We have a winner! The ABL 2021 Stock Picking Contest has finished, and DaMaaster aka Moneymaaster aka Jordan Maas cruised to victory after a dominating first half start. We had a couple of acquisitions and conversions during the year, but I’m pretty sure I calculated everything right, and I’m almost pretty sure the world will […]
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I was never much of a fan of Tim Tebow. I don’t really like the Florida Gators. I always suspected his super nice, super religious demeanor was simply too good to be true (turns out I was dead wrong). While he was an amazing college athlete, he never had any success as a pro. Tebow
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It’s been a great year (so far) for investors, and the first half results of our 2021 stock picking contest show exactly that. (It hasn’t been as good a year for me for timely blog posts, so I’ll have to take it easy today to avoid cramps and muscle pulls.) After previous dalliances with a
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We have a winner! The ABL 2020 Stock Picking Contest has finished, and Tawcan absolutely crushed the field. However, we also have a couple of losers. While I kept it a secret from everyone, my whole goal during the 2020 contest was to see if the How the Market Works site was sophisticated enough to
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When I was young, I felt a much greater affinity for my fellow Americans. Was it because I belonged to a simpler, less selfish, more patriotic time? No. I grew up in the 80’s. While there’s no hard data on how much people sucked back then, I don’t think it was any less than today
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Let’s get this over with, shall we? My 2020 stock picking entry decided to stop messing around and went full Chernobyl in the third quarter. After getting my teeth kicked in by Tesla (TSLA) through 2Q, I had reversed my position and taken my losses. And then I just couldn’t resist shorting it again this
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From a purely scientific view, I supposedly have above-average intelligence. I know, I know – I’m kinda surprised too. But if you look at my standardized test scores and whatnot, it’s official: I’m like, really smart. Sadly, though, being smart doesn’t offer any guarantees of acting smart. Even the most brilliant person has an occasional
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A truly outstanding quarter is in the books. The fact that it comes after a nuclear meltdown does diminish it a bit, but let’s focus on the positives. This quarter is a tale of Tesla. Our top four players have ridden its rise to dominate the leader board. And your favorite blogger’s short of Tesla
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Last week, I was able to finally kick the rust off the ol’ blog, give it a crank, and get the engine started back up. It had been a while. There were lots of ready excuses to not blog over the last couple of months: I had a consulting gig going strong, the kids were
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It’s always nice when you take a risk and hit paydirt. My wife and I – natch – have a lot in common, but there’s obviously some history and experiences we don’t share, what with us being from different countries and her being a woman and whatnot. She’ll never get the Three Stooges, for instance.
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