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Beyond’s Janky Jerky; Meta’s Content Con; Ford’s Footing Falters January 20, 2022 Great Stuff The Misery Of Meatless Mimicry Mockeries I hope you brought your appetites, Great Ones — and strap on those feed bags! Pea-rice-potato burgers are back on the menu. Umm … can I politely decline? Don’t worry about being polite; not even an empty stomach could get me to savor the news Beyond Meat (Nasdaq: ) […]
The Goldman Cometh, Amazon Versus Visa & Moderna’s Multi-Pass January 18, 2022 Great Stuff Workers Get Paid, Wall Street’s Afraid I just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change. Said: “Goldman, Goldman, do you got some wool?” Yes, I do, man … and now our profits ain’t full. There’s a sea change coming, Great Ones, and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: ) just let the cat outta the […]
Simmer-Down Sunday: Don’t Spread Your Options Too Thin January 16, 2022 Great Stuff Pandora’s Box Of Options Whale whale whale, would you look at what time it is! Oh no, he’s gonna say it… No, no, we already had our tax season reminder shenanigans last week. And even we humble bean counters don’t want to talk about the IRS that much… We gotta mention the other other thing […]
The One About Chips, Dips & Witty Quips January 14, 2022 Great Stuff Friday Feedback: The “Chips” Edition Are you ready, Great Ones? Aye-aye, Mr. Great Stuff! Oooooh! Who writes about Wall Street in Kentucky! Mr. Great Stuff! Yellow absorbent and porous is he! Mr. Great … wait, what? It’s best if you don’t think about it too much… It’s Friday Feedback, Great Ones! The day we riffle […]
Get Ready for 2022’s “Big Short” January 11, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing Originators handed out adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) like Halloween candy. Big banks packed them into MBS. They bribed agencies for AAA ratings. Then they sold them to unsuspecting investors. The shorts predicted that when ARMs began to reset in the second quarter of 2007, the MBS market would collapse like a Jenga tower .That’s exactly what it did. Their short bets earned them billions. The rest of the financial system collapsed. All through the movie, I kept asking myself one question … where’s the opportunity for today’s Big Short?





