Bill Mann
2004 Archives
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
December
- 12/23/2004 - Mary, Mary Not So Contrary
- 12/22/2004 - Deconstructing YUKOS
- 12/22/2004 - Stripped Windows
- 12/20/2004 - Applied Scuttlebutt
- 12/17/2004 - Yes, Options Really Are an Expense
- 12/17/2004 - Fannie Mae's Institutional Arrogance
- 12/17/2004 - AOL: Is Half a Billion Enough?
- 12/15/2004 - Yes, People Really Are That Stupid
- 12/15/2004 - Gates Joins Berkshire Board
- 12/15/2004 - Investment Idea: Midas
- 12/13/2004 - Make Sure Risks Are Compensated!
- 12/10/2004 - Is MCI Junk? Naw!
- 12/09/2004 - That Confounding Costco
- 12/09/2004 - Hollywood, But Holly Shouldn't
- 12/08/2004 - Reinhold: Seat Backs Are Upright
- 12/08/2004 - Aligning Interests? Yeah, Right
- 12/08/2004 - Picasso's Checks
- 12/06/2004 - It's Tax-Loss Season, Y'all
- 12/03/2004 - Price of 5 Golden Rings Plummets
- 12/02/2004 - Spitzer Helps Loan Sharks
- 12/02/2004 - Jeopardy! Gives Block Awesome Branding
- 12/01/2004 - Vulgarities at Nasdaq
November
- 11/30/2004 - Beware Confirmation Bias
- 11/24/2004 - Oil-Dri: Because Cats Gotta Go
- 11/24/2004 - The Rehabilitation of Henry Blodget
- 11/23/2004 - Stocks 2004: 11 Picks, 11 Winners
- 11/18/2004 - I Got a Real Estate Jones
- 11/18/2004 - Brady's Signs Are Positive
- 11/17/2004 - Xcelera Denouement
- 11/17/2004 - Roses in the Pig Sty
- 11/15/2004 - Berkshire Sells Insurance! Oh My!
- 11/12/2004 - Tiffany's Pricey Elements
- 11/11/2004 - A Hollywood Blockbuster
- 11/11/2004 - Coke: Looks Like Sody Pop
- 11/04/2004 - What the President Cannot Do
- 11/03/2004 - Delta's Aborted Crash Landing
- 11/03/2004 - Once Again, Blogs Loom Large
- 11/01/2004 - If It's From Nigeria, Hit Delete
October
- 10/29/2004 - King, Knave, or Village Idiot?
- 10/28/2004 - Glaxo's Mild Depression
- 10/28/2004 - All That Glitters Isn't Gold at Newmont
- 10/28/2004 - Stay Off Volatility Carousel
- 10/27/2004 - Nothing Sour About Valero
- 10/27/2004 - When in Doubt, Decapitate
- 10/22/2004 - Microsoft and Unearned Revenue
- 10/21/2004 - UST Continues to Smoke
- 10/20/2004 - Isn't America Great?
- 10/20/2004 - You Don't Know the Future
- 10/18/2004 - Fraud at Marsh?
- 10/15/2004 - No Better Than Two-Bit Hustlers
- 10/14/2004 - Arrogant, or Desperate?
- 10/14/2004 - Stock Options: Pause to Reload
- 10/13/2004 - Intel's Mongolian Contortionist Act
- 10/11/2004 - Here's a Hot Tip...
- 10/08/2004 - AMD: The Little Engine That Might
- 10/07/2004 - Costco's Warehousing Money
- 10/06/2004 - Knight Needs Volatility
- 10/06/2004 - Exit Blog, Enter Legg
- 10/06/2004 - What Does Fannie Mae Do?
- 10/04/2004 - Taking Advantage of the Terminally Stupid
- 10/01/2004 - Constellation Jumps Over the Moon
September
- 09/29/2004 - Why Disney Is Destroying Barbie
- 09/29/2004 - Orbitz: Travelzoo's Line in the Sand
- 09/29/2004 - How Do You Repossess a Whole Country?
- 09/27/2004 - Where Are They Now?
- 09/24/2004 - Where'd the Term 'Blue Chip' Come From?
