http://community.tradeking.com/blogs 2009-11-06T17:27:15Z TradeKing Trader Network tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-06:Blog/46714 2009-11-06T17:27:15Z 2009-11-06T17:27:15Z bigdog

Welcome to your weekend, traders! We’re pushing through the last bits of earning season and starting to stare down the end of 2009. Where did THAT one go? Big news this week included the BRK-BNI ac...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-04:Blog/46629 2009-11-05T03:35:26Z 2009-11-05T03:35:26Z golax

OK BigDog...this post is for you!I was reading the Option Writer Blog and came across this image. I think I've been through it several times myself in the past year. How about YOU?

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-29:Blog/45903 2009-11-04T20:26:35Z 2009-11-04T20:26:35Z bigdog

Lately a lot of the Trader Network action has migrated to the forums and away from blogging. Just curious: why? I imagine it’s because forums put you in the middle of an ongoing conversation, where...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-29:Blog/45908 2009-11-03T21:29:02Z 2009-11-03T21:29:02Z bigdog

My family has been nudging me for Christmas-gift ideas (already! Maybe this holiday-shopping season won’t be so dreary after all…) One idea I had for them was to make an Amazon wish-list of great t...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-03:Blog/46372 2009-11-03T14:17:58Z 2009-11-03T14:17:58Z StefanMcVeigh

Hello, traders! Here are answers to YOUR most burning questions this week: What does CIT’s bankruptcy mean? Discuss the implications with other traders in this lively forum thread. Which options ar...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-21:Blog/45255 2009-11-02T16:07:32Z 2009-11-02T16:07:32Z bigdog

Wall Street and Technology just came out with its online 2009 Gold Book, a compendium recognizing a handful of top Wall Street companies whose innovative use of IT is driving the industry forward. ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-29:Blog/45910 2009-10-30T13:21:30Z 2009-10-30T13:21:30Z bigdog

Welcome to your weekend, traders. Lots of pessimism afoot among prominent money managers and U.S. consumers alike. Bellwether money managers Jeremy Grantham and Bill Gross announced separately this...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-29:Blog/45901 2009-10-29T13:51:42Z 2009-10-29T13:51:42Z bigdog

I laughed out loud when I found this post from The Reformed Broker about this year’s Wall Street-themed Halloween costume ideas. My personal faves: dressing up as the National Debt Clock, a Zombie ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-21:Blog/45252 2009-10-28T14:24:08Z 2009-10-28T14:24:08Z bigdog

Just got back from attending a truly interesting industry event, Future Forward, at the new (and fittingly named) Microsoft NERD (New England R&D) Center in Cambridge, MA. This amazing facility...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-27:Blog/45697 2009-10-27T13:52:17Z 2009-10-27T13:52:17Z StefanMcVeigh

Hello, traders! I’m starting this blog as an experiment in improving service here at TradeKing. As many of you know, I field tons of real-world questions from TK clients daily, combing every forum ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-21:Blog/45250 2009-10-26T18:32:59Z 2009-10-26T18:32:59Z bigdog

My father-in-law (and retired investment banker in Canada) Bill Koyle just forwarded me Calvin Trillin’s op-ed in The New York Times, “Wall Street Smarts”. In it, Trillin describes sharing a drink ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-21:Blog/45258 2009-10-23T13:28:51Z 2009-10-23T13:28:51Z bigdog

Talk about a mixed-news week in the markets, eh? While giant stocks like AAPL and Dow component stocks like Caterpillar (CAT), Pfizer (PFE) and United Technologies (UTX) all reported better-than-ex...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-16:Blog/44875 2009-10-21T13:37:06Z 2009-10-21T13:37:06Z bigdog

Just clicking my way through my weekly “to-read” pile and wanted to share a couple of great financial reads:What’s the hottest toy for Christmas 2009? Zhu Zhu Hamsters! They’re priced right for a r...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-16:Blog/44873 2009-10-20T14:38:57Z 2009-10-20T14:38:57Z bigdog

First the banks tightened up credit standards for mortgages and loans of all kinds. Now individual Americans are starting to feel the far-reaching effects of their credit scores: a nice feeling if ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-16:Blog/44870 2009-10-19T13:11:59Z 2009-10-19T13:11:59Z bigdog

I’ve been reading up on the implications of the falling U.S. dollar, and it’s fascinating, occasionally surprising stuff. I already knew a relatively weak dollar makes U.S. exports more attractive ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-16:Blog/44861 2009-10-16T16:10:14Z 2009-10-16T16:10:14Z bigdog

Friday, we missed you! Welcome to your weekend, everyone. All in all, a pretty satisfying week for traders: very solid earnings announcements, with more ahead, and the Dow broke through the 10,000-...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-09:Blog/44224 2009-10-15T13:41:26Z 2009-10-15T13:41:26Z bigdog

The end of summer wouldn’t be complete without sharing my pics from the Boca Raton company picnic. (Check out my post on TK Charlotte’s white-water rafting trip here.) It’s still hot in South F...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-08:Blog/44140 2009-10-13T18:56:27Z 2009-10-13T18:56:26Z bigdog

“Unemployment” seems to be fast overtaking “mortgaged-backed securities” as THE new buzzword that distills all our current economic woes. Last week Alan Greenspan remarked that he expects unemploym...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-08:Blog/44139 2009-10-12T14:32:03Z 2009-10-12T14:32:03Z bigdog

Just a quick straw poll to ask two burning questions: 1.    Which way do you lean this earnings season? It’s a hot topic on every investor’s mind lately. Bears note that signs of eco...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-08:Blog/44141 2009-10-09T12:59:31Z 2009-10-09T12:59:31Z bigdog

Say hello to Friday, people! We’re on the cusp of another earnings season, and how the chips will fall is the hottest debate-able topic these days among investors. What’s your take so far?Meanwhile...