The Wall Street Journal summed up my thoughts on Apple

When a company as rich and valuable as Apple falls below private equity buy out values ,there are still no buyers.  Eventually Apple will buy its own stock back.  It's not a broken company, at least…


Best Advice From The World's Greatest Investors - Business Insider

Best Advice From The World's Greatest Investors - Business Insider. I found this handy slide show presentation of investment nuggets.  Very entertaining. I especially like the format of the idea with…


Thoughts on the Apple pain trade

I don't see the point in taking a needless loss.  They should have made a larger size screen phone and I assume they will.  When Google starts making a computer you really want to own then I'll get…


JP Morgan Trade of the Week

Of course the focus this weekend was on the NFL playoffs but we did try to put some reading time to work. JP Morgan's trade of the week is going long GE into Friday's earnings.  Wow I hate playing…


Economic Experts Give Predictions for 2013 - NYTimes.com

To many politicians, the deal that raised taxes on the wealthy and averted the fiscal cliff was a sellout, a cop-out, a Band-Aid — in short, nothing good. And now the debt ceiling showdown is…


King Kong vs. Godzilla or the battle of Herbalife

If we can't bring you ideas to make you tons of money, at least we're going to attempt to entertain you.  If you haven't tuned in yet, you should.  Wall Street is now re-enacting the equivalent of…


What's at the Center of the Debate Over Herbalife - NYTimes.com

What’s at the Center of the Debate Over Herbalife BY STEVEN M. DAVIDOFF In the wake of the bombshell announcement that Daniel S. Loeb’s Third Point has taken an 8.9 percent stake in Herbalife after…


US Health Lags The Developed World - Business Insider

In their efforts to block health care reform, politicians often claim that the U.S. has the best health care system in the world.  As such, we shouldnt tinker with it.The evidence, however, points to…


Apple, your stock has become a distraction

Really, Tim Cook.  It's time to put an end to the trading mania around your stock.  My calculations today that $12.86 billion worth of stock that traded today was 58% of entire dollar volume ($12.86…


100 Top Hedge Funds In 2012 - Business Insider

The 100 Most Successful Hedge Funds Of 2012Lucas Kawa | Jan. 4, 2013, 8:17 AM |The February 2013 edition of Bloomberg Markets Magazine features its ranking of the top 100 large hedge fundmanagers in…