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Free Stock Picks - July Report
2008-07-05 22:29:00 AIXG ? Aixtron (NASDAQ) Aixtron has sold off considerably since my last update and I have not found any definitive reason for the sharp decline. However, I do have a theory about what might have happened. Aixtron had been mentioned as a possible acquisition target of Applied Materials (AMAT). However, on June 6 Applied Materials announced it ... More About: Stock Picks , Free , Report , Stock , July
Sell LJ International
2008-07-01 05:40:00 JADE - LJ International (NASDAQ) - (Closing Price - $2.79) I recommended LJ International as a speculative pick based on the company finally reporting earnings. However, the company didn?t get a pre-earnings run like I thought and the company reported disappointing results. Therefore, I am going to recommend to sell LJ International. Disclaimer: I sold my position in ... More About: Sell
The Market is Brutal
2008-06-27 05:07:00 The current market is brutal and I think some of the selling is getting overdone. Almost all stocks, except speculative oil stocks, have been sold off indiscriminately. I think the indiscriminant selling provides opportunity for those who are willing to think like contrarians and exercise patience. I think the sell-off in small caps and tech stocks ... More About: Market , Brutal
Stock Suggestions
2008-06-26 02:53:00 If you know of any stocks that are undervalued or overvalued feel free to leave a comment mentioning the company and why you think the share price will go up or down. I would be particularly interested in any company that is quickly growing earnings and has a low valuation (based on PE ratio or book ... More About: Stock
Financials are Still Good Shorts
2008-06-07 02:51:00 A few months ago on March 19, I wrote that financial companies still presented good shorting opportunities. However, about that same time I wrote that article there was an almost universal pump among the financial media that financial companies had reached a bottom. If you had shorted financials right after my recommendation you might have ... More About: Shorts , Good
Free Stock Picks - June Report
2008-06-03 04:02:00 AIXG ? Aixtron (NASDAQ) Aixtron reported Q1 results on May 8 and reported flat results. However, the company reaffirmed guidance which means the company should report considerable improvement in future quarters. I would continue to hold your shares. CAAS ? China Automotive Systems (NASDAQ) The stock price of China Automotive Systems had a big jump after the company ... More About: June , Stock Picks , Free , Report , Stock
New Stock Recommendation: FEED
2008-06-01 02:57:00 FEED - AgFeed Industries (NASDAQ) - (Closing Price on Friday 5/30/08 - $15.37) AgFeed Industries is a company that has experienced strong growth over the past year and the company is forecasting even stronger growth in the coming year. The company has given tremendous guidance for 2008 and if the company can meet its numbers the ... More About: Stock , Recommendation
Has Oil Peaked?
2008-05-28 06:08:00 The price of oil has defied logic and has continued to rise in the face of many bearish catalysts. However, I think the current price of oil has had a significant affect on demand and this can no longer be overlooked by the speculators who have been bidding oil to stratospheric levels. The morons such as ... More About: Commentary
EGHT Q4 08 Results
2008-05-24 22:51:00 EGHT - 8×8 Inc. (NASDAQ) - (Closing Price on Friday 5/23/08 - $1.19) 8×8 Inc. reported fourth quarter results on May 21 and the company continues to show improvement in its financial numbers. 8×8 Inc. reported revenue of 16.33 million and diluted EPS of 0.01. Revenue was up 14% YOY and EPS improved six cents from a ... More About: Results
Converted Organics, Lesson in Speculating
2008-05-20 04:51:00 COIN - Converted Organics (NASDAQ) - (Closing Price - $8.05) I wrote an article about the foolish speculating in Converted Organics a couple of months ago and just as I predicted the greed that was driving up the stock price turned to fear and the stock price took a huge dive. However, the stock price rebounded from ... More About: Lesson
Wall Street Survivor
2008-05-19 00:08:00 I recently competed in my first stock market competition at Wall Street Survivor under the name Intspeculator and I did quite well. In the contest that finished in April I finished 17th out of more than 23,000 participants. I generated a return of 84.62 percent in just a few months. My return would have been ...
