I was listening to Bernake, and then Mr Sanders started the typical leftist propaganda. The Democrats are idiots who are going to self-destruct in about four years. My political leanings are center right liberal libertarian. The tax cuts that Bush made have raised the hackles of Democrats....
Read More →I'm at an interesting position in my Crystallex (AMEX:KRY) trading. I'm thinking of making a $3 to $3.50 trade on the stock. I still own a core position, which is sitting tight until permit time. Okay, I've setup the trade. Bought 1500 shares at $3.02 with a tight stop at $2.96. With a target of...
Read More →Some people look at PE ratios, cash flows, and so on. I try to find the small details, small things that have big ramifications (1,2,3). Today many of the leaders that the West dislikes met in a single place. The fact that most of the South American leaders were in Ecuador was not a surprise. What...
Read More →I was reading Jason's posting and forum entry was thinking... > "Yeah, commissions stink. With the E\Trade account, my net loss was ($629). I paid $441 in commissions. > > I have thought numerous times about moving to another broker for commissions, but I’m really happy with how E\Trade has treated...
Read More →Kimber wrote an interesting post regarding diversification. BTW Kimber, no idea where you got the idea that women can't trade. It has me thinking, do you diversify or do you become delta neutral? For those wondering, delta is one of the Greek letters in option trading, and it implies risk...
Read More →The iPhone is stirred up controversy and there are people on both sides of the fence. The iPhone nags at me as being a lesson in how you can fool people by marketing. Now I found the reason why I had this nagging doubt. Nokia is about to launch the N95 which would be an iPod competitor. Let me line...
Read More →Steve Jobs held a keynote and announced the iPhone. One site even did a quick look and feel of the phone. Apple surged by 8% and others like Nokia and RIMM dropped. Though RIMM dropped more than Nokia. What I think: Sell Apple at its peak (it should climb a bit more) and buy on the weakness of the...
Read More →I want to apologize for the porn spam that has taken over our forums. I just finished clearing out all the bad posts I could. It took me over one and a half hours. Painful stuff. And the worst thing is that most of the links (or at least the few I checked) didn't even take you to porn. False...
Read More →Pictures can speak louder than words. So here is a shot of the performance of my E\Trade account. [](/images/2006performance.png "click for a larger image") Yikes. First one question. Is is possible to apply technical analysis to a chart of your performance? If so, I would be short Jason Coleman...
Read More →I just wanted to thank all of you readers for making IG an interesting place for discussions and arguments and rants about my favorite topics. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas, Invest in peace...
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