eclecticvalue

There is nothing to regret about by not posting the idea on the board. You are right to conclude "I didn't want to be driven off track by external opinions" It happened to me on this board when discussion was going on about FBK and MERC earlier this year. People suggested FBK was better of the two. If I got into MERC I could've made 50%-60% returns in a month easily. Although MERC has come down quite a lot from 52 week highs. Luckily, I never invested in FBK and now it is in a complicated takeover situation. Overall there are pros and cons posting on messageboards and in your case it worked out for you not posting.

You should take a look into wiki invest. They use your brokerage information and calculate your track record. Check if your brokerage is supported. If not you have to create your own in excel.

IMO, BOA and other banks that were failing should have been receivership in the first place instead of the bailouts that have occured

That is why have a lot of cash on hand when everyone is selling. If the market thinks the world will end. Happy Holidays to everyone!!! Make the year ahead a profitable one!

Hey Tom, are you using a spreadsheet? If so can you send one to me Pretty please!!! ;D

Hey mr_b and anyone else with children, Here is a great blog post about teaching kids with money http://community.careonecredit.com/b/straight_talk_on_debt/archive/2011/12/12/lessons-my-kids-have-taught-me-about-money.aspx

Most academics believe in neoclassical economics peter. Many are skeptical of MMT.

Your going to have to force it down their throat and not give in. I remember I wanted a toy really bad when I was a kid. My parents were not adamant in buying it. So I gave up and didn't want it anymore. When I was older (12 years old) I bought a skateboard with my own money but I didn't use it much. I regretted purchasing it and I learned a good lesson in the value of money. I wish I could've saved it and compounded it. Pretty much regret is the best way to teach it especially with their own money.

Seth Klarman is one sharp man. Maybe he should donate part of the proceeds to Facing History and Ourselves. One thing to learn from this is read the fine print, footnotes, and small details. It may payoff well.

The pink sheet is still an ordinary share, but they have subordinated voting rights and also converted to U.S. Dollars. Actually pays a dividend but I am guessing its annually.

Because it is a sports team. A lot of sports fans in the United States would love to be part owner of a team. It is ironic since there isn't much economic benefit but mostly sentimental. I wish the government would allow the sports teams to be traded publicly but there would be many regulations and work for the SEC. Manchester United in England was publicly traded until it was bought out.

Same thing happened. I guess Geoff must have taken the podcasts off.

If you have itunes installed go to the store and click the podcast section and then use the search bar and type Geoff Gannon and hopefully should show all of his work. If not look through categories and there should be an investing category, hopefully you can find it. I just looked at the itunes store and there are two podcasts investor questions and investor question podcast interviews

Right he has done other types of content. For instance, he has done interviews with value bloggers. To find that series it is on itunes. That one and the investor question series are the only two series I know of.

It stands for In my humble opinion. Definitely Financial Shenanigans is worth getting especially the new edition.

The govt needs to start expanding its spending again. Unfortunately if they start taxing more they are taking money away from the economy and it won't flow back in until govt spends it.

All of these people need money to pay down the debts from their days of squandering money. You could always torrent this for free instead of supporting the promotors and "fighters".

Very interesting idea!!! Although I would like to see this in NYC. Since I am based on the east coast. Can anyone answer this question are many funds situated in a office building together?

Thats why I yearn for soda with sugar cane. I hope coke reverts back to sugar cane sodas

Has anyone checked out the Brk B twitter. http://twitter.com/#!/BRK_B Berkshire needs to make a splash onto social media landscape.

This is why we can't have nice things!!! I wonder which big site was this posted on?

No not this one, the video I am talking about was uploaded on megaupload and the video was covered on the streetcapitalist and rational walk blog.

This is why we can't have nice things!!! Now scribd isn't working for me. Columbia is serious about this especially the vids. I remember an awesome video of Li Lu was posted and somehow it got taken down.

I wasn't sure if he meant value investors also. Thank you for your thoughts Liberty. I wonder what were his thoughts on value investors. Also the list of cognitive bias is very long I wonder if I could master all of them. I have made mistakes from those bias'

I agree the financial services industry doesn't provide much value. I gleaned from the article that most stock pickers don't do well and the very successful ones performance is all luck.