Wall Street

January 29, 2010

July 17, 2009

  • Don't Overestimate Gensler & "Position Limits" on Gold and Silver

    Mr. Gensler feels the need to impose position limits because he's worried that the Chinese or the Russkies might swoop in to the Crimex metal pits, buy a lot of contracts, and request actual physical delivery. This would ruin the game for Gensler's Wall Street buddies. (The darn Asians might even object to the hokey ETF physical delivery and do something unkind like sue for specific performance.) So Da Boyz have to move out in front of this problem and change the rules pre-emptively.

July 5, 2009

March 25, 2009

  • Ignore that Man Behind the Curtain—Buy Gold

    This is my Tuesday After Lunch Money Memo newsletter from yesterday.  Apparently a lot of people liked it, so I thought I'd share it more widely.  Let me know what you think by commenting below or by signing up! (…)

March 3, 2009

February 26, 2009

  • Top Ten Reasons NOT to own the Gold ETF (GLD)

    "Given that the stated amount of gold in the GLD Trust has grown to over 850 tonnes, it appears that a lot of investors believe that investing in GLD is the same thing as buying physical gold bullion. (…)

February 3, 2009

January 27, 2009

January 7, 2009

December 30, 2008

October 21, 2008

October 3, 2008

  • Goldman Sachs No Longer Short

    Dear Fellow Investor:
    Below is an analysis by Adrian Douglas, a guy I've met, and who runs www.marketforce.com, a serious analytical outfit.  IF…IF… GS (more affectionately known in the business as Hannibal Lecter) is now actually long gold after BS'ing their clients for years about selling gold or even shorting gold…the result could be that prices of gold and shares that have been dumped by a zillion hedge funds and mutual funds…are poised for an explosion.   This would create a total reversal of the thinking of every "gold-is-a-barbarous-relic" Wall Street MBA who has now looked around and realized that normal "diversification" didn't do squat to help them on the 777 down day on Monday, and that maybe, just maybe there's something to this gold as an insurance policy story. (…)

September 19, 2008

September 17, 2008

  • Breaking News: Lehman To Be Acquired by Tooth Fairy

    I can't improve on the sentiments of this one from www.321gold.com:
    Author - Anonymous
    Posted Sep 16, 2008
    The market responded with enthusiasm to reports that the Tooth Fairy has agreed to acquire Lehman. (…)

August 26, 2008

  • Blind Pigs and Jim Cramer

    Dear fellow investor:
    I'm not a fan of Jim Cramer on CNBC…I figure he's a high priced shill
    - to get you trading.
    However, even a blind pig gets an acorn once in a while. (…)

July 5, 2008

April 26, 2008

  • Blind Pigs and Jim Cramer - the Connection

    Dear fellow investor:
    I'm not a fan of Jim Cramer on CNBC…I figure he's a high priced shill
    - to get you trading.
    However, even a blind pig gets an acorn once in a while. (…)

March 17, 2007

October 25, 2006

  • How The Dow Got Here

    Whoopie, a new 12,000 high for the Dow, and how nice for the Replicants. Could I rain on this parade? Oh, but of course. (…)

April 29, 2006

  • Odious to Bernanke

    The Columbia Biz School students have been busy parodying our new Fed Thief.
    The link is below. (…)