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From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 19, 2020 at 3:29 pm ET
Since my grandiose plans from about a year ago to turn some of the domains I own into businesses never came to fruition, I have decided to re-park them. Given the (somewhat) amazing response that ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 13, 2020 at 6:39 pm ET
I just made $22.01 for July - October from parking some domains with Sedo. Very nice. ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 12, 2020 at 2:10 pm ET
It occurred to me yesterday that, as we approach the the $1,000,000,000,000 mark in losses from this mortgage induced economic and credit crisis, the size of the global hedge fund industry is estimated at somewhere ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 11, 2020 at 4:18 am ET
From Felix Salmon at Portfolio:"If you want to save money, save money. Don't place too much trust in the market to make your money grow, since there's a good chance the market will end up ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 6, 2020 at 7:38 am ET
So I finally received my Federal tax refund earlier this week. I think it actually came yesterday, IIRC. $2484. Not bad. So I deposited it along with $15 that I have saved in the last ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 1, 2020 at 7:57 am ET
While I don't like the name (just a personal thing), this is a great idea for anyone having problems with their finances.In order to achieve any goal, you must first gain clarity around that goal. ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 30, 2020 at 3:23 pm ET
The FT Alphaville has a piece on the negative crack spread. I'm not going to get into explaining what the crack spread is here, since the article does a much better job. However, it does ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 29, 2020 at 4:58 am ET
I have no idea how I missed this originally, but I think it was because I was in Las Vegas when this was published by David Merkel.Simply put, this is the best definition of how ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 27, 2020 at 1:35 pm ET
I was so looking forward to making a rebalancing buy in my trading account today, but my cash balance conspired against it. No matter. Next week will give me an opportunity to rebalance for November.I ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 17, 2020 at 2:04 pm ET
The WSJ has an article about the impact of the credit crunch on colleges. It appears that the effects are being felt all through the academic complex.Good!Higher education has been one of the most mis-priced ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 15, 2020 at 3:45 am ET
THIS (WSJ.com sub req'd) is abso-fucking-lutely absurd!Doesn't anybody realize that artificial demand is what caused this problem in the first bloody place? The whole point is that real, market clearing prices need to be found ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 15, 2020 at 2:30 am ET
A nice piece, several days old, by John Dizard over at the Financial Times. Not sure where I picked this one up, but thanks to whomever supplied it!If nothing else, the moral of this story ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 6, 2020 at 1:25 pm ET
Nice interview with Seth Glickenhaus here (WSJ.com sub req'd). Definitely worth a few minutes to read. I'd say it was spot on, but then I'd probably be gushing. ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 4, 2020 at 4:22 am ET
This has been floating around in my mind for a while, but it all just came together right now as I finished reading the Bloomberg article referenced in my last post.Whenever you hear someone make ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 4, 2020 at 3:33 am ET
So I'm finally catching up on some reading, post-vacation. After getting about halfway through this piece of reporting at Bloomberg.com, I'm once again led to wonder who the hell would buy a principal protected note. ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 3, 2020 at 11:18 pm ET
Not like this is due to happen anytime soon, but I do have to wonder when shorting CDS becomes a viable strategy?Just a thought...Or how about a company shorting its own CDS, maybe through a ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 1, 2020 at 10:59 pm ET
As a bit of a follow up to my last post, I leave you all with this. I guess I'm cautiously pessimistic, overall. ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 1, 2020 at 10:19 pm ET
I'm angry.Sitting in my room in the Monte Carlo hotel on the Las Vegas strip, I've been watching the absurdity of the last few days. Needless to say, I'm disgusted. However, that's not why I'm ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 1, 2020 at 6:53 am ET
I like Marc Faber, and his analysis seems to be generally good, but man does he like to hear himself talk. Just answer the damn question, Marc. 20% in US dividend paying shares. 10% in ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogSeptember 30, 2020 at 10:29 pm ET
Yes, I did just post. I've been on vacation in Las Vegas for the last week. I thought I said that, but maybe not.Anyway, I've got some thoughts on some of the things we've been ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogSeptember 30, 2020 at 10:22 pm ET
Its really time to get out of this country. That's really all that I can think of now.Thanks to P. Kedrosky for this one. ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogSeptember 23, 2020 at 6:38 am ET
I am fascinated by the inputs to, machinations of, and outputs from the global financial system. That's why I love this kind of behind the scenes, in depth coverage of something as arcane as LIBOR. ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogSeptember 19, 2020 at 2:36 pm ET
This is really just a stream of consciousness post.A friend of mine sent along a recent Market Mover's post by Felix Salmon over at Portfolio. Anyway, in reading this, especially the comments, it occurred to ... ( more)
From The Alpha Guy - view blog entries - visit this blogSeptember 10, 2020 at 6:00 am ET
You'll notice quite a few additions to the right hand navigation here. I've added a few blogs that really are must-reads, and moved around a few other sites. DealBreaker and FINalternatives really needed to go ... ( more)
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