SubscribeIt’s been awhile since I compiled this list. Here’s who’s heating up the screen.1. Erin Burnett2. Trish Regan3. Liz Claman4. Jenna Lee5. Alexis Glick6. Margaret Brennan7. Courtney Reagan8. Michelle Caruso-Cabrera9. Shibani Joshi10. Dagen McDowell Read the full article »
Stock Market Investing :I’m holding my nose and buying Hampton Roads Bankshares
Hampton Roads Bankshares (HMPR) is a microcap bank holding company that operates community banks in southern Virginia and North Carolina. It is also a debt ridden carcass. It recently cut its dividend and cancelled a 32.5 million share stock offering without giving any reason. They Read the full article »
Stocks Investing :Do you still think that the market is efficient?
If so, then please read this AP story from last Thursday. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and AIG shsres have been on fire, even though they are worthless? Why? Speculation, momentum investing, hope, stupidity,and any number of other reasons have had a hand in this madness. Or can you tell Read the full article »
Stocks Investing :China Crescent Enterprises earnings announcement
Yesterday, CCTR announced that a record .1 million in earnings on revenue of million for the first 6 months of this year. Today and tomorrow, they will broadcast two webcast detailing their expansion into Africa and information about a new business totalling million. I’m Read the full article »
Stock Market Investing :10 investing lessons from Michael Lewis
I’ve recently started reading Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity. Michael Lewis has edited a compilation of magazine pieces about various financial meltdowns, from the crash of ‘87 to our present subprime fiasco.There are a lot of good pieces in the book, but I gravitated Read the full article »
Stocks and Investing :10 More Investment Mistakes
Back in 2007, I wrote a post about the top 10 investing mistakes that I’ve made. I’m happy to admit that I’ve stopped making some of them, but I still make far more of them than I’d like. It’s important to remember that investing is a process that involves not only learning new lessons, Read the full article »
Stocks Investing :You cannot invest like Harvard and Yale: Part II
I wrote about this back in 2007 after I read a Smart Money article ( written by James B. Stewart) about copying the investment methods of these two endowments. I’m bringing it up again because Kiplinger’s is now pushing the same naive advice. I thought that I would re-examine the Read the full article »
Investing in Stock :Craigslist
Over the weekend, I read this excellent profile of Craig’s List by Wired writer Gary Wolf. It’s amazing just how powerful the site is despite its resistance to innovation. I don’t think that there is any obvious investing lesson here. It is interesting to note how the site continues Read the full article »
Stocks Investing :The Dot.con Era
It may seem pretty strange that so many years after the fact, I’m sifting through the wreckage of the dot-com era for lessons. It’s largely because of the Michael Lewis-edited volume, Panic. The writings in this volume are so so prescient and smart. Two pieces that I’ve recently read Read the full article »
Investing in Stock :Meet the Dumbest Dot-com in the World
This post is a follow up to yesterday’s about the early stages of the Internet bubble collapse. Meet the Dumbest Dot-com in the World is both sad and hilarious. It should make you pause before you even think about investing in a company with no revenues or an “innovative” business Read the full article »