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Aug 17, 2021 | 09:25 AM EDT DOUG KASS
Why I Turn My Head Away From the TINA Argument
TINA ("there is no alternative") is a nonsensical phrase to me.
Let me explain and share one simple thought with all of you about how I think about what most people think of as
"interest bearing" securities and in particular short-term ones like T-bills.
I do not think of only the interest received as what I am getting for being in T-bills.
I also think of the opportunity to benefit from any decline in the prices of other things - equities and longer
dated interest bearing instruments - I might buy in the future.
A T-bill paying 0.01% that lets me buy great companies 20% lower on a real market pullback is paying me 20.01% in the real world of investing.
This morning I suggested selling equities and people may be comparing
the 0.01% they can get in T-bills to recent much larger gains in equities, but the way they should be thinking about my advice is the return they will get from the T-Bill yield PLUS the benefit of the price declines as stocks rerate.

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Clip art of a rock just sold for 400 ether, or about $1.3 million… The transaction marks the latest sale of EtherRock, a brand of crypto collectible that’s been around since 2017 – making it one of the oldest non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the block.
EtherRock is, as the name implies, a JPEG of a cartoon rock, built and sold on the ethereum blockchain. There are only 100 out there, and that scarcity is part of what’s driving up its value. So, what are these rock pics good for?
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* We remain in a 'Bull Market In Complacency'
* There is certainty and precision of the bullish consensus despite a wide range of possible market and economic outcomes - many of which are adverse and market unfriendly
* A deeper than expected (and "inconceivable") market drawdown may be growing more likely
* Many make the case that stocks are inexpensive to an another, overvalued asset class (bonds) - that makes little sense to me (particularly at current equity valuations)
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@CNBCFastMoney In the entire conversation on $NFLX there is no discussion of fundamentals @MelissaLeeCNBC
Just a bunch of technicals and glittering generalities...
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* The company's growth rate will likely moderate relative to expectations as the streaming market grows more crowded
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company's shares.
Netflix has had first mover advantage in the streaming business for quite a long time.
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@TSTRMPro Aug 25, 2021 | 09:25 AM EDT DOUG KASS
Look Below the Market's Surface for Clues of Future Stock Market Performance
* Equity investors continue to ignore credit trends, overvaluation, the persistency of inflation, the likelihood of rising interest rates, slowing domestic
and global economic growth, a likely monetary pivot and undisciplined (and modern) fiscal and monetary policy which continues to distort equity prices
* A trend in motion tends to stay in motion until an outside influence is imposed
* But we should always look below the market's
surface for contrary market clues
* Investors/traders often sell and buy at inappropriate turning points in the market
* Credit leads, providing a deep footprint and clues for us to interpret and help us navigate the markets
* The market's downside risks dwarf upside rewards
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Today's phones, Twitter and other social media platforms have made people assholes
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Aug 10, 2021 | 03:15 PM EDT DOUG KASS
Is It All a Ponzi Scheme?
* An afternoon rant!
* Expanding on this morning's Bloomberg interview
Webster defines a Ponzi scheme as "an investment swindle in which some early investors are paid off with money put up by later ones
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As I suggested in this morning's Bloomberg Surveillance interview, our economic policy is beginning to look that way.
Currently massive government spending - to benefit Americans - is being financed by taking on enormous amounts of
debt with which future citizens will be burdened.
That debt emanates from unprecedented budget deficits resulting from spending well in excess of tax receipts. Public borrowing has vastly increased private savings at the expense of a soaring national debt. As a result, despite
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