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I’m Travelling But Who Cares, Here Are Some Hot Penny Stocks
2008-04-28 12:12:00 Gonna be traveling all day to my U of M speech so considering how good some of these plays are looking, I???m gonna miss out and inevitably get some emails sayin??? I???m a failed trader, but that???s a small price to pay to get the expected 150+ students to think cynically about the financial industry freakshow! Here’s the microcrap landscape…cheers: PDO just keeps it goin, showing why THIS trade was actually pretty damn good, at least for a short seller???as I preach in Penny Stocking, shorting, while ultimately correct considering how shady these companies are, is much tougher, I really want you guys to learn to play these from the long side (something which I could never really master)???as for when to short, don???t stand in it???s way, this is a full fledged Supernova! Just sit back and let all the early shorts kick, scream and ultimately panic cover???that???s when I???ll start looking??? to enter HDY is another sketchy oil and gas play that puts out exaggerated ... More About: Stocks , Travelling , Penny Stocks
I’m Travelling But Who Cares, Here Are Some Hot Penny Stocks
2008-04-28 12:12:00 Gonna be traveling all day to my U of M speech so considering how good some of these plays are looking, I’m gonna miss out and inevitably get some emails sayin’ I’m a failed trader, but that’s a small price to pay to get the expected 150+ students to think cynically about the financial industry freakshow! Here’s the microcrap landscape…cheers: PDO just keeps it goin, showing why THIS trade was actually pretty damn good, at least for a short seller—as I preach in Penny Stocking, shorting, while ultimately correct considering how shady these companies are, is much tougher, I really want you guys to learn to play these from the long side (something which I could never really master)…as for when to short, don’t stand in it’s way, this is a full fledged Supernova! Just sit back and let all the early shorts kick, scream and ultimately panic cover—that’s when I’ll start looking’ to enter HDY is another sketchy oil and gas play that puts out exaggerated ... More About: Stocks , Travelling , Penny Stocks
Speaking At The University Of Minnesota Monday Night!
2008-04-28 04:10:00 Another fun day of traveling to my nighttime speech tomorrow???for all you Minnesota eans out there, I???ll be speaking from 6-8pm at the 3M Auditorium at the Carlson School of Management at The University of Minnesota???damn, that???s a mouthful. If you???re in the area, drop on by, it???s gonna get crazzzzzzy???here???s a MAP. Everyone else, def. contact me if you???re interested in having me as a speaker! More About: Night , Monday , Speaking
Speaking At The University Of Minnesota Monday Night!
2008-04-28 04:10:00 Another fun day of traveling to my nighttime speech tomorrow…for all you Minnesota eans out there, I’ll be speaking from 6-8pm at the 3M Auditorium at the Carlson School of Management at The University of Minnesota…damn, that’s a mouthful. If you’re in the area, drop on by, it’s gonna get crazzzzzzy…here’s a … [visit site to read more] More About: Night , Monday , Speaking
Wall Street Warriors Season 3 Casting Call
2008-04-27 18:20:00 Got a call yesterday from my old pal, Scott Gill, producer of that fine little show Wall Street Warriors Apparently, the second season was successful enough to warrant a third season and now they’re on the lookout for new castmembers. So, if … [visit site to read more] More About: Season
Wall Street Warriors Season 3 Casting Call
2008-04-27 18:20:00 Got a call yesterday from my old pal, Scott Gill, producer of that fine little show Wall Street Warriors Apparently, the second season was successful enough to warrant a third season and now they???re on the lookout for new castmembers. So, if you???re willing to let loose on national TV, in the NYC area, work in finance and can film this summer and fall, contact me HERE and I???ll put you in touch. I???d never waste Scott’s precious time on any typically boring sissy value investors and if you???re afraid you can’t handle the spotlight (cuz it has been known to cause articles like THIS) don???t even bother applying. Basically they???re looking for someone whose idea of fun is a bit more than throwing a stick to a dog on a beach, no matter how successful they???ve been. PS In case you missed any of season 1 or 2, all episodes are streaming in high-quality and for free RIGHT HERE More About: Season
