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Occupation/Title: private investor
Age: 36
Location: St Barth's
College: Grinnell College
Degree: BA Mathematics
Favorite Stocks: On the long side, I drank the 'peak oil' koolaid and have a ton of energy stocks like ALY SU SSL PTEN VLO CHK NXY and a bunch of Canadian oil-sands stocks. Also have NTO NXG OC long. Currently short USNA XFML HOKU IIG CROX IOC ITKG HSOA ACF
Investment Style: Losing my ass every few months until nothing's left
Investment Experience: Long enuf to have finally figured it out.
Interests and Hobbies: Lessee.... Classic mid-80's video games; wine; travel; Gilligan's Island; multiple male orgasm
Quote: Who is John Galt?
Additional Info: Anybody who talks about naked shorts is a naked idiot. Not that there's anything wrong with that, just sayin....
25 Most Recent SubjectsLast PostPosts
50% Gains Investing04-22-13 04:04 PM 72
Mr. Pink's Picks: selected event-driven value investments04-21-13 04:38 PM 20
Apple Inc.04-04-13 09:57 PM 136
BBRY: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in Motion)03-26-13 09:13 PM 11
Buffettology03-11-13 08:43 PM 1
Nokia (NOK)02-24-13 09:34 PM 11
Apple Product Help 02-17-13 05:20 PM 4
Big Dog's Boom Boom Room12-28-12 02:57 PM 24
Facebook, Inc. 10-13-12 10:15 PM 5
Apple Fanboy Central 06-17-12 11:18 AM 1
Windows Phone 05-11-12 01:23 PM 1
Apple Tankwatch 04-24-12 09:30 PM 45
Paid Mailer Stocks 04-23-12 09:01 PM 11
Nokia Corp. (NOK)04-20-12 12:30 PM 2
HTC Corporation 09-07-11 09:24 PM 1
Mobile Computing - OSs & Manufacturers UNMODERATED 02-25-11 09:22 PM 37
Smartphones: Symbian, Microsoft, RIM, Apple, and Others 01-03-11 09:14 PM 3
Value Investing11-16-10 10:53 PM 1
SanDisk Corporation (SNDK)11-07-10 10:14 AM 4
Smartphones and Tablets 11-01-10 10:12 PM 1
The New Economy and its Winners10-17-10 09:53 PM 2
Formerly About SanDisk 06-26-10 02:24 PM 5
Android OS - GOOG 04-08-10 10:18 PM 2
Anthony @ Equity Investigations, Dear Anthony,03-09-10 09:12 PM 90
The coming US dollar crisis 08-22-09 10:53 PM 2
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Posts by Pete Mason
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wow, thank you! 50% Gains Investing 04/22/2013 04:04:39 PM
What are those yielding now, the MHR preferreds?? Thankx, -- Pete 50% Gains Investing 04/22/2013 03:41:57 PM
Yup, nobody is more expert and credentialed in free-market capitalism than the wMr. Pink's Picks: selected event-driven104/21/2013 04:38:00 PM
omg that was amazing, thanks for posting!!!! -- Pete Apple Inc. 04/04/2013 09:57:07 PM
Not to be a wet blanket (even more than I already have been) but that ad seems tBBRY: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in  03/26/2013 09:13:13 PM
That's so weird that the guy's bull case for BBRY is for them to exit the handseBBRY: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in  03/26/2013 03:29:35 PM
>> Looks to me this stock has finally got its legs under it and will show some rBBRY: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in  03/14/2013 09:12:41 AM
That's really weird! My intuition would have been that there would be fewer and BBRY: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in  03/13/2013 08:24:06 PM
>> great opportunity to add to your short position;-) << lol touché :-D BBRY: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in  03/13/2013 03:55:26 PM
hey you guys see this?? just caught it from a chat room: "WATERLOO, ONTARIO -- (BBRY: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in 103/13/2013 03:27:38 PM
wow that's quite the list! Appreciate hearing your points. I guess our biggesBBRY: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in  03/13/2013 09:49:32 AM
Hey thanks for posting that! I was struck by how the signal to buy was that aBBRY: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in  03/12/2013 10:31:02 PM
Thank you for that! I have heard that the Q10's keyboard with... what's it caBBRY: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in  03/12/2013 09:54:23 AM
ikr? A short position going against you eats more and more of your account, certBBRY: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in  03/12/2013 09:47:47 AM
