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Federal Employees Thrift Savings Plan
Thrift Savings Plan Blog If you are a federal employee you are probably in the Thrigt Savings Plan. For some of their funds, you may say 'no deal' for right now. If you are already in cash, which... more
Good News, Bad News ...
Good News: I survived my first week as an options trader. This is significant considering how bad a week this has been in the market. Suppose that I should have realized it was shaping up to be ... more
You look gorgeous, TradeKing-ers!
It's Friday, so I took another cruise around the TradeKing Community site. Today's roll-call is for the most killer profile pictures: Techspec's profile, for one, features a cool B&W line dra... more
Its auction season again at Sotheby's
Its that time of the year again, when Sotheby's (BID) rolls out the pricey paintings for us all to gawk at. High rollers roll up their sleeves and combat in the gentleman's game of who can prove he... more
Rich Men, Poor Advice
In a review of the new book Why We Want You to Be Rich from bestselling business gurus Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump, Jonathan Clements of the Wall Street Journal grumbles that the two authors c... more
BABY & 01 Nov
BABY had a low of 15.40 again. Not to mention that the high of the day was 17.50. Close at 15.46. BABY seems to be acumulatimg again above the 15.40 today. Yesterdays's close affected all the ear... more
GOOGplexity
GOOG is giving me headaches. Most of my trading assets are in GOOG (100 shares) and I am at a turning point. Let me explain. Since I have taken posession, I have a very nice profit. Now if I sale s... more
The best online investing tools
The November issue of Kiplinger's features a 'œBest Of' the financial services industry, with a listing of the best online trading tools in several categories, as well as a run-down of fun items s... more
why is options trading growing so fast? Reason #10.
Competition between online brokers who are hip to the options thing. TradeKing is trying very hard to be at the vanguard of a small set of firms focusing specifically on the needs of the opti... more
Buy GOOG and FAST
OK, here we go...I am out on a limb and this is huge but I feel that I should say it...GOOG is CHEAPPP...and now is the time to buy! First the trade. Buy a GOP AL for 31.40 (Jan07 $460 call). Now ... more
Management quality and integrity are very important.
One example is AOB management (they are acting at shareholder's best interest). Here are the 2 situation that they faced and the decision that they took. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = 'urn:sch... more
12,000 reasons to be happy
Daniel Gross of Slate.com has written a piece that examines the significance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average breaking through the psychologically-important 12,000 level. In addition to 'produci... more
Business as usual for hedge funds?
In FORTUNE magazine, Andy Serwer explains that, despite the recent implosion at Amaranth, it is still business as usual for the hedge fund industry. On one hand, that's good news '“ it shows that ... more
Jim Cramer on warfare
Anyone who watches CNBC's 'œMad Money' knows that host Jim Cramer is a source of incredible knowledge when it comes to anything from history to politics to literature. Obviously, the Wall Street J... more
why is options trading growing so fast? Reason #9.
Less friction than ever in option trading execution and processing. It's true that all trading has gotten more smooth and frictionless as technology automates and speeds everything up -- but th... more
BABY and Oct 31st
BABY retraced to 15.34 on October 23rd as I have predicted on Oct 20th (..15.40). BABY close today 16.61 on regular and 17.00 after hours. A good investment could be a NOV06 17.50 Call as BABY stoc... more
AOBOOOYAHH.. back at you Cramer!.
I don't know much about options and haven't traded options before and I thought I would not talk about specific stocks here but let me break my promise and try to join the stocks and options discus... more
Seven bargains for $7
David Landis and Jeffrey R. Kosnett of Kiplinger's magazine highlight seven bargain stocks trading for less than $7. While acknowledging that companies at these price points are often 'œreclamatio... more
