Recent Posts Tagged With 'Market News'

• Want to be profitable at a time like this? A wild proposal

  Posted on Thursday October 2nd, 2008 at 02:11 in Market News

  I’m not offering any advice on any particular stock even though I’m still in the market. The past 3 weeks have been just insane. Bank failures, buyouts, acquisitions, 700 pt dow swings, 10 percent snp swings and its not over. Everyday com...

• Is this really a free market?

  Posted on Saturday September 20th, 2008 at 14:13 in Market News, banning, federal government, wb, short selling, leh, financial stocks

  This has been the most eventful week in Wall Street since the 1929 crash and a once in a lifetime experience for many. Lehman failed, AIG was bailed out, the Bush and Paulson decided to create a 700 billion dollar rescue plan and financial companies ...

• Lehman’s conclusion

  Posted on Friday September 12th, 2008 at 16:21 in Market News, lehman, leh

  I was going to pick up a few shares of Lehman but after hearing Henry Paulson say he wont use government to help with the acquisition I couldn’t pull the trigger. Without government backing, Leh will most likely be low balled or at take an exte...

• Short Interest in Chinese Stocks

  Posted on Wednesday August 6th, 2008 at 13:45 in Market News, chinese stocks, short interest

  I have been following an awesome site that gives quality data about Chinese companies, especially ones listed in America. The site is China Analyst. I am across an informative post showing the amount of short interest in Chinese stocks. Below are the...

• Mutual fund performance year to date

  Posted on Monday July 21st, 2008 at 16:02 in Market News, fidelity, mutual fund performance

  Selected Funds’ Performance For Week-Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 % Return Model Portfolios Week YTD Domestic Equity Contrafund -0.23 -11.07 Magellan 0.55 -15.71 Growth ...

• UBS – Scumbags

  Posted on Thursday July 17th, 2008 at 15:49 in bank, Market News, ubs, scumbags, skf

  Apparently the world’s largest private wealth manager is up to some dirty tricks helping wealthy U.S. individuals avoid tax. Heinrich Kieber, a bank computer technician in Liechtenstein, blew the whistle and provided 3 compact discs full of names a...

• Uranium – Energy of the future

  Posted on Wednesday July 9th, 2008 at 16:40 in uranium, Market News, ccj, nrg, bhp, dnn, usu, usec, urz, useg, urrg rtp

  The recent price retraction of the price of uranium presents a great opportunity to get into this precious resource. Uranium is a commodity of the future, for these reasons: 1. Uranium is environmentally friendly. A recent Business Week article has s...

• China Stocks BLASTED

  Posted on Monday July 7th, 2008 at 13:57 in Market News, falling, chinese stocks

  I came across an article on SeekingAlpha that showed the return on Chinese stocks. While I believe China has a lot of potential, a lot of my colleagues believe the Chinese stock market has gone up too quickly in the recent couple of years and seems t...

• Stock performance based on analyst ratings

  Posted on Wednesday June 4th, 2008 at 15:18 in analyst, Market News, stock price, stock performance, s&p 500

  I came across an intriguing article on seekingalpha that brokedown the S&P500 into categories of 50 based on the average number of buy and sell ratings and then pitted this against the performance of the stock to see if there was any correlation...