Archive for May, 2009

• Market Recap: Paper Planes
  Joshua M Brown, May 27th, 2009 at 2:32 pm, Comments: 0

  The Reformed Broker, AKA Ted Stryker, here with today's Market Recap... You know it was a snoozer of a day when the most interesting thing  [...]

• Dr. Doom on Hyperinflation
  Joshua M Brown, May 27th, 2009 at 8:54 am, Comments: 0

  Many economists are scoffing at the potential for hyperinflation here in the United States as housing price declines, unemployment and auto sector weakness dominate the headlines. I don't [...]

• Mark Reiboldt on the Next Wave of Innovation
  Joshua M Brown, May 27th, 2009 at 7:30 am, Comments: 0

  I'm new to the fold in terms of reading Mark Reiboldt's work on his site Mark to Market, but if this post is any indication of [...]

• Market Recap: In The Ayer
  Joshua M Brown, May 26th, 2009 at 2:46 pm, Comments: 0

  The Reformed Broker, AKA Armand Hammer, here with today's Market Recap... So North Korea tests a nuclear bomb and long range missile and the Case [...]

• Facebook Suckers in More "Investment" Cash
  Joshua M Brown, May 26th, 2009 at 12:33 pm, Comments: 0

  Is Facebook worth anywhere near $10 billion?  Nope!  Not even half.  They could go public tonight and possibly raise that much, but that valuation would [...]

• How Good is McDonalds? They're Selling Burgers in India.
  Joshua M Brown, May 26th, 2009 at 7:48 am, Comments: 0

  McDonalds (MCD) is probably the best-run public restaurant chain in history.  They've always done well in terms of employee training, keeping costs low, marketing etc., but [...]

• Update: Ackman/ Target
  Joshua M Brown, May 26th, 2009 at 7:03 am, Comments: 0

  William Ackman, the man behind Pershing Square's activist battle with Target (TGT), appeared on CNBC this morning and did a reasonably good job at explaining [...]

• The Shareholder Bill of Rights: Better Late than Never
  Joshua M Brown, May 26th, 2009 at 6:04 am, Comments: 0

  I'll start off here with a caveat...I know that Chuck Schumer is pushing this bill because of the populist impression it gives, keeping in mind [...]

• Why Ackman Can't Back Down from Target Fight
  Joshua M Brown, May 25th, 2009 at 9:38 pm, Comments: 0

  Barron's writer Andrew Bary gave voice to a question that is probably on many analysts' and investors' minds...what exactly is Bill Ackman's beef with Target [...]

• Morgan Stanley UK is Party Central
  Joshua M Brown, May 24th, 2009 at 9:56 am, Comments: 0

  Awww Yeah!  Listen Up Party People! The trading desk at Morgan Stanley UK is poppin' off!  If you like to throw around prop trading money [...]