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March 2015
Hello Everybody, I hope that you all had a nice weekend.  I just wanted to let you know that as our firm grows in size, we continue to leverage that with TD Ameritrade to get your costs lower.  Options are only $1.25 per contract now, which is about a 17% discount from the $1.50 we...
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Read our latest research report from Chief Investment Officer Tim Travis on Apache Corporation (APA)   Apache – Accumulate Energy While There is Blood in the Streets
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Below you’ll find a link to today’s recorded webinar.  I’d strongly suggest that you take the time to watch it.  It is very important to understand that most of the market is extremely expensive and risky.  This is the case in both equities and fixed income.  Over the short-term, it is impossible to know what...
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Hello Everybody, In year 6 of a bull market, it has become clear that performance chasing is very much in vogue.  We’ve taken a number of calls from individuals who’ve been thrilled at their ability to profit in positions by holding them for a few days or weeks.  In addition, performance tracking on a monthly...
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Hello Everybody, Today, the results of the stress tests including capital allocation plans were announced and the results were quite favorable.  These tests are honestly rather silly as the Fed uses hypothetical models and the most draconian assumptions possible to forecast the results.  Also, there are extremely subjective measurements made by a lot of bureaucrats,...
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Hello Everybody, This week a milestone was reached with the Nasdaq crossing 5,000 for the first time since the Tech Bubble busted in 2000.  Any credible analyst would have told you that the Nasdaq was in a bubble at that time.  The problem is that they also would have said that starting in 1996, so...
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Read our latest research report from Chief Investment Officer Tim Travis on Assured Guaranty (AGO).   Assured Guaranty – Significant Intrinsic Value Per Share Growth Continues
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Hello Everyone, Over the weekend Berkshire Hathaway’s Chairman’s Letter to Shareholders came out and as usual it was a must-read.  There are numerous fabulous points on it so it if you get the time read it, but I wanted to direct your attention to an excerpt on the reality of risk versus the perception of...
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