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- The Investment Gods are Angry - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2009 from Steve SelengutThe Working Capital Model (WCM) is an historically new methodology, but with roots deeply imbedded in the building blocks of capitalism, and financial psychology--- if there actually is such a thing. The earliest forms of capitalism sprung from ancient Roman mercantilism, which involved the ...
Views: 1422(1 vote) - The President's $10,000,000,000,000 Economic Stimulus Package - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Steve SelengutFor homeowners: Cut the interest rate on all mortgage loans by 50 basis points and extend the payment schedule by three to five years. Convert all variable rate loans to fixed, at prevailing rates, and extend the payment schedule by six to ten years. No fees, points or charges tolerated. More ...
Views: 1928(1 vote) - Value Stock Crash Reaches 50 Per Cent - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2007 from Steve SelengutPerhaps this (totally ignored by the media) snippet will pique your attention: on December 18, 2007, nearly 50% of all Investment Grade Value Stocks were down an average of over 30% from their 52-week highs... the Dow and the S & P 500 had fallen just 7%! One would think that there would be a ...
Views: 1790(1 vote) - Value Stock Investing - The November Syndrome On Drugs - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2008 from Steve SelengutEvery fall, especially in opportunity rich markets like this, I encourage investors to think about some year-end strategies that make the final calendar quarter a special time in all markets. Several forces are at work, all of which have links to conventional Wall Street wisdom; none of which ...
Views: 1966(1 vote) - Who Created The Financial Crisis - How And Why - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2009 from Steve Selengut"The Big Takeover" by Matt Taibbi is probably the best article written to date explaining the financial crisis and how we got to where we are now. Taibbi's necessarily lengthy article explains the problems, names the "poipetrators", and exposes all of the conflicts of interest--- absolutely a ...
Views: 1950(1 vote) - Working Capital Model Investing - The Process - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2008 from Steve SelengutMost people enter the investment process tip first. They hear something, grab an idea from a popular blog, accept a Cramerism or some motley foolishness, and think that they are making investment decisions. Rarely, will the right-now, instant-gratification, Internet-generation speculator think ...
Views: 2033(1 vote) - A Capitalist's Social Security, 401(k), and Retirement Plan Reform Program - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2008 from Steve SelengutWhat if there was an easy way to implement a whole new approach to retirement funding, pension planning, and Social Security? Would the politicians be interested? Let's find out. What if the new plan actually reduced payroll taxes, cut prices, created jobs, increased salaries, raised ...
Views: 1720(1 vote) - Amazon.com Investment Book Reviews: Have You Been Brainwashed? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2008 from Steve SelengutMost popular investment books are published for the already rich and famous, by an industry that has become just too good at the business of selling books. Rarely will a publisher take a chance with the work of an unknown author. Certainly, it's a no brainer to sell a Jim Cramer, Peter Lynch, ...
Views: 1643(1 vote) - Predicting Stock Market Movements - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2008 from Steve SelengutI've been thinking about starting a stock market prediction business. Clearly, there is a huge market for timely and accurate information of this type, and just as clearly, predicting the future is much easier than dealing with the realities of whatever is actually happening at the moment. If ...
Views: 2974(1 vote) - Quarterly Window Dressing - A Recurrent Wall Street Scam - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2008 from Steve Selengut"The time has come the walrus said, to talk of many things": Of corrections--portfolios--- and window dressing--- of market cycles--- wizards--- and reality. Quarterly portfolio window dressing is one of many immortal Jaberwock-like creatures that roam the granite canyons of the Manhattan ...
Views: 1911(1 vote) - The Dow, Your Portfolio, And Aliens - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2007 from Steve SelengutThere are two extremely good reasons why your portfolio may not be "performing" (whatever that means) either as well as you would like or as well as your buddies say that they have been doing... since last May anyway. But let's define our terms before digging any deeper. Most of the time, ...
Views: 1772(1 vote) - The Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights (SIBORAP): Part Four - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2008 from Steve SelengutSIBORAP includes these ten specific sections: (1) Product Transparency, (2) Regulation and Education, (3) Protection from Speculators (4) Control of Hedge Funds, (5) Brokerage Account Statements, (6) Retirement Account Investments, (7) Executive Compensation, (8) Corporate Financial Statements, ...
Views: 1346(1 vote) - The Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights (SIBORAP): Part Three - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2008 from Steve SelengutSIBORAP includes these ten specific sections: (1) Product Transparency, (2) Regulation and Education, (3) Protection from Speculators (4) Control of Hedge Funds, (5) Brokerage Account Statements, (6) Retirement Account Investments, (7) Executive Compensation, (8) Corporate Financial Statements, ...
Views: 1711(1 vote) - Wall Street Bailout, Congressional Cover-up, or Sarbanes-Oxley? - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2008 from Steve SelengutEvery new controversy demands a look at similar situations of the past. Just what is a bailout anyway? In the early 80's, Lee Iacocca arranged a government loan and tax concessions to bring Chrysler Corporation back from the brink of bankruptcy--- during the Carter Administration, to save you a ...
Views: 1658(1 vote) - Wall Street Garage Sale Produces Closed End Fund Bargains - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2008 from Steve SelengutThere's a bright light at the end of the tunnel--- finally. Most of the really well respected, long term investors are advising their audiences to hang in there, to stop the panic selling, and to look for the great companies that have withstood the economic downturns of the past. Buffet, Bogle, ...
Views: 1960(1 vote) - Zero Overhead Real Estate Investing---Right Now - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2008 from Steve SelengutReal estate investing is not nearly as complicated, financially burdensome, or time consuming as you might think. In fact, it's easy to add raw land, shopping centers, apartment complexes, and private homes to your portfolio without brokers, bankers, attorneys, and handymen on your payroll. Even ...
Views: 1361(1 vote) - ***Harnessing Stock Market Volatility - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2011 from Steve SelengutIf you were to Google "Stock Market Volatility", you would find a wide range of observations, conversations, reports, analyses, recipes, critiques, predictions, alarms, and causal confusion. Books have been written; indices and measuring tools have been created; rationales and conclusions have ...
Views: 1772 - ***Modern Portfolio Theory Assumptions --- The Root Of All Evil - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2011 from Steve SelengutRumor has it that a group of economists were sitting around their super-computers one day, smoking a "pot-pourri" of perfect statistics, when they came to the fairly-easy-to-support conclusion that not too many professional investment managers were able to "beat the market averages" ...
Views: 3630 - ***Retire Social Security Debt and Save The Economy --- What If? - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2011 from Steve SelengutWhat if the US Government sold the Social Security system/employees/buildings/DEBT/etc. to Insurance/Annuity industry companies for the amount of the debt plus a few billion --- all in cash plus secured debt of the hundreds of companies involved in the purchase? The money would be turned ...
Views: 1623 - Stock Market Meltdown – Watching Rome Burn - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2008 from Steve SelengutBoth presidential candidates want to crucify SEC Chairman Cox for failing to control our creative financial institutions. But rumor has it that Congress specifically excluded the devilish derivatives from SEC purview. Let's fire the right bunch of "poips" for a change! Scary markets are brought ...
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