Doug Kass

Doug Kass is the president of Seabreeze Partners Management Inc. Until 1996, he was senior portfolio manager at Omega Advisors, a $6 billion investment partnership. Before that he was executive senior vice president and director of institutional equities of First Albany Corporation and JW Charles/CSG. He also was a General Partner of Glickenhaus & Co., and held various positions with Putnam Management and Kidder, Peabody.Expand

Kass received his bachelor's from Alfred University, and received a master's of business administration in finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in 1972. He co-authored "Citibank: The Ralph Nader Report" with Nader and the Center for the Study of Responsive Law and currently serves as a guest host on CNBC's "Squawk Box."Collapse

Hewlett-Packard Looks Too Rich Real Money Pro($)

The stock's $29 price is hard to justify.

Bears Could Use a Breather Real Money Pro($)

The action lately has taken a toll.

Financials Hit a Low Real Money Pro($)

The XLF just made a daily low. 

Tune In Real Money Pro($)

I will be on "Fast Money" tonight with Melissa and the gang at 5 p.m. EST.

Tweet of the Day Real Money Pro($)

 A bit of gambling advice.

Gold Rush Real Money Pro($)

Gold is ripping (+$21) ... but I am not sure what the investment consequences are!

RBC Defends Dollar Tree Real Money Pro($)

RBC is defending Dollar Tree now.
The S&P has rallied while the TBT has fallen.

Levels I Would Buy Real Money Pro($)

Here is an updated list of buy levels for selected stocks that I have mentioned on Real Money Pro.

Added to TBT Long Real Money Pro($)

I just purchased some in-the-money calls.

