Susquehanna’s Billionaire Founder Jeff Yass Honed His Mind on Probability Theory And Poker

September 28, 2009 · Category: Business Culture and Current Events, Options, Poker, The Investment Advice Business

I learned more about option trading strategy by playing poker than I did in all my college economics courses combined. - Jeff Yass, The New Market Wizards: Conversations With America's Top Traders (1992), p. 396 - ...

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Business Week: Hedge Funds Keep Watch On Washington

September 25, 2009 · Category: Market Commentary, Politics, The Investment Advice Business

Interesting Business Week piece on hedge funds increasing interest in government policy: "Hedge Funds Keep Watch On Washington", September 22. Obviously, as Washington plays a bigger and bigger role in the economy, investors need to ...

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Stock Fund Investors Pull Money From Some Prominent Funds

September 24, 2009 · Category: The Investment Advice Business

A Wall Street Journal article yesterday ("Fallen Fund Stars Find Fewer Takers", The Wall Street Journal, September 23, C15) listed four large, prominent mutual funds which have experienced notable outflows this year after underperforming the ...

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Mish: I Endorse Peter Schiff For Senate

September 23, 2009 · Category: Politics, The Investment Advice Business

Mish endorses Peter Schiff for the senate. So do I. Schiffforsenate.com

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Ken Fisher: We Need More Debt

September 21, 2009 · Category: Economics, The Investment Advice Business

Last week Ken Fisher went on TechTicker and said that the US is under-indebted and that more debt would actually be beneficial to the economy. That's because our rate of return on assets is higher ...

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“The Real Sullivan Group”

September 3, 2009 · Category: Sacramento, The Investment Advice Business

[My clients are] the real Sullivan Group. - Sheila Carroll, a Sacramento attorney representing the Lehmann-Halverstadt Group There is a little dispute going on among a Roseville Investment Advisor called The Sullivan Group. Some members decided to ...

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Top Mutual Fund Manager Yacktman Likes High Quality Stocks

September 1, 2009 · Category: Stocks, The Investment Advice Business

(Via The Guru Investor) Some stocks the Yacktmans like: News Corp, Viacom, Americredit, Coke, Pfizer and Conoco Phillips. Also see: The Yacktman Funds 2nd Quarter Report "Yacktman's Gains Show They're Not Just Creatures of Bear Market", Bloomberg, May 20, ...

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Ken Fisher: “The Bear Market Is Over”

August 10, 2009 · Category: Market Commentary, The Investment Advice Business

That 9% minicorrection between June 2 and July 13 was nothing to worry about. Pullbacks are normal early in a recovery. I can find only one bull market, in 1935, that didn't have some material ...

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