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It’s weekend … for you :)  

As posted some time ago, check it out:
http://stocks.forbes.com/exosyphencom/

80% accuracy ;) Now, should I be a nice guy and also make each stock’s weight in the portfolio available for you?
Also, I got 3 rewards in 2 weeks.

-80% or better picking accuracy
- Unsung hero - Top ranking gains earned on picks that have received relatively little agreement
- Perma bull - At least 80% of all takes are bulish.

I am looking out for some tool in which I can build a more complex portfolio. Perhaps I will replicate my complete portfolio somewhere.
Keep up with me for the best market tips :)

I think I will do some profit taking, and head for Starbucks.
Keep working people … I have portfolios to grow :)

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April 19th, 2008 at 4:21 am

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Bragging about  

As usual, I waste a lot of my valuable time chatting with Dan on things of which we can’t speak publicly, as we would risk to be missinterpreted. But just tonight, I will let you in on some of our private stuff. Please do not try to replicate anything at home. These lives belong to 2 people that are highly experienced in what they do. They poses large amounts of cash and logistics used to back the entire show.

For example, I could move to Bucharest, and with the amounts we individually pay as rent for our luxurious living spaces, we could share a big penthouse that would make every chick get wet faster then my car reaches 100. (That’s about 6.8 seconds). Or we could use the same amount of money to support a lot of people in need. But we just don’t feel like doing it. If we would combine our tech gadgets, we would achieve the most high-tech/sm in the entire world. Also, we would be the smartest guys in the room. Sounds tempting? But we made a secret deal not to ever do this. It’s enough that we get together 4 times a year (This is Dan’s fault anyway) and make the security staff of the hottest club in town say: “Not these guys again!”, when we step in.

Why don’t we do this? Because in about 2 years, we would become filthy rich. This is why we never work on stuff together. We would probably buy the biggest office building in town and turn it into a strip club. I would use my skills and cash to manipulate markets and drive oil prices through the roof, until a galon of gas is exactly 69 US dollars. That is right. We love the US dollars. We don’t get all wet about the Euro. We love the american way. We love capitalism. We don’t need a currency designed by some designer living off social aid because the factory he used to work in as a condom box designer, was relocated to Pakistan and he got fired. The US dollar makes you feel you actually hold money in your hand. Just look at the bill. (Or use Google to find a picture, if you only have coins in your pocket - this is how Google actually became so huge. People googling for stuff they would never see in their entire life, for real. Like pron.).

Dan would probably buy a Smart car an fit 2 Hummer engines in it. That is because we are not eco-friendly. At all. We like plastic. We like everything that can’t be recycled. Because 10.000 years from now, people would dig out our stuff and expose it in a museum : “A condom used by Dan to please someone’s wife”. Some advanced nation, would find the pit where I pour all the high performance engine oil I burn (and boy, I burn a lot), and become the Saudi Arabia of the year 13.069 by exploiting that. This why we should not be eco-friendly. What we do today, should be known for eternity.

Did I tell you about the time, me and Dan got drunk, and paid with brand new money, which had consecutive serial numbers? We spent the bills in reverse order. We used the last bill to pay for the cab. We were so drunk that we couldn’t remember Dan’s house number. I just told the driver to drive until he sees the biggest house on the street and stop there. He didn’t missed. I mean this guy lives in a freakin sky-scrapper. Get an elevator dude, I am tired of climbing stairs for an hour, until I reach your room. No wonder he used to get laid rarely. Those stairs exhaust any chick.

We don’t need to hear your comments. We don’t care about them.

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Written by robert

April 13th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

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Investing … get some free stock tips here :)  

I was reading Forbes today, and noticed this cool stock picking section they have. Since I am considering to invest in US stocks soon, I decided to create a small portfolio and some recommandations. You can follow them here:

http://stocks.forbes.com/exosyphencom/

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Written by robert

April 10th, 2008 at 8:00 am

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Thoughts, thoughts and more thoughts.  

What I really like about capitalism, is that everything can be bought with money, and handled as disposable items. It’s like living the ultimate eco-friendly life. Everything can be ‘recycled’ (read: passed on to others). You wake up one morning and realise that everything you do, resembles a giant market. Everything is for sale. Everything can be bought. You can even hedge everything. Money is what defines the “can’t do / can do” ratio in your life. Make sure to get that ratio as closest to zero as possible.

Everything becomes more interesting when you realise that even people are part of this huge market. Set a target. Find a proper entry level. Buy. Patiently wait to achieve your target, and then exit. Sell. Make sure everything is hedged. Don’t hesitate. Afterall, it’s all a technical thing.

Don’t make an IPO. Keep yourself closed. Avoid being traded on the open market :)

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Written by robert

April 3rd, 2008 at 2:20 pm

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