razorfangius

Capitalism, Socialism and 10-Year Returns of Country ETFs

I don't understand your annualized column. It looks like your ten year column, divided by ten.

Does It Pay To Follow Buffet Blindly?

Buffett has two t's ... check headline ...

Preserve Your Capital by Getting Out of these Hong Kong Equities Now (CHEUY, HLDCY)

Good call!

Entering the Endgame for Monetary Policy

A log chart would give a more accurate picture ...

AIG Is Toast

You're terrified, but at least the WSJ has a lovely new website.

WSJ.com's Gorgeous Redesign

It's a little jarring when you write ten or fifteen pieces talking about the end of the world and then this one about WSJ's lovely new website design ...

The Latest Changes to SeekingAlpha.com

I really like having the "Today's Headlines" back. Now I can benefit from all the enhancements you're doing, but still have the upside of discovering new authors serendipitously.

Thank you.

Using Historical Averages Can Make Money in Stocks

It's funny to pitch a mean-reversion theory that involves eyeballing an oil chart and saying "this is too high", and then caveat by saying "I am NOT predicting where the price of oil is going to be."

So you are proposing that people use a strategy that you yourself have no confidence in?

Actually what do you even mean by averages? 50 day? 200 day? 5 year? 75 year?

The 75 year average price of oil is probably $4 a barrel ... the 50 day average is probably $130. So the price of oil is out of line compared to what??

Lowe’s Weathers a Tough Retail Market

Lowe's is a terrible company with serious operational issues. Run away.

What's Changed on the Seeking Alpha Website?

Put back the original reverse chronological view on the main page. Add a link for the sector dashboard and see how many people click on it (not many I would bet).

Then set up a poll and let people vote or something.

But put the original view back! Put it back the way people like it while you think about what you want to do.

What's Changed on the Seeking Alpha Website?

I liked the old way better. I found new writers I was interested in by just picking off the main list. Now, I have to decide ahead of time what I'm going to read ... The whole sector dashboard concept makes assumptions about what the user is looking for ... the user has to guess what category you put the stuff he wanted to see in. This is like Yahoo's infamous redesign of their message boards.

You Can't Solve the World's Problems with Your Portfolio

Given the title, I was expecting this piece to be about the fad for wind and solar stocks and the 'choosing by liking' heuristic ...

WisdomTree Offers Currency Gambling to Buy High/Sell Low Crowd

waiting for the update. great title!

When Genius Failed - Then and Now

I think the difference is that the LTCM guys actually thought they were doing a good job, whereas the the recent crisis has more of a 'control fraud' feel to it.

The guys at the top of the food chain in a lot of these companies that have blown up knew it was going to happen and cashed out along the way, knowing they'd be set for life and there probably wouldn't be any prison terms in their future ...

Energy: Government Vs. Market Solutions

Yeah, or the government could have done what Perot said and impose a 10 cent per gallon per year tax on gas.

That would only have put us 7-10 years ahead of where we are now in terms of looking for alternatives ...

Just because government can do stupid things doesn't mean it has to.