Comments on: Investing: A Visual Guide http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-visual-guide.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:56:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marsha Keeffer http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-visual-guide.html#comment-12938 Marsha Keeffer Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:20:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-a-visual-guide/#comment-12938 Yves, was it you who let Mr. Knight look at my portfolio then draw this chart?!! There are too many similarities for this to be happenstance. Yves, was it you who let Mr. Knight look at my portfolio then draw this chart?!! There are too many similarities for this to be happenstance.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-visual-guide.html#comment-12922 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:52:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-a-visual-guide/#comment-12922 Amen River.<br/><br/>I would have been much better off over the last year had the fed not fiddled with things. In my opinion they have only added more volatility in the market. I can deal with down or up for fundamental reasons. Unexpected bailouts and rate cuts screw with my market projections.<br/><br/>I would have been quite happy to see BearSterns go under as I was sitting short financials at the time.<br/><br/><br/><br/>- Amen River.

I would have been much better off over the last year had the fed not fiddled with things. In my opinion they have only added more volatility in the market. I can deal with down or up for fundamental reasons. Unexpected bailouts and rate cuts screw with my market projections.

I would have been quite happy to see BearSterns go under as I was sitting short financials at the time.

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-visual-guide.html#comment-12921 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:11:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-a-visual-guide/#comment-12921 @ River,<br/><br/>Haha, I never said the Fed and Treasury would be able to accomplish their goal of propping up the financial sector, merely that they are on your side if you are long financials. <br/><br/>I think we can agree that there is a high probability they won't be able to save every "too big to fail" entity out there.<br/><br/>I also agree that you get consistent odds in Vegas, rather than having the deck stacked intermittently! <br/><br/>I approach a craps table with far less trepidation than I do the markets. :)<br/><br/>IdahoSpud @ River,

Haha, I never said the Fed and Treasury would be able to accomplish their goal of propping up the financial sector, merely that they are on your side if you are long financials.

I think we can agree that there is a high probability they won’t be able to save every “too big to fail” entity out there.

I also agree that you get consistent odds in Vegas, rather than having the deck stacked intermittently!

I approach a craps table with far less trepidation than I do the markets. :)

IdahoSpud

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-visual-guide.html#comment-12911 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:58:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-a-visual-guide/#comment-12911 IdahoSpud, Theoretically you are right but we both know how ineffective the government and Fed are at accomplishing specific goals (or their stated goals). Even if Ben B and Paulson called me up and swore they were going make a particular move, and in good faith intended to do so, I would doubt their ability to bring it off. All the intervention and (bad) regulation make for a market that is causing sea sickness to many on the good ship Lolly Pop...I stayed ashore at the last port o call. Now I am sittin' on the dock of the bay after the Lolly Pop left port in yet another storm.<br/><br/>OTOH I can approach a black jack table or craps table and I understand the odds and the house doesn't usually change the rules of the game while I am playing. <br/><br/>Just sayin' :)<br/><br/>River IdahoSpud, Theoretically you are right but we both know how ineffective the government and Fed are at accomplishing specific goals (or their stated goals). Even if Ben B and Paulson called me up and swore they were going make a particular move, and in good faith intended to do so, I would doubt their ability to bring it off. All the intervention and (bad) regulation make for a market that is causing sea sickness to many on the good ship Lolly Pop…I stayed ashore at the last port o call. Now I am sittin’ on the dock of the bay after the Lolly Pop left port in yet another storm.

OTOH I can approach a black jack table or craps table and I understand the odds and the house doesn’t usually change the rules of the game while I am playing.

Just sayin’ :)

River

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-visual-guide.html#comment-12905 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:07:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-a-visual-guide/#comment-12905 Is that The Fed playbook for Bear Stearns, with comments from minutes? Is that The Fed playbook for Bear Stearns, with comments from minutes?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-visual-guide.html#comment-12893 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:13:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-a-visual-guide/#comment-12893 @River, <br/><br/>Look at the bright side: Government and Fed manipulation of the credit markets should be a positive if you are long financials.<br/><br/>So theoretically the house is on your side in the market ;)<br/><br/>IdahoSpud (too lazy to log in) @River,

Look at the bright side: Government and Fed manipulation of the credit markets should be a positive if you are long financials.

So theoretically the house is on your side in the market ;)

IdahoSpud (too lazy to log in)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-visual-guide.html#comment-12892 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:57:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-a-visual-guide/#comment-12892 In this kind of scenario, you have to ask yourself: "What would Stan Weinstein do?" In this kind of scenario, you have to ask yourself: “What would Stan Weinstein do?”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-visual-guide.html#comment-12884 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:56:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-a-visual-guide/#comment-12884 At least in Vegas one can gamble away money in comfort while the house picks up the food and lodging tab. Hey, in Vegas one can even know the odds on a given game.<br/><br/>The market is now a crap shoot where the odds are governed by more than the 'unseen hand'. Approach the current market gaming table with extreme caution, if at all.<br/><br/>River At least in Vegas one can gamble away money in comfort while the house picks up the food and lodging tab. Hey, in Vegas one can even know the odds on a given game.

The market is now a crap shoot where the odds are governed by more than the ‘unseen hand’. Approach the current market gaming table with extreme caution, if at all.

River

]]> By: Richard Kline http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-visual-guide.html#comment-12883 Richard Kline Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-a-visual-guide/#comment-12883 However disconnected from reality, that is the view my inner child has always held of those who play with money. : ) However disconnected from reality, that is the view my inner child has always held of those who play with money. : )

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-visual-guide.html#comment-12882 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:53:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/investing-a-visual-guide/#comment-12882 My investment strategy all explained. My investment strategy all explained.

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