Sykes’ Saturday Sevenish: April 26th, 2008 Edition
2008-04-26 18:15:00 I met rockstar ANALyst Meredith Whitney’s husband backstage at FOX last year…interesting guy. Now he’s trying to hawk a liquid viagra product…check out this absurd video: So industry bitch Patrick Byrne likes making life tough for short sellers, now it turns out his crappy company is being investigated???is it wrong for me not to feel bad? Nahhhhhhhhh Byrne Baby Byrne! Marquee has been one of the hottest NYC clubs for years, learn from founder NT You know what, screw nightclubs, check out this interview with kingpin hotelier IS Screw physical properties altogether, learn from blogger/internet property kingpin MA THIS is a really cool boat! You guys better be signing up demo accounts at Speedtrader, I wanna hear what you think???and don???t forget that for forex trading, there???s ONLY GFT! What if you???d spent $100k back in 1998, see how THESE different investment panned out Fed???s gonna cut rates to 0%? More About: April , Saturday , Edition , 2008
Sykes’ Saturday Sevenish: April 26th, 2008 Edition
2008-04-26 18:15:00 I met rockstar ANALyst Meredith Whitney’s husband backstage at FOX last year…interesting guy. Now he’s trying to hawk a liquid viagra product…check out this absurd video: So industry bitch Patrick Byrne likes making life tough for short sellers, now it turns out his crappy company is being investigated—is it wrong for me not to feel bad? Nahhhhhhhhh Byrne Baby Byrne! Marquee has been one of the hottest NYC clubs for years, learn from founder NT You know what, screw nightclubs, check out this interview with kingpin hotelier IS Screw physical properties altogether, learn from blogger/internet property kingpin MA THIS is a really cool boat! You guys better be signing up demo accounts at Speedtrader, I wanna hear what you think…and don’t forget that for forex trading, there’s ONLY GFT! … [visit site to read more] More About: April , Saturday , Edition , 2008
Mr. Hankey And Richard Nixon Are Teaming Up For Your Benefit!
2008-04-26 01:09:00 In recent posts like THIS, you might???ve noticed some small cartoons featured on several stock charts???namely Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo, of South Park fame and Richard Nixon , of ???I am not a crook??? fame, exemplifying the kind of crappy and crooked companies out there. Like my blogging adventure, these cartoons are just starting to help make this stuff more understandable / visually stimulating. So, I need your help in finding small pictures of cartoons and pictures that represent common themes such as: so hot right now, too popular, indecisive, volatile, about to take a dive, full of fluff, heavily gossiped, solid company (yeah right, when are we ever gonna find a volatile stock with that quality!), poor management, cool products, bright future etc. So, let???s see what you guys got, please help this overworked blogger out and link away! More About: Benefit
Mr. Hankey And Richard Nixon Are Teaming Up For Your Benefit!
2008-04-26 01:09:00 In recent posts like THIS, you might’ve noticed some small cartoons featured on several stock charts—namely Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo, of South Park fame and Richard Nixon , of “I am not a crook” fame, exemplifying the kind of crappy and crooked companies out there. visit site to read more] More About: Benefit
Plunging Home Sales: The Latest Example Of Why Technical Analysis Trumps Me
2008-04-25 20:44:00 Home sales are plunging, 13%+ annual drop, largest since 1970, it???s gonna be another depression, we???re all gonna die???blehhhhhh! Who cares? Yeah you heard me???let the flippers suffer/go bankrupt/in debt, that???s what they get for their utter disregard of historical research and for listening to big talkers like Donald Trump who love to un/knowingly risk disaster. Traders and investors who rely on the one true thing in finance???the charts???know better; the biggest homebuilders stocks (LEN), (KBH), and (TOL) are all slightly higher since this “disastrous” news broke and their charts have been bottoming for weeks. The overall market is up big over the past two days and it’s not because the stock market is some random uber-mysterious thing. It’s because as much as financial media circus loves talking panic???it helps ratings???all this bad news is already priced in. That???s the beautiful thing about the stock market, it doesn???t care about media scumb... More About: Technical , Analysis , Sales , Home , Technical Analysis
