Posted by Davy Bui on November 8th, 2008 in Book Reviews, Gurus
AUTHOR: Jim Rogers
RATING: 6 of 10
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Clear, concise writing style makes for quick reading.
Good introduction for those unfamiliar with the China story.
Despite Rogers’ tendency for fast quips during media appearances, on paper he tends to provide more facts and figures to support his arguments.
Provides a wide survey of different industries with a short listing of stocks [...]
Posted by Davy Bui on April 24th, 2008 in Book Reviews
AUTHOR: Susan Shirk
RATING: 10 of 10
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Posted by Davy Bui on April 9th, 2008 in Politics
I haven’t really discussed politics much on this blog/site simply because the discourse is usually wasteful. Most people cannot separate ideology from politics and so discussion quickly descends into vitriol, dogma, etc. But I cannot resist the urge to register my disdain for the current Chinese Olympic protests in London, Paris, San Francisco, [...]
Posted by Davy Bui on January 4th, 2008 in Market Commentary, Pundits
Bloomberg’s Open Exchange is interviewing Jonathan Lewis, head of some firm which I’m sure manages billions of dollars for someone or other. Most readers of the blog know my pet peeve regarding talking heads who espouse boneheaded strategies and/or outlooks. But this guy Lewis seems to have his data wrong as well.
He just [...]
Posted by Davy Bui on October 9th, 2007 in Stock Research
In my last update on this company, I speculated that part of the problems with their stock price had to do with invester relations and the relative lack of experience on the part of the CFO, who’s only 33 years old. Well, it looks like the company agreed as they’ve brought in a new [...]