Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-19-2007, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 79
Re: \"traditional\" hedge funds
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thats all given, but then why do so many long/short funds have such a large directional bias??
i've thought about that and it seems that it is for 2 reasons, 1) they choose a...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-18-2007, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 260
Re: Need advice: shorting and securies lending
Never short a stock based only on valuation. I have not looked at the stock in about 5-6 years. At that time it had a complicated corporate structure that would cloud simple valuation analysis. ...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-18-2007, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 260
Re: Need advice: shorting and securies lending
net worth and account size are two different items. I really don't know what size you would need. I think having an account of $1mm would do it, maybe $500k. And then it is likely to be a low...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-15-2007, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 260
Re: Need advice: shorting and securies lending
I don't know of any brokers that are going to give you a short rebate with a small account. Additionally, I doubt any will give you the rebate for lending out your shares.
I have extensive...
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Forum: Health and Fitness
03-30-2007, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 371
Re: The Wall
How about in the morning?
I just started working out and the only time I have available is in the morning and it’s been working out great. I set the coffee pot to start brewing about 10 minutes...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-11-2006, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 48
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-08-2006, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 58
David Einhorn is out. He takes 18th for $659,730.
David Einhorn raised to 250K preflop from middle position and Jamie Gold. Allen Cunningham and Luke Chung all called that bet. With the board showing the Q J 6, Einhorn moved all in for 1 million and...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-07-2006, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 53
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-07-2006, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 60
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-07-2006, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 60
Details from pokerpages
Rob Berryman has busted in 33rd place. David Einhorn bets to 160K, and both William Thorsson and Rob Berryman call. The flop comes Qs 9c 5c and Einhorn bets 400K, Thorsson raises to 1.3 million, and...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-21-2006, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 58
Re: help with this performance history
VGSTX paid a lot more in dividends. For the period 12/95 to 5/06, simple price appreciation is only 33% compared to 104% for VFINX. Reinvesting dividends makes the total returns much more even,...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-21-2006, 01:07 AM
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Replies: 95
Views: 383
Re: Ask tommy2 about Real Estate
This year, more than $300 billion worth of hybrid ARMs will readjust for the first time. That number will jump to approximately $1 trillion in 2007, according to the MBA. Monthly payments will leap...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-14-2006, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 152
Re: Homebuilders destroyed... buying opportunity?
Some quick thoughts I have regarding the homebuilders.
I looked at the data series from the GDP report of residential investment and graphed it going back to the 40s. There is a definite channel...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
05-24-2006, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 70
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-27-2006, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 235
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-26-2006, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 164
Re: Messed up w/ my Roth IRA, need advice
I think you can withdraw it without any problems. This happened to me a few years ago with my children’s Educational IRA. You can get a form from the institution and one of the options is something...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-26-2006, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 235
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-26-2006, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 257
Re: Most effective way to short the dollar?
I'd argue that a 5% allocation to one of the mutual funds I listed would be part of a conservative strategy. It is an uncorrelated asset that can reduce portfolio volatility. I would not advocate...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-25-2006, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 257
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-22-2006, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 151
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-19-2006, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 165
Greenblatt interview
Gotham Capital's Greenblatt on Strategy and Picks (Transcript)
2006-01-18 19:27 (New York)
Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Joel Greenblatt, managing partner of
Gotham Capital and author of ``The...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-19-2006, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 168
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-05-2006, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 175
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-04-2006, 12:50 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 319
Re: Growth vs. Value Investing
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I don't know what PSR is.
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Maybe Price-to-Sales Ratio?
If this is it, make sure you add the amount of debt to the market cap of the stock and divide this by...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-03-2006, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 166
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