MrArbitrage feels a little creepy talking about himself in the “third person”; so I’m going to conveniently slip into the first person now. That’s better. I refuse to read anything but non-fiction. As I personally consider fiction a waste of time. If I want to waste some time on fantasy, I’ll generally watch a two hour movie and get it over with. There are too many great biographies on too many great people from whom I can learn - to waste that valuable learning time on fiction. Sorry if that sounds dogmatic. I will qualify that by stating I don’t believe that is true for everyone. There are some professions in which fictional books are very relevant, such as a teacher of literature.

With a passion for writing as well as broadcasting, I have spent several years building a track record of prescient stock selection. As strong proponent of value investing and of course “arbitrage”, I look for value as a bull and a bear, long and short. I believe that in raging bull markets, the best value can sometimes be found on the short side of the market and do not hesitate to take advantage of companies with securities trading far above what I believe to be there “intrinsic value” by taking a short position.

While most financial advisors and financial writers shy away from mixing their politics with financial journalism, I take pride in the fusion of uncompromising, “conservative” world view with my writing and video commentary. I put “conservative” in quotations because I’m not thrilled with labels. If being CORRECT and having a propensity toward what used to be common sense (pre-1960’s) is for some reason thought to be “conservative” - than I’m a conservative. And what is so “liberal” about abundant ignorance?

Nevertheless, I believe life is too short and too important to hide one’s belief and not try to reach out to others with the truth.