I’m addicted to this short. I put it back on. I’m looking for the market to close in the red tomorrow. Today shocked me a little bit, but my individual stocks have done ok in this up move. I actually mentioned on the morning posts when I sold out of my short (which happened to be a decent money saver for myself) that the “easy money was made last week.” This week has bee...
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Hey it might be for grandparents, but I love that Werthers. I sold the LTS position. I’m getting nervous of the financials and that my sell this morning although was protective, looks like it was the wrong call. The market has sold off some due to the financials selling off their highs. 1.3% gain. Meanwhile HOGS has hit a new high on the day. I may even try to short the indexes again. I&#...
The steady crumbling of the value of the U.S. dollar over the last two years has given a big boost to reported earnings at many U.S. companies which sell goods overseas in local currencies but report in dollars. That group includes a host of large tech companies, including hardware makers like Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), IBM (IBM) and Sun Microsystems (JAVA). But over the last several weeks, the dol...
I’m looking for pops and I decided to free up cash by moving to something that may move. I bought LTS. Now HOGS is moving, that might have been a mistake. Who knows? Both SNTS and HOGS had no reason for the sell other than me looking to get some instant gratification which is why I was in SNTS and HOGS to begin with. MATK, CALM I still have and they continue to plow higher. I flirted with...
Citigroup issued $3 billion of a new 5-year senior bond issue on Tuesday. This was Citi's first offering since May, and the first billion dollar sized new issue from a major financial since Berkshire Hathaway came with a 5-year deal on July 30.Access to the bond market is critical for all large financial institutions. Citigroup's issue proved that access is very expensive. The new issue was sol...
Each April, flimsy paperback “books” wrapped in plastic flood investor mailboxes. Hidden within these darkly covered annual reports is where the rubber meets the road in terms of profitable investing. Earnings season offers us a deep look into the views of management. We have thousands of Form 10-Ks, which all publicly traded companies file with the SEC, at our disposal. By reading ...
While many billionaires are enjoying retirement on a super-sized yacht in the Caribbean, T. Boone Pickens is doubling down at the age of 80. Over the last three decades, investors who have followed his lead have made millions. Pickens doesn’t work because he wants to move up the Forbes’ list of billionaires. Since last year, he’s given away over $200 million to his favorite ch...
Deere Misses Estimates; Genentech Rejects Roche Bid; Crude Rises on Inventory Report; China Fire & Security an Earnings Inferno; Joining Forces to Battle Insider Trading; Best Buy’s Coup; Merrill Slashes Wall St. Ratings; Ford’s European Makeover -Deere & Co. (DE), the world’s largest maker of farm equipment, dropped the most in 20 years after reporting earnings that missed analyst es...
Retail sales fell 0.1% in July, as home values declined, unemployment rose, and consumers cut back on big-ticket spending. The decline was the first drop in five months and followed a 0.3% up-tick in June, the Commerce Department reported yesterday (Wednesday). Sales at dealerships and parts stores were at the forefront of losses dropping 2.4%. Excluding automobiles, retail sales rose 0.4%. Aut...