Yet another mega-private-equity take-over. This time its KKR buying FDC for nearly 30 billion dollars. I look at this deal and wonder how it is going to work. Business Week thinks this is a great deal. So let's start with the stock chart of FDC: Notice in October of last year the FDC stock price...
Read More →Yes you read it right, I can show you how to make 1.5 million in less than four months. You think it is impossible, right? Think of what you could do with that money. You could pay off your mortgage, take a trip around the world, or buy a brand new Hummer because well you can! Sounds like a scam...
Read More →You will often read in the news comments like the following. > Carl Tannenbaum said, "I think chances are evenly split between a cut and a hike right now it looks like inflation is coming down - but core inflation is still stubbornly above the Fed's 2% target. Why 2%, why not 3%, why not 1.12345%?...
Read More →Kristin Friedersdorf, from WallSt.net, has posted her interview with me. Goto her Financial Blog Watch page over there to hear me talk about the history of InvestorGeeks and my lessons learned in trying to start a blog network. I had a great (if brief) time on the phone with Kristin. Her other...
Read More →Steve, who blogs here and at UnderTrader.com, is looking for sponsors for the bike ride he will be doing in support of the Arthritis Foundation next Fall. > We will be riding bicycles along the coast from San Francisco to Santa Monica, California. It takes 8 long, tiring days! All it takes for you...
Read More →One of the things that I do to rationalize positions is take the opposite side and create my own debate. I often do this when my head says one thing, but my gut feeling is saying something else. So for this blog entry I am going to spill my guts and hope somebody wants to add their own two cents....
Read More →In January, my fiancee and I were lucky enough to go on a cruise to the Caribbean with the band "The Barenaked Ladies." It was actually my Christmas gift to her because it's her favorite band. Strangely, I received a great gift on that cruise that I wasn't expecting. One night we were up in the...
Read More →Some good stuff from an interview with Jim Cramer here on YouTube. I think we have a few months left on our TheStreet.com subscription. I might check out their TV offerings a bit more. I hear that WallStrip is over there now too.
Read More →Ford is dire straits and we knew that. So what do they do? Sell Aston Martin! Idiots!!!! I am being harsh because I have not seen that much lunacy in a while. Aston Martin is profitable for Ford, and they sell what is profitable. What does Ford keep? Whatever is loosing money. > The Premier Auto...
Read More →Ok so the market is dropping, and as per my earlier comments you should wait until the Dow hits 11,750 before thinking of stepping in. I am changing my opinion. Yes I think the Dow will drop, but I think there is something more going on here. Look at the following chart of the S&P....
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