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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. 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."
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Recent Articles By The Author
The Bond Market
European bonds are selling off and U.S. Treasuries are in sympathy on the story that hit the tape that Germany would initiate a deficit spending stimulus plan if they were to go into a recession, reported by Der Spiegel. The German 10 year yield is ...
Boockvar: Tariffs, Rate Cuts Hurt Confidence
From Peter Boockvar - tariffs and rate cuts hurt confidence: The UoM consumer confidence index took a hit in August as it fell to 92.1 from 98.4 and that was below the estimate of 97. It's also the lowest since January and as seen in the chart below...
Raising Long Exposure
I have raised my net exposure to medium long by adding to a number of existing long individual equities that I feel reflect very favorable upside reward relative to downside risk. This headline should be supportive to equities: GERMANY READY FOR DEF...
Looking at DDS, CGC
bounces +$8 off of its daily low and digests its poor earnings report. I will be doing work on both companies as well as continuing my research over the weekend.
Tweet of the day (Part Deux)
@carlquintanilla A whistle blower working with a hedge fund on $GE who delivers a 175 page analysis gets criticized but the non rigorous Perma Bull talking heads who never met a market they didn't like are routinely praised? I call BS.@tomkeene — Do...
Concerns of the Worst-'Cass' Scenario
The July Cass Freights shipping index fell 5.9% year-over-year, and that now marks the eighth month in a row of declines. That manufacturing weakness was inevitably going to hit the industry that has to take all these goods around. "We repeat our me...
Rosenberg is Right
I agree with Rosie: We just saw first-hand the 'pushing on a string' theme coming to fruition. Mortgage rates down nearly 100 bps since the beginning of the year and yet single-family housing starts have plunged at an 18% annual rate. — David Rosenb...
Volatility=Uncertainty=Opportunity
* Don't cringe or be fearful - embrace the new regime of volatility to trade and invest opportunistically and unemotionally * The investment mosaic is complex * There is no quick answer or secret sauce to capture the holy grail of investment results...
Credit Suisse on Gold
Credit Suisse on gold Friday morning: Revising estimates and target prices: Given the recent upswing in gold prices, which have crossed US$1,500/oz for the first time since 2013, and with Q2 earnings for our coverage now complete, we revise our esti...
The Book of Boockvar
About just doing something: The default reaction of most central bankers is to "do something." It's why every time growth slows, their natural response is to cut rates irrespective of any discussion whether they think it will work or not. That, of c...
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