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Friday, April 30, 2010

First Solar – a follow-up post the result

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Such is the life of a short-seller.  The biggest short in our fund (First Solar) came out last night (Australian time) and – again to use th...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

The arithmetic of bank solvency – part 1

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This is a post driven by Krugman’s many debates on  bank profitability.  In particular, a post from Krugman – about why banks are suddenly ...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Quote of the day: Bess Levin on the Goldman hearings…

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Bess Levin is truly wonderful : Apparently Goldman didn’t just hurt its clients, it hurt everyone in the world. Take a moment right now...
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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Was Sheila Bair reckless and irresponsible? I report – you decide

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Here is an email exchange between government officials leading up to the confiscation of Washington Mutual – courtesy Deal Breaker .   ...
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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Kick-back on First Solar

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One of the biggest benefits I get from writing this blog is that sometimes some very smart people disagree with me. In the investing busine...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

My bit part in the Krugman-Sorkin debate

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There is – at the New York Times – a spat between Paul Krugman and Ross Sorkin over whether Krugman was ever in favor of wholesale bank nati...
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Why I am short First Solar

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(The following is an extract from Bronte Capital’s client letter . I thought it deserved wider circulation. It also provides grist to Feli...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

A Jim-the-Realtor video

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Jim the Realtor is a fabulous feed on the Southern Californian residential (and small-scale commercial) real estate market – its directions...
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Repo 105’s antecedents: Ken Lewis

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I agree with Felix Salmon that the former Lehman staffers who defend Repo 105 are psychopaths – certifiably insane.  They state (as if this...
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Friday, March 19, 2010

My tipper on Astarra

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Tipping the authorities off about Astarra required – as I said – no special genius on my part.  I was tipped by a blog reader who noticed th...
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