- 09/23/2004 - The Cigarette Mafia
- 09/23/2004 - Weather's Fine at Dress Barn
- 09/22/2004 - If Delta Craters, or When
- 09/22/2004 - A Not-So-Bad Reverse Split
- 09/22/2004 - Three Financials Behaving Badly
- 09/20/2004 - Krispy Kreme's Fair Value: Zero
- 09/17/2004 - Guangshen Railway to Double Capacity
- 09/17/2004 - No Telling With Nortel
- 09/16/2004 - The Tech Inventory Hair Ball
- 09/15/2004 - Exhausting Every Option
- 09/09/2004 - Frank Quattrone Is a Bad Man
- 09/09/2004 - Inmates in Charge of Travelzoo
- 09/08/2004 - Big Advertisers Bid on Grey Global
- 09/08/2004 - The Self-Confidence of the Naive
- 09/08/2004 - A Superior Investment Idea
- 09/03/2004 - Frances to Hit Hartford
- 09/02/2004 - Children's Place Is to Be Heard
- 09/02/2004 - Back-to-School Woes
- 09/01/2004 - I Am an Economic Girlie-Man
- 09/01/2004 - Triumph of Hope Over Reason
- 09/01/2004 - FEAR SEPTEMBER
August
- 08/30/2004 - The Biggest Secret in the Stock Market
- 08/27/2004 - A Canadian Invasion
- 08/26/2004 - Not for All the Texas Tea in China?
- 08/26/2004 - ServiceMaster Looks Clean to Berkshire
- 08/25/2004 - New Name: Aether and Dirt
- 08/25/2004 - Scotch: Not Just for Breakfast Anymore
- 08/25/2004 - Don't Make the Babies Cry
- 08/23/2004 - Google: The Scorecard
- 08/20/2004 - Is United Taking Aim at Retirees?
- 08/19/2004 - Bless Leucadia's Heart
- 08/19/2004 - Being Frugal With Google
- 08/18/2004 - What's Google Minus $10 Billion?
- 08/18/2004 - Crazy 'Bout a Sharp-Dressed K
- 08/16/2004 - Charley Smacks Florida, Insurers
- 08/13/2004 - Delightful Dell
- 08/12/2004 - Security Securities
- 08/12/2004 - Tiffany's Ring Gets Scratched
- 08/11/2004 - Sure the Ticker Isn't UPSI?
- 08/11/2004 - If You're Happy and You Know It...
- 08/11/2004 - It's Not Fog That Needs Cutting
- 08/09/2004 - Oh No! Berkshire Earnings Down!
- 08/06/2004 - Google: The Kato Kaelin of IPOs
- 08/05/2004 - InterActive Complications
- 08/05/2004 - GM's $8 Billion Problem
- 08/04/2004 - Ciena: That's Not a Miss
- 08/04/2004 - Your Ownership Is Revoked
- 08/04/2004 - Schlotzsky's Toasted
July
- 07/30/2004 - No Respite for Level 3
- 07/29/2004 - Domino's Doesn't Satisfy
- 07/29/2004 - Nortel: Hold, Please
- 07/28/2004 - YUKOS: From Dismal to Worse
- 07/28/2004 - Grantham: Prepare for Pain
- 07/28/2004 - Index Funds: Still Your Best Bet
- 07/26/2004 - Mylan's Thorny Crown
- 07/23/2004 - Overstock Channels Mao
- 07/22/2004 - House Meddles in FASB Matters
- 07/22/2004 - UTX Propelled Higher
- 07/21/2004 - Lucent in the Slow Lane
- 07/21/2004 - General Dynamics' Quarterly Blast
- 07/21/2004 - The Return of Chuckie
- 07/19/2004 - Bulls on Parade
- 07/16/2004 - Cemex Is Rock Steady
- 07/15/2004 - Cheap Tech Stock? Do Tell!
- 07/15/2004 - Citigroup Avoids Bad Juju
- 07/14/2004 - Domino's Arrived Cold and Stale
- 07/14/2004 - De Beers in De Champagne
- 07/14/2004 - How Shortcuts Can Cost You
- 07/12/2004 - The Perfect Earnings Report
- 07/09/2004 - Rigases Off to the Big House
- 07/09/2004 - YUKOS' Slippery Situation
- 07/08/2004 - Lay Surrenders, Pleads Not Guilty
- 07/07/2004 - Buffett Rips Congress on Options
- 07/07/2004 - All Hail Steve Ballmer
- 07/07/2004 - Nortel: You Must Be Joking
- 07/02/2004 - We Don't Count So Good
- 07/01/2004 - Buffett on White Mountains
- 07/01/2004 - AMD: When the Levee Breaks
June
- 06/30/2004 - Consumer Confidence Disconnect
- 06/30/2004 - Thoratec's Palpitations
- 06/28/2004 - Fiber to the Home. Eventually.
