Archive for August, 2009

  • Jedi Mind Inc (JEDM)
    , August 24th, 2009 at 10:05 am

    What’s the hottest stock on the market? Tim Sykes points us toward shares of pink sheet listed Jedi Mind (JEDM). Yep, that looks like a [...]

  • What Bloggers Were Saying at the Low
    , August 24th, 2009 at 9:57 am

    The S&P 500 is up again this morning. From our low in March, the index is up nearly 55%. With such tremendous gains under our [...]

  • Sex Drive and the Stock Market
    , August 21st, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    Makes sense to me: In the study, conducted by researchers from Harvard University, it was determined that stock market traders saw their profit margins rise [...]

  • Stocks Keep On Rising
    , August 21st, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    Today was another strong day for stocks. The S&P 500 made another high for the year. Our Buy List also made a new high. We’re [...]

  • Nouriel Roubini, the Prophet
    , August 20th, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    I think I’ve been too critical of Nouriel Roubini. He’s a very bright guy and well worth listening to. However, as Damien Hoffman points out, [...]

  • Since 1970, All of the Market’s Gain Has Come When Gold is Below $455
    , August 20th, 2009 at 8:08 am

    I was playing around with some data and I came with an interesting stat: All of the stock market’s gain since 1970 has come when [...]

  • Google's Stock Turns Five
    , August 19th, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    It was five years ago today that shares of Google (GOOG) went public. The stock ended its first day of trading at $100.34. It peaked [...]

  • Google’s Stock Turns Five
    , August 19th, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    It was five years ago today that shares of Google (GOOG) went public. The stock ended its first day of trading at $100.34. It peaked [...]

  • Comrade, Have I Got a Deal for You!
    , August 19th, 2009 at 1:38 pm

    Line of the day: “There are more brokerage account holders than Communist Party members in China.” Something tells me that they’re not mutually exclusive. (Via: [...]

  • Energy Leads Turnaround
    , August 19th, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    A fairly flat day has suddenly become a good day for stocks, and it’s mostly thanks to energy stocks.

  • The Whole Foods Boycott
    , August 19th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    Earlier this week, Whole Foods (WFMI) CEO John Mackey wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal against President Obama’s health care reform ideas. Some [...]

  • Ewwwwww
    , August 19th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    Madoff’s lover goes overboard with TMI: He sometimes blinked his eyes uncontrollably, leading her to nickname him “Winky Dink” when she disclosed her affair to [...]

  • The first thing we do, let's kill all the bankers
    , August 19th, 2009 at 10:17 am

    Imagine a world without bankers. Enter Zopa, a website that describes itself as a place “where people meet to lend and borrow money … sidestepping [...]

  • The first thing we do, let’s kill all the bankers
    , August 19th, 2009 at 10:17 am

    Imagine a world without bankers. Enter Zopa, a website that describes itself as a place “where people meet to lend and borrow money … sidestepping [...]

  • “It beats the heck out of any certificate of deposit"
    , August 19th, 2009 at 10:14 am

    Where are some investors placing their money? Tax liens. Private investors step in and buy tax liens, paying governments upfront all or part of the [...]

  • “It beats the heck out of any certificate of deposit”
    , August 19th, 2009 at 10:14 am

    Where are some investors placing their money? Tax liens. Private investors step in and buy tax liens, paying governments upfront all or part of the [...]

  • Eaton Vance's Earnings Fall But Top Expectations
    , August 19th, 2009 at 9:57 am

    It’s still been a good year for the asset management stocks. Eaton Vance (EV) is up over 40% for us. Reuters reports: Asset manager Eaton [...]

  • Eaton Vance’s Earnings Fall But Top Expectations
    , August 19th, 2009 at 9:57 am

    It’s still been a good year for the asset management stocks. Eaton Vance (EV) is up over 40% for us. Reuters reports: Asset manager Eaton [...]

  • Investor Quiz
    , August 18th, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    Guess what company went from concept to $1 billion in sales in three years?

  • How Bad Is Inflation in Zimbabwe?
    , August 18th, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    At one point last year, prices were doubling. Every day.