I just remembered that last year I made a few bucks shorting an Einhorn long position. Today I made a few bucks selling puts on an Einhorn short, JOE for a 39% gain.
Einhorn’s take down of the St. Joe Company at yesterday’s Value Investors Congress was brutal. Market Folly has the audio of Einhorn’s [...]
According to an article today by Finbarr Flynn of Bloomberg (“Ireland to Take Majority Ownership of AIB in Bailout”), the Irish government could end up with 90% of AIB:
“The big surprise is the increased capital number for Allied Irish,” said Sebastian Orsi, an analyst with Merrion Capital, the Dublin-based securities firm. “The government could [...]
On 09.03.10, In Business and Entrepreneurship, Investing, Long positions, Musings memories and observations, Short positions, by David Pinsen
The last time you got your ass kicked
The Last Psychiatrist has good taste in TV. Here he blogs about a recent episode of the F/X show Louie, “Bully”. Below is the trailer for the episode. Incidentally, in addition to being a sharp writer, the way TLP breaks up his posts with roman numerals is a [...]
On 09.02.10, In Culture, Investing, Long positions, Musings memories and observations, Short positions, by David Pinsen
Wine is terroir
I had the pleasure of meeting Arnold Waldstein Tuesday evening at his local watering hole, Terroir. Nice place; don’t let the current iteration of their website throw you off. It was the first time I’d seen a bar have Riesling on tap, but I ended up having some Greek red, the name of [...]
On 08.17.10, In Business and Entrepreneurship, Investing, Short Selling, Short positions, by David Pinsen
We’ve settled on a prize for this contest: an HP 12C Financial Calculator.
The contest, which ends Wednesday night, is still wide open. Consider taking a moment to post an idea between now and then if you haven’t already. Again, if you’re not registered yet, you can do so in ten seconds by entering a [...]
On 07.29.10, In Business and Entrepreneurship, Economics, Investing, Pairs trades, Short positions, by David Pinsen
A few thoughts and links, but first, if you haven’t had a chance to vote for the Portfolio Armor iPhone app in the Thomson Reuters StreetApps Challenge, please take a few seconds to do so here. Thanks a lot.
– Batesian Mimicry Explanation of Business Cycles. Fascinating post by Eric Falkenstein. Worth reading in [...]
On 07.25.10, In Investing, Long positions, Musings memories and observations, Pairs trades, Secular Market Trends, Short positions, Speculations, by David Pinsen
In a post Thursday (“Road to Nowhere”), Tim Knight wrote,
With the exception of commissions-based brokers, it’s hard to believe there’s anyone out there who has really enjoyed the stock market over the past few months. I mean, just look at the ES [S&P e-mini futures] below.
Tim Knight still thinks the S&P’s going to decline to [...]
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