Paul R. La Monica is an Idiot

As I have said before, and will undoubtely say again, , the writer of CNNFN’s “The Buzz” column, Paul R. La Monica, is a complete Pratt.

Well, a few days back, La Monica claimed that the next bubble will be — get this — short selling.

This is the statement of someone who does not get the concept of a bubble beyond the fact that it’s an “in word” in the media.

A bubble is an artifact of an unreasonable optimism, and short selling is a manifestation of pessimism, but the clue train has not arrived to La Monicaville.

8 comments

  1. Greg says:

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    </p><p>This is what he said about gold on June 20, 2008 in his article  <span><span>Gold: Don't count on $1,000</span></span>
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    </p><p>Barring another major scare to the market like that, it's hard to imagine that gold will shoot up to a new record, especially if the Fed does actually raise rates later this year, a move that could help strengthen the dollar and lead to a pullback in commodity prices.
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    </p><p>Gold not only surpassed 1000, it made a new high at 1225 recently</p>

  2. Anonymous says:

    Greg: You quoted him saying "Barring another major scare to the market like that…". Well there was a major scare after June 2008, and that's one reason gold shot up. "Gold not only surpassed 1000, it made a new high at 1225 recently" So what's your point?

  3. Anonymous says:

    So nice to see this page.  I still don't know why I sometimes click on his column.  Everytime I see that picture of him holding his coffee I want to reach through my screen and knock the cup out of his hand.  I then internally scream at him "You're a moron!"

  4. Anonymous says:

    La Monica wrote this sentence in a CNN Money article today:

    "Twitter's recent deal with the NFL to live-stream a big chunk of Thursday Night Football games hasn't led to a touchdown for the stock either."

    Reading that sentence caused me to google "Paul La Monica Idiot," which brought me here. Thanks!

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