Blogs for TradeKing Communityhttp://community.tradeking.com/blogs2008-06-18T18:38:50ZTradeKing Trader NetworkMERRILL COULDN'T FIND THEIR BUTT WITH BOTH HANDS AND A ROADMAP!tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-06-18:Blog/97912008-06-19T05:59:21Z2008-06-18T18:38:50ZbuydowBack at the end of May I wrote my first rant on Merrill after the Evergreen Solar downgrade. They were concerned about sales in Germany and Evergreen getting financing for plant expantion. With the...ETHANOL CRUSH SPREAD CRISIStag:community.tradeking.com,2008-06-03:Blog/94152008-06-05T09:49:12Z2008-06-03T11:43:37ZbuydowBased on July contract prices at CBOT this afternoon, the crush spread fell to a pathetic 42 cents. This is the lowest level that I can find on my chats which run back to April, 2005! Alarm be...MERRILL DOWNGRADES ON THE RUMOR, STICKS HEAD IN THE SAND ON THE NEWS.tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-05-30:Blog/93162008-05-31T11:10:52Z2008-05-30T15:38:50ZbuydowMerrill downgraded the entire solar sector when some lawmakers expressed a desire for a 25% reduction in the "feed in tariff". SELL the shouted! When a deal was actually reached, the redu...THOSE WHO CAN TRADE DO, THOSE WHO CAN'T BECOME ANALYSTStag:community.tradeking.com,2008-05-29:Blog/92522008-05-29T09:04:57Z2008-05-29T06:58:54ZbuydowI can remember the oil company downgrades when oil prices "peaked" at $45., which was unsustainable. This brings me to Merrill's sell on Evergreen Solar. I backchecked and could not find ...Hockey/Currency conversion rate.tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-05-01:Blog/82422008-05-01T19:19:25Z2008-05-01T08:42:17ZbuydowI have noticed a correlation between the Flyers/Canadians Stanley Cup series and the American dollar/Canadian dollar exchange rate. I will continue to monitor this closely as the series moves back ...LIGHT CAME ON-SHORTS RAN LIKE COCKROACHEStag:community.tradeking.com,2008-04-16:Blog/75792008-05-01T04:02:18Z2008-04-16T07:49:51ZbuydowThis is fun. I watched as the shorts beat LNG down to $10.75 this morning and then someone said enough is enough, and started to buy. As I write this at 10:45 AM, LNG is at $13.30 and climbing. Sho...NEWS FLASH-GE STOCK WENT DOWNtag:community.tradeking.com,2008-04-11:Blog/74372008-04-30T18:13:16Z2008-04-11T12:03:54ZbuydowI looked into the 20/20 hindsight crystal ball that the pundits use and I am going to advise you against buying GE stock yesterday. Maybe I should start a website-"Close the barn doo...Answer to Trade King's Political Questiontag:community.tradeking.com,2008-03-27:Blog/68782008-05-01T11:13:15Z2008-03-27T10:17:56ZbuydowAlthough I think it is wrong to inject politics into these FINANCIAL blogs, you asked. As an active trader, Obama's plan to raise capital gains taxes from 15% to a maximum of 28% will hav...CBOT Ethanol Crush Spreadtag:community.tradeking.com,2008-03-04:Blog/58902008-04-30T18:15:15Z2008-03-04T21:31:27ZbuydowA bushel of corn trades down 5 cents and a gallon of ethanol for the same delivery month is also down 5 cents. Sounds like a wash, right? Wrong! The CBOT defines the "Crush Spread" as the...Category Killertag:community.tradeking.com,2008-03-04:Blog/58522008-05-01T16:56:40Z2008-03-04T10:25:58ZbuydowIn my trade note for VPJ AX I stated " I look at AMAT and see SPIRE on steroids." Spire has been a favorite of mine for some time in the turn key solar assembly line space. Then I read an...