Blog posts
What are you doing with your $35.86?
Interesting article on saving this morning. http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/108977/you-can-save-the-smart-way I tend to agree it is easier to save on the big items than the day... more
Reminder to Smarteee Pantsees Players
Just a quick note to all the registered Smarteee Pantsee Challenge players to get your picks in for the Mar 2010 contest by 7:45 am Monday morning. If you haven't joined yet you can still do so by... more
March 2010 Smarteee Pantsees TK Paper Trading Challenge
The end of the month is upon us and wanted to give new players a chance to join. Back in December 2009, TradeKing member "The Otter Way" began a Paper Trading Challenge that has grown and ... more
Does Citigroup Really Think We Are This Stupid?
Here's the story and you can read it for yourself, but personally this is a big 'HELL NO' moment for me. Citigroup's Latest 'Financial Innovation' Perhaps as the article eludes to, there is somet... more
FIVE is Enough...For Now Anyway.
In this world of ever-changing competitive numbers, whether they be tech/computer related (connection speed, computing power, memory, processor speed, camera resolution, etc.), vehicle related (MPG... more
Superbowl Parallels to Investing
Everything in life is a football analogy, or is that the other way round? In any event, yesterday's Superbowl, albeit with lackluster commercials, was a great example of investing strategy. You ca... more
It's NOT Too Late Smarteees!
After some discussion and once again in the interest of growing the contest, a decision has been made to allow late entries into the Smarteee Pantseee TK Paper Trading Challenge through this Friday... more
Are You Ready for Some Football!
Saw this old Superbowl commercial on television last night and thought I would post it here so everyone could have a laugh..:0) If only we all had this problem! more
Calling All Smarteee Pantsees Out There!
Back in December, TradeKing member "The Otter Way" began a Paper Trading Challenge that has now become a regular event including prizes! This is open to all TK'ers and we are looking to make this g... more
Calling All Smarteee Pantsees Out There!
Lets get this party started as the song goes...TradeKing member "The Otter Way" began a Paper Trading Challenge back in December that has now caught the eye of the TradeKing CEO and fired up his ab... more
Did we really expect any less from these guys?
Credit cards suck and as Forest Gump would say..."That's all I have to say about that..." Creative New Fees Escape CARD Act Rules, Surprise Consumers Are we really surprised? I'm putting my apol... more
Gobble Up Your Profits While You Can (Pun Intended)
Came across this story on Seeking Alpha this morning and especially like the Turkey catching analogy included below. Thought this might help some of the new people visualize their 'when to take pro... more
The End is Near!
All doom and gloom aside, the title is actually meant to reflect the approaching end of the year and planning for it accordingly. I came across this article this morning which actually made a bit o... more
Don't Get TOO Excited for Me
Looking at my placement on the 5-day, 15-day and 1-month charts this morning, I thought I should explain a little so people don't succumb to the illusion that I am some sort of 'Superstar Trader'..... more
How Much is that Dollar in the Window? WOOF! WOOF!
Even bears have to admit that every trend will ultimately be due for a reversal right? So taking that into consideration is there a Dollar Rally coming around the bend or is this the beginning of t... more
Where's the Cow?
Hey All...Just a quick note to say I haven't abandoned you all. Currently in the process of moving to another state, buying a house, etc, etc, etc. and decided it was better to hold off on the tra... more
A few thoughts on where the market is going.
Reasons I feel the market will continue to rise: #1 My gut just tells me so. Just like it told me not to sell when my portfolio was down over 50% which has since recovered every sin... more
A WSJ opinion piece that should be noted by all individual investors
I think every TK member will find this opinion piece of interest http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204683204574356762902979926.html more
Still Alive and Kicking
It's been quite a while since I've blogged out here. With the wife and kid are out of town this weekend, I figure now is a good opportunity to drop a line over a hot cup of Starbucks. The main re... more
Up and Away or Down We Go?
Looking at today's movement across the markets, it appears as though we are at the test point of the 'W' shaped recovery. Add to this, that as I write this the markets are essentially at or near th... more
I thought this area could serve a dual purpose. First, it can be a place where community members give reviews about investment books/materials they've read.
Secondly, it's also an area where members can trade/sell/buy investment related books and audio CDs amongst themselves. If you have an investment book sitting around collecting dust, why not see if someone else would like to read it. Perhaps someone else has a book you might want to read and is willing to sell, trade, or just let you have it.
Something to keep in mind. If you enter into an agreement with someone and it doesn't work out, you're on your own. Please take the same precautions here as if you were using Craigslist.