Meet Mike Masdea, a well-respected semi-conductor analyst at Credit Suisse in San Francisco. Recently it seems* Mike decided to add a little color to the blast voicemails the bank sends out to institutional clients with market recommendations. And by color we mean making his recommendation in the form of a version of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself.” He begins: “If you have just one shot, a single opportunity to seize the bottom of the cycle, one moment, would you capture it? Or just let it slip?”
If only all conference calls could be this entertaining. Mike Masdea, the new Eminem, deserves a medal. Who knew Silicon Valley was the next 8 Mile?
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* Editor's note: Messages left with Masdea's assistant went unreturned so we cannot confirm that this is definitely Masdea on this recording. But circumstantial evidence (email forward trails) strongly suggests it.






Posted by Jim Covello , Aug 29, 2006 1:07PM
That's Masdea for Sure!
Posted by Lee , Aug 29, 2006 4:03PM
Pure cringe. fan-fucking-tastic.
Posted by vik , Aug 29, 2006 8:10PM
thats horrible
Posted by Kenneth Li , Aug 30, 2006 7:40AM
We confirmed it was Masdea. A Credit Suisse representative dropped us a line.
http://blogs.reuters.com/2006/08/28/csfb-analyst-loses-himself/
Posted by RCS , Aug 30, 2006 9:20AM
Michael also did a rendition of Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" when he first initiated coverage a few years. That one makes this Eminem version tame by comparison. Anyone have that one still recorded?
Posted by charlieg , Aug 30, 2006 3:37PM
Classic Masdea.
Where was the didgeridoo?
Let's not forget the orginator of this bad trend ... Terry "Mamm, Don't let Your Boys Grow U to be Chip Guys" Ragsdale
Posted by Dan , Sep 01, 2006 8:57AM
that was godawful.
Posted by craigbuj , Sep 03, 2006 9:00PM
hearing chatter we see a Masdea vs. Covello karaoke showdown before II results are released...
Posted by hugh jorgen , Sep 17, 2006 6:24PM
I think I'm going to go out and buy a bunch of semi stocks tomorrow.
Posted by Grant Leonard , Oct 05, 2006 6:20PM
Just heard this - What a boy....we ant more!!!
Posted by Jan , Mar 26, 2007 11:14AM
That was just painful.