Posts tagged as: stocks

Heuschrecke may sue Porsche

1 comment / March 16, 2009

Hedge funds are reluctant to accept their losses on the VW short squeeze. The German sportscar maker Porsche squeezed billions out of the financial Heuschrecke Not used to losing a battle against a bigger fish, hedge fund managers want the money back. Lawyers have been put to work to sue Porsche for manipulating the market.Read more

Join the dark side

0 comments / March 13, 2009

Trading is thin, and analysts from Goldman seem to have enough time left to do some silly research. Today analyst Peter Berezin announced holding overnight positions returned nice profits over the last 15 years. Buying at the close and selling in the opening yielded a 309% profit. The other way around, buying at the openingRead more

Land of the sinking sun

1 comment / February 9, 2009

Everybody knows : In the long run, stocks always go up. If you screw up a short term gamble, like buying some troubled financials, reposition your investments as a long term investment. You can afford to ignore further losses, as in the long run it will rebound. Maybe not this year, maybe not even nextRead more