Zynga IPO Fizzles as Stock Falls 5% - WSJ.com

In the upside down world of good news is bad news, bad news is good news, this is actually a bullish event although on the surface people are interpreting it negatively. There is no surer way to hurt…


Best and Worst Stocks of 2011 - Yahoo! Finance

Best and Worst Stocks of 2011 By Ben Steverman | Bloomberg – 19 hours ago The U.S. stock market returned almost nothing to investors in 2011. As of early December, the Standard & Poor's 500 index…


Buckle Up! - Barrons.com

This cover article from this week's Barrons.  My only observation is how does one get a job by being this wrong?  Everyone they reviewed failed miserably on their forecast for this year.  Why would…


The Mother Of All Chart Porn - Presenting Goldman's Top 100 Favorite Charts | ZeroHedge

The Mother Of All Chart Porn - Presenting Goldman's Top 100 Favorite Charts Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/16/2011 08:51 -0500 Goldman Sachs goldman sachs Christmas comes early for chart porn…


Hedge Fund Titan Michael Platt Reveals The Three Things He Won't Touch

Hedge Fund Titan Michael Platt Reveals The Three Things He Won't Touch U.K. hedge fund manager Michael Platt, the founder of $30 billion fund BlueCrest Capital, discussed the eurozone crisis,…


JP Morgan Research Top Ideas for 2012

This is a 156 page report I've posted.  I'm not sure if its worth the additional storage I'll have to pay my network provider.  In other words, it may be completely worthless.  But then again, like I…


No hedge fund strategies have positive YTD results

Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Index Performance Index / Sub Strategies Value** Nov 11 YTD 1 Year Annl* Std Dev* Sharpe* Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index 92.97 -0.95% -7.03% -4.16% 6.38%…


Turmoil sparks hunt for high-yield stocks - FT.com

Turmoil sparks hunt for high-yield stocks By Michael Mackenzie and Dan McCrum in New York Fund managers have had to be nimble this year. A transformed trading environment has tested their investment…


For Europe, Only Way Out Is to Break Up: Kyle Bass - Yahoo! Finance

For Europe, Only Way Out Is to Break Up: Kyle Bass CNBC – 47 minutes ago   With no workable solutions in sight and a sovereign debt crisis only likely to get worse, the European Union is likely…