Columnist Conversation / Market Updates

| Feb 22, 2012
| 3:50 PM EST
I forgot to disclose my holdings when my comment was published a few minutes ago. ...
| Feb 22, 2012
| 3:37 PM EST
Today's proposal to reduce America's top corporate tax rate is actually a disguised tax increase. ...
| Feb 22, 2012
| 3:26 PM EST
RMP reader's were alerted to Chico's last November 23rd in the article linked below. The shares were $9.90 at that time. _Chico's =E2=80=93 A Fashionable Combination Play_...
| Feb 22, 2012
| 2:57 PM EST
Taking some names off here as I get ready to crank it up again:...
| Feb 22, 2012
| 2:52 PM EST
What does the stock do if they do not institute a dividend tomorrow? Position: And does it have an affect on the market? ...
| Feb 22, 2012
| 12:58 PM EST
At 12:16 PM heard "Romney Repeats Call To Cut Corporate Tax Rate To 25 Percent, Seeks To Lower Top Individual Tax Rate To 28 Percent, Would end Estate Tax, Would Repeal The Al...
| Feb 22, 2012
| 12:10 PM EST
The only technical action that seems to have overriding importance for the past couple months is a world of central bankers that are flooding the system....
| Feb 22, 2012
| 11:59 AM EST
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) posted a surprise about domestic oil production....
| Feb 22, 2012
| 11:43 AM EST
There's been speculation that another dividend increase was in the works given the company's solid free cash flow.  Today, Gannett (GCI) made it official, raising the div...
| Feb 22, 2012
| 10:29 AM EST
I mentioned here on Feb. 2 that we bought some HLF March 57.5 calls at 3....
| Feb 22, 2012
| 10:22 AM EST
Today, Roger Arnold has a great column about foreign direct investment in China....
| Feb 22, 2012
| 10:13 AM EST
Tony Dwyer's call is not unique. These divergences have been developing since early February....
| Feb 22, 2012
| 10:02 AM EST
Shares in Dell are off 5% after the company released its results yesterday....
| Feb 22, 2012
| 9:50 AM EST
In response to the Doug Kass query - we are seeing classical short term bearish divergences....
| Feb 22, 2012
| 9:22 AM EST
Es...
| Feb 22, 2012
| 9:14 AM EST
Tuesday's price action in the major averages tells me that 13,000 for the Dow and 1,370 for the S&P 500 may be a ceiling in the near-term....
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| Feb 22, 2012
| 9:10 AM EST
At 8:54 AM heard "T-Mobile USA Asks FCC To Block Verizon Purchase Of Spectrum." The move highlights desperation from T-Mobile following the break of the AT&T merger....
| Feb 22, 2012
| 9:04 AM EST
Given the lower number of new highs, the declining volume on advancing share prices and the stochastics reflected in Tony Dwyer's work that suggests with few oversold sto...
| Feb 22, 2012
| 9:03 AM EST
I'm planning to open a small position in FXA on the open, just a quarter size position....
| Feb 22, 2012
| 8:59 AM EST
Below are a few stocks from my current watch list....
| Feb 22, 2012
| 8:47 AM EST
Was negative into the earnings release.  However, crunching the numbers and seeing the pre-market weakness has me wondering about doing what I did on Nordstrom...reversin...
| Feb 22, 2012
| 7:59 AM EST
Futures off a bit as some soft data comes out of Europe. Markets typically find sellers at "big numbers" Like Dow 13,000 or S&P 1370....
| Feb 21, 2012
| 4:06 PM EST
Stocks quickly forgot about the momentary euphoria when the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 13,000 for the first time in four years and closed down around the lows of the...
| Feb 21, 2012
| 2:21 PM EST
&&^(*^&$%#%*** transports are spoiling a particularly good day but that's what they are supposed to be doing....
| Feb 21, 2012
| 2:10 PM EST
Gilead is trading as if they have to write-off the whole Pharmasset acquisition. I question that but I can't put my finger on when this stock is going to bottom...   ...
| Feb 21, 2012
| 1:35 PM EST
Apple push right into the middle resistance zone from the charts I shared this morning on RealMoneyPro. That zone was around $513....
| Feb 21, 2012
| 1:29 PM EST
The euro is moving against the yen as well. Weeks ago I mentioned this as a pair to buy above 101.40ish. Today it tested 106.00, which is a measured move for the cross....
| Feb 21, 2012
| 1:12 PM EST
Speaking of round numbers, this currency relationship is pushing toward 80. I expect some resistance there. ...
| Feb 21, 2012
| 11:17 AM EST
S&P's opened higher and filled the gap in the first hour  (then regrouped and headed up) If you want to talk SPY- the low was 136.35...
| Feb 21, 2012
| 10:44 AM EST
...but don't be afraid to admit it.  I have made my share of errors, had losses big and small on trades.  For trading purposes, trying to play the game of 'macro' pr...
| Feb 21, 2012
| 10:31 AM EST
Today, Goldman came out and said Mosaic's potash assets are 40% undervalued.  So, let's extrapolate to Agrium and Potash, which have more of these assets than Mosaic.&nbs...
| Feb 21, 2012
| 9:21 AM EST
Company reported revenue up 5% to $673 million, beating the $659 million consensus estimate. "Adjusted" eps $1.20, beating the $1.14 consensus....
| Feb 21, 2012
| 9:04 AM EST
Below are a few stocks from my current watch list....
| Feb 21, 2012
| 9:02 AM EST
I'm happy to announce that beginning today, Scott Redler of T3Live and Real Money Pro will be featured on a "Morning Call" video each morning....
| Feb 21, 2012
| 7:59 AM EST
It is being reported by one news outlet that the fiscal year 2013 budget includes a provision for extending The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief act of 2007 to the end of 2012...
| Feb 21, 2012
| 7:59 AM EST
In this morning's column I reference the ECB's LTRO plan.  Here are two charts of the S&P.  The first is the six weeks prior to LTRO, on December 21st.  The...
| Feb 21, 2012
| 7:43 AM EST
The market demanded a wonderful quarter from Wal-Mart after sending its stock price so close to its September 2008 highs.  For at least the past two quarters, it was suff...
| Feb 21, 2012
| 6:43 AM EST
When Carl Icahn announced a tender offer for CVR Energy many traders were quick to buy up shares of CVR....
| Feb 21, 2012
| 6:27 AM EST
Home Depot quite possibly delivered the cleanest quarter of its entire fiscal year, and that is saying something as each quarter from the prior nine months was quite spotless ...

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