crossingwallstreet.com - 11/12/2008
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Last night, the Fast Money crew talked about the death of buy-and-hold investing . I agree that as a strategy, it’s in intensive care, but I’m not so sure it’s quite dead yet.
First, whenever people start talking about the death of something, particularly with investing, it often the moment ...
cnbc.com - 11/11/2008
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cnbc.com —
The five stages of death are denial, anger,
bargaining, depression and finally, acceptance. We bring it up,...
because right now, Wall Street is really struggling with that last one, acceptance . We’re talking about the death of that time honored ...
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... FT Alphaville)
The Treasury has had few problems auctioning off record levels of debt. (WSJ.com)
However growing debt issuance is part of the case for shorting Treasuries. (market folly)
Recent daily equty volatility is at historic highs. (Bespoke)
Is “buy and hold” dead? (Crossing Wall Street)
Sector rotation rules as individual ...
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World Beta - Engineering Targeted Returns and Risk —
... the funniest serious writer in America. also on the way: Quantitative Strategies for Achieving Alpha ---- It looks like the adult VC shop AdultVest is having a good year. That is no surprise with the domain vibrators.com going for a million bucks. (Hat Tip: KP) ---- Some recent commentary from Hussman. ---- Whenever you hear "the death of" something, it is usually a good time to invest. ---- If you need some ...
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