Cuban: Quieter and moving closer to Cubs
How do you get famous NBA bad-boy owner Mark Cuban to shut up and play nice? Simple: Dangle in front of him the chance to buy one of the most attractive franchises in sports.
Publ.Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:51:40 EST
Source: CNN.com
Captain's Blog, Stardate: 3/3/08
THE SHOW: Are we having fun yet? Me neither. My old pal Deep Blue keeps writing me about various stocks and such that might have upside, but then acknowledges it's hard to imagine much of anything working this year. Except cash, and you better hope that's real cash and not some sort of 'cash equivalent.' Still, there will be winners and losers. I'm sorry I know there will be fits and starts but I really don't see the non-dollar commodity run crashing on us. (See Buffett, Warren on the Brazilian real.) Gold is the new greenback kind of deal....Kudos to hedge fund manager Phil Goldstein who is suing the S.E.C. to lift its ban on advertising. It's just garbage that the hedgies can't do this, and garbage that they can't publically release their returns either. (We all find out, anyway.) All of this is just a holdover from when hedge funds were a tiny, exclusive slice of the financial services pie. Newsflash: they no longer are! Goldstein told the FT: "gun shops are allowed to advertise, the Massachusetts state lottery is allowed to have a website. We want to be treated like any other business." Now obviously there has to be a limit on hucksterism here, but mutual funds and broker dealers abide by those types of limits just fine. Bring on the hedgies I say!......Guess Jarrett Lillien didn't get the brass ring at Etrade. (Don Layton, formerly of JP Morgan Chase did.) How often do 'acting' heads ultimately get the job?.......Questions: Is Dell over? Is Google over? Is Facebook over before it started? See what some nasty economic weather can do to your brain!
Publ.Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:44:05 EST
Source: CNN.com
Ohio State beats LSU...
There has never been a better year for upsets in college football than 2007. But there's one place where the traditional powerhouses still dominate -- in the rankings of revenue and profits.
Publ.Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:46:24 EST
Source: CNN.com
Captain's Blog, Stardate: 1/23/08
DAVOS: Given worldwide financial jitters, I think the sense of urgency at Davos is palpable. If there was ever a need to have an intelligent truly global debate, it is now. The issues here are pressing and real-time. Attendees from outside the U.S. are feeling penalized, and there is real concern that the U.S. doesn't have the leadership to respond properly, and that that response may become overly political given the ongoing campaign.
Publ.Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:17:25 EST
Source: CNN.com
The trouble with mutual funds
As you cringe over your mutual fund statements, you may be thinking, "This can't possibly get any worse!" Think again.
Publ.Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:45:00 EST
Source: CNN.com
StubHub's winning ticket
When the Patriots try to finish off an undefeated season tonight, thousands of Pats fans will come out to Giants Stadium and thousands of Giants season ticket holders will be counting the money they collected by selling them the tickets.
Publ.Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:08:04 EST
Source: CNN.com
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