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TU#81 10OCT08; big sigh of relief
THE BANKER’S SONG To paraphrase a popular children’s song … 10 banks in the index and the first one said “My equity’s gone; the deposits have fled.” Roll over. Roll… more →
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TU#81 10OCT08; big sigh of relief
allocator wrote 5 hours ago: THE BANKER’S SONG To paraphrase a popular children’s song … 10 banks in the index an … more →
TU#80 9OCT2008; more like capitulation
allocator wrote 1 day ago: TRADING UPDATE I wasn’t around for today’s nasty close - meetings wot. But looking ba … more →
TU#79 08OCT2008; Iceland bankrupt ... and rate cuts
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allocator wrote 2 days ago: Iceland has stopped trying to shore up the Icelandic Krona, and enacted powers to take control of it … more →
TU#77 6OCT2008; going once ... going twice ...
allocator wrote 4 days ago: TRADING UPDATE Woo-hoo! That was a wild one. If you have kids, you might be able to relate to th … more →
TU#76 3OCT2008; the Governator gets in line
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allocator wrote 1 week ago: TRADING UPDATE $7 billion - that’s what California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has request … more →
TU#75 2OCT2008; precariously purposeful POT procurement
allocator wrote 1 week ago: I like to think of myself as functionally alliterate - hence the title. Today I made a modest barga … more →
Portfolio results for September 2008; down 5.2%
allocator wrote 1 week ago: A tough month. At the end of August the portfolio was up 3.2% in 2008; at the end of September it … more →
TU#74 29SEP2008; the day of the four sevens
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allocator wrote 1 week ago: TRADING UPDATE Here’s my reasoned, sober analysis of today’s action in the stock market. … more →
Pulling out the mattress
allocator wrote 2 weeks ago: Today Washington Mutual failed - the biggest bank failure in US history. And Congress dithered on … more →
Getting bearish
allocator wrote 2 weeks ago: Getting bearish? I’m sure to many that sounds like getting “concerned” when the … more →
TU#73 22SEP2008; ... the 4-point game
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allocator wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s never a banner day when your account equity goes down by 2%, but you’re not doing a … more →
TU#71 18 SEP2008; Huge volatility, natural gas joins the party
allocator wrote 3 weeks ago: TRADING UDPATE The Dow today swung a full 620 points intra-day, down 210 in the morning, and then en … more →
TU#70 17SEP2008; Gold soars $70 , and some REAP firsts
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allocator wrote 3 weeks ago: TRADING UPDATE I had this nagging feeling this morning that I should just liquidate the portfolio, g … more →
TU#69 16SEP2008; the AIG ... rally?!
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allocator wrote 3 weeks ago: I didn’t expect that. Not only is AIG International essentially bankrupt except for the formal … more →
Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Hurricane Ike ... now what?
allocator wrote 3 weeks ago: What has been a sur-real stock market now seems to be turning into a real one. Although it has be … more →
TU#68 10Sep2008 - Slow Motion Commodities Crash
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allocator wrote 1 month ago: TRADING UPDATE Well yesterday, apart from overhauling half the portfolio, we sold some of the gold s … more →
TU#67 9SEP2008; Buying oil and some yield
allocator wrote 1 month ago: TRADING UPDATE REAP provided yet another commodity pairing as the HBP Global Gold Shares Bear+ ETF ( … more →
TU#66 5SEP2008; loading up on gold and grains
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allocator wrote 1 month ago: TRADING UPDATE Buying commodities right now is a little like stepping onto the tracks in front of t … more →
TU#65 3Sep2008 - Run, Forest, Run! ... oop, too late
allocator wrote 1 month ago: TRADING UPDATE Beat-down of the day: Forest Labs (FRX) - $5 penalty for only slightly beating the … more →
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