Plunging Home Sales: The Latest Example Of Why Technical Analysis Trumps Me
2008-04-25 20:44:00 Home sales are plunging, 13%+ annual drop, largest since 1970, it’s gonna be another depression, we’re all gonna die—blehhhhhh! Who cares? Yeah you heard me—let the flippers suffer/go bankrupt/in debt, that’s what they get for their utter disregard of historical research and for listening to big talkers like Donald Trump who love to un/knowingly risk disaster. Traders and investors who rely on the one true thing in … [visit site to read more] More About: Technical , Analysis , Sales , Home , Technical Analysis
My Take On Visa Inc (V) aka Baseball Card Collecting In The 1990s
2008-04-25 14:15:00 No matter how many times I say stick to trades with ideal risk-reward ratios for the smaller investor—those being media-hype plays and pumps and dumps courtesy of your friendly local stock promoter, the questions about random real companies keep streaming in—none moreso than Visa (V). The emails came from far and wide and helped inspire the thesis of THIS AOL article I wrote about the company the morning before its IPO. Yup, I was dead right. So how did I know it’d follow a VMware (VMW)-type trajectory; because simple theories work best. Think about it, everybody and their other mother is comfortable with the strategy of buy what you know, buy blue-chip companies—blehhhhhhh! The absurd popularity of that strategy makes me gag because while it’s worked well in the past, it’s sooooo old news now. I’ll use the example highlighted in my book An American Hedge Fund by comparing this strategy to baseball card collecting—everybody growing up in the 1980s and 1990s who coll... More About: Card , Baseball
My Take On Visa Inc (V) aka Baseball Card Collecting In The 1990s
2008-04-25 14:15:00 No matter how many times I say stick to trades with ideal risk-reward ratios for the smaller investor???those being media-hype plays and pumps and dumps courtesy of your friendly local stock promoter, the questions about random real companies keep streaming in???none moreso than Visa (V). The emails came from far and wide and helped inspire the thesis of THIS AOL article I wrote about the company the morning before its IPO. Yup, I was dead right. So how did I know it???d follow a VMware (VMW)-type trajectory; because simple theories work best. Think about it, everybody and their other mother is comfortable with the strategy of buy what you know, buy blue-chip companies???blehhhhhhh! The absurd popularity of that strategy makes me gag because while it???s worked well in the past, it???s sooooo old news now. I???ll use the example highlighted in my book An American Hedge Fund by comparing this strategy to baseball card collecting???everybody growing up in the 1980s and 1990s who coll... More About: Card , Baseball
What My Friends In Town, Upcoming University Speech And Website Launch Mean
2008-04-24 23:31:00 I can’t even imagine how Arrington copes. Right now I???m blogging, researching potential trades, executing trades working on the new site and answering on average 300+ emails/day (no matter that I???ve repeatedly asked you guys to ask questions HERE) and I still can???t keep up. I think I???ve spoiled you; nay, I know I have. So for the next week or so, you???re gonna have to deal with my crazy schedule, friends, university speeches (University of Minnesota whaaaaaat!) and the launching of THIS new site on May 1st because I???m gonna be overwhelmed. My apologies in advance. The good news is that once the new site is up and running smoothly, probly in the next month or so, and all the lazy people inevitably choose summer fun over hardcore learning and research, everything will be back to normal???nay, better than normal cuz the new site has a lot of features to make this more understandable to beginners???so celebrate! More About: Website , Friends , Launch , Town
What My Friends In Town, Upcoming University Speech And Website Launch Mean
