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Expert Opinion: What is it Worth? Montana, Brady, and Tebow

I am absolutely fascinated with the Tim Tebow story. Not the one about the vilified, overtly Christian athlete. No, I am fascinated with the countless stories of athletes like Tebow that experts said could not be successful, and then end up having one success … Continue reading

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Kyle Bass on Japan and Europe at a Darden School Conference

Michael Lewis opens his latest book, Boomerang, which can be found in the bookstore above, with a vignette about his meeting in 2008 with Kyle Bass of Hayman Capital. He left the meeting thinking that Bass was a bit of … Continue reading

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Michael Lewis on Daniel Kahneman in Vanity Fair

I am reading Kahneman’s new book now and find it fascinating even though I was aware of many of the concepts in it. Those who study human behavioral flaws know that mere awareness of them is not always sufficient to fix our … Continue reading

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It is Unfortunate that Professional Sports Franchises are not Shortable

I suspect these stories are an omen for the Wilpons’ continued ownership of the Mets: Mets will pay 3 percent interest to investors http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/mets_next_pitch_WTbeypwaj93Lp1Mb58gOQN#ixzz1cr5G1BU4 Mets lay off 10 percent of staff http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/front_office_met_ax_uFsH3565WnN4JOaARQlTvJ If Reyes waits, he’ll get big bucks — but … Continue reading

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“First, Get a Trillion Euros…”

The market is soaring today on the Greek bailout plan, or should we say the European bailout plan because, lest we forget, there are several more countries that still need a bailout. The plan is amusing to me, though I should … Continue reading

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What is Behind the Market’s 12% Jump in One Week?

At 3:15 pm on October 4, the S&P 500 was at 1081.89. By 4:oo pm it finished at 1123.95, up 3.89% in forty-five minutes. To put that in perspective, the market was in the 1081 range in October 1998. So, … Continue reading

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Moneyball

I love value investing for the edge that it gives me, and I love baseball. Michael Lewis is a brilliant writer who once worked in my old insustry (mortgage backed securities) at Salomon Brothers. During his time at Salomon, Perelman attempted a … Continue reading

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The German Character and the German Problem

If nothing else, Michael Lewis is always entertaining. After briefly describing the German peoples’ long fascination with “scheisse”–more specifically the love of being near it without getting dirtied by it–Lewis tells us that character also extends to German banking: I had gone to … Continue reading

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