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Richard Rainwater

I just read an article about Richard Rainwater selling hotels for $620 million .  Richard Rainwater is part of the elite group of men profiled in Money Masters of Our Time .  This book, by the way, is a must read for learning about modern s ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-04-09 01:42 - 1 comment

Portfolio

Without really thinking, when I opened my account I purchased for my virtual portfolio the two stocks that I'm thinking of investing in. After about 5 seconds I realized that there's no capital gains taxes or transaction costs involved.  I'm probab ...

personal blog entry - F.K. Soft - 2006-06-23 12:38 - 8 comments

Nothing Can Stop the Law of Supply and Demand

There has been much talk about the price of gold being manipulated .  If that is true, everybody should read " My Own Story " by Bernard Baruch.  You will learn how to make a fortune from this opportunity.  That is because ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-06-20 02:10 - 7 comments

Bill Fleckenstein

Bill Fleckenstein is one of my favourite market commentators for the simple reason that he tells me what I want to hear. His most recent article " Ignoring the Lessons of 1929 " outlines many of the reasons why I am short the Nasdaq. He writes ...

personal blog entry - Suntzu - 2007-05-25 20:26 - 2 comments

Martin Whitman versus Bill Ackman

    Martin Whitman                              Bill Ackman Martin Whitman ...

personal blog entry - pelcmarek - 2008-03-08 06:28 - 8 comments

Sprott Asset Management October Letter

Let’s begin this article with a thought experiment. Suppose the central bank in your country of choice promised to make everybody rich by printing $1 million for every man, woman, and child. Would you go out and celebrate? Likely not, as you would kn ...

personal blog entry - Reco2308 - 2007-11-16 12:16 - 0 comments

Signals that indicate trouble for your stock

Peter Hodson wrote an excellent piece on the May 4, 2007 edition of Investor's Digest of Canada titled " Signals that indicate trouble for your stock ".  Keeping problems out of your portfolio is easier said than done, he says, but her ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-05-27 22:24 - 1 comment

Fitch: " It's Not Getting Better, It's Getting Worse "

No one is really paying much attention to it yet, but in a conference call update this morning Fitch Ratings said it expects subprime mortgage losses to increase and that things are not, in fact, getting better. They are accelerating. Inter ...

personal blog entry - pelcmarek - 2008-03-21 18:58 - 1 comment

Gullible's Travels

It constantly amazes me that people invest money in things they do not understand and then are surprised when they lose that money. A lot of derivatives fall into this category. I remember reading that George Soros didn't understand many derivatives. Of co ...

personal blog entry - Suntzu - 2007-11-17 14:15 - 3 comments

Great Quote

Here's a great quote from prudentbear.com: "I am not a forecaster of the future; I'm a historian. And history says this will blow up. It always has. And there will be some blood on the street." - Wells Fargo CEO Richard Kovacevich, Dec. '06 ...

personal blog entry - Suntzu - 2007-05-31 23:20 - 2 comments

Ende vieler Reisen 2013?

Als ob es nicht schon genügend schlechte Nachrichten gäbe: Jetzt warnt die Internationale Energieagentur (IEA) in Paris vor einer Weltwirtschaftkrise 2013 wegen mangelnder Ölvorräte. Gegenüber der Süddeutschen Zeitung sa ...

personal blog entry - pelcmarek - 2009-03-01 04:31 - 0 comments

Coke caves under Wal-Mart pressure

There seems to be no limit to the power of Wal Mart Stores Inc ( WMT ).  CNN had a good article recently about how Coca Cola ( KO ) had to change their supply system in order to please Wal-Mart.  Not even a company as old and as big as ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2006-06-28 13:17 - 10 comments - 2 attachments

Choppers in a Hot LZ

The Fed pulled out all the stops today and threw a whole bunch of money at the markets. The American markets still fell, but they now know The Fed feels their pain. How long will the bounce work for? A day? A week? Mr. Bernanke only has 350 bullets left an ...

personal blog entry - Suntzu - 2008-01-23 00:05 - 8 comments

Statistical Review of World Energy

http://uk.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUKL1272726920070612?pageNumber=1 ...

personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-06-12 17:47 - 3 comments

Rally Energy (RAL.TO) Increases Reserves by 128%

A lot has changed with Rally Energy ( RAL.TO ) since my initial post last year.  For starters, the market finally caught up with this little company and the stock has appreciated 180%.  Since my Dave Taylor article , some readers have as ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-02-15 17:17 - 0 comments