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  • Time to Buy China, Copper, the Canadian Dollar and Oil [View article]
    95% US treasuries, 5% out of the money puts and calls on just about anything and everything.


    On Mar 07 11:36 AM comox wrote:

    > Jay- thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm invested in Canadian
    > resources now, impatiently waiting for the coming commodity resurgence,
    > and still taking some downward hammering. Of course that all hinges
    > on this China/US recovery discussion.
    > Conventional investment advice did nothing for us leading up to this
    > meltdown, and in general the commentators and advisors missed this
    > completely (including some very smart people: Eric Sprott of Sprott
    > Funds, Tom Stanley of Resolute Performance Fund, etc.). I'm feeling
    > completely let down and skeptical of the investment community. I
    > do like to follow Peter Schiff, Jim Rogers as their ideas make sense
    > to me.
    >
    > Someone made money: shorting oil and commodities, long on US dollar,
    > shorting DJIA and TSX, etc. in last 6 months. I'd like to get some
    > professional advice that makes me one of those making that money
    > by making smart aggressive bets (not for the major part of portfolio
    > of course)!
    > PS- read Nicholas Taleb's "Black Swan" and found it very heavy going.
    > I was hoping for some specifics of how he exposes himself to the
    > huge winning opportunities (and the majority of his portfolio is
    > very safe he says)- the book never contained any specifics. Does
    > anyone know what he invests in?
    Mar 07 21:10 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Time to Buy China, Copper, the Canadian Dollar and Oil [View article]
    Your inability to perform basic math is dismaying.


    On Mar 06 01:14 AM ScottEX wrote:

    > You think about it, 11 million people working for a pittance, to
    > build America, and save the wealthy vast amounts of money on the
    > work nobody wants to do. How about the 52,000 account at UBS. Do
    > you think there might be a little more tax leakage there? Your logic
    > is astounding.
    Mar 07 20:53 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
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