My Zero Hedge Debut

Dear Readers,

I am pleased to announce that I am now a contributing member to the blog known as Zero Hedge. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the site, it has just about overnight become one of the most influential and thought provoking blogs in the entire blogosphere. With such fanfare of course comes much controversy. Specifically, many very vocal people do not agree with some of the espoused points of view or the anonymous nature of the site. However, there is a lot to like about a site that focuses on bringing out the truth. Accordingly, based on the fact that I share some of the perspectives articulated by the site's various authors, I decided to jump on board. As many of you know I feel very strongly about a number of issues and have a passion for the financial markets. I thought this would be a great way to share my ideas and help educate people who are new to the space. So, I hope you will continue to follow me on this site as well as on Zero Hedge.

Thank you for your continued support, feedback and kind words. It is precisely your response to my writing that makes this whole process gratifying.

And now for my debut piece:
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/ladies-and-gentlemen%E2%80%A6-inoculated-investor

The Inoculated Investor in the News

I got an email last week from an Associated Press journalist named Rachel Beck who had come across my blog. She wanted to have a chat with me about my views on the best way to evaluate the regional banks going forward. When we actually spoke I led her to the FFIEC webpage that provides investors with granularity regarding credit trends that is not available in SEC filings. I had never seen anything in the popular press that referenced what is known as a call report and I thought it would give her interesting insight that other financials journalists do not have. Anyway, the article went live on Sunday and you can read it here if you want to see how it came out.

As always, thanks for the support, comments and emails. I really appreciate all the feedback I get from readers and I hope that you find the content of the site to be valuable.