December 28, 2011 - Quote of the Day
?At some point in 2012, knuckles are going to be turning white, and we?ll see whatever rabbits Ben Bernanke is going to have to pull out of his hat," said David Rosenberg of Gluskin, Sheff in Associates
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Take a Look at Occidental Petroleum (OXY)
There are a lot of belles at the ball, but you can?t dance with all of them. While a student at UCLA in the early seventies, I took a World Politics course which required me to pick a country, analyze its economy, and make recommendations for its economic development. I chose Algeria, a country where
Why Natural Gas is Setting Up for a Big Short
I always thought that a great strategy for a new hedge fund would be to only buy positions from existing hedge funds that were blowing up. That fund would buy securities subject to margin calls and distressed liquidations, which are by definition at six standard deviation extremes. It would not trade very often, but few
The True Cost of Oil
I received some questions last week on my recent solar pieces as to whether I minded paying more money for ?green? power. My answer is ?hell no,? and I?ll tell you why. My annual electric bill comes to $1,500 a year. Since the California power authorities have set a goal of 33% alternative energy sources
December 27, 2011 - Quote of the Day
We have been pretending that we?re too big to fail. We?re not too big to fail, You can jump off of a 90 story building and feel fine for the first 89 stories. It?s the sudden stop at the end that tells you you?re not.? said Tom Friedman, New York Times columnist and author of
An Evening With the Chinese Intelligence Service
I normally avoid the diplomatic circuit, as the few non committal comments and soggy appetizers I get aren?t worth the investment of time. But I jumped at the chance to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the founding of the People?s Republic of China with San Francisco consul general Gao Zhansheng. Happy Birthday China! When
December 26, 2011 - Quote of the Day
?To get rich is glorious!? said Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese general who launched the country?s modern economy in the seventies.
SOLD OUT! December 27 Chicago Strategy Luncheon
This is the last chance to? join me for lunch for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader?s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Chicago on Tuesday, December 27, 2011. A three course lunch will be followed by a PowerPoint presentation and an extended question-and-answer period. I?ll be giving you my up-to-date view on
A Christmas Story
When I was growing up in Los Angles during the fifties, the most exciting day of the year was when my dad took me to buy a Christmas tree. With its semi desert climate, Southern California offered pine trees that were scraggly at best. So the Southern Pacific Railroad made a big deal out of
December 23, 2011 - Quote of the Day
?This isn?t a choice between vanilla and chocolate folks, it?s all rocky road: a few marshmallows to get you excited before the elections, but with a lot of nuts to ruin the aftermath,? said the ever insightful, Bill Gross, at PIMCO.