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Rationale Behind My Dell Short
I shorted DELL on 7/14. After Friday’s 4% sell off, the position is looking good. Here is my rationale behind the trade.
August 28 is a Key Date for RIMM Fans
I hang out on StockTwits a lot. It’s a great community for active traders. A large majority of the people I follow are technicians - head and shoulders, wedges, gaps and all of that good stuff. I love technicals, but I incorporate fundamentals into my analysis as well. I am not really into the traditional stuff [...]
Jim Cramer’s Data Adds Meat to My iKiller Thesis Bones
A misguided notion that somehow more is always better.
The tech heads continue whining about missing features in Apple products. No Flash support. No multi-tasking. No this. No that. I was an engineer. I have a BSEE and MSEE. Trust me – there has never been a product released, in history, where an engineer didn’t want [...]
Are You a Discretionary Trader?
Dr.Van K. Tharp is a widely recognized trading coach and author. Several years ago, I read two of his books Trade Your way to Financial Freedom and Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom. To this very day I still employ his strategy of combining risk management and position sizing.
I received the email below from him this week. [...]
The Long Apple Short iKillers Trade is Working
To the dismay of Google and Research in Motion fans, my “Long Apple Short iKillers” trade is working. If you are not familiar with this trade read “How I am Playing the Smartphone Craze” to understand its origins. The thesis of the trade is derived from a quote from the Morgan Stanley Internet Report “New Companies often Win [...]
The Thinking Behind My Helca Mining & Silver Wheaton Trades
I was back on Stock Twits TV again last night talking my book. This time discussing Helca Mining and Silver Wheaton. I make my pitch around the 9:00 mark.
Notes:
I had to cram alot of stuff in three minutes. It looks like I made a mistake and would also I like to clarify a couple of [...]
Searching For Ideas in the QFON Smart Phone Index
On April 12, 2010, the NASDAQ OMX Group and the Consumer Electronics Association announced the Smartphone Index (QFON), a new benchmark for the telecommunications sector focused on wireless, mobile devices and advanced communication functionality. It is a modified market-capitalization index and includes companies that are primarily involved in building, design and distribution of handsets, hardware, [...]
How I am Playing the Smartphone Craze
Since reading the Morgan Stanley Internet Report in December ‘09, I have put a great deal of thought into how to best make money investing in mobile. Up until then I had primarily invested in the mobile device makers like Apple and Research in Motion. The report reminded me that new companies often win big [...]
For Investors the SmartPhone War is Over
New smartphones are being released everyday. Sprint just announced the world’s first 4G smartphone (Sprint, HTC Unveil First 4G Smartphone). Nokia, Samsung, Motorola all have new phones released in March (Nokia C5 Unveiled, Samsung Announces Galaxy S Android Smartphone, Motorola and Sprint Announce World’s First Push to Talk Smartphone). Over the next few years these manufacturers [...]
Navigating the Social Media Noise: My Research in Motion Call
I really don’t want to get into my reasoning for my bearish position on Research in Motion – it is well documented (RIMM Rant I, RIMM Rant II, RIMM Rant III). Needless to say, I have taken a lot of heat from the RIMM disciples over the past few months. The market is the final [...]
