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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
Get ready Peyton, Eli's coming Those rare sports fans who think there aren't enough Mannings in commercials can take heart. Peyton's little brother Eli is likely about to be Madison Avenue's new go-to guy. Publ.Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:53:41 EST Source: CNN.com
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
Hillary's modest proposal (to wreck the housing market) Hillary Clinton is no dummy. Even her detractors know that. And yet in last night's Democratic presidential debate in Nevada, Clinton floated what is perhaps the dumbest solution to the current mortgage mess I've heard from a top presidential contender. Publ.Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:01:31 EST Source: CNN.com
Their Bear Stearns, your money Congratulations. You just bought Bear Stearns. You, me and all taxpayers. Publ.Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:30:12 EDT 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
