All Entries in the "Trading School" Category
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 [...]
Palm’d a New Verb
On March19, 2010, Palm Inc. announced its earnings. Expectations were already low, since it had pre-announced poor earnings. However, the actual results were poorer than poor and Jon Rubinstein, CEO, didn’t reassure investors on the conference call. Matter of fact, the call had to be one of the lamest conference calls in the history of [...]
My RIMM Rant Part III
I am beginning to understand how the Maytag repair man felt as he waited days for a maintenance call. My position on Research in Motion (RIMM) is a lonely one. Having the audacity to believe that RIMM’s best days are behind them is laughable to most. Research in Motion is the leader in U.S. smartphone [...]
Talking Helca Mining and Cree on StockTwits.TV
StockTwits is a cool community were some great individual traders hang out. I have talked about it many times on these pages. Their TV programming is really expanding and one of their newer shows is “Talk Your Book.” Each week members of the community send in videos on their best stock ideas. I have participated [...]
StockTwits Legitimizing Online Financial Talk
When watching the financial news channels, you better believe that the guest are talking their books. Dr. Doom is not only saying he believes the next move is down – his portfolio is positioned that way. The portfolio manager talking about increased iPhone sales and the upcoming release of the iPad is long Apple. The [...]
A Jewel Called StockTwits
I can’t believe that it has been nearly a year since I have posted to this blog. Some of my content was read on some fairly popular financial websites. However, delivering that level of content had become a chore. Most bloggers will tell you that the Google Adsense checks don’t compensate for the effort required [...]
A Simple Money Management Idea for Stock Traders
I stumbled across the chart below while hanging out on stocktwits a few months ago. It is a monthly chart of the S&P 500 with a 10 month EMA (exponential moving average). We could have made a boat load of money simply by going long when the S&P 500 is above the moving average and [...]
Buy and Hold for the Long Term
If people really understood how long the long term truly was – maybe selling a stock every now and then wouldn’t be such a traumatic experience. When you bought into the gospel of “stocks for the long run,” did you have any idea how long the long run can turn out to be? Exactly 10 [...]