Make Real Money at Updown.com
2008-05-17 23:55:00 I?ve mentioned Updown.com a couple of times on my website but for those of you who haven?t heard of it Updown.com is a great place to learn to invest stocks and earn real money risk free. At Updown.com you get one million dollars in play money and you make real money by beating the return of the ... More About: Commentary , Money , Real , Make
China Automotive Systems Releases Impressive Q1 08 Results
2008-05-15 05:48:00 CAAS - China Automotive Systems (NASDAQ) - (Closing Price - $6.85) China Automotive Systems announced impressive first quarter results today and the stock price responded by trading up 25% on the news. China Automotive Systems reported revenue of 41.47 million and diluted EPS of 0.18. Revenue improved 46% year over year and 10% sequentially. Diluted EPS improved ... More About: Results , Impressive
SWC Cover Recommendation
2008-05-13 06:21:00 SWC - Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE) - (Closing Price - $13.19) In my last update I wrote that I thought SWC was going to continue to decline and that you should continue to hold your short position. However, if you shorted SWC at my initial recommendation you are sitting on a big gain and I think ... More About: Cover , Recommendation
AMR Sell Recommendation
2008-05-08 05:08:00 AMR - American Airlines (NYSE) - (Closing Price - $8.57) I recommended airline stocks, American Airlines in particular, as a play on oil falling in price from its highly speculative levels. I figured oil would pull back quite a bit after the Fed announced it would halt future rate cuts since oil has been rising mainly ... More About: Sell , Recommendation
Free Stock Picks - May Report
2008-05-05 05:02:00 SWC - Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE) I forgot to update Stillwater Mining Company so here is my take on SWC. I still think the stock price of SWC is going to continue to decline. The stock price of SWC was trading in the ten dollar range before it had its huge run and I expect the ... More About: Stock Picks , Free , Report , Stock
Free Stock Picks - May Report
2008-05-04 21:26:00 AIXG ? Aixtron (NASDAQ) Aixtron has announced a couple of new orders since my initial recommendation and the stock price is already up 11%. A dividend will most likely be approved at the shareholders meeting on May 14 and this should provide a boost to the stock price. Aixtron reported Q1 results last year on May ... More About: Stock Picks , Free , Report , Stock
AMR Update
2008-05-02 04:27:00 AMR - American Airlines (NYSE) - (Closing Price - $9.90) The entire airline industry has rallied just as I predicted and American Airlines is already close to my price target. However, I think airlines have more room to run and I wouldn?t recommend selling yet. Oil is still way overpriced and should continue to correct. Also, ... More About: Update
New Stock Pick: AMR
2008-04-30 07:15:00 AMR - American Airlines (NYSE) - (Closing Price - $8.53) The stock prices of airlines have taken quite a hit in the last year as speculators sent the price of oil up to record levels. In the past few days oil has pulled back from its record highs and the airlines have started to rally. I ... More About: Stock , Pick
SILC Q1 08 Results
2008-04-30 06:04:00 SILC - Silicom Limited (NASDAQ) - (Closing Price - $9.50) Silicom Ltd. announced their first quarter 2008 results yesterday and reported an increase in revenue but flat growth in earnings. Amazingly, the stock price has dropped more than 25% since the news. Silicom reported revenue of 7.70 million which was up 27% compared to Q1 2007 and ... More About: Results
The Fed and Commodities
2008-04-28 01:21:00 The market is expecting the Fed to cut its key interest rate by a quarter-percentage point next week and then signal that it is finished cutting rates for the time being. However, I think the best action would be to leave the interest rate unchanged. This would help deter some of the rampant speculation that ... More About: Commentary , Commodities
New Stock Recommendation: Aixtron (AIXG)
2008-04-22 04:12:00 AIXG - Aixtron (NASDAQ) - (Closing Price - $14.22) Stock s that are related to ?green? technology have been some of the biggest gainers over the past year. However, a lot of these stocks (think solar companies) have already had tremendous run-ups in price and they are trading at very lofty valuations. I have found a ?green? company ... More About: Recommendation
New Stock Recommendation: Aixtron (AIXG)
2008-04-22 04:12:00 AIXG - Aixtron (NASDAQ) - (Closing Price - $14.22) Stock s that are related to ?green? technology have been some of the biggest gainers over the past year. However, a lot of these stocks (think solar companies) have already had tremendous run-ups in price and they are trading at very lofty valuations. I have found a ?green? company ... More About: Recommendation
Wikinvest.com
2008-04-21 03:50:00 I came across Wikinvest.com recently and I think the website has the potential to be a great place to find information about stocks. Wikinvest is a ?wiki? website (like Wikipedia) where regular people contribute the information to the site. Wiki websites that don?t have a lot of contributors aren?t very good but Wikinvest already has a lot ...
Wikinvest.com
2008-04-21 03:50:00 I came across Wikinvest.com recently and I think the website has the potential to be a great place to find information about stocks. Wikinvest is a ?wiki? website (like Wikipedia) where regular people contribute the information to the site. Wiki websites that don?t have a lot of contributors aren?t very good but Wikinvest already has a lot ...
DTLK Q1 08 Results
2008-04-17 05:30:00 Datalink announced Q1 08 results today and reported nice results. Datalink reported 47.73 million in revenue and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of 0.04. Revenue was up 17% YOY and EPS was up from a loss of 0.06 in Q1 07. Datalink also reported its highest gross margin since the fourth quarter of 2004. The company ... More About: Results
DTLK Q1 08 Results
2008-04-17 05:30:00 Datalink announced Q1 08 results today and reported nice results. Datalink reported 47.73 million in revenue and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of 0.04. Revenue was up 17% YOY and EPS was up from a loss of 0.06 in Q1 07. Datalink also reported its highest gross margin since the fourth quarter of 2004. The company ... More About: Results
How To Enter A Short Order
2008-04-16 06:03:00 I received a comment on my previous post about how to short a stock through a broker so I will describe it here in case other people are confused. When you go to enter an order you probably have a few options to choose from. I use Scottrade and I have the following options to choose ... More About: Enter , Short , Order
How To Enter A Short Order
2008-04-16 06:03:00 I received a comment on my previous post about how to short a stock through a broker so I will describe it here in case other people are confused. When you go to enter an order you probably have a few options to choose from. I use Scottrade and I have the following options to choose ... More About: Enter , Short , Order
Should You Short Stocks?
More articles from this author:2008-04-14 04:05:00 If you are an experienced investor shorting stocks should be part of your investment strategy. Short ing allows you to profit when a stock goes down in price. In a declining market, such as the current one, it is a lot easier to make money shorting stocks than buying stocks. When you short a stock you are ... More About: Stocks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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