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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
why is options trading growing so fast? Reason #8.
More and better options trading education. One of the biggest barriers to options trading is getting your arms around the language. It has its own special lexicon. To invest confidently with the... more
YHOO, DELL and GOOG...cheap stocks
OK, I am MAD...very MAD...I am too poor and too conservative and too idiotic. Here is why, I wish I had a ton of money to but more options on GOOG, YHOO and DELL. All three of these are very cheap... more
A video primer on historical and implied volatility
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What the options market can tell you about the stock market
A spike in activity in the options market can sometimes foreshadow upcoming announcements that result in significant price swings for a company's stock price. As an example, Serena Ng and Dennis K.... more
The First ...
Today is 10/27/2006 and this is my first entry. This is my first entry into a blog and my first entry into option trading. I attended a 'Get Motivated' seminar on 8/16/2006 and became interested i... more
TradeKing users have the coolest jobs, no?
I'm really starting to look forward to my Friday shout-outs to TradeKing Community members doing interesting stuff online. Frankly, I wouldn't want to admit to you how much I time I spent scrolling... more
The Little Book of Value Investing
Dave Kansas of the Wall Street Journal recently reviewed The Little Book of Value Investing, by Christopher H. Browne of Tweedy Browne, calling it 'an easily digestible and shortish treatise pages ... more
The $100,000 stock
Berkshire Hathaway, by far the most expensive stock in the U.S., is the first stock ever to close above the magical $100,000 mark. Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares are now trading at $104,700. ... more
How much knowledge is harmful?
Ignorance is bliss, isn't it? At one point do you get caught up in the miniscule instead of relying on the old faithful, buy low and sell high? Is the gut enough in this game? Years back when I wou... more
why is options trading growing so fast? Reason #7.
Level playing fields mean better, cheaper tools for everyone. When self-directed equity investing took off in the 1990s from the rise of online brokers, I observed a fast democratization of too... more
art market - financial market any ol' market market
I've been thinking about how the art market and the financial markets are alike. I exhibit art in a gallery here in Miami that provides good value for its costumers (its shareholders). Most of the ... more
Why I sold
If you are checking I just sold 4 SHLD and 2 GOOG. Now I am not bullish on any of them, I just needed the cash! I promised the wife a pair of earings if I was right about GOOG and so she is getting... more
The Barron's Challenge stock-picking contest
It's still not too late to enter the annual stock-picking contest that Barron's sponsors for students and professors at colleges and universities across the country. The final date to register and... more
Things have turned around a bit..
As is the case with any investing there are ups and downs. Granted I've invested a very small amount but still it's been interesting to see how the stocks have been doing. BWNG has made a decent co... more
Why equity equals ownership?
When I first entered the industry in 1997, it was a totally different world. I had come from the operations side of running private water utilities, and found the money functions many ways just lik... more
Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway
Anybody in business or in finance looks up to this man with great respect and admiration because of his level of success. 2nd richest man on the face of this planet, greatest investor known to ma... more
Kicking Oneself
While I am doing this blog more for myself, any feed back is welcome. Thanks for taking a peak. Learning experiences are what I am looking for at the moment, as a student I do not have the resourc... more
