Monthly Archives: August 2015

Buffett Bailout 2.0? Berkshire Hathaway Misses Earnings By Most S

It looks like it is time for Warren to get on the Obamaphone and make it clear this is unacceptable…   Berkshire Hathaway announced (a 10% decline) $2,367 (Adjusted) EPS, missing estimates of $3,038 by 22.09% – the biggest disappointment since Nov 2008…     Worst still, Net income for the Omaha, Nebraska-based insurance and investment company fell…

Mutual Funds Asset Flows Negative; ETFs Stable

Long-term mutual funds saw weakness in asset flows, a report notes, as asset outflows occurred across the board with the exception of domestic taxable fixed income funds.   Mutual funds with interest rate exposure particularly hit Driven by emerging market exposure, international equity-based mutual funds were hit by asset outflows for the first time in six…

What Econometrics Says About Trump’s Global Warming Hoax

“Global Warming is a total and very expensive hoax.” Source:Donald J. Trump, 6 December 2013 Here’s some data: Global surface anomaly, year-to-date (June):     Source: NOAA   If one dismisses the Donald J. Trump, 6 December 2013  (I guess he saw one too many Frankenheimer movies), then perhaps we pay attention to what econometric models suggest. Here’s…

US Concrete — All Time High

The Chart of the Day belongs to US Concrete (USCR). Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 7/13 the stock gained 32.38%. U.S. Concrete Inc. operates as a provider of ready-mixed concrete and concrete-related products and services to the construction industry in the United States. The Company operates in two segments: ready-mixed concrete and concrete-related products;…

“It’s Nuts!” Hedgies Hammered Amid Media Massac

“People are shooting first and asking questions later…this indiscriminate selling, to me, is just nuts,” exclaims one billion-dollar AUM hedge fund CIO as media stocks faced a bloodbath this week. Small (illiquid) doors and large crowds do not mix well as Bloomberg reports, hedge funds own an average 9.7% of the 15 companies in the S&P Media Index –…

Cheap Oil Stocks To Buy

Video Length: 00:03:31 I don’t know if it was the Beverly Hill Billies marathon I watched last night or the beard oil I rubbed in this morning to give this manly mane of mine a little kiss of Chuck Norris majesty, but I’ve got oil on the brain today. Hash tag, beard game strong. So…

Hammer Time

I covered a leveraged short in Small Caps, though I maintain a straight out short on SPY, which I have been holding for maybe a couple months now.  I even bought a few things that I trust relative to the speculative stuff that is getting beaten to a pulp. These Hammer candles, unlike the things…