Month: January 2009

Cage Match: The President vs. The CEOs

From my latest MSN Strategy Lab Journal:

Market manipulators  won’t go down without a fight against President Obama’s reform plans for Wall Street.

It appears that we could be heading for a showdown. In one corner: the Masters of Disasters, the Thrashers of Crashers, a.k.a. the Lending Loonies (theatrical pause) . ....

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Video: Dr. Marc Faber – Coming to TDI Podcast near you…

In the next coming week, I will have the privilege of interviewing Dr. Marc Faber, noted economist (Dr. Doom) on The Disciplined Investor Podcast. In this video, Faber notes that the recent bailout(s) and intervention will prolong the agony and depth of the recession.

He notes that the markets are looking...

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TDI Podcast 93: Angels Dancing the Contango

Guest: Dr. Scott Shane is the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western Reserve University.   His previous faculty   appointments include University of Maryland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Georgia Institute of Technology.   He has also served as a visiting scholar at the...

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Links and Reading for January 27th

Some of the more interesting and important items for January 27th :

AmEx Earnings Drop 79% – At least it wasn't 80%
Obama Urges Action on Stimulus – Hurry and spend!
Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis: Peter Schiff Was Wrong – A MUST READ… LIKE N O W!
U.S. Retail Sales...

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Taxpayers will lose at least $64 LARGE on TARP1

It appears that the great investment bankers of the “U.S TRAP Fund, LLC” may have found their first capital loss. Perhaps they too are looking to tax-harvesting as a viable investment techniques. Or they are just really trying to perfect the financial optical illusion.

Isn’t it is too bad that we...

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