http://community.tradeking.com/blogs 2008-12-23T05:51:52Z TradeKing Trader Network tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-12-23:Blog/15375 2008-12-23T05:51:52Z 2008-12-23T05:51:52Z k-man

http://biz.yahoo.com/hftn/081218/121808_christmas_trees_fortune.html?.&.pf=family-homeNow what is making people think that everyone should be entitled to having a christmas tree, no matter what...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-11-29:Blog/14430 2008-11-29T19:44:07Z 2008-11-29T19:44:07Z k-man

A follow up to my previous blog post on Black Friday.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WAL_MART_DEATH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-11-29-12-04-18Police say it w...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-11-28:Blog/14417 2008-11-28T12:32:30Z 2008-11-28T12:32:30Z k-man

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081128/wal_mart_death.htmlWhat really gets me hot under the collar is that nobody really cared to look out for their fellow man today.  It's stated in the article that ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-09-05:Blog/11866 2008-09-08T21:15:45Z 2008-09-05T19:54:51Z k-man

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080905/mortgage_giants_crisis.htmlIt could very well happen that the American taxpayer could be on the hook for billions if not trillions in mortgage losses due to shady len...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-08-11:Blog/11282 2008-08-11T19:23:48Z 2008-08-11T19:23:47Z k-man

Both AFN and DFR announced their 2Q results with different reactions from the market.  Overall, I believe both companies are in decent shape, but the fundamentals are differing by a wide margi...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-07-25:Blog/10779 2008-07-25T16:58:29Z 2008-07-25T16:58:29Z k-man

With Alesco Financial (AFN) set to report earnings in less than two weeks, many are wondering what's going on with mortgage REITs that appear to have no problems with liquidity.  AFN is one su...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-07-08:Blog/10246 2008-07-09T15:56:33Z 2008-07-08T17:51:07Z k-man

Over at Yahoo Finance, there's an article covering the Fed's plan to regulate mortgage lending.  Here are my thoughts on some of the points outlined in the Fed plan* restricting the practice o...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-06-23:Blog/9895 2008-06-23T09:27:03Z 2008-06-23T06:56:27Z k-man

I know this is off-topic, but I just wanted to give a shout-out to George Carlin for all the laughs over the years.  He will be missed.

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-06-05:Blog/9483 2008-06-06T21:44:21Z 2008-06-05T17:19:28Z k-man

BAC got the OK to proceed with buying out CFC.  CFC shareholders to get 0.1822 shares of BAC for each share of CFC.  I say it might be time to short BAC is because BAC could be forced to ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-06-04:Blog/9452 2008-06-07T10:28:48Z 2008-06-04T19:42:23Z k-man

Found this article over at Yahoo! Finance from CNBC on the growing use of credit cards.My opinion on the article is that we will take a bit longer to recover should delinquencies rise.  I beli...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-05-06:Blog/8436 2008-05-08T09:53:47Z 2008-05-06T17:55:14Z k-man

AFN announced their 1Q earnings after market close today.  In summary, everything was as expected by investors and analysts.SFAS 159 created a positive shareholder equity of $43.48/share as op...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-05-01:Blog/8270 2008-05-01T20:54:34Z 2008-05-01T19:10:10Z k-man

I'll write this as a subsitute to a trade note until the trade appears in my list of certified trades so I can write an actual trade note on it.DFR announced today that they will announce Q1 earnin...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-04-25:Blog/8007 2008-05-01T02:26:20Z 2008-04-25T19:19:49Z k-man

I've been busy visiting family in Ohio so I missed all the activity in the markets today.  When I had a chance to sit down and see what happened, I saw that DFR issued a press release stating ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-04-18:Blog/7717 2008-05-01T13:31:15Z 2008-04-18T20:51:04Z k-man

As posted in a previous trade note, I bought another 100 shares of AFN, anticipating that the Q1 earnings due in early May will be very positive.  Investors should closely watch this one for t...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-04-14:Blog/7532 2008-04-30T20:43:09Z 2008-04-14T18:33:11Z k-man

Over at Yahoo Finance, columnist Ben Stein writes about his recent experiences with getting service at various establishments.  His point in writing the column was that there are too many peop...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-04-05:Blog/7215 2008-04-29T05:00:15Z 2008-04-05T06:46:32Z k-man

While reading the message boards over at Yahoo Finance, I discovered a link to the Wall Street Journal online where viewers can look at how many shares have been shorted in a security for the curre...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-04-01:Blog/7059 2008-04-30T18:56:24Z 2008-04-01T19:42:24Z k-man

Over at Yahoo Finance there's a discussion thread that was started when a forum member and DFR shareholder contacted DFR investor relations and got a response that may be encouraging.  The off...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-04-01:Blog/7058 2008-04-30T20:17:14Z 2008-04-01T18:52:30Z k-man

Found this little gem over at CNN about the aftermath of New Century Financial, which went bankrupt last year and was the #2 subprime lender in the country.  The story centers around a husband...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-04-01:Blog/7055 2008-05-01T11:33:55Z 2008-04-01T18:03:50Z k-man

At the open today, Jefferies and Co. issued a downgrade on MCGC, sending the stock down as much as $1.20 during trading.  It closed today down $0.86 after all the dust settled.  The downg...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-03-29:Blog/6965 2008-04-28T00:19:01Z 2008-03-29T18:49:47Z k-man

I was reading over Henry Paulson's plan on how he wants the financial industry regulated, I saw that some ideas were good, and others not necessary.  Here are his plans as of right now.  ...