In a world of never-ending lists, I figured why not make one of my own?  I am pretty sure, in the next 5-10 years, all writing whether it be factual or fictional will just be pages of lists.  That way everyone can read the first couple points on each page, make an incorrect inference, and [...]

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I’ll admit it.  I got my a@# handed to me on my most recent foray into options.  I’ll also admit that I totally stole the title of this post from a phrase my friend Andy uses. I can’t help it, as it sums up BEAUTIFULLY what happened to me today.
Here’s a quick synopsis:
I have [...]

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Who’s there?  Opportunity probably.
It’s something that I am constantly searching for.  It’s around almost every door you peek behind.  I tend to think there is one coming up with GOOG releasing earnings.  The markets in the tank for sure, and people are all over the place, but yesterday was promising.  The Freddie, Fannie situation is [...]

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Everyone seems to have figured out the top and the bottom of the Market lately…er wait, its the top . Its a constant reminder to me of how complex the economy is and how most everyone is dead WRONG. It’s probably why value strategies have withstood the test of time against all detractors [...]

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I usually don’t post about music, and talk about artists I like or dislike, and I’m not going to here.  I do, however, like to relate similar concepts that I understand to things that are difficult to grasp. As I can see it, right now the markets are in a period of dissonance. [...]

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I’m learning the hard way that trading to make money in the short term is far from easy.  I feel like I know about 20-33% of what I need to know.  That makes me feel really, really uneasy.  I feel decent analyzing companies for value and investing on a play that needs some time to [...]

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Yeeesh. I did this with BW3’s (BWLD).  I watched it happen again with Research In Motion (RIMM).  I held them through some impossible earnings expectations. I have since turned sour on BW3’s, because their CEO can’t successfully navigate increasing chicken prices.  Hard to believe while Southwest (LUV) seems to be dealing with a commodity that [...]

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If you have lost on significant amounts of dough on positions in the market, it’s worthwhile to look back and ask yourself “Why did that happen?”.  A lot of times you’ll find answers in the numbers in the short or long term.  Sometimes the answers will tell you that you would have had a hard [...]

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I just finished reading Tim Sykes article on Limit v. Market orders over here. He writes *A LOT* so its tough not to see something he has going on out there on twitter, or his blog. It of course prompted my own thoughts on this concept of stops. He’s been trading a [...]

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I just finished pairing down my portfolio which means that I am selling off the terrible plays that I had a hard time letting go of. This will free up some cash to put into good companies and get away from these naive plays that I made when I first started investing. This [...]

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