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David Merkel (The Aleph Blog)

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All-time Return +57.49% (in 5 months)	Risk (SD) Aggressive 4.23%	Sharpe Ratio 13.34
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GM Fifteen Notes on the Current Market Stress 07/16/08 — 7/16 - "Going back to one of my themes, be wary of companies that sell their best assets to bail out their worst assets. Tonight�s poster child is GM. How to get cash? Borrow against the remainder of GMAC, foreign subsidiaries (most promising part of the corporation), etc. Not a promising strateg...

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The Four Stages of Investment Knowledge 06/23/08 — 6/21 - " We�re in a dead spot, a lost decade; old certainties are being tested, and many clever investors (alas for Bill Miller) are being weighed in the scales and found wanting. This is actually a good time to become an investor, because it is a bad environment. You develop your skills when exp...

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