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Category: Vent

A Happy Holiday Slumber on Melody Lane…

December 19, 2005 Administrator 1 Comment

  Despite the best attempts of Mannheimer Steamroller, Rosie O’Donnell and Kenny G to melt the holiday song into a…

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Two Americas Drifting Further Apart

October 17, 2005 Administrator 1 Comment

"Former Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards has taken a job on Wall Street. He’s with a prestigious private investment firm…

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Bush Names Dog as Greenspan Successor

October 9, 2005 Administrator 3 Comments

Rest assured that the following is a joke.  I’m just making sure I, too, will never be invited to the…

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The Pain of Gain – Dealing With Making Money In the Markets

October 5, 2005 Administrator 1 Comment

Staying with the trend is at least as important, if not more important, than identifying the turn. If you can’t…

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Why Investors Should Use Technical Analysis

October 4, 2005 Administrator 1 Comment

Yesterday, a heated discussion of technical analysis broke out on the Realmoney.com chat board with some participants declaring they don’t…

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Party On, Dude!

June 27, 2005 Administrator

PartyGaming’s (PRTY.L on Yahoo), the British company which runs Partypoker.com, IPO is amazing not only because of its size and…

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Chiding the Fool

June 17, 2005 Administrator 1 Comment

I’m actually a fan of the Motley Fool and think they have a lot of good stock pickers on their…

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Changing Capital Structure Adds No Value

May 8, 2005 Administrator 5 Comments

You are hearing more and more from Wall Street and the financial press that companies aren’t employing an "optimal capital…

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Posted in: Structural, Vent

The Road To Heck Is Paved With Good Intentions

March 17, 2005 Administrator

The road to heck is paved with good intentions and I think Sarbanes-Oxley currently falls into the "good intention" category.…

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Posted in: Structural, Vent

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Contrahour avatar Contrahour @Contrahour ·
5 Apr 2025 1908515544120041533

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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4 Nov 2024 1853503533422940221

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.
derek guy @dieworkwear

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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4 Nov 2024 1853412925978837425

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derek guy @dieworkwear

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

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4 Nov 2024 1853411906213523855

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

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LI_Oe-jtgdI Twitter feed video.
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dieworkwear avatar derek guy @dieworkwear ·
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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Contrahour avatar Contrahour @Contrahour ·
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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