- 06/25/2004 - Valley's Intellectual Bankruptcy
- 06/24/2004 - Allied Capital Punishment
- 06/24/2004 - AT&T Hangs Up
- 06/23/2004 - IntraBiotics: The Cat Is Dead
- 06/23/2004 - eBay Faces Tiffany's Wrath
- 06/23/2004 - FTC OKs Tobacco Merger
- 06/21/2004 - On Time Not Wasted
- 06/14/2004 - Econ 101 at the Poker Table
- 06/04/2004 - Elizabeth Arden Stops the Clock
- 06/03/2004 - No Cement? Call Mexico
- 06/03/2004 - C&W Quits Digging
- 06/02/2004 - Carnival of Freaks
- 06/02/2004 - A Little Cloudy at Pall
- 06/02/2004 - High-Flyin' Ryan Dips
May
- 05/28/2004 - Here! Take Our Money!
- 05/27/2004 - Le Bailout d'Alstom
- 05/27/2004 - Dick Strong: How Sorry Are You?
- 05/26/2004 - Running on Fumes
- 05/26/2004 - Going Dutch With Google
- 05/26/2004 - Not So EZ
- 05/24/2004 - Forget the Numbers!
- 05/17/2004 - The Cost of Delusional Investing
- 05/14/2004 - Krispy Kremed
- 05/12/2004 - $145 Billion Up for Grabs?
- 05/12/2004 - Presto Stays Its Course
- 05/12/2004 - Twice Shy at Cisco?
- 05/10/2004 - Free Real-Time Garbage
- 05/07/2004 - Oil Hits $40
- 05/07/2004 - Rash of Activism at Staples
- 05/06/2004 - Understanding the General Electrics
- 05/05/2004 - A Tale of Timber and Love
- 05/05/2004 - Is It Coke O'Cola Now?
- 05/05/2004 - Parlux's New Fragrance: Paris Hilton?
- 05/05/2004 - Warren Buffett and His 20 Punches
- 05/03/2004 - Dashed Upon the Rocks of eBay
April
- 04/30/2004 - Google IPO? No Thanks
- 04/29/2004 - Schizophrenia Saves Bristol-Myers
- 04/29/2004 - More Pain at JDS Uniphase
- 04/28/2004 - Global Double-Crossing
- 04/28/2004 - Selecting Stocks Using ROE
- 04/28/2004 - When Business Models Bite
- 04/26/2004 - Is What You Know Actually True?
- 04/23/2004 - Can Callaway Get a Mulligan?
- 04/22/2004 - Cemex Ole!
- 04/22/2004 - Seeing Red in China
- 04/21/2004 - Silliness From Taser
- 04/21/2004 - Sirius' Earnings Disappoint
- 04/21/2004 - Attack of the Killer Attorneys
- 04/19/2004 - Satellite Radio Makes the Locals Sweat
- 04/16/2004 - Stryker Hits It Again
- 04/15/2004 - Clobbered Canadian Royalty Trusts
- 04/15/2004 - Thanks, Philip Fisher
- 04/14/2004 - Did Buffett Say "I Don't Sell"?
- 04/14/2004 - Take-Two and Don't Call Ever
- 04/14/2004 - Dual-Class Shares, Second-Class Investors
- 04/12/2004 - Won't, May, Could, Should, Will
- 04/08/2004 - CA Executives Make the Walk
- 04/08/2004 - VoIP: Why the Light Touch?
- 04/07/2004 - Out of Cash? Gamble!
- 04/07/2004 - The Big Tech Scramble
- 04/07/2004 - Mild Disaster at Cox
- 04/05/2004 - Information Vs. Knowledge
- 04/02/2004 - Intel's Red Herring
- 04/01/2004 - P&G Unloads Sunny D
- 04/01/2004 - The Dow Makes Some Changes
March
- 03/31/2004 - FASB: Ready to Rumble
- 03/31/2004 - QLogic's Just Being Unreasonable
- 03/31/2004 - Dare to Be Wrong
- 03/29/2004 - Baked Alaska
- 03/29/2004 - Buying What You Hate
- 03/26/2004 - Dynegy's First-Time Loser
- 03/25/2004 - WTC: One Attack or Two?
- 03/25/2004 - Comcast Shows Discipline
- 03/24/2004 - The Taxman Cometh, Eh?
- 03/24/2004 - No Inflation? Hard to Believe
- 03/24/2004 - Reddy or Not
- 03/22/2004 - That's So Five Minutes Ago
- 03/22/2004 - Stuff That Doesn't Matter
- 03/19/2004 - The Drug Reimportation Disaster
- 03/18/2004 - Cisco Might Pay Dividend
- 03/17/2004 - Botching Enerplus
- 03/17/2004 - Warren's Lost His Touch?!
