Jeffrey McLarty

I can’t wait to have a large enough network to harvest the wisdom of crowds on command. Those who have it, have earned it. Kudos.

So…to summarize the preliminary results of this poll (the first 11 comments).

Looks like nobody who voted thinks Bear Stearns is going to stay independent. And the leaders like Mathew & Peter think, there is a moral flaw in the fabric of humanity if they survive because of the fed. I concur. The rest of the results don’t surprise me.

1. 0% of voters think Bear Stearns will stay independent

2. 40% of voters think february lows will hold

3. 37.5% of voters think the fed will cut 1 full point.

4. 66.7% of voters think the market will close higher on Friday than Monday.

I broke answers down into boolean, that is, yes or no. Anybody that was wishy washy or qualitative without specifically answering, was not included for that single question. I’ll update this post when more people comment…I love analytics.

Disclosure - Long LDZN (Find out what this means)

One person asked me what it means to be long a person. I take it quasi seriously, and of course joke when I mention “disclosure” hahah, but people should not confuse it with fan-boyism. All it means is I invest my time in listening to what that person has to say. It means I hope to one day see a return. That’s present value. Of course, I’m not necessarily looking for fiscal return, nor any returns directly from that specific person. Like, I’m not looking for favors. I hope you get it.

It means I may share their wisdom from time to time, because I want others to also have the choice of investing in the same ideas I invest in. If I’m the first to own a good stock, I normally tell people about it. That’s the flow of information. I’m also long that. I’ve been buying BFIT, DAD, SPRT for years, I’m way green on those. I’ve also been buying LDZN since 2007. And I’m starting to build positions in WLSN and SWAN. One more thing, I think most investors realize that shareholders have a priority. If people understand that I’m investing my time in them, they might be more likely to share even more valuable things - which results in the metaphoric version of a share holder dividend…hahaha.

By the way my IPO is scheduled for April 2008. Pre-sale has already started, see JEFM for more details. hahaha.

Everybody who knows me, knows how much I dig demographics.  I found this interactive flash map of the US census data, through Max’s site, while it might be nothing new, it’s new to me.  I’m adding it to my fun links, scroll way down.