(read the below in an exaggerated Australian accent, like that guy who took bubble baths with great white sharks and electric eels but for some strange reason died in a freak animal incident.) Krikey! This landscape is litrelly filled with Market Bears! But wait just a tick – there appear to be many different types…
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Hot Links: IPO Culture, Rice Prices, Series 7 & the iPhone Cheese Dock
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Kedrosky on 2010’s return of the IPO culture. (InfectiousGreed) Robyn Meredith on China’s 2010 commodity appetite: “Watch the price of rice.” (Forbes) Quentin Hardy: In 2010 the internet will break, but something better will replace it. (Forbes) New Bank of America chief has no Series 7 or Series 24 license. …
A Few Chunks of Goldbug Kryptonite
Hold your hate mail Goldbugs…I don’t make predictions here on anything, nor do I particularly care which way the price goes today or tomorrow. The recent sell-off in the yellow metal has brought out a ton of bearish sentiment this week, some of which I’ll post here… First up, Doug Kass has a gold call…
The "Cute and Cuddly Grandpa from Omaha" has Fangs
I’ve read enough about and by Warren Buffett to be completely in awe of him. he remains, as Doug Kass calls him, The Mozart of Investing, cobbling together one masterpiece after another, always ahead of the curve. That said, my eyes were opened by some of my favorite bloggers this weekend, and I will probably…
Doug Kass: 20 Signs Of How Bad The Economy Is
If you’re not reading Doug Kass on a regular basis, here’s one more reason why you should… This morning he posted his Letterman-style list 20 Signs Of How Bad The Economy Is over on RealMoney Silver. You need a subscription to read it, so I’ll only share two or three of these: The economy is…
Doug Kass on Fast Money
My fave pundit Doug Kass appeared on CNBC’s Fast Money last night and contrary to my expectations, they actually slowed it down enough to let him get some good points across. Nicely done, guys. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.889076&w=425&h=350&fv=] a>”
A Whole Episode of Fast Money in One Sentence
CNBC’s Fast Money program is definitely entertaining, and if there are no syndicated reruns of Diff’rent Strokes on, I will occasionally tune in. My fave pundit Doug Kass will be on this evening and, I assume, he will try his best to keep up with the frenetic pace of the banter. If he doesn’t, they may…
Hot Links: Marc Faber, Doug Kass & R2D2
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Pay attention! What to expect from the FOMC statement today. (Bloomberg) Great interview: Marc Faber on Tech Ticker discussing why emerging markets will surpass the West. (TechTicker) In Soviet Russia, Kalashnikov Bankrupts You! (LOLFed) The unintended consequences of Sen Dodd‘s aggressive push for one super-regulator will be that this will…
Doug Kass: 10 Reasons Why The Market Has Likely Peaked For The Year
“I am less confident as a decade of hocus-pocus borrowing and lending and 35-to-1 leverage at almost every level in both private and public sectors cannot likely be relieved in the great debt unwind over the course of only 12 months.” -Doug Kass, August 26th 2009 Doug Kass has made some tremendous calls over the…
Fed Leaves Rates Unch, Kass Sees Possibility of Much Higher Rates in the Statement
OK, so my excitement for today’s FOMC meeting notwithstanding, today’s statement, on it’s surface, didn’t appear to contain anything new. That said, TheStreet.com’s Doug Kass, my fave market commentator, has come away with a different perspective on what may have been said between the lines. 8/12/2009 2:48 PM EDT From my perch, the Fed report suggests…