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The Morning Morsel-And the Award For Best Line in a Drama Series Goes To “Extended Period”

UpsideTrader — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:27 +0000

Back in the early 80’s when I was just a wee lad, a very wise man told me that the market is driven by rates and fighting the guys in the Ivory Tower that set interest rate policy is a losers...

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Been Busy Working on the Boat

UpsideTrader — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:15:18 +0000

A French ship building company and one of Monaco joined hands to build this yacht with enormous dimensions: the WHY 58×38. (58 meters long and 38 meters wide). It’s...

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Weekend Linky Dinks- Higher We Go as the Financials Break Out

UpsideTrader — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:16:07 +0000

Sweet week for the bulls, we saw takeovers in MIL and OSIP, Apple exploded higher just when everyone thought it might find a new home in the 180’s, Europe went to the back page which helped ,...

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The Morning Morsel-Shorting the Euro Over Dinner

UpsideTrader — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:44:36 +0000

You may have heard about the ” idea dinner” at a tony Park Ave townhouse by now. Hedge fund heavyweights in attendance were names like Soros, SAC Capital and Brigade. The topic of...

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Weekend Linky Dinks- Beware the Ides of March?

UpsideTrader — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:27:13 +0000

U.S. stocks on Friday capped their best month since November with modest gains, lifted by some improvement in U.S. economic data, though worries about consumer spending and sovereign debt kept a lid...

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The Morning Morsel-Gotta Love the Volatility

UpsideTrader — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:55:34 +0000

Legend has it that the shorts are “usually right”, after all they do more homework. Right? Jim Chanos was shorting Enron when the clueless bull market geniuses in their ivory towers were...

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UpsideTrader Mid-Day View with Joe Donohue (02/25/10)

UpsideTrader — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:51:18 +0000

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The Morning Morsel-Oil Service in Play

UpsideTrader — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:45:26 +0000

Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next door went nuts. Schlumberger Ltd. and Smith International Inc. said Sunday that their boards of directors have approved...

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Weekend Linky Dinks-Always Interesting

UpsideTrader — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:55:12 +0000

We saw a week where our Olympic kids took down more gold than Paulson’s fund, the Fed hiked the discount rate and Tiger made a mea culpa more popular than Clinton’s. I watched it and felt...

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The Morning Morsel-The Fed Isn’t Your Friend

UpsideTrader — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:30:17 +0000

How come Superman could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him? For those of you too young to remember, the Fed always used to whack you while you were...

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