We talked about this last night
Ironic, we have been railing about this for some time now. Glad to see the WSJ picking up the baton. In 2007, a top securities regulator warned that executives could be abusing preset plans to buy…
Insider-Trading Probe Widens - WSJ.com
Insiders know what they are doing. They have a huge advantage over the common stock investor. That's why the SEC has laws intended to level the playing field. Come to our Investment Survival…
The Coming Real Estate 'Fiscal Cliff' - Business Insider
I'm not predicting a housing price collapse but all four of these events are almost certain to happen to some degree and none of them are good for house prices. Four Major Events That Could…
Our 3rd largest holding CYS just announced a special dividend, up after hours
We wrote on December 6th about the sell off in mortgage REIT's and the big insider buying as a result of that. It seems that after hours today, CYS just announced their normal dividend and a big…
Last Investment Survival Workshop of the Year
The next and last Investment Survival Workshop for 2012 will be Wednesday, December 12th at the Blind Dog at 6:00PM. No Products or Services are sold at these workshops. They are for qualified…
Insider Trading Persists, and Gets Stealthier - NYTimes.com
I thought this article in today's NY Times was interesting considering that so much of insider trading is readily available to anyone that wants to take the time to follow and analyze the SEC…
Big Dividend-Paying Mortgage REITs, Such As 14.05% CYS Investments, Are Still Good Buys - Seeking Alpha
Recent pull pack in a number of these names stimulated insider buying. Perhaps the largest amount of buying in this name, CYS. The Fund picked up a sizeable stake. CYS is a mortgage REIT…
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index Closed Up 0.33% in November
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index Finished Up 0.64% in November New York, December 17, 2012 - The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index (the “Broad Index”) finished up 0.64%…
The Next Crisis for German Banks — Shipping - NYTimes.com
FRANKFURT — For all the talk about Germany’s financial exposure to Greece, it turns out that some German banks have a problem of more titanic proportions — their vulnerability to the global…
Volatility Propels Emotional Investing: Chart of the Week: Market Insight: Financial Professionals: BlackRock
This chart from BlackRock states the obvious. Most people are terrible investors. The real question is how much better is BlackRock. Volatility is often the catalyst for poor decisions at…