It was amusing to hear some of you complain to me about not seeing The Fly, and how you wondered who he might be, to me. I ate breakfast, lunch and sat with you for the entire show. I came out to the VIP party and talked shop with everyone and heard your war stories. Some of you had nothing but kind words for Señor Tropicana and I appreciate that.
Everyone from the site, Jeremy, Jeff, Raul and Ragin Cajun kept my secret and were almost scared to talk to me, for fear they might reveal who I was. Even Howard Lindzon was able to contain himself from spilling the beans, which I thought might pose as a problem.
All in all, and I am surprised to have formed this opinion, I truly enjoyed your company. I’m a finance guy, after all, and enjoy speaking with others about finance. Mostly everyone I spoke with were interesting, intelligent, and polite.
The Zombie was the best dressed there, fully clad in a tux. He was on the prowl from the very beginning, trying to find out who I was. However, I was hidden in plain site, cloaked under a spell of dark magic, invisible to the untrained eye.
I did, however, reveal myself to just one of you. He was cherry picked out from the crowd, a long term reader and member of our services, who would hold my secret with him until his last dying days.
All in all, it was a great show and a charming evening. I am not sure if we will host another one of these events, since it was a pain in the ass to plan. However, if we do, I look forward to tricking all of you again.
Ciao from Las’d Vegas.
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I can’t believe you never killed anybody.
That’s actually an excellent point. Sloop can take solace while driving the long, lonely road home back to Idaho, that he encountered The Fly & lived…!!
A few people did mysteriously disappear.
…yet
“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
Robertson Davies
“I don’t have a website”
I know who you are snd am a bit disappointed frankly. You can’t hold your liquor and ended up crashing on the bed upstairs leaving your guests to their own demise. But we forgive you Viktoria. You did work hard all day long.
Thanks for the efforts. That dress looked great on you as well.
Victoria was great, wasn’t she?
Next time, double the price of the VIP party and you reveal yourself there. It’ll sell out in minutes.
As expensive as it was, there wasn’t any profits to speak of. Next venue, if ever, will be NYC.
I couldn’t make it to Vegas due to previous commitments; golf trip/client meet and great in Houston. However, as a Boston resident, an NYC based event would be fantastic (very easy commute).
Need to time it about 2 weeks before the next market top
In a prior life, I’ve hung out with people who’ve organized smallish conferences. For a first-time convention, this was very well-executed.
And no, they’re not profit centers. If you actually managed to break even on a first-time event, give yourselves all a collective pat on the back.
I won’t ask if IBC will be moving to Vegas any time soon.
But Fly, what did you think of LV though?
I sent my secret agent two days in advance to explore the venue and observe the guy who looks like it`s his first ever time at this so called sin city. She disguised as a cleaning lady while taking pictures of this so called Fly guy. She followed him like a shadow and captured his every move. I now have all the pictures, I have uploaded them to my personal Orbital Space Cannon which will be following this guy everywhere and the moment he hides in a dark alley to jump on the UVXY guy, then…
i would love to attend, but my current job makes anything between the 4th and 9th of the month impossible.
Are you a hitman for the mob?
nice house.
Your secret is safe with me 😉
What a gas you must have had, despite the pain in planning it. Like Zombie and likely many others, I would have entertained myself trying to find you out, maybe next time. Mr Lindzon has blabbed but it is a long time ago now.
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I’m thinkin’ a “Fly Dunk Tank” at the next conference !
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3 throws for a hundred buck$ !!!
If you successfully dunk “The Fly” … you get a romantic evening with none other than “tradingnymph” … in a limo chauffeured by Jim Cramer !
BTW, “tradingnymph” will be dressed in that Bjork Swan thingie !
HELLO !!!
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http://extension.unh.edu/staffbios/index.cfm?fuseaction=display.detail&employee_id=6 Here is a picture of FLY along with his previous work history.
http://extension.unh.edu/staffbios/index.cfm?fuseaction=display.detail&employee_id=63 Wrong link. Maybe this one will work.
Yeah the second link is him. lol.
I heard somebody figured out who The Fly was at the conference but now they’ve disappeared from existence (never to be seen or heard from again) It just goes to show you don’t dare mess with matters of national security if you value your life.
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… is it just me, or … is Hyundai / Kia crankin’ out some really nice vehicles ?
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Have loved the Hyundai Genesis for a while …
Not hatin’ the Kia K900 …
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Anybody out there own these cars ?
Thoughts ?
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Alf – you lured me in… I have a colleague that was looking at a Hyundai (Lol) and was appalled that you don’t even get a spare tire…. just a can of Fix-A-Flat… That’s horrible!!!
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… my post was specific !
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Hyundai Genesis !!!
Kia K900 !!!
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Pretty sure they have “spare tires” !!!
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Luxury Sedans … and …
… both are rear wheel drive (love that) …
… both come with V8 engines …
… both are “rockets” …
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Both seem pretty sweet !!!
