Apoth’s Blog posts

Goodbye Garmin

Apoth posted on 10/30/07 at 08:00 PM

My adventure with Garmin has come to a close. I made a couple more trades in it through yesterday and I will outline them below: 10/24 - bought 200 @ $119.4975 and sold on 10/25 @ $120.55 for a ga... more

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Trade of the year...

Apoth posted on 10/23/07 at 08:00 PM

Well...my Garmin trade worked out just as I hoped...in fact, better than expected. I had bought 200 shares back on 10/5 when I felt as though it was oversold on the news that Nokia bought Navteq. T... more

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Go Garmin Go!

Apoth posted on 10/18/07 at 08:00 PM

Today's action: I rolled my Marvell calls into November sticking with a $17.50 strike price. I had sold 14 $0.25 contracts (I'm holding 1400 shares) on October 2nd for a gain of $335.94 (after com... more

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Update!

Apoth posted on 10/04/07 at 08:00 PM

So here's the deal...this is what I've been up to. I had a lot of credit cards with Chase w/o any balances on them. Back in May I decided to consolidate a couple by transfering the credit lines to... more

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Cold. Hard. Refreshing.

Apoth posted on 10/14/06 at 08:00 PM

A summary for the week of Oct. 9-13, 2006. Portfolio Value 10/13/06: $3,096.36 Change from last week: 17.2% Gain/Loss since 9/11/06: 18.75% This week's performance can pretty much be credited... more

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Marvellous Bad Luck

Apoth posted on 10/07/06 at 08:00 PM

So...I've already had the first stock that I bought on margin (YHOO) issue an earnings warning...guess what happened...the second stock that I decided to buy on margin warned on earnings. Marvell w... more

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Friday Update

Apoth posted on 09/28/06 at 08:00 PM

No change in positions or view of holdings. - Portfolio is down 0.8% since last Friday. - Portfolio is up 9.89% since inception (9/11/06). Click here for portfolio performance as of end of day ... more

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Youchoo!

Apoth posted on 09/21/06 at 08:00 PM

Friday portfolio review: YHOO      - Warned on earnings because of weak auto and financial services advertising...stock plunged 11%...ouch!      - Rumors circulating about a Facebook acquisiti... more

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Marvell

Apoth posted on 09/17/06 at 08:00 PM

I bought some Marvell (MRVL) today. I locked in 100 shares at $20.65 on margin around 1pm CST.     - Total cost: $2065 + $4.95 (commission) = $2069.95     - Margin at 8% = $13.80/month interest. I ... more

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