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Wamu Washington Mutual

First Marblehead ~ Stupid Name!

Lear ~ Better take a seat!

Advanced Micro Devices ; becoming a microcap?

Royal Bank of Scotland ~ a Royal pain!

Don’t take me Sirius!

Or I’ll Taser you!

Sirf‘ing can be dangerous!

Wachovia Bank

All this makes me hungry for some Pilgrims Pride chicken; … oops

or a donut ~ Krispy Kreme

XL now xs; I couln’t resist!

I gotta get outta here! Expedia

Maybe Vegas? and I’ll stay at the MGM

or the “Sands”

My wife just loves the slots ~ IGT

I have a headache! Rite Aid

I feel like I’m on a rollercoaster like at Six Flags

Avis “there’s Hertz and then there’s ~ not exactly…

Hartford Life

DryShips ‘gettin damp

Goodyear `sprung a leak!

Buy and hold in your Palm

General Growth Properties ‘ shrivelin

Office Depot ‘runnin low on toner

I need to ride my Harley!

Totaled Merrill

Pacific Sunware ‘Guess I can take them off…

U.S. Steal (U.S. Steel)

Cleveland Cliffs taking a dive… (Cliffs Natural Resources)

Sun Micro ~ clouding up

KKR’s KFN ; `How the mighty have fallen!

You don’t SAY! (Satyam Computer Services)

Allied Irish Bank ‘ no luck here!

Micron Technology

Bank of America ; too sad to joke about!

Blackstone Hedge Fund

Pier One, Taking a long walk on a short pier?

Allied Capital ‘ need a loan?

Kodak ; Smile!

Trump ; you’re fired! (Trump Entertainment)

Liz Claiborne ‘ Honey you look a bit pale tonight!

Martha Stewart ‘ We need a better recipe ovah heah!

Lazyboy‘ Let me get comfortable for the big game

Barclays Bank ‘not much better over the pond…

Motorola ‘ Hello Moto?

GE Gee Eeeek

Blockbusted Video! (Blockbuster Video)

American Crapital (American Capital)

Headwaters (head under water?)

Wabash Waa Bashed

Orbitz ~ out of orbit

Jackson Hewitt ; it’s not balancing

American Axle : Do you feel a vibration back there?

USA Education ; better cram for the next test (SLM Corp)

Fifth Third Bank ; isn’t 5/3 about 1 and change?

Clear Channel ; you’re breaking up!

Textron ; Anyone looking for a G4

Sunrise Assisted ; Can I get a hand over here?

Phoenix Companies: looking forward to rebirth!

LDK Solar ; Overcast

Seeya I Tee (CIT)

Comments to Dan(@)Dashover.com

Odds and Enz

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:54:37 +0000

April 27, 2009

Using Gimp, I did my photo op in 3 minutes.

The government could have saved $328,835 (according to businessinsider ) and a TON of problems, by using the computer. My 2c…

Helloooo ever heard of photoshop…

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Be Grateful

admin — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:54:35 +0000

In these trying times
Someone has it worse off than you!

Be Grateful!

The Dow Flip

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:53:54 +0000

others…

Leveraged ETF’s

admin — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:08:42 +0000

Direxion Trust               Name of ETF                   Symbol
Direxion Shares ETF Trust    Large Cap Bull 3x Shares      BGU
Direxion Shares ETF Trust    Small Cap Bull 3x Shares      TNA
Direxion Shares ETF Trust    Large Cap Bear 3x Shares      BGZ
Direxion Shares ETF Trust    Small Cap Bear 3x Shares      TZA

Comcast or U-Verse?

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:54:24 +0000

Which is better Comcast’s Cable and Internet package or AT&T’s new Uverse?

I decided to make the switch in exchange for the $200 coupon. ( at Best Buy)

I was nervous because I’m comfortable with Comcast.

I really like Uverse now. The wireless router they provide works well. I can record 4 shows at once on the DVR in the bedroom. I can watch any of those recordings on any tv. They provide games, music, etc.

I opted for the 6 GIG internet service, a $5 upgrade. ( Very speedy).

All in all a very good system! A+

I’m looking forward to hooking it to my slingbox ; so I can watch my tv on my Blackberry soon…

Speaking of Snow: Where are the Anomalies?

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:54:20 +0000

There has been lots of cringing in the northeastern U.S. and in eastern Canada this year about the amount of snow that has fallen. So, is the current snow cover — the amount of snow remaining on the ground — anomalous by historical standards?

Well, one way to answer that question is to to go to the Rutgers University Climate Lab, which maintains a nifty map that shows a graphical "diff" of current snow cover from satellite-based norms. And here is the answer as of yesterday, with purple areas denoting surplus snow. Looks like there is an area in the eastern U.S. with more snow on the ground than normal, but, that’s about it — other than a few areas in the Rockies (and lots in Europe) with less snow than usual.

And in Other News … Snow in Ottawa

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:54:15 +0000

Much of my family lives in Ottawa, Canada, and so now and then I like to check a live webcam across the street from Parliament Hill. Mid-winter it can be lovely, with snow all around and the Canadian flag streaming with the Gatineau hills behind; mid-summer it’s even nicer, with a verdant lawn on a gorgeous cliff overlooking the Ottawa River.

Today, however, it’s March 8th, and there is a walloping snow storm going on in Ottawa, one that produced the following view of the Peace Tower, as if through a contracting lens:

Not to make people there feel bad, but it’s a lovely day here in La Jolla, as you can see from the live webcam at the top of nearby Mount Soledad:

Saturday Reading on Credit Risk

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:54:09 +0000

Three great, interlocking reads on the changing role of the Fed as lender of last resort:

What’s Ben doing? (Krugman)
Fed repurchase agreement and the Fed as pawnbroker (Waldman)
How the Fed is conducting monetary policy on the asset side of the balance sheet (Hamilton)

Cramer and Me

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:54:07 +0000

Ran across this Money:Tech 2008 photo tonight of my friend Jim (Cramer) and I working out a few things on-stage.

[via Joseph]

Tech Stocks at or Near 52-Week Lows

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:54:04 +0000

Just for fun:

Number of large-cap tech stocks at or near 52-week lows: 11

MSFT DELL EBAY GOOG IFX SNDK BRCM VMW TI EXPE IACI

Number of large-cap tech stocks at or near 52-week highs: 0

A Day in the Life of a Financial Services CEO

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:53:57 +0000

Here is a day in the life of a financial services CEO, courtesy of my friend Dick Costolo:

9am Private jet to DC

10am-11am Get yelled at by Henry Waxman

1pm Mmmm, steak!

4pm Martinis with other CEOs

6pm Private jet to NY