Posts Tagged ‘ Blog News ’

Dear Readers, New asset management shops start small.  One of the luxuries I have had for the past 18 years is access to a Bloomberg Terminal.  I will not be able to afford one ($20-25K/year), at least not initially, as I start up what is likely to be called Aleph Investments. I will miss...
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I delayed writing about this for a few days to give Finacorp time to take care of a few items.  Here is what Finacorp distributed to clients last week: — for legal reasons, I have had to take that down.  Let’s just say that I am without employment at present.-==–==-=-=–==-=-=-=-=-=–==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I have nothing but gratitude...
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One quick note for readers before I begin: I passed my Series 86 exam with an 88% score.  I did better than I expected.  Now I am studying for the 87 — my how interesting it is to study law… BTW, the next book I am reviewing is Confidence Game. The Great Reflation I wish I...
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Every hundred posts, I take a step back and try to consider where we have been.  Perhaps because it is recent, I will examine my move to use Twitter.  I have been on Twitter for 3 weeks, and I have 350+ followers.  If you want to follow me on Twitter, you can do so...
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1) After reading a piece on Falkenblog yesterday, I decided to add up all of the profits from Fannie and Freddie over the last 20 years.  Ready for how much they made?  Ta-da!  They lost $114 billion. When writing at RealMoney, I was always skeptical of the GSEs, and felt that they were too lightly...
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Three years at The Aleph Blog?  Has it been that long?  Yes, the Shanghai crisis is that far in the past, which foreshadowed our current troubles, though I denied it at the time at my new blog. Why do I write here?  Is it for fame?  There isn’t much of that.  Money?  Sorry no, I...
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The place that got the most snow during the recent storm was Howard County, Maryland.  Elkridge had 38″, Columbia 34″, and at Aleph Blog Global HQ we got a measly 30″.  Here are some photos:looking out the front of the houseback deck from the inside…and the back deck from the outside…looking up the street…icicles...
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The place that got the most snow during the recent storm was Howard County, Maryland.  Elkridge had 38″, Columbia 34″, and at Aleph Blog Global HQ we got a measly 30″.  Here are some photos:looking out the front of the houseback deck from the inside…and the back deck from the outside…looking up the street…icicles...
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Before I start, I would like to toss out the idea of an Aleph Blog Lunch to be hosted sometime in January 2010 @ 1PM, somewhere between DC and Baltimore.  Everyone pays for their own lunch, but I would bring along the review copies of many of the books that I have reviewed for...
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I like investing internationally, because of the diversification it offers, both in stocks and bonds.  Or, think of it as a hedge.  Will the American Experiment continue to prosper?  We have come a long way from the Founding Fathers, and more than half of it is not good. But there are some place in our...
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