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Category: Holy Grails
- May 24, 2010The 50 year Forecast? Ahem… Bullsh**
Feedback in: “Dear Michael Covel, I’m a financial professional analyzing the financial markets of any type. I’m working free, not dependent to ant company or institution. During last 6 months, I aware…
- April 19, 2010What is StockTwits: It it of Use or Just a Bunch of Twits?
Howard Lindzon has said some very nice things about my books. Now that the disclaimer is out of the way: what in the world is the purpose of StockTwits? For example, from…
- March 1, 2010Goldline Starting to Tarnish
I just called the Goldline guys. First thing I asked, “If I buy gold from you when do I ever sell?” The punk on the phone (and that is being charitable) said:…
- August 17, 2009Tim Paradis AP Business Writer Has Less Than No Clue
Tim Paradis, apparently an AP business writer, penned this ditty this morning: Investors’ rising fears about consumer spending are turning stocks into a risky investment again. Stocks plunged and Treasury prices soared…
- April 10, 2009Market Crystal Ball: 1934 Chicago Tribune Cartoon
Thanks to Alex Spiroglou for noting an old cartoon with parallels for today: More.
- December 17, 2008The Madoff Investor JEHT Foundation, created by Jeanne Levy-Church, Shocked to Lose their Endowment
From the New York Times today: When Jeanne Levy-Church created the JEHT Foundation in 2002 to promote justice, equality, human dignity and tolerance, she tapped into investments run by Bernard L. Madoff.…
- December 15, 2008Madoff Clients: Case Studies for Colleges Classes for Decades
From the AP today: When local officials in Fairfield, Conn., heard of Madoff’s arrest “it set off every bell,” said Paul Hiller, the town’s chief fiscal officer. The town’s employees board and…