DVD recorders
Shopping this past weekend, I came across 3 DVD recorders — all under $500: – Phillips for $499; – Panasonic for $449;...
The Casino Greeter
Quote of the day: Never mind the $140 million paid to Richard A. Grasso for his work as a casino greeter. Never mind the hypocrisy of the...
Technologic Dyscalculia
Quote of the day: For his part, Mr. Grasso demonstrated a remarkably impaired capacity to calculate the impression on both the man in the...
Iraq’s 6 Month Anniversary
Nobody even mentioned it: Today was the 6 month anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq. I have to reread my magnum opus, Not-So-Hidden...
Hedge Fund Capitulation?
Do you want to be right, or do you want to make money? That, in a nutshell, is the quandry facing hedge fund managers this year. They...
More on Margin
Jeff Opdyke has a WSJ article on Margin this am: Deja Vu: Buying Stock on Margin Is Back in Vogue. His reporting specifically notes a big...
The Napster Cooption Business Model
As promised, here is one of my entries for The Great Recording Industry Business Model Contest. I’ve given this a lot of long hard...
Dead Man Walking
Grasso is now finished. He’s a “Dead Man Walking.” One week ago today, I noted that this was becoming a public...
Calpers Chief Calls for Grasso’s Head
I love Jim Murphy. He’s this crusty Dow Jones writer who does a 5:15am cameo on CNBC every morning (he looks like Hemingway would...