Play To Win http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/ en Copyright 2009 Mon, 18 May 2009 13:49:48 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Time to get back to the market my lense
Since the beginning of last year, I am been completely out of the market for one and a half years now. During the period, I watched the amazing turmoil from the side line. Now, the market has gone up more than 30% from its low. I feel that this might be the time to get back to the market. I am waiting for the next big drop. Hopefully it will be near 8000 points again.

]]> http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/05/time_to_get_back_to_the_market.php http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/05/time_to_get_back_to_the_market.php Mon, 18 May 2009 13:49:48 -0500 Bonus It does not take long to get those 50 million bonus money back. In reality, compared to the bail out money the government gave to these greedy banks, this is just a very tiny drop. They took the money and refuse to lend the money to the general public. It does not help the ecnomics at all. So far, a lot of bank collapsed. But, I don't see any greedy CEO go to jail. If we allow these people to continue their doing, the whole situation will happen again.

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]]> http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/03/bonus.php http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/03/bonus.php AIG Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:00:37 -0500 American Greed CNBC's show "American Greed" - Two nights ago featured an insider scheme that involved Wall Street's most pretigious financial firms - Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, 9 security trading accounts for owners whose professions ranging from stripper, personal trainer to, of course, associates in big investment banks. When greed got the best of people, it could become out of control. The tricky part of this investigation is to find out the source of information for insider trading. It turned out that they were using pre-published Business Week column. This is the one trick that "worked", making them millions of dollars. Before that they tried hiring high class strippers to get inside information from executive clients but didn't "worked". However, obviously the one that worked got them busted. A smart idea, but bribing some publisher workers to read them the columns before it went to the public left way too many trails. But when greed get the best of a person, anything can happen.


]]> http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/02/american_greed.php http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/02/american_greed.php Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:05:20 -0500 Good news? Bad news? Trade deficit felt to its lowest in 6 years. This should be a good news right? Not if it's brought upon by the steeply worsening of the recession. For the year, the deficit shrank by 3.3 percent to $677.1 billion. It was the second straight annual decline after five straight years of record deficits. The deficit with China is still high. Obama's administration is more likely to take a harder line on China's currency exchange rate. But China is not immune to the global recession either. US remain the single one biggest importer for China. Last month, China's export dropped 17 percent.

There are concerns the U.S. recession and downturns in many other countries could lead to rising protectionism worldwide that will make the global recession worse.

Man, man, I feel like I should take on a happier note just to distract me from all this depressing news.

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]]> http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/02/good_news_bad_news.php http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/02/good_news_bad_news.php Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:31:21 -0500 Lehman - the biggest hirer on Wall Street Lehman Brothers opened the a new chapter of American Economy - chapter 11. Its reputation has shattered but apparently working for the bankrupt firm - Lehman Brothers holding Inc. has becoming hot job in Wall Street. Many of the former laid-off employees came back to work for it, although for a lot less glorious positions. It's massive work to sell off all the remaining assets of this former financial giant. Some were gauranteed a 2-year work contract for the cleanup job. It could be longer. And it might be just enough time to tide over to the recovery of the economy when they can look for a job again.

Former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld was taken off Lehman's payroll since Jan. 1. But the hourly fee of $550-$850 that was charged to Lehman for Alvarez & Marsal's () top executives - wow, I'm glad Lehman doesn't owe me. It is much like probation.


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]]> http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/02/lehman_the_biggest_hirer_on_wa.php http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/02/lehman_the_biggest_hirer_on_wa.php Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:53:09 -0500 Apple Apple's iphone, ipod are doing Apple well while Microsoft's cutting 5000 jobs. Steve Job appeared dangerously thin in a recent event. Normal people can't help but wonder if he is sick again. He keep saying that cancer is a personal matter. Not if you are president of a billion-dollar company and shareholders are betting on your health. An Apple spokeswoman said Jobs was hit with a "common bug" in recent weeks. If Steve Job turns out to be sick, not with a "common bug", shareholders may sue the Apple.


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]]> http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/01/apple.php http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/01/apple.php AAPL MSFT Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:47:12 -0500 Inauguration day Stocks plunged in the middle of the exicitement of the 44th president's inauguration. Hope is the biggest theme in this inauguration, which obviously didn't transferred literally into Wall Street. Hope might be the first step to solve the crisis but how much can one person do? However inspiring his speech is, it's just a speech, written by some writer.