I went about twelve years back or so. The funniest part was standing in line Buffettology103/11/2013 08:43:11 PM
>> it makes no sense that the short position would increase to 147 million shareBBRY: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in 103/11/2013 08:29:05 PM
>> This is the normal term one uses for stocks that go down. Unless, of course, Apple Inc.203/06/2013 09:11:26 PM
I covered my trading short of BBRY again this morning, hopefully we'll get a spiApple Inc.103/04/2013 09:28:58 PM
>> They need to show investors like myself that they know how to run the companyApple Inc.403/04/2013 09:20:54 PM
Really? I have BBRY on the "short on all pops" list.... thus far, it's been workApple Inc.703/03/2013 09:22:43 PM
While I would welcome a split, this particular story didn't pass the smell test,Apple Inc.102/26/2013 08:51:57 PM
>> what looks like an unavoidable short squeeze in Q1 or Q2! << That would beNokia (NOK) 02/24/2013 09:34:22 PM
That's it, that's it!!! It's like when I'm walking around the house with my lApple Inc.202/24/2013 10:57:15 AM
>> I'd much rather see Apple concentrate on what matters, concepts which will heApple Inc.402/20/2013 10:03:59 PM
!doh! for some reason I thought that vid was showing them from a Mac Pro tower, Apple Product Help  02/17/2013 05:20:59 PM
Thanks clean, I was kind of figuring that.... it's a bit of an obscure confiApple Product Help  02/17/2013 11:53:21 AM
Here's a random hardware question for the experts! I have two of Apple's gianApple Product Help  02/15/2013 04:26:34 PM
How about if I just promise to send you a share of AAPL?? :-D -- Pete Nokia (NOK) 02/15/2013 11:50:26 AM
awesome, thank you so much for finding my phone!! I had dropped it in the toileNokia (NOK) 02/15/2013 09:49:32 AM
What's odd is that some of the [i]trolls[/i] seem to [i]even[/i] recognize [Apple Inc.202/14/2013 10:15:35 AM
Very sad day indeed. He will be greatly missed.... -- Pete Apple Inc.202/12/2013 09:33:12 AM
>> A straddle would be interesting.... << yeah, with the weeklies, that's aApple Inc. 02/11/2013 02:03:36 PM
Tomorrow's gonna be a weird one.... if Tim Cook doesn't mention anything along tApple Inc. 02/11/2013 01:21:57 PM
I think that form factors, like fashion, are rather fickle and deeply personal. Apple Inc. 01/28/2013 03:14:14 PM
>> AAPL), should be spending more resources on innovation as opposed to focusingApple Inc.501/18/2013 11:33:29 AM
>> Boy, it was just a simple question... well aren't we touchy these days... < Nokia (NOK)201/08/2013 08:33:35 PM
So in the first place, the big decision was "to possibly completely divest theseBig Dog's Boom Boom Room112/28/2012 02:57:00 PM
AAPL kept and totally owned the MP3 player market by relentlessly cannibalizing Apple Inc.612/10/2012 09:48:57 PM
Looking strictly at price action, one could also make the case that smart money Nokia (NOK)112/05/2012 11:09:15 AM
Interesting, thank you for that! Been really thinking more and more about leaps.Apple Inc. 11/18/2012 12:25:32 PM
Just curious, but would you mind divulging what sort of strikes you typically buApple Inc. 11/17/2012 03:35:13 PM
>> for a mini tablet you can take in your car with you, perhaps even mounting itApple Inc.711/01/2012 08:27:05 PM
>> He's the guy who fought for iPhone having a real OS instead of a stripped dowApple Inc.110/31/2012 09:23:42 PM
>> The MiniPad is a DOA product << May we put this in the bank along with alApple Inc.610/25/2012 09:53:22 PM
>> Anyone who is aware of the $199 Nexus would not buy the $329 iPad. << Apple Inc.310/25/2012 09:48:59 PM
well I will grant you your point.... but what happened in this case is that theyFacebook, Inc.  10/13/2012 10:15:45 PM
"an agreement with Microsoft," that's pretty vague.... what'd they do, rent a coFacebook, Inc.  09/25/2012 08:27:29 PM
That's my thought as well, that the MHR short interest is simply a cog in somebo50% Gains Investing 09/13/2012 11:38:44 AM
>> I thought the elastic armband was the most popular body mounting approach? <<Apple Inc. 09/12/2012 02:59:53 PM
Well I think the new nano is pretty sweet, with video back in, and the touchApple Inc. 09/12/2012 02:48:28 PM

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