Monthly Archives: June 2010

Investing vs Speculating

June 7, 2010 – 9:34 am

The difference between Investing and Speculating is much larger than Wall Street would have you believe. In fact, they could not be too more different activities. Speculating is gambling. Investing is intelligent decision-making.

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GM – How far will companies go to dupe investors?

June 4, 2010 – 3:05 pm

In April, GM bragged about having paid back the balance of its $6.7 billion loan under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. In truth, the did nothing of the sort. They simply pirated taxpayer funds to cover their losses.

By David Trainer | Posted in General Market Comments | Comments (0)

GAP is Stock Pick of the Week – Hidden Gem

June 4, 2010 – 7:30 am

Hidden Gem – GPS: economic earnings are rising faster than reported accounting earnings b/c the company lowered the capital employed to run the business. GAAP earnings do not capture increase capital efficiency of the business.

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Sirius Satellite – A Dangerous Stock

June 1, 2010 – 12:32 pm

TheStreet.com recently published three articles quoting me on SIRI. Andrea Tse called and, after reviewing our models on SIRI, I told her that the stock was Dangerous because:

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