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Mike Stathis is the Managing Principal of Apex Venture Advisors, a business and investment intelligence firm for the private and public markets, serving the needs of venture firms, corporations and hedge funds. Mike’s work in the private markets includes valuation analysis, deal structuring,... More
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America's Financial Apocalypse: How to Profit from the Next Great Depression
  • Americans Get Screwed Again by Bought-Off Politicians
    After meeting last week to wrap up the final touches on the Senate Finance committee's healthcare reform bill, Committee Chairman Senator Max Baucus has announced the bill is ready for a vote as early as next week. 
     
     
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    Tags: UNH, WLP, AET, HUM, CI, healthcare reform, politics, HMOs
    Sep 19 02:02 pm | Link | Comment!
  • American Fools
    I have said this is the past many times, and now I am going to say it with a bit more conviction. If you really believe there are two distinct political parties in America, you are a complete fool.
     
    Those of you who have fallen for Obama’s “American Idol” presidency, with all of the bells and whistles one would expect from a Hollywood production are just as ignorant as those who believe the lies and misinformation from talking head idiots like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Mark Levine, Sean Hannity, and the rest of that idiotic neo-con, racist crew who piggybacks onto their propaganda as a way to profit – you know, like Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter – some of the bigger idiots on the airwaves.
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    Tags: healthcare, media, politics
    Sep 17 09:20 pm | Link | 1 Comment
  • Why No One Won a Pulitzer for Financial Reporting (Part 1)
    Amidst the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression (if not ever) and the biggest Ponzi scheme ever, (the real estate-banking Ponzi scheme) not one of the 65 Pulitzer Prizes was awarded for coverage of the events surrounding the “financial crisis.” Ironically, the media has yet to identify this crisis as the biggest Ponzi scheme ever, confirming their incompetence.
     
     
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    Aug 14 05:34 pm | Link | 1 Comment
  • Wall Street Wins at the Expense of Main Street; AGAIN!

    Fresh off the press, Bank of America basically gets a "get out of jail" free card for securities fraud and criminal indictments by BAC and MER executives by sending a few million dollars to the SEC. 

    http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/03/news/companies/bank_of_america_sec/?postversion=2009080314

    I'm curious as to what $33 million will do for thousands of shareholders who lost billions of dollars due to misinformation, lies and deception by BAC and MER.  Adding insult to injury, these criminals are getting bonuses using taxpayer dollars. 

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    Tags: BAC
    Aug 03 03:46 pm | Link | Comment!
  • Ebay's Slow and Painful Death

     

    Despite a big boost in shares in after hours trading, Wednesday's disappointing earnings for the online auctioneer represent a continuing trend that will not be broken anytime soon. Yes, they beat estimates, but this means nothing. Estimates have been revised downward over and over.
     
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    Tags: EBAY, AMZN
    Jul 22 09:43 pm | Link | Comment!
  • Peter Schiff: Wrong on the Economy, Wrong on Healthcare (Part 3 of 4)

     

    Peter Schiff: Wrong on the Economy, Wrong on Healthcare (Part 3)
     
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    Tags: HWAY, Healthcare, Economy
    Jul 16 02:15 pm | Link | 10 Comments
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