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Tag Archives: Harley
Lessons Learned from the Great Recession!
The following is a quote from the book I wrote as I rode my Harley across the heartland of America, contemplating the lessons I learned over 30 years as a money manager: “I picked two headlines published on June 30, … Continue reading
Ride the Kentucky Bourbon Trail – Investment Research?
I have friends who take great pleasure in discussing the latest wine releases, and some who have built temperature and humidity-controlled rooms in their homes to store hundreds of bottles of wine they’ve collected. More surprising, I recently read that … Continue reading
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Tagged angel's envy, asset, bourbon, class, cleveland, columbus, cycle, disterilleries, distillery, German, Hall of Fame, Harley, Harley-Davidson, investment, investments, kentucky, lexington, maker's mark, makers, malvin, Man-O-War, mark, maverick, maverickinvestors, maverickinvestors.com, ohio, old, pappy, R&R, reiser's, research, rock & roll, Schmidt's, spooner, Springer, tour, trail, van, Village, vintage, wine, winkle, woodford
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Want to be a money manager? Become a celebrity!
I still don’t understand why people pay much heed to headlines in newspapers (if it’s in the news it’s already old news, and can’t make you money) or to those who’ve unilaterally appointed themselves as experts on money matters. Some journalists are pretty good, but … Continue reading
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Tagged analyst, celebrity, cfa, Chartered, cramer, financial, ford, gurus, Harley, Harley-Davidson, headlines, hype, investment, Jim, journalists, jprofessional, Mad, manager, market, media, money, NASDAQ, peak, portfolio, press, publicity, S&P500, stock
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Apple iPad2 vs Blackberry Playbook, Apple vs RIM, Commodities, Supply & Demand
What makes these crazy people lineup for a new iPad2 when they absolutely KNOW it will sell out before they get to the counter? I’ve a few lessons to share in today’s commentary. People (like yours truly) are nuts. I … Continue reading
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Tagged aapl, apple, arizona, bike, blackberry, closed-end, commodities, funds, globe, globe&mail, gold, guidebook, Harley, Harley-Davidson, in, investors, ipad2, mail, mal, malvin, market, maverick, motion, playbook, research, rim, shirley, silver, spooner, stocks, tech, technology, week, won
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Can it get any worse? Does it matter for stocks and bonds?
I neglected to include a chart in my last post I wanted to highlight. As mentioned before (read last posting by scrolling down) Japan added some downside leverage to a correction that was due anyway (discussed in my rants of … Continue reading
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Tagged 500, bonds, commodities, earthquake, economy, global, guidebook, Harley, institutional, interest, investors, iron, Japan, labs, linamar, mal, malvin, market, markets, maverick, nickel, paladin, rates, rebuild, recovery, retail, S&P, spooner, steel, stocks, tsunami, uranium
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Bullish the U.S. $ like never before!
A maverick investor loves headlines like this one: “Mighty Greenback losing it’s lustre.” What lustre? The greenback has been in the doghouse for years now. As a Canadian, I’ve been grateful – I bought my latest Harley-Davidson while the loonie … Continue reading
So when do I sell?
So when do I sell? I hate this question. Below is the exact question I found in the comments section from my great friend Stephen Bishop. Stephen is an investment advisor in Nova Scotia (God’s country), and he is the … Continue reading
Predicting oil price is a crude business!
As a Harley-Davidson enthusiast, I am very sensitive to ridiculous gas prices at the pump. Fortunately it’s winter up here in Canada so the bikes are hibernating and not guzzling fuel, but in a few weeks I expect to share … Continue reading
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Tagged countries, crude, Davidson, economy, emerging, energy, global, guidebook, Harley, industrial, inventories, investors, mal, malvin, market, markets, maverick, oil, predicting, prices, production, spooner, stock
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Bernanke Blues
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the growing U.S. budget deficit could push borrowing costs higher and curb economic growth. (from Bloomberg News, Mar 1, 2011 11:23 AM). The FED has had the acclerator on full for some time … Continue reading
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