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Extra!! Extra!! Elian Gonzalez is the new CEO of Enron!!! Shark attacks in the Enron company pool!! Tonya Harding is now in charge of Enron security!! All of these things are obviously ridiculous. The fact of the matter is that almost everything surrounding Enron that has been reported to the public has been ridiculous. Here […]
We have received a plethora of questions trying to put into words exactly how some of these large corporate scandals occurred. I have been trying very hard to articulate the actions of the many corporate hucksters I have reported on during my radio show. Unfortunately, many of the financial structures are quite complicated and I […]
“It’s déjà vu all over again.” Yogi said it, and he couldn’t be more right! Last month we saw the stock market take off like a rocket after Cisco systems announced earnings. Wall Street and many investors perceived these numbers to be outstanding. Analysts across the land were crying out “Hear Ye, Hear Ye, The […]
THE CLASSIC VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he’s a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter […]
Question… What do the recent one-day run ups in stock market… Dexy’s Midnight Runner’s “Come on Ilene”… and the Baha Men’s “Who Let the Dog’s out” have in common? Answer… They are all one hit wonders! These are the facts! On Wednesday, May 8th, the Dow industrials jumped more than 300 points, prodded by better-than-expected […]
The following was an article I wrote in March of 2001… This past month the New York State Attorney General has finally started to take some action against many of the large brokerage firms and the conduct of their analysts. Both are implicated in causing much of the carnage in the equities markets over the […]
Growing up in a small town in upstate New York we were lucky enough to have one of those small town weekly newspapers. We looked forward for the arrival of each week’s addition. I remember fondly, anxiously waiting to see if our athletic heroics of the past week were covered in that week’s addition. Maybe […]
I am amazed at the 180-degree turn that the major brokerage firms have taken in their marketing strategies over the past year. Gone are the get rich quick commercials with “Stewart”, and “truck drivers owning their own country.” We have returned to the stuffy, conservative commercials of old, with voice-overs by William Dafoe and Steve […]
Here are some red flags that such professional investors watch out for to guard against potential trouble down the road: Invoices Increasing, Sales Slipping: If a company’s accounts receivables are growing faster than sales, which signals some concerns about the quality of the sales. Among other things, swelling accounts receivable could indicate “channel stuffing,” or […]
Here are the signs that our portfolio managers look out for that signal a potential bankruptcy. SWAPS: The derivatives markets can be especially valuable as an early-warning signal particularly the credit-default swap market, where institutional investors seek financial protection against corporate bankruptcies. The default swap market is probably the most sensitive measure of how market […]
I have Enronitis. Not the same Enronitis that democratic pundits like Terry McAullife are trying to sensationalize. My Enronitis takes the form of a repetition and “I told you so” syndrome. All anyone wants to talk about is Enron and they all want to know how I knew of its demise. Well, over 200 radio […]
We have been very diligent and busy here at Markowski Investments the past few years. Through our newsletter, the “Markowski Monthly”, and via the many radio and television appearances we make, we have tried to expose any malevolent actions or events that could adversely affect the American people. For the past few years we have […]