One thing stood out from this speech is "responsibility", both in terms of accountability in Washington and the responsibility of ordinary people. American has been feeling a lot of "entitlement", and rightly so but "responsibility" is the call of this special time.

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]]> http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/01/inauguration_day.php http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/01/inauguration_day.php Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:54:26 -0500 China stock wii
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Shanghai index climbed more than 3.5% yesterday. The early numbers have indicated that growth is still on the horizon, albeit slowly because of global recession. Next year the World Exposition will be held in Shanghai and Disney theme park will debut in China at Shanghai in 2014. These are all multi-billion dollar investment projects which will in turn stimulate almost all industries including airlines, hotel, restaurant, entertainment.

If the China housing market don't collapse even more, I think the China stock market has seen its worst.

]]> http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/01/china_stock.php http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/01/china_stock.php Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:17:25 -0500 Where does the $700 billion go Starbucks
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We didn't hear much about the bailout plan anymore. Was the 700 billion dollar plan approved? Is it final? Are the big 3 auto companies be bailed out? How much is spent on what or is going to be spent on what? Why don't we hear about that any more? Is the plan on hold for further discussion? If it's our money, don't we at least deserve to know where it goes? Or does it have no media value anymore and is forgotten by the networks? Just as where Paris Hilton partied over New Year, it is a piece of old news?

]]> http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/01/where_does_the_700_billion_go.php http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/01/where_does_the_700_billion_go.php Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:16:49 -0500 North Carolina jobless claims crashed Web site splendid suns
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North Carolina's Employment Security Commission (ESC) has about 300,000 people in its unemployment system and pays about $33 million a week in benefits. Last week its system crashed, not once, but twice due to large number of access. North Carolina's unemployment rate has reached 7.9 percent in November - the highest since 1983.

The unemployment in SC is related to the drop-off in tourism and construction, two of the largest segments of their economy. And SC and NC have large bank bases and processing centers.

This is sad for SC and NC but when the umemployment hits 10 percent. We are all the same, baby, all the same.

]]> http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/01/north_carolina_jobless_claims.php http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/01/north_carolina_jobless_claims.php Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:41:30 -0500 Good New Start? Dow started the year with the second best start of the year by points and sixth best start by percentage. Maybe it's because of the bigger and brighter than usual crystal ball in time square. Maybe because of people need it more this year. Whatever it is, we can count on it that it is not sustainable. The volume is low, and more importantly, the fundamentals are not promising at this point yet. Unemployment is not improving; big three bankrupcy is still looming; industrial benchmark is still weak. That said, a big bang start is still better than otherwise.


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]]> http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/01/good_new_start.php http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2009/01/good_new_start.php Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:56:56 -0500 Store Holiday Sale Countdown 4-day countdown for Christmas starts. Store that I have seen that has the most aggressive sale is Kohl's. Everything is on sale, everything. I had a hard time finding something not on sale, just for fun. And deep discount too. 50% off, 60%, 65% even 70%.

Mervyn's used to be same kind of store and it just went out of business. I wondered if Mervyn's started sale this aggressive, would it save it from going out of business?

Stores like this are desperate, I can sense. But the effects are also very visible. Check out lines are very long.

By January, we will find out who's the winner and who's the loser.


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]]> http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2008/12/store_holiday_sale_countdown.php http://www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/equidation/2008/12/store_holiday_sale_countdown.php Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:31:43 -0500 When the pendulum swung too far to the other side "Thousands of laid-off auto workers get paid $31 an hour to sit around and do nothing all year under a controversial program that could continue even if American taxpayers bail out the American auto industry." - fox news. "The [laid off] employees may become 'creditors' with claims against the company -- they would be in the same position as bond holders and other creditors." Funny as it sounds, it's true. This is a program created in 1984 when the big 3 were doing well. If the program continues, thousands of laid off auto workers can get paid 90-95% of pay by doing nothing. Does that make sense to you?

But I heard that UAW is considering to discontinue this program in order to secure a bailout. It's like, you want to milk the cow as much as possible but don't want to milk it to death.

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Next time you have one, just think about Monty Python, that will cheer you up a little.

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