Month: January 2009

Idiotic Investing: Paul B. Farrell is Hunting Swans

Just a couple of weeks ago, I was astounded by the blabber and blather that our dear old friend Mr. Farrell was presenting regarding Lazy Portfolios. Yes, those again….

He even wrote a book touting the merits of a strategy that essentially employs “buy-and-hold” a.k.a “until-death-do-us-part” strategy. According to the publisher’s...

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Strategy Lab: The Impact on the Market from Option’s Expiration

(From my latest journal entry for the MSN Strategy Lab. Take a look on the left at the current standings)

In this volatile market, contracts on options have become increasingly more expensive. This is because the main pricing components of options are: expected rate of return,...

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Links and Reading for January 19th

Some of the more interesting and important items for January 19th :

Time to Sell US Treasuries – Korea's government may shift investments out of US Treasuries.
RBS to unveil up to $37 billion of losses – Well, at least it is not $40 billion. Right?
Buffett says US in 'economic...

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TDI Podcast 92: An Unavoidable Depression? (Dent and Shedlock)

Guests: Harry S. Dent Jr. and Mike “Mish” Shedlock help to uncover the market’s direction for the next few months. Harry provides us an important update and sobering outlook for an economy. We questions whether or not a full-blown depression in inevitable.

Mish provides us with excellent...

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Video: WSJ “Stimulus Scam” with Peter Schiff

The excessive spending and ridiculous level of government intervention is the cause of the problem, not the solution exclaims EuroPacific’s Peter Schiff. This is a continuation of a similar discussion Peter and I had in a recent episode of The Disciplined Investor Podcast .

Is this a reasonable and rationale thought...

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