BargainValueHunter

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-08-07/freddie-mac-posts-1-dot-2b-net-income-for-2q

All gains above 200% (non-annualized) with a single trade profit above $5,000,000 all within a span of less than 96 trading hours (market open) must be donated to charity.

Not to mention: NOK -95% (royalty stream and giant patent portfolio) ATPG -96% (assets - but also a *bit* of debt :P )

Tells Betty that he personally owns a million shares of JPM and that he totally trusts Dimon. Again says that JPM has the BEST shareholder letter. Says he never talked to BAC's Moynihan "before in his life" before his warrant deal last year...

Mr. B compares JPM London Whale Scandal to the Salad Oil Scandal: "...and we made a ton of money on that..."

Scorn should also be heaped upon CNBC, Bloomberg and the other media outlets who pumped up this guy and other fakes as the "Geniuses of the Crash".

Can we trust the Chinese government? http://www.cnbc.com/id/47929035

Thanks to Above Average Odds! :) http://www.aboveaverageodds.com/2012/06/22/dr-michael-j-burry-ucla-economics-commencement-speech-2012/

Maybe they are bringing back Bob... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob

An annoyingly biased article about Blodget that, nevertheless, has interesting information about his outfit: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/05/business_insider_a_terrific_news_source_.html Whalen hearts bank preferreds: http://media.bloomberg.com/bb/avfile/News/Surveillance/vb7HonaGPJTc.mp3

Didn't they have a scene in Too Big To Fail with Warren @ Dairy Queen getting a call from the Treasury Secretary Paulson and Warren declined to buy Lehman as he was giving his grandkids a couple of cones? Am I remembering that right?

'Twas a joke.

Next up...an airline and a shoe manufacturer!!

http://brontecapital.blogspot.com/2012/05/thoughts-on-berkshire-meeting-and.html Very harsh but interesting nonetheless.

*SIGH* I miss the old Bloomberg TV before it became CNBCized.

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/cnbc-freaking-decline-ratings-andrew-ross-sorkin-maria-bartiromo-article-1.1068973 Seems like a calm, rational presentation of the leading economic, investing and stock trading issues of the day would be a ratings winner instead of wall-to-wall screaming and ranting about FacebookIPOAppleNetflixZynga but what do I know?...

Ouch. Really makes you wonder if there is any hope in Sears...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304818404577348242760649490.html ...Meanwhile, Jefferies is doing just fine. 8)

Whoa! I forgot about that! Good point... Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCn8IkEuHKk

When is the debt due?

Assuming each acre is worth $10,000 today (a lofty assumption), then that is a compounded annual growth rate of roughly 6.27% pre-inflation. The Louisiana Purchase wasn't really a "trade" in the traditional sense, since it was kind of taken by force from the native Americans, who were already occupying it. True, but I was thinking about the water and mineral rights over the two centuries that are included...

These two articles list "The Greatest Trades Ever": http://www.cnbc.com/id/43713770/The_Greatest_Trades_of_All_Time http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/01/top-10-greatest-trades-of-all-time/ But I would add this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase

I guess Mr. Chou will just be scooping up a lot more shares then. :)

EEK! Maybe December...2020? http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/energy/natural-gas/natural-gas.html

I'm not saying anyone should touch these land mines but take a look at the returns of the inverse leveraged ETPs for natural gas!! http://finviz.com/chart.ashx?t=KOLD&ty=c&ta=1&p=d&s=l http://finviz.com/chart.ashx?t=DGAZ&ty=c&ta=1&p=d&s=l Anybody have a time machine I can borrow? :)