Another UFC card, another attempt at picks. Looking forward to tonight’s card and Anderson Silva’s redemption after that jokey performance he gave last time out against Patrick Cote. All odds from www.betus.com: Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva (-600) vs. Thales Leites (+350) Leites is a pretty weak challenger with a less than impressive resume leading up [...]
The Financial Times released results of a new FT/Harris poll: Sharp Divide In Public Opinion On Bonus Culture How Business Turned Into The Bogeyman Thus continues the corporate class’ continued propoganda campaign, with the complicity of mainstream financial media, to promote themselves as the engine that makes the world turn. Notice how often these corporate [...]
I haven’t thrown up a sports post in a while and with the quarterfinals in the Champions League beginning today, now is a good time to get back into it. BTW, I think exercises like trying to pick winners in sporting events are helpful to stock picking. Trying to assess strengths, weaknesses and then assigning [...]
For some reason, I get the Sacramento Bee delivered every Saturday even though I didn’t order it and have little respect for the paper. Nevertheless, I noticed a front-page article on China’s “tough talk” on the U.S. fiscal situation. Penned by Kevin G. Hall, this piece reminded me why I don’t read the Sac Bee. [...]
CNBC’s coverage this morning in the wake of Obama’s budget plan is laughable and pathetic. Obama’s “War On Wealth”? Are they presenting news and analysis or is simply a monied version of conservative talk radio? On Obama’s budget plan, I confess ignorance to the fine details. Not only that but I paraphrase Seth Klarman’s wise [...]
What a way to start off the year in the markets, eh? But the weekly playlist posts aren’t outlets for market commentary so readers will have to wait until the portfolio spreadsheet is posted tomorrow or Monday. I should also have an exciting announcement soon as well. Regular readers (I do love me some regular [...]
