I was just visiting over at Minyanville and read -
“Snap judgments about a law-abiding pusherman: The Pharmacist“.
I took great pleasure in their description of my investment strategy:
Blind faith in Big Pharma whose ability to conjure syndromes out of thin air and repurpose existing drugs to treat them has been shown to generate healthy profits.
Looks like [...]
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Guzzo the Contrarian Redux
I’m back. I should’ve never left. I made a mistake.
I thought that I wanted to narrow my focus to the stock market and blog with more anonymity, but it just wasn’t fully me. I lost focus of what was important to me as a blogger, promoting the “hands on” triumvirate of personal finance, investment and [...]
In Memoriam: George Carlin
As a tribute to George Carlin, one of my favorite comedians, I was going to write a post entitled: Seven Words That You Can’t Use On Wall Street, but it seems that someone already beat me to the punch.
Just as how inefficiencies in the stock market are quickly capitalized upon, so are inefficiencies in the [...]
Frederic Mishkin Resignation
The Wall Street Journal and the WSJ Real Time Economics blog reported today that Federal Reserve governor Frederic Mishkin has tendered his resignation and plans to leave the Fed in August.
Now, most average individual investors would say “Who the heck is Frederic Mishkin?”. But, I’m a little different. I know about Frederic Mishkin only because [...]
Warren Buffett on Relationships
Since I’m on the topic of Warren Buffett, I thought I’d showcase a older video, that may be of him responding to reporter’s persistent questions about his relationships with his (now deceased) wife and Astrid Menks.
But, before viewing this video though, it’s a good idea to gain a greater understanding of WB’s feelings about intrusion [...]
Beat The Street Game
Beat the Street stock market trader’s game from TheStreet.com begins this week, with new rules and weekly prizes.
You can create a new portfolio each Friday for 12 weeks at 5:00 PM ET through Monday at 9:29 AM ET beginning April 4, 2008.
Participants are provided with a fictional account, two hundred fifty thousand ($250,000) fictional U.S. [...]
Eliot Spitzer’s Legacy
I was reading “When Karma Calls” over at PIonline and the found the attitude that some on Wall Street still have towards Eliot Spitzer a little hard to digest.
Instead of holding themselves responsible for their own misdeeds, many on Wall Street still blame Eliot Spitzer for their own, or their associates, demise. What does that [...]