal blog entry - beezwax - 2007-02-02 18:37 - 1 comment

ABSOLUTE RETURN AWARDS 2008 - FINAL NOMINATIONS

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

Hilton Options Deliver Payoffs

I continue to be fascinated by Call options before acquisitions (a.ka. illegal insider trading).  The WSJ reported today that about 22,000 call options of Hilton Hotels were traded – 8 times the average daily volume – the day before th ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-07-06 14:26 - 3 comments