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I For One Welcome Our New Randian Overlords

The Local Crank wrote 3 days ago: Rolling Stone is kind enough to introduce us to the economic aristocracy that will decide for us low … more →

Tags: 2012, citizens united, Elections, free speech, Mitt Romney, President, Bob Perry, Edward Conard, Frank VanderSloot

The Hedge Fund Selling Oakland's Claremont Resort Once Almost Cost Oakland Taxpayers Tens of Millions

Darwin BondGraham wrote 1 week ago: The New York-based Paulson & Co. hedge fund announced today that they’re putting one of th … more →

Tags: abacus, bubble, CDOs, Claremont Resort, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Goldman Sachs, hedge fund, IKB, Morgan Stanley

Paulson Gets Copper from Gold

hedgefundsmarts wrote 2 weeks ago: Chidem Kurdas John Paulson ended up with copper shares from his investment in NovaGold. He’s kept th … more →

Tags: Commodities, Managers, novagold, Paulson & Co., NovaCopper Inc.

Billionaire Who Cleaned Up on Subprime Mortgage Foreclosures Hosts Secret Romney Fund Raiser42 comments

bostonboomer wrote 1 month ago: I just came across this in The Daily Beast and had to share. Mitt Romney held a high-dollar fundrais … more →

Tags: U.S. economy, voter ignorance, surreality, U S Politics, 2012 Presidential Campaign, Mitt Romney, auto bailout, Boston Consulting Group, hedge-funds billionaires

Sector ETF Trading Takes Off

hedgefundsmarts wrote 1 month ago: Chidem Kurdas The exchange-traded fund most used by hedge funds and other traders tracks a broad-bas … more →

Tags: ETF, SPDR Gold Trust, Deutsche Bank, iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN, Martin Kremenstein, Financial Select Sector SPDR, Energy Select Sector SPDR, SPDR S&P Trust, iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund

Funds Sell Delphi, Price Moves

hedgefundsmarts wrote 1 month ago: Auto parts maker Delphi Automotive became a distressed trade for certain hedge funds when it went ba … more →

Tags: public offering, Equity, Managers, Paul Singer, Paulson & Co., Elliott + Associates, Delphi Automotive plc

Paulson Sees European Crisis Worsening

The Guru Investor wrote 1 month ago: Top hedge fund manager John Paulson thinks the European debt crisis is going to worsen, thanks to co … more →

Tags: Economy, gurus, Europe

Hartford Financial exiting annuity business

DAI Life Brokerage Services wrote 1 month ago: Hartford Financial exiting annuity business, will focus on property and casualty insurance Associate … more →

Tags: dai, DAI Life Brokerage Services, Insurance, financial services, Dworkin Associates, Dworkin Associates Inc, Disability Income, Hartford, Paulson & Co.

Credit Card Stocks on Fire in 2012!! Capitol One Financial(COF) Options?! By: Tim Bolger

optionshoney wrote 2 months ago: Capitol One Financial (COF) stock has been on fire in 2012 and is one of my top stock picks in the c … more →

Tags: Financials, call option, Capital One, Capitol One Financial, COF, Credit Card Stocks, Discover Financial, option, Price to Book

Late Lunchtime Links: Could you maybe make more selling stories about working in investment banking than actually doing your job?

Sarah Butcher wrote 2 months ago: With investment bankers firmly embedded as villains in the public psyche, there appears to be an app … more →

Tags: Job Market, Greg Smith, Book Deal, danny yong

Liam McGee Still Needs a Communication Strategy

Mahony Partners wrote 2 months ago: Hartford Financial CEO Liam McGee on Wednesday announced plans to break up the company, largely alon … more →

Tags: financial services, Crisis, Investor relations, Hartford Financial, Liam McGee

GMO in Gold Club, Reason Differs1 comment

hedgefundsmarts wrote 2 months ago: Chidem Kurdas The institutional manager Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo has a distinctive view on gold. U … more →

Tags: ETF, Emerging markets, China, Commodities, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo, Amit Bhartia, Matt Seto, kinross gold, Goldcorp Inc

Paulson Continues Gold Strategy2 comments

hedgefundsmarts wrote 2 months ago: Chidem Kurdas In January John Paulson started to climb out of the deep pool of red ink he got into l … more →

Tags: ETF, Commodities, Managers, novagold, Gold Fields Ltd, anglogold ashanti, SPDR Gold Trust, IAMGOLD Corp, Randgold Resources

Marc Faber, Jim Rogers & John Paulson: Buy Gold on the Dips

Coin Trader Inc. wrote 2 months ago: Over the last week gold has retracted almost $100 an ounce. We could discuss all the technical reaso … more →

Tags: gold price, federal reserve, Inflation, Currency, Investment Strategy, global unrest, XCD, national debt, recession

Citadel Retains Collateral Status

hedgefundsmarts wrote 3 months ago: Institutions use their fund investments as collateral for borrowing money. But lenders accept only a … more →

Tags: credit, Citadel Wellington, Fitch Ratings, Paulson & Co., citadel group, Standard & Poor's

Muddy Waters losing investors' support

Bloomberg News wrote 3 months ago: By Ye Xie and Nikolaj Gammeltoft  Carson Block, the short seller and analyst who sparked a 74% drop … more →

Tags: Investing, FP Street, China, muddy waters, carson block, Sino-Forest Corp.

Feb 26 2012: Monochrome Photograph of Six Businessmen With Flowers (October 31st 1957)

wayneburrows wrote 3 months ago: Much of the dissatisfaction with the world of business in 2012 comes less from a critique of the cap … more →

Tags: wayne burrows, missile systems, Photography, Propaganda, Commercial, Alan Sillitoe, dETRITUS, Industry, Architecture

Diverging outlooks on gold in 2012

thebullionbank wrote 3 months ago: With gold experts predicting higher prices through 2012, two billionaire investors made bold moves i … more →

Tags: Gold, ETF, GLD, Investing, George Soros

'Stupid' and Oil Prices

mb50 wrote 3 months ago: Obama’s Forrest Gump analysis of rising gas prices. ‘The American people aren’t st … more →

Tags: Oil & Gas Offshore, Americas, Oil & Gas (inland):, regulation, GeoPolitics, United States, tax payers' dime, energy geopolitics, Political Economy


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