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General Motors As a Lemonade Stand

December 30, 2008 Administrator 17 Comments

Bill Watterson was eerily prescient of General Motor’s situation fifteen years after being published.   Click on image to enlarge

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The Government Is Pouring Money Into A Bottomless Citi Pit

November 24, 2008 Administrator 1 Comment

"There is nothing more difficult, more frustrating and more expensive than to keep a corpse from sinking" Peter Drucker In…

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One Hundred Companies That Can Take Themselves Private

October 31, 2008 Administrator 4 Comments

In past years, I have successfully used a screen that identifies companies that can take themselves private by levering up their…

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DeMark Readings Finally Signaling A Potential Bottom

October 28, 2008 Administrator 7 Comments

It's been a painful month for investors but the markets could finally be finding a bottom.  The DeMark Weekly indicators…

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How AIG Took Down Europe

October 20, 2008 Administrator 1 Comment

I have been trying to understand why the typically conservative European banks such as ING have been in dire need…

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Credit Markets Thawing Slowly

October 17, 2008 Administrator 4 Comments

The credit markets are finally showing some signs of thawing.  First, the LIBOR for three-month loans in dollars dropped for a…

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1930s DOW vs NASDAQ Correlation

October 12, 2008 Administrator 8 Comments

This weekend, Investors Business Daily re-published a chart comparing the NASDAQ since 2000 to the Dow Jones Industrials from the…

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Two Billionaires Speak Their Mind This Week

October 3, 2008 Administrator 7 Comments

I always thought that both Jim Rogers and Warren Buffett were horrendous role models for individual investors in the 1990s.…

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Those Trying To Fix The Mess Aren’t Heroes

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It's impossible to trust anyone to get us out of this mess. After reading the following article from the New York…

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This Is A Rudderless Ship

October 2, 2008 Administrator 4 Comments

"This is a rudderless ship.  The pilot just ejected and we're all still on the plane.  It's 'Lord of the…

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The consequences will be staggering, by @SteveSchmidtSES https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/the-consequences-will-be-staggering?r=oci&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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High tariffs are deflationary, not inflationary, because they bring the economy to a screeching halt while everyone tries to figure out what's going on.

High tariffs are deflationary, not inflationary, because they bring the economy to a screeching halt while everyone tries to figure out what's going on.
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Clothing prices if Trump imposes a 25% tariff on all Mexican imports

— Levi's jeans: $79.50 ➡️ $99.38
— Patagonia hoodie: $89➡️ $111.25
— Tecovas cowboy boots: $345➡️ $431.25
— RRL Halkirk jacket: $790➡️ $987.50

Nike, Hickey Freeman, and New Balance also produce in Mexico

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How to dress for the civil war (aka how to style cool military items). 🧵

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Checking in on Trump's rally last night...

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2 Nov 2024 1852770411127394785

But this framework gets you closer to understanding why certain things don't work. The chances of you looking bad in a suit jacket worn without the matching pants is very high because it'll look like you spilled something on your suit pants and had to change out of them.

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3 Nov 2024 1852907889024709043

Raising children has been by far the most difficult thing we've ever done. It's expensive, infuriating, and often demoralizing. I love my kids more than anything, but to say it's a tragedy not having kids is silly. It's a good decision in a lot of cases.

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