- 03/17/2004 - The Best Stock Options Model
- 03/15/2004 - Don't Be a "Yield Pig"
- 03/11/2004 - New Standards Help Shareholders
- 03/11/2004 - Pennsylvania Sues Drug Makers
- 03/10/2004 - Earning $24 Billion Isn't Enough
- 03/10/2004 - SEC Rides U-Haul
- 03/10/2004 - General Electric Issues Equity?!
- 03/08/2004 - Warren Buffett: World's Greatest Sandbagger
- 03/05/2004 - BREAKING NEWS: Nothing Happened
- 03/04/2004 - Dell Stepping Down
- 03/03/2004 - Is Wal-Mart the Next Altria?
- 03/03/2004 - WorldCom's Ebbers Surrenders
- 03/03/2004 - A Tale of Two Companies
- 03/01/2004 - Surprise Brands of the Year
- 03/01/2004 - Rocky Mountain Chocolate: Final Nugget
February
- 02/27/2004 - Showdown: Greenspan vs. Fannie
- 02/27/2004 - Payless: They're Not Kidding
- 02/26/2004 - Midway Between Bad and Horrible
- 02/26/2004 - Microsoft: Return the Money!
- 02/25/2004 - The Long and Short of It
- 02/25/2004 - Plenty of Love for TJX
- 02/25/2004 - Tiffany Rocks
- 02/23/2004 - Comanche Cancellation Hits Hard
- 02/23/2004 - LSI's Logical Spinoff
- 02/20/2004 - Things Left Unsaid
- 02/20/2004 - TradeStation: I Disagree
- 02/19/2004 - El Paso: Brightening Skies Go Dark
- 02/19/2004 - Another Brick in the Enron Wall
- 02/18/2004 - End of the Specialist System?
- 02/18/2004 - Barclays Rejects Providian
- 02/18/2004 - Foreign Threats to U.S. Profits
- 02/13/2004 - Crazy on Credit
- 02/13/2004 - Recapitalizing Trump
- 02/12/2004 - ImClone's Mysterious Plunge
- 02/12/2004 - Sonus: Not Buying It
- 02/12/2004 - The Illusion of Liquidity
- 02/11/2004 - Comcast's Hostile Tango
- 02/09/2004 - Holding Providian's Playbook
- 02/09/2004 - Sickly Sweet Stock Split
- 02/09/2004 - A Retailer That's the Bomb
- 02/06/2004 - Wal-Mart Sales Foretell Danger
- 02/06/2004 - Coinstar's Future Gets Brighter
- 02/05/2004 - Not on the Level 3
- 02/04/2004 - Hiding From ACLN
- 02/04/2004 - Cisco Jumps, Slips, Falls
- 02/02/2004 - IBM Inventor Reboots
- 02/02/2004 - Been Back to Toys "R" Us?
January
- 01/30/2004 - Sallie Mae Faces Inquiry
- 01/30/2004 - Stocks 2004: My Favorite Idea
- 01/29/2004 - Tax Refund Gooses Boeing
- 01/29/2004 - The Return of the Whisper
- 01/28/2004 - eUniverse, a Universal Mess
- 01/28/2004 - CNOOC and the Invisible Split
- 01/28/2004 - Daddy, What's a Junk Bond?
- 01/26/2004 - The Hollinger Hypocrite
- 01/26/2004 - An Imperial Sellout
- 01/23/2004 - Retail With Elbow Room
- 01/23/2004 - Mighty Microsoft
- 01/22/2004 - A Lesson in Supply and Demand
- 01/21/2004 - Providian's Quality Control
- 01/21/2004 - Rewarding Stupidity
- 01/16/2004 - CMGI, Internet Capital Group Flashback
- 01/16/2004 - Global Crossing Is Back
- 01/15/2004 - Parmalat's Tanzi Is "Depressed"
- 01/15/2004 - JPMorganChaseBankOne?
- 01/14/2004 - Retreading Is Good Business
- 01/14/2004 - CNBC's Draconian Move
- 01/14/2004 - The Death of the Dollar
- 01/12/2004 - A Temp-orary Problem?
- 01/12/2004 - Don't Trust the Dutch
- 01/09/2004 - These Flowers Stink
- 01/09/2004 - Spitzer in Need of Update
- 01/08/2004 - A Step Closer to Ken Lay?
- 01/08/2004 - Fat & Drunk? Sue Cable!
- 01/07/2004 - Stocks 2004: Defensive Posture
- 01/07/2004 - Cha-Ching China!
- 01/07/2004 - Laffer's Laugher
- 01/05/2004 - Smile, You're in America
- 01/02/2004 - Annaly-ze This
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