By A.E. Houseman
The thoughts of others
Were light and fleeting,
Of lovers’ meeting
Or luck or fame;
Mine were of trouble
And mine were steady,
So I was ready
When trouble came.
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By Market Poetry
Remember but a few weeks past
When your holdings took a blast
The Dow was down four-hundred plus
Don’t tell me you didn’t cuss
You prayed, “Give me once last chance–
To hedge, to trim, to reduce my stance.”
Recall when the bear seemed near
How your heart filled with ugly fear
The chance you asked for has been gifted
The Dow since then has been quite lifted
So let’s now see if you’ll stay true
To all that selling you swore you’ll do
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By Frozen Pozen
1. It’s on the latest cover of Fortune mag
An inevitable fall for the stars of that rag
2. You can use its products all the time
And never give the company a dime
3. Switching costs are equal to nil
That makes for software that’s easy to kill
4. Its p/e ratio is completely insane
These things to normalcy always wane
5. The same is true for its price-to-sale
Watch it deflate as investors bale
6. Insiders are selling left and right
If they’re not buying, why should I bite?
7. Shares are at 500 a pop
They can’t climb much higher without a drop
8. Yahoo and Microsoft on ads do compete
But a matter of time till GOOG feels the heat
9. The company has a stupid name
Except for WSSI, nothing’s more lame
10. New shares were sold in a secondary offer
You sell the overpriced, to stuff the coffer
11. What analysts love with their hearts all
Crash as soon as it scratches a wall
12. Lastly I’ll quote Horace’s prose
Which highlights the thorn on this rose:
“Multa renascentur quae iam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore”
By Anonymous
Your movements fill me with anger, indeed merely hearing your name
You are a thief, a traitor, a disloyal one
With no sense of civility you gyrate
Knowing full well emotions’ impact on our interaction
I change course
And go short
The author is an investor with 7 years experience.
By Matt
In life
Such matter being defined in the context of my personal experience
Things just don’t work out
At least not for me
The fears concerns, hesitations and risks
All come through
And then some
So when I latched onto a career of choice
Before some ten plus years
I got married to the shorts.
I make money
And it fits my experiences
So hate me not
Life provides me with enough personal misery
I don’t need yours too
Matt’s a tall guy who sells stocks short.