Curious Capitalist? Non! Canadian Capitalist? Non!

Did you take a wrong turn? An internet storm wash to the wrong shores?

Just in case you arrived here looking for the Curious Capitalist, he's not here! He - Justin Fox of Time magazine - joined the blogosphere many, many, months after I did. An interesting read from time to time. Here's his inaugural blog posting.

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Nor am I the Canadian Capitalist, who was here, but is now here. He appears to have been blogging since late 2004, about a year and a half earlier than me.

No, if you're here, you've arrived at the Confused Capitalist. Feel free to poke around the site, and let me know if you particularly enjoyed something, or were particularly annoyed by something.


JW

The Confused Capitalist

$124.93! Thank you!

I received my first cheque from Google for the ads running with my blog. Of course it's primarily based on volume of click throughs.

After 180 articles, and hundreds of hours spent maintaining and researching articles that ended up in this blog, I got my cheque of $124.93. Which ain't bad for a hobby I'd do for free; lucrative it's not, but it's nice to be able to take the Mrs. Confused Capitalist out for a nice dinner (or, as she's want to do, pay a couple of bills with it).

Note: If you're on a blog aggregator, you can visit The Confused Capitalist here for additional articles and exclusive content!

Luckily, I received a speeding ticket lately that'll nicely gobble up that cheque. The ticket cost? $124 even. Which leaves me trying to figure out what to do with the 93 cents.

In any case, thanks to my readers, and thanks for those who click through once in a while!

Oh, by the way, I recently received a copy of the newly-minted book "The Sleuth Investor" by the excellent Avner Mandelman. I am enjoying the book immensely and will provide a review of it very soon. It reads very well and provides considerable investing insight.


JW

The Confused Capitalist

Salute to Abnormal Returns

Disaster has struck!

Abnormal Returns, the finest investment blog in the blogosphere, has decided to take a brief break from the task of blogging. How will I get my daily fix of top-quality investment-related information?

Whether Abnormal was writing on behavioural-related investment issues; or on portfolio allocations and the need to provide advice that does no harm; or about thinking more critically sharply about positive studies you might be hearing about; or about the prospect that a commodity bubble has occurred (or least that future returns in this sector are likely to be relatively weak); or theme-oriented aggregations (such as this example on fundamental indexes/ETFs); or one of my personal favorites, a posting on "proxy investing", Abnormal brought a great deal of insight or information to our attention.

Even when I disagreed with the thesis, there was no mistaking that this was a very knowledgeable serious investor here. And a damn fine writer too.

And of course, there was the daily litany of links, many well-outside the investment world per se, that highlights an active, curious and and interested mind.

The writer of this blog and the writings herein have directly benefited from the active mind of Abnormal Returns. Abnormal Returns is, in my opinion, by a country mile the best overall investment blog out there, one that I visit daily, and cannot recommend too highly. I therefore grant Abnormal Returns the highest honor as shown here ...
May I suggest you visit or revisit Abnormal Returns for edification, erudition, and illumination?


JW

The Confused Capitalist

Blog Quality Continues to Impress This Blogger

Just been taking a recent tour around many new (or new to me) stocks/investing/market commentary blog sites. The quality even from so-called amateurs is amazing, as is the explosion of blogs.

It's getting hard to see all the new stuff, there's so much of it coming on so often ... all good for the consumer ... makes Jim Cramer's crap seem more like, well ... crap ...

I'll probably be adding numerous links to my site fairly soon, based on my travels to some of these great blogs ...



JW

The Confused Capitalist

Emerging Market Commentary from the front lines

This is the first (or last, depending on how you look at it), of a trifecta of late day bloggerings today, on the longest day of the year.

I've been reading a blog recently that concentrates on India. In India, apparently by an Indian person. Seems they - financially - have many similar concerns to us here - inflated house and asset prices, etc. In a recent posting, the writer states ...

"While it is not the end of the real estate rally, in general, like any commodities, property prices also go through the boom and bust cycle (in fact, the rise in property prices is not just unique to India!). The reason why we thought it is relevant to highlight the property market to our readers is that even after the fall in the stock markets in the last one and half months, we still hear brokers selling 'real estate' stories to retail investors. While some companies have a long-term strategy to tide volatility in prices, it is pertinent that we, as investors, exercise caution in our judgment. Ultimately, it is our hard earned money!"

In any case, the blog is well worth a visit, if you're considering investing in more than just Indian cuisine.



JW

The Confused Capitalist

Inside the Private Equity World

I've been reading a blog recently that's both educational and interesting, and highly amusing. If you want to look into the world of leveraged buy-outs, go and visit
Going Private, The Sardonic Memoirs of a Private Equity Professional.

Start with the "Start Here" link, and dig into the links. Enjoyable.

JW

The Confused Capitalist