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“Making Lateral Moves”

I used to know a complete douche bag who’d call his clients and say “I’m making a lateral move here and selling XYZ to buy ABC.” He’d only say that because he didn’t know any other words in the english language and because he really, really needed the money. These “lateral moves” were often stupid and didn’t even make any sense.

Ironically, his story ended when one of this reps blew up his firm with a $400,000 hit. When running a firm, just know, someone has to pay for the hits. It’s either the rep or the owner. When the rep leaves, the owner gets the bag.

That being said, I made some moves today, none of which were of the “lateral” nature.

I sold out of NAV and added to WNC, WETF, USG and GS.

Exposure to US equities stands at a conservative 107%, +9.7% for the year.

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9 comments

  1. Raul3

    Nice call on NAV

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  2. acehood

    WNC still has plenty of upside. Apply even a conservative multiple to a quite reasonable $2 EPS this year, and voila.

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  3. Goose

    WNC at order capacity for the rest of 2013, so I hear.

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  4. ottnott

    Totally OT, but funny.

    Get yours now – only 2 left in stock:
    http://www.amazon.com/Passion-Natural-Water-Based-Lubricant-Gallon/dp/B005MR3IVO

    Or maybe not totally OT. It is a good gift for a broker who likes to make lateral moves with his clients’ money. Send a barrel to him with a note suggesting that he offer some lube to each client as a courtesy before bending them over and making the lateral move.

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    • ottnott

      16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
      5.0 out of 5 stars
      Great in a Tight Spot!
      January 3, 2013
      By Kyberia – See all my reviews

      This review is from: Passion Natural Water-Based Lubricant – 55 Gallon (Health and Beauty)

      I stole a barrel of this lubricant earlier this week.

      The police are, currently, still trying to restrain me.

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      • Fidel Cash Grow

        That is absolutely hilarious. Another great review:

        Hazard for cats:
        This is a hazard! I’ve already lost two cats in this thing. There should be a warning sticker or something. I assumed the cats would float, but they sunk like rocks into the lube. And no, it’s not what you think. Don’t be disgusting. I was trying to create my own cat lube wrestling league. You know, for sickos.

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  5. Cascadian

    I might go laterally across the Atlantic, to euro equities. Which seems really stupid. But their austerity is a better program than our helicopter Ben stimulus. The austerity program will bear fruit in time. The really stupid seeming moves often work out. Who’d a thunk HD would be the best Dow stock from 5 years ago? But it makes perfect sense in hindsight.

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  6. jimmy_two_times

    No MOS yet?

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