Perception is the new reality
The situation of the US economy Is pretty bad, and today’s figures add to the gloom, but the markets seem to take it all in their stride. Very curious. Why […]
Managing the asset markets? Part I
One of the pillars of the ‘new economy’ thesis, popular at the beginning of this decade, was that the traditional business cycle would be flattened and the economy could grow […]
Looking for cheap stocks in an expensive market III
Here is something we wrote yesterday: Banks don’t trust one another because risk has been put in a blender and distributed as confetti to all of them, making a proper […]
Looking for cheap stocks in an expensive market II. TSL update
We ran some comments about an article by Motley Fool about the housing crisis and the general state of the market this morning. Today, the market seems to be in […]
Performance check and update
Friday 25th of April 2008 After just a couple of weeks, we cannot really complain with the stock advise we have provided.
Looking for cheap stocks in an expensive market
In a pretty good article from Motley Fools’ Ray Gibbons about how the economy will get worse, there is some solid advice on stocks. The general thesis of that article […]
I want my shares! One guy’s odisea against naked shorting.
In our research about stock manipulation, we came across the following really amusing (albeit sad) exchange between one guy and his broker. His aim was to get his shares delivered […]
A primer on short attacks
Some investors don’t know what a short attack is, some still wonder whether it in fact exists, others don’t want you to find out. In short, all you ever wanted […]
Iceland attacked by hedgefunds
Hedge funds are in the news lately, mostly in a negative way. They are almost completely unregulated, and with their enormous amount of leverage, they can wreck havoc on innocent […]
The US markets, what can we expect?
It looks like it’s going to be another up day. We have good news from Johnson & Johnson (profits up 40%, more than expected) and manufacturing in the New York […]