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Should You Short Stocks?
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
Any Stock Suggestions?
2008-04-10 04:58:00 Every month or two I will have a post dedicated to stock suggestions. If you know of any stocks that are undervalued or overvalued feel free to mention 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 ... More About: Stock
Any Stock Suggestions?
2008-04-10 04:58:00 Every month or two I will have a post dedicated to stock suggestions. If you know of any stocks that are undervalued or overvalued feel free to mention 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 ... More About: Stock
SWIR Announces Acquisition of CradlePoint and Share Buyback
2008-04-09 05:09:00 SWIR - Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ) - (Closing Price - $18.43) Yesterday, Sierra Wireless announced it agreed to buy privately held CradlePoint Inc, which develops and supplies wireless networking products, in a cash and stock deal worth about 30.2 million. The company expects the deal to add to earnings by the end of 2008, excluding restructuring and integration ... More About: Share , Buyback , Acquisition
SWIR Announces Acquisition of CradlePoint and Share Buyback
2008-04-09 05:09:00 SWIR - Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ) - (Closing Price - $18.43) Yesterday, Sierra Wireless announced it agreed to buy privately held CradlePoint Inc, which develops and supplies wireless networking products, in a cash and stock deal worth about 30.2 million. The company expects the deal to add to earnings by the end of 2008, excluding restructuring and integration ... More About: Share , Buyback , Acquisition
Free Stock Picks April Update Part 2
2008-04-04 05:41:00 Here are the rest of my current stock picks: SILC ? Silicom Limited The stock price of Silicom Limited have been erratic since my initial buy recommendation but the stock price is currently trending up. Silicom is set to report first quarter earnings on April 28 and I expect there will be a run-up in price before ... More About: Stock Picks , Free , Stock , Update
Free Stock Picks April Update Part 2
2008-04-04 05:41:00 Here are the rest of my current stock picks: SILC ? Silicom Limited The stock price of Silicom Limited have been erratic since my initial buy recommendation but the stock price is currently trending up. Silicom is set to report first quarter earnings on April 28 and I expect there will be a run-up in price before ... More About: Stock Picks , Free , Stock , Update
Free Stock Picks April Update
2008-04-03 06:27:00 I usually don?t write about my stock recommendations unless they report quarterly earnings or some other important event happens (press release, news event, etc). However, I am going to start updating all my recommendations at the beginning of each month to keep you better informed on how each stock is doing and report on any ... More About: April , Stock Picks , Free , Stock , Update
Free Stock Picks April Update
2008-04-03 06:27:00 I usually don?t write about my stock recommendations unless they report quarterly earnings or some other important event happens (press release, news event, etc). However, I am going to start updating all my recommendations at the beginning of each month to keep you better informed on how each stock is doing and report on any ... More About: April , Stock Picks , Free , Stock , Update
China Automotive Systems Q4 07 Results
2008-03-30 00:39:00 CAAS - China Automotive Systems (Nasdaq) - (Closing Price - $5.73) China Automotive Systems reported fourth quarter results on Tuesday March 25 and reported sound results. China Automotive Systems came in with revenue of 37.71 million and earnings per diluted share of 0.09. Revenue for the quarter was up 36% year over year and up 21% sequentially. ... More About: Results
The Fed Shouldn?t Bail Out Financials
2008-03-23 19:59:00 The Federal Reserve has pandered to Wall Street demands and drastically cut interest rates this year. The Fed has also used Depression Era rules to lend directly to investment banks. Now there is talk that the Fed may start to buy mortgage backed securities that other banks don?t want to touch. I feel the Fed ...
The Credit Crisis and Potential Shorts
2008-03-20 05:34:00 Financial companies have seen severe declines over the past year and they still have the potential to go down a lot further. The reason financial companies are on such shaky ground is because the risk of rising foreclosures and loan defaults has resulted in a really severe credit crisis. For those of you who don?t ... More About: Credit , Shorts , Crisis
BAC Cover Recommendation
2008-03-18 03:40:00 BAC - Bank of America (NYSE) - (Closing Price - $35.96) Bank of America is down moderately since my initial short recommendation and I think now would be a good time to cover and take the gain off the table. I still think financial companies are going to see further weakness but they will most likely ... More About: Cover , Recommendation
Should the Fed Continue to Drastically Cut Interest Rates?
2008-03-17 04:53:00 Wall Street pundits are saying the Fed should lower interest rates by a full point at its next meeting. I think such a rash decision would be unwise and the Fed should actually think about keeping interest rates the same or lowering interest rates by a more modest amount, 0.50 at the most. It seems the ... More About: Interest Rates , Interest , Rates
PAL and SWC are Good Short Plays
2008-03-07 07:27:00 SWC - Stillwater Mining Co. (NYSE) - (Closing Price - $18.37) The prices of palladium and platinum recently spiked to all time highs due to power disturbances that resulted in rolling blackouts in South Africa. Speculators seized on this news to bid up palladium and platinum prices to ridiculous levels. The stock prices of North American Palladium ... More About: Plays , Good , Short
Greed, Fear, and Greater Fools
2008-03-07 05:09:00 COIN - Converted Organics (Nasdaq) - (Closing Price - $16.59) I have referred to ?greater fools? and the term ?hope a dope? a couple of times and the company Converted Organics (COIN) is a perfect example of what I was talking about. I came across Converted Organics on a day trading stock blog a few weeks ago ... More About: Fear , Greed
Covad Communications: Risk Free Return Update
2008-03-04 03:28:00 DVW - Covad Communications (Amex) - (Closing Price - $0.9376) A few months ago I wrote a post about a relatively risk free 14% return you could get in Covad Communications. Covad Communications is being acquired by Platinum Equity in an all cash deal at $1.02 a share and the stock price of Covad Communications was ... More About: Free , Update , Risk , Return
Good Time to Short Financial Stocks: My Pick BAC
2008-03-02 22:41:00 BAC - Bank of America (NYSE) - (Closing Price of Friday 2/29/08 - $39.74) Financial s have been one of the worst performing stock sectors over the last few months and I think the weakness in the sector is going to continue. The housing market is no where close to finding a bottom, the economy and job ... More About: Stocks , Time , Good , Pick
Current Market Volatility
2008-03-01 23:15:00 The stock market has become very volatile and irrational over the last year. I contribute some of this volatility to the uncertain economic climate. However, in my opinion a big cause of the huge price swings in the market is the tremendous growth of hedge funds and their need to generate short term returns. Hedge funds ... More About: Commentary , Market , Current
Sectors to Buy and Avoid
2008-02-28 05:44:00 Small caps and technology stocks have taken quite a hit over the past few months and I think now is a good time to start looking for bargains in these sectors. There has been a rotation out of these ?riskier? stocks with the threat of a potential recession looming but the selloff has been overdone. Some ... More About: Commentary , Avoid , Sectors
MCZ Q3 2008 Results
2008-02-21 05:44:00 MCZ - Mad Catz Interactive (American Stock Exchange) - (Closing Price - $0.82) Mad Catz announced its fiscal third quarter 2008 results after the close yesterday and reported decent results. However, the stock sold off around 19% today because the company didn?t report an improvement in EPS and investors in the current market are extremely skittish and ... More About: Results
Payday Loans
2008-02-19 01:30:00 The economy is headed for a potential recession, we may already be in one, and the job market is starting to stall. In addition, the credit markets have become extremely tight due to the lax lending standards that have taken place over the last few years and are now resulting in defaults. Consequently, it is ... More About: Loans , Payday
The Net Fool
2008-02-16 17:32:00 For those of you who are interested in stock market advice and making money online you should check out TheNetFool .com. The Net Fool focuses on investing as