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Buy an American car, Alf.
Jeep Grand Cherokee with a Hemi.
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Jeep is owned by Chrysler !
Chrysler / Dodge / Jeep is owned by Fiat !
Fiat is an Italian Company !
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Not sure where you get “American” !!!
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Didn’t want to meet you, didn’t meet you. Mission accomplished. Really enjoyed chatting with RC and also met Zombie, who was clearly determined to outshine everyone else present on style/charisma points (and succeeded effortlessly). If you lose your mind and decide to do this again, let’s go for a two-day event with OA, RC, and Chess at the podium.
Appreciate that double. But unfortunately you did meet me.
If we do NYC, two days it is.
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… why not New Orleans ???
Seriously !!!
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… Ragin Cajun could put everyone up at his place … serve up Fried Chicken and Waffles … we could sit around drinkin’ and listening to Zydeco Music while stickin’ pins in a Governor Bobby Jindal Voodoo Doll !!!
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as a new orleans resident, i approve wholeheartedly.
That’s excellent! Bay Ridge eats with a Manhattan after party?
Well, damn – now I know what you look like. Had second thoughts at the time.
Glad you’re good with the two day idea. This is the only community I know of where the key contributors (and members) have a variety of important things to say at length, and all of the commentary is really valuable. Definitely down for NYC if I’m stateside. Cheers.
Thanks so much, DoublePlus! It was a pleasure meeting you. Looking forward to NYC.
I think there’s a lot of merit to the idea of an NYC venue.
The marginal cost of flying from the west coast to NYC instead of Vegas… turns out to be fewer dollars than ground transport to/from the respective airports, and fewer hours than I spent waiting in airport terminals. Air travel is practically free in dollars, not so much in hours. Anything we can do to knock the “hours” figure down is a win.
Vegas can move 150,000 people in and out of a city over a weekend, and a side effect is top-tier food, accomodations, and easy access from anywhere in the world.
But wait, I’ve just described NYC. It’s every bit as accessible, is the very heart of the financial community (obviating the need for air travel for many), and by the time iBC has to deal with the logistics of a 100,000-person convention, we’ll all have bigger fish to fry.
tl;dr: If there’s an investors’ conference 2.0, NYC for the win.
Why was the conference in Vegas anyway? Perhaps just a local get-together would have been good. Are the other posters on this site from the west coast?
Is it me or is Alf an idiot on 10,000 levels?
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… sorry, boss !!!
I’ll try to clean it up !!!
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… ya gotta admit that “dunkin’ booth” idea has potential !
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http://healthland.time.com/2011/10/27/narcissists-know-theyre-obnoxious-but-love-themselves-anyway/
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… good article !
Thanx for posting !
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It’s not just you.
I typically weekend in Vegas and saw all of you there, including you, Monsieur Le Fly Esq. I was, as is my custom, hiding in the rafters videotaping the people below.
PTK up another 20% today after being up 20% on Friday!
http://www.smallcappower.com/investing-123/videos/expert-interview-michael-white-7-11-2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsQB-nkM98w
Legendary event. I honestly haven’t had that much fun in a decade. It was clearly the most intriguing event I’ve ever attended. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you characters, loaded with personality. Finally meeting RC was supremely cool. Love that accent. I was even able to shoot the shit with Howard, OA and Jeff Macke during breakfast hour–a truly priceless experience. They gave me some very valuable info, but none pertaining to The Fly. They wouldn’t budge on that topic. Best. Conference. Ever. All speakers allowed questions at any time. I took some pics of the layout at the VIP event. Let’s just say it was the exact opposite of tacky. English words cannot accurately describe the awesomeness of Saturday. I want to type so much more, but I still haven’t slept since Friday. I’ll tweet some pics and comments today. I’d like to thank everyone who allowed me to talk their ears off. I sincerely enjoyed your company. Thank you, Dr. Le Fly, for everything.
well said, definitely, here here! nice to meet you zombie! good times!
Thank you. Very nice meeting you, Sir. Thanks for the card!
Indeud. Also, I knew I forgot to do something this evening, specifically check my belongings for contact information delivered on classy substrates.
Awesomeness. Zombie and everyone I met was a gentleman, ladies included. I spoke to the member to whom Le Fly revealed himself. My first mistake in trying to identify him was sizing up any black man that was present, including the wait staff.
I hope we do this again Dr.
Thanks, Dom. Very nice meeting you as well.
What happened to Devil Dog and his servant Samsonite Hamburgalar? I had good money on them crashing the cocktail party. I have some theories as to why they didn’t show.
A) Jeremy changed the address on their invites to Atlantic City
B) Sam Fries ambushed them with scalding hot mugs of coffee the second they exited their limo
C) The Fly shot them both dead with his Orbital Space Cannon (OSC)