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American Airlines’ Bankruptcy Was an Early Christmas Present for Delta’s Shareholders
Posted by Ivanhoff on December 1st, 2011 at 7:33 pm, Comments: 0Earlier this week, AA became the last major U.S. Airline to file for Chapter 11 in an attempt to renegotiate labor costs with the unions. [...]
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20 Best Performing Stocks of the Past 6 Months
Posted by Ivanhoff on November 29th, 2011 at 5:12 pm, Comments: 0It is a habit of mine to keep track of the best performing stocks over different timeframes. While the survivorship bias could certainly distort the [...]
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Some of My Favorite Quotes from “The Big Short”
Posted by Ivanhoff on November 17th, 2011 at 1:53 pm, Comments: 0Nowadays, it is rare to encounter a really good investment book that manages to tell an inspiring story and enlighten you on the flaws of [...]
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The Market Blinked First
Posted by Ivanhoff on November 9th, 2011 at 4:35 pm, Comments: 0The stock market is bipolar creature, driven by sentiment and irrational expectations. One day, it is an ingenious forward looking mechanism that anticipates and discounts [...]
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“If Stocks Don’t Fall on Bad News, There Must Be Good News Around the Corner”
Posted by Ivanhoff on November 7th, 2011 at 5:53 pm, Comments: 0Just 10 days ago, it was announced that holders of Greek sovereign debt will take a 50% haircut. Everyone was basically told that if they [...]
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Thinking the Unthinkable: Could 2011 Be Like 1998
Posted by Ivanhoff on October 30th, 2011 at 11:56 am, Comments: 0History never repeats, but it often rhymes, at least from psychological perspective. One cannot help but ponder the similarities between 1998 and 2011. In the [...]
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154 Liquid Stocks Closed At All-Time High
Posted by Ivanhoff on October 27th, 2011 at 7:14 pm, Comments: 0A bunch of stocks from various industries are gracing the all-time high list. I guess this should not be surprising, given that $SPY is having [...]
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Gold and Silver Rally in a Grim Tape
Posted by Ivanhoff on October 25th, 2011 at 2:59 pm, Comments: 0Precious metals are outperforming handily today, foreshadowing the market expectations for the widely anticipated New resolution of the European Credit crisis. There will be currency [...]
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Powerful Short Squeeze in the Stocks You Least Expect
Posted by Ivanhoff on October 18th, 2011 at 1:46 pm, Comments: 0Expect the unexpected. Just when it seemed that the news from the financial sector could not get any worse as it became clear that a [...]
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