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Posts Tagged ‘Doggerel’

Bull market in phrase “turning Japanese”

Posted in About, Stocks, tagged , on September 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »

When The Vapors recorded Turning Japanese in 1980, I wonder if they had any inkling that 30 years later the chorus would be co-opted by every macro pundit with a blog in the western world to explain the future of the US economy. It’s everywhere, to wit: The Guardian says, “We’re all turning Japanese.“ PIMCO asks, [...]

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Head and shoulders? Nay, Batman’s Cape

Posted in Stocks, tagged on May 31, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Josh at The Reformed Broker breaks out a chart showing “a blueprint for a potential head-and-shoulders topping formation with either the S&P or the DJIA currently sitting at the neckline.” Here’s the chart: Josh says the ”right shoulder is coming’ meme will eventually go mainstream.” I’m no chartist, but when I stare at that chart, I [...]

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The best unknown activist investment of 2009

Posted in About, Activist Investors, Stocks, tagged , , on October 9, 2009 | 12 Comments »

In keeping with our penchant for stories about idiosyncratic investors who trade in odd securities found off the beaten track, we bring you perhaps the best unknown activist investment of 2009. With a far away land, a young protagonist, an odd treasure, an unexpected twist and a narrow escape, it’s a bullwhip and a fedora [...]

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A classic contrarian indicator re-emerges: The BusinessWeek cover

Posted in About, Greenbackd, Stocks, tagged on October 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »

BusinessWeek aims to keep its impeccable market forecasting record intact (via BusinessInsider): This is the seventh sign of the apocalypse. Disclosure: Long tinned food and shot-gun shells.

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