Uncle Bill

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    • ON: Tue Nov 20th 07:03 AM
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      Shorting Starbucks Paid Off - Time to Cover?
      No alpha here, Vahan. Here's some good alpha,though: Stay away from people who cherry pick their comments for winners. You write something every few days; even a monkey throwing darts gets it right sometimes. You need to present your track record in a comprehensive fashion, not piecemeal. The "look how good I did" stories you specialize in are the worst aspect of this website.
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    • ON: Fri Nov 16th 08:00 AM
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      Merrill Lynch Looks Good With Thain at the Helm
      Disgusting. I'm about fed up with the editors for posting stuff that adds absolutely no alpha. Just wasting my time.
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    • ON: Thu Nov 15th 11:47 AM
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      E*Trade Financial: Good Call, Bad Call or Alarmism?
      Worthless commentary. No alpha here, Paul. You wasted my time.
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    • ON: Tue Nov 13th 08:22 AM
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      E*Trade: A Bargain At These Levels?
      This site is called "Seeking Alpha." Your comments do not add any alpha. Please refrain from publishing your speculative moves. Only publish information that may help other investors. Can you understand that? The editors should be taken out behind the woodshed for publishing this.
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    • ON: Mon Nov 12th 08:38 AM
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      In Memory of Long Term Capital
      Your market knowledge is very limited. When the market as a whole falls, the riskiest issues -- techs -- will fall the most. That's why they're the riskiest. Dismissing the banks and brokers because they only represent a portion of the market is a fatal mistake. The stock market follows the banks and brokers; check the charts. Just in the last couple weeks have the analysts taken off their buy ratings. You will soon see that the entire economy has been dependent upon new construction for the past five years, and now that's come to an abrupt halt. The whole foundation of risk taking by hedge funds was built upon the knowledge that CDOs would fund their operations. That business is bust. Those stocks you bought will be much lower in six months.
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    • ON: Fri Nov 9th 07:18 AM
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      Can Citigroup Maintain the Dividend?
      What makes you think Buffett would buy something that "will likely be dead money for a while"? You give no financial reason for buying the stock, because -- like the rest of us -- you have no idea what the bank holds. Total blind speculation. If you think that's the way to add alpha to your portfolio, you are mightily mistaken.
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    • ON: Fri Nov 9th 05:44 AM
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      Citigroup Stake Hurts Lampert Short-Term
      You liked the stock three weeks ago, and you're down almost 25% since. It's hard to do worse than that. And it's easy to see why -- you're analysis is woefully lacking in any financial specifics. No wonder there's no information in your bio about who you are. What do you want to bet Lamper won't take any loss on his C stake? It's called "parking stock," and it's an old trick. Cs trying to park its bonds right now (how do you think MS reduced its CDO position so dramatically this quarter?). You are wrong here -- this is the big one.
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    • ON: Tue Nov 6th 13:51 PM
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      S&P500 Ex-Risk?
      You had to source these comments? What a joke.
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    • ON: Mon Nov 5th 05:02 AM
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      Why is Ryland’s Management Dumping Shares?
      This wasn't news three weeks ago when you wrote it. No alpha here.
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    • ON: Thu Nov 1st 14:21 PM
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      Fed Rate Cuts Devalue the Dollar
      No alpha here, Jahan. It reads like a letter to a relative.
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    • ON: Thu Nov 1st 14:16 PM
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      Insuring My LDK Investment By Buying Puts
      Not only that, he doesn't know what he's doing. Adding long puts to a long stock position turns the position into a long call position. You were long stock, now you're long calls. Plus you paid top price for your puts because implied volatility, which determines option premium, rises dramatically when issues fall dramatically. Nice hedge.
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    • ON: Thu Nov 1st 07:16 AM
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      Three Key Issues To Determine A Year End Rally
      No alpha here, Vinny. Worthless as usual. Thanks.
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    • ON: Thu Nov 1st 07:14 AM
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      Is Goldman Sachs the Trade of the Year?
      No alpha here. Why did you write this, Mark? "I bought GS and made money"? Not a single bit of news here. Thanks.
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    • ON: Tue Oct 30th 09:45 AM
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      Fed Rate Cut No Shoe-In - WSJ
      Ip was dead wrong last time when they cut by 1/2-point. He also said then that there might not be a move at all. He's a good reporter, he's just being used by these guys at the Fed. Business as usual. Man, are we in trouble in this country. Buy puts on any rally.
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    • ON: Mon Oct 29th 16:14 PM
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      Yahoo! Will Hit $50 Before You Can Say Alibaba.com
      What a joke. You're not part of "the street," you're just a guy with a computer. Why didn't you write about which YHOO options you bought? Nice timing, Phil. Aren't you the guy who said he bought puts on Baidu the day before it tanked because it got an upgrade? I just can't figure out why the editors keep putting you on the front page.
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