2008-04-24 23:31:00 I can’t even imagine how Arrington copes. Right now I’m blogging, researching potential trades, executing trades working on the new site and answering on average 300+ emails/day (no matter that I’ve repeatedly asked you guys to ask questions HERE) and I still can’t keep up. I think I’ve spoiled you; nay, I know I have. So for the next week or so, you’re gonna have to deal with my crazy schedule, … [visit site to read more] More About: Website , Friends , University , Launch , Town
The Old Morning Drop Following The First Down Day After A Big Runup Trick
2008-04-24 21:28:00 Going into today’s session with my overnight short of PDO, I was confident, if not ecstatic because I’d shorted into the first negative day of a decent-sized runup, even if it was KOG-like commodity play. At the market open, volume was very very light—5,000 shares in 10 minutes and yet when sellers took out the one bid at $6.20 that took it all the way down to $6.01…I didn’t want to cover right away as I thought it’d take out $6 and then stop loss selling might cause some panic, but bids piled up at $6.02, then $6.03, then $6.05…screw that, I covered at the ask at $6.15, making $27 after commissions. Afterwards, some more sellers did come in and on total daily volume of 25,000 shares, the stock was $5.90 x $6—so I left $100+ on the table…boooo hooo, due to the illiquidity and it not being an ideal play, I played it safe. … [visit site to read more] More About: Trick , Morning , Drop
Parabolic Stock Chart Of The Day: Unisource Energy Corp (UNS)
2008-04-24 18:39:00 Overworked as I’ve become, I really appreciate it when you readers alert me to some solid opportunities. Today’s chart of the day comes courtesy of InvestorsLive (see MarketKid, that’s how you link when you feature someone else’s idea on your blog!) Rather expensive, … [visit site to read more] More About: Energy , Stock , Chart
We Are The Three Amigos: 3 Natural Gas Plays & Some Other Banditos
2008-04-24 14:34:00 (MXC) The fist of 3 spiking AMEX microcrap nattie gas amigos with under a dozen employees…you wanna talk about the worst companies out there, well, here you go, hardly any business at all…but that won’t stop them from spiking because nattie gas has been soaring and people loveeeee speculating on these POS…couldn’t find any shares to short, too bad… (PDO) The 2nd of 3 amigos, recognize this chart pattern? I’m short 700 shares @$6.20 because it faded gradually into the market close yesterday and I’m looking for it to take out stop losses at $6, so I can cover in the $5.60-$5.80 area…it’s a small position because I truly hate these AMEX commodity plays, you remember how KOG went! … [visit site to read more] More About: Natural Gas , Natural , Amigos , Three Amigos , Plays
Stop Shorting Penny Stocks Randomly, This Isn’t CNBC, I Want You To Profi
2008-04-23 20:21:00 I’m seeing a lot of comments/emails from people re-shorting these pump and dumps waaaay late in the game, just because they missed profiting from the initial dump. Here’s a tip—STOP! Yes, these companies are all crap (okay, okay 99.9%, but this is the last time I’ll ever qualify that), but you gotta understand crap companies can and do rise faster than quality companies for several reasons: a.) there’s no pesky actual businesses to get in the way of hyping / putting out fraudulent / exaggerated press releases so investors must only be convinced of the dream, not the execution of the dream, which is helpful considering the harsh reality / inevitable failure of these companies b.) no pesky morals or ethics instilled in those who manage such companies / promote such stocks … [visit site to read more] ShareThis More About: Stocks , Penny Stocks , Stop , Penny
Pirates Pretending To Be Pig Farmers (Seriously)
2008-04-23 15:45:00 Wow and I thought I liked money—the pig f#@!ers over at Agfeed Industries (FEED) raised another $25mil just 7 days after their first $10 mil visit site to read more] ShareThis More About: Pirates , Farmers
I Am Not A Crook I Just Play Penny Stocks Promoted By Them
2008-04-23 13:19:00 It’s been 3 years since total piece of poo oil play MPET pulled off the quad-fecta, rising from $1 to $4…can it do it again?!?!?! Hopefully…but odds are obviously against it BSIC wants in on that vertical price action too Courtesy of Investorslive.com, I give you today’s manipulated stock chart of the day: … [visit site to read more] ShareThis More About: Stocks , Penny Stocks , Play , Penny
If At First You Short A Pump And Dump And Succeed, Try, Try Again!
