Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-30-2007, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 196
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-30-2007, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,467
Re: I Think I Have A Partial Answer
There is a big difference between "insider information" and material non-public information. Hedge funds happily pay for information they think will give them an edge. They retain the services of...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-29-2007, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 346
Re: EBITDA
Legend has it that EBITDA became a popular metric when John Malone was trying to finance the emerging cable industry 40 years ago. He convinced TCI's banks that building out the cable infrastructure...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-27-2007, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 201
Re: Conservative High Yield Investments
I'm looking at income oriented closed end funds that trade at significant discounts to NAV. During November and December, the discounts typically widen out from tax loss selling pressure, so now is...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-13-2007, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 144
Views: 743
Re: First good idea
Why are you pumping the stock before the confeence call? I unerstand your motivations, but really, [censored] you.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-13-2007, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 374
Re: Etrade Potential Bankruptcy?
ETFC has held two non-earnings related conference calls to provide additional clarity on the composition of their mortgage exposure since the first "potential bankruptcy" rumor started circlulating...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-11-2007, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 572
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-10-2007, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 144
Views: 743
Re: First good idea
If the economy slows to 1% growth or less as many suggest, corporate default rates will rise, making it much harder for highly leveraged, economically sensitive firms to refinance.
A few high...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-10-2007, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 572
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-21-2007, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 75
Re: Investing in Distressed debt
HCD is an ETF that owns high yield/distressed corporate bonds and syndicated bank loans.
Per ETFconnect, on August 30th HCD's NAV was $14.08, an 11% discount to the stock's $12.48 closing price...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-16-2007, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 259
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-14-2007, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 310
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-05-2007, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 79
Re: Shorting Cramer picks
I was pursuing a similar strategy about a year and a half ago.....except I was shorting his picks in the aftermarket.
I was 6 for 6 in the first 6 times I did it. That led to overconfidence. I...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-22-2007, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 309
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-22-2007, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 270
Re: Countrywide
Yesterday, the WSJ speculated Buffett might be interested in CFC as an investment.
In 2002, Buffett made a direct investment in LVLT when it was on the ropes. I remember the deal was structured...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-12-2007, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 58
Re: chk
Convert arb guys are the dominate players in the convertible market. By definition, they buy the convertible bonds and short the stock. When a new convert offering is announced, some guys with fast...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-12-2007, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 144
Views: 743
Re: First good idea
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DSUP has an enterprise value at $8.50 of (depending on which seasonal balance sheet you use) around $480m.
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What about the remaining future minimum lease payments under...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-26-2007, 11:37 PM
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Replies: 144
Views: 743
Re: First good idea
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EW YORK - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services withdrew its ratings on Wednesday for two credit facilities postponed by Dayton Superior Corp., which makes concrete construction products and...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-08-2007, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 110
Re: What are the mechanics behind a market crash?
Charles Kindleberger's "Manias, Panics, and Crashes" documents the history and causes of manias, panics and crashes beginning with the Dutch tulip mania. It's a good read. I'll try to summarize his...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-29-2007, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 83
Re: Buffett\'s Income
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He has paid himself $100,000 per year at Berkshire for a number of years and never taken a bonus. I was under the impression that when he dissolved the investment partnerhip he...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-29-2007, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 83
Buffett\'s Income
At Hillary's fundraiser in NYC this week, Buffett talked about how inequities in the tax code favor those with high incomes. To illustrate, he said his federal tax rate (which is both income taxes...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-06-2007, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 142
Views: 947
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-05-2007, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 142
Views: 947
Re: The IOWA FARMLAND rush continues on...........
What exactly did I make up? That chart reflects the past productivity/technological advances that I discussed in previous posts (widespread use of fertilzer, irrigation, pesticides, etc. to increase...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-05-2007, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 142
Views: 947
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-05-2007, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 142
Views: 947
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