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Video Game Sales Strong
The easiest money I ever made was a $100 bucks from a sweepstakes on a box of Cap’n Crunch cereal. I was only 10 years old. The check showed up decorated with a colorful picture of the Cap’n. It looked so hokey I had to convince my mom it was real. Eventually she gave in […]
A Trading Tip
November 14th is a national holiday. Only a few people are aware of this important holiday. A few months back I declared this day as the “James Bond Movie Release Holliday!” Silly I know. I drive my girlfriend (and a whole lot of other people) crazy with my obsession over James Bond. “Shaken, not stirred.” […]
Water Stocks
Over the last few months the world’s been focused on the global credit crisis. You couldn’t walk 10 feet without seeing a new headline about the crisis, or hearing someone discussing the problems we’re all facing. From one crisis to the next. Before we had the financial crisis, we were all concerned about the global […]
An Undervalued Blue Chip
Last Saturday morning I was sitting at the breakfast table reading the paper. For me, it’s always the business section first. The news was nothing new. The same old rehashed commentary on the performance of the markets. I don’t need anyone to tell me October was a horrible month. You’ll note from peak to trough […]
How To Make Big Money In Stocks
Do you remember Ivan Boesky? He made more than $200 million investing in stocks in the mid 1980s. He had an amazing ability to buy into a company just a few days before a big merger was announced. His profits were enormous. It turns out his prophetic abilities weren’t tied to good analysis. They were […]
DOW Stocks With Strong Dividends A Great Buy
I was recently reviewing a few of my older articles. One from the end of 2007 stuck in my mind, Does this Investment Strategy Still Work? It was a review of a well known investment strategy – the “Dogs of the Dow.” You’ve no doubt heard of the strategy. Perhaps you implement part of it […]
Fear And Panic Usually Marks A Bottom
Just this morning I was driving into the office. The stop and go traffic was nothing short of normal. My to-go coffee mug was full and the sun was starting to break above the hills. That’s when I heard a really interesting comment from the radio announcer. “Up next, this industry’s doing well in tough […]
General Electric Stock At 10 Year Lows
In 1876, one of America’s greatest inventors set up a research and development laboratory. Like a mad scientist, he oversaw a team of researchers dedicated to inventing and improving a number of devices. Often these inventions were tied to mass communication and electricity. Arguably, the greatest invention to come from the establishment was the incandescent […]
Trading In A Volatile Market
As I write this, Congress is still negotiating. Have you ever heard the term “Too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth?” I don’t think anything in recent memory better exemplifies that statement than congress fiddling with the bank rescue package. Over the weekend I was happy to see a formal bill reach our […]