2008-04-23 01:02:00 As I’ve posted HERE and HERE, EDEN was a great pump due to a 100% spike caused by a fluffy inaccurate article written by a major media outlet—my former employer—for a bit—TheStreet.com (they later corrected it, but the damage was already done). The first time I shorted at $2.55, impatiently/conservatively covering at $2.35 for a decent $180 profit. But given its tiny tiny tiny $6 million marketcap and annoying illiquidity, I don’t regret covering quickly…that much…cuz as I’ve shown on fellow microcap pump and dumpers PSTI, REED and SHZ, these suckers remain good shorts for many days. So, when I re-shorted EDEN mid-day yesterday on a slight low volume bounce up from $2 to $2.20, I had every confidence in the world we’d see $2 again and then the question would be if there were stop losses there—as often happens at big fat round numbers. Despite some ever surprisingly determined buyers and a solidly bearish close at $2.04—caused by a 49,000 share sell order—I wa... More About: Short , Pump
Manipulated Stock Chart Of The Day: Kentucky USA Energy (KYUS)
2008-04-22 19:41:00 Ahhhh soooo soothing, so reassuring–kinda like indulging in the day spa at the Ritz. Notice how much prettier and cleaner manipulated stocks are than messy non-manipulated stocks that ruin the serenity by moving every which way. This work of art is no different from manipulated stocks of the past and it makes you yearn for the day when all stocks will be similarly … [visit site to read more] ShareThis More About: Energy , Stock , Kentucky , Chart
ANALysts & Venture Capitalists Know S#@! About How SmallCap Stocks Trad
2008-04-22 17:44:00 While I respect Andy Kessler for making a ton of $ back during the bubble and writing two superb books–Wall Street Meat and Running Money, this piece of … [visit site to read more] ShareThis More About: Venture , Stocks
To Short Sell Or Not To Short Sell, That Is The Question
2008-04-22 15:42:00 There are a great many microcraps surging—some look to be potential shorts, while others, you just gotta sit back and watch them play out: As I’ve repeatedly posted, I’m short (EDEN) cuz it’s the perfect mix: failing company, quick spike followed by gradual fade and most importantly, the spike was caused by erroneous reporting. Forget about guessing games, TheStreet.com handed this to us on a silver platter! TIGR’s still great to short, but good luck finding shares! PDO and MXC Two little oil plays that are spiking, be very careful, remember, they’re not pure pumps as they are tied to that strongly performing commodity (that ain’t easy to short…remember the KOG…which itself is breaking above recent highs aka not a short!) ENT is another small energy outfit trying to spike here, although its spike is rather gradual as it’s seemingly going for a cup and handle breakout…not a short! Speaking of not shorts, FEED, WSCI and UFPT can never seem to go down—when ... More About: Question , Sell , Short
When Timmayyy Is Dead Right: Manipulated Stocks Go Boom!
2008-04-22 01:20:00 For the 3 most recently manipulated microcraps—CNOA (pumped by a CNBC “reporter” who mistook paid-for stock promotion for credible research, probly the result of majoring in theatre studies in college (seriously)), EDEN (agriculture product pumped by a TheStreet.com “journalist” who forgot to read the quarterly report mentioning they sold off that division!) and TIGR (I don’t wanna know the evil lurking behind that pump, possibly some SEC counter-intelligence subdivision trying to draw out fellow manipulators) I have been dead on. These are opportunities from which you can profit because I’m not talking about variables that indirectly affect stock prices (ie earnings, the economy)—no, these catalysts have a direct impact on the supply/demand of shares and consequently the stock price. Since my expose when it was at $1.80ish, CNOA has dropped 30% in a few days—longs, don’t blame me or say “I don’t get it, it had all the trends going in its favor, I guess penn... More About: Stocks , Dead , Boom
Just Who The Hell Do I Think I Am And Why Should You Care?
2008-04-21 19:50:00 It’s astounding how many lazy people refuse to click the ABOUT tab on this site when they want to know more about me. Instead I get anywhere from one to three dozen daily emails asking me—since I have an answer every email policy, I’m beyond tired of this. Guys, chicos, if you want to know how I got started, what kinds of stocks I trade, how I made so much $ so quickly, my life is an open book—literally–An American Hedge Fund. Hopefully this post can save me a few emails so here’s a quick rundown of my journey and how I’m gonna help you: -My obsession to become the best tennis player led to a career-ending injury senior year of high school in 1999. Since I’d already gotten in to college early and the doctors orders were to rest, I had nothing to do so my parents gave me control of my $12,415 in Bar Mitzvah gift money to play around with and I opened a discount online brokerage account. -My parents thought I’d lose everything, but after concluding all the most p... More About: Care , Hell
Lie Detector For Talking Heads: Grave Consequences For TV Interviews
2008-04-21 17:07:00 You guys know I’ve been on my “nearly everyone in this industry is full of BS / the financial media is an unfunny joke” crusade for a while now, but with regards to a product that actually does something about it–or claims to–unsuprisingly, I’ve been visit site to read more] ShareThis More About: Interviews , Talking , Grave , Consequences , Heads
Rounded Up A Bunch Of The Usual Suspects
More articles from this author:2008-04-21 14:33:00 Goood Monday morn, rounded up a bunch of the usual jokers…at least usual since last week…some could be setting up for something worth my time / capital, we’ll see: (RDTA) now (TIGR) As I detailed visit site to read more] ShareThis More About: Suspects , Rounded , The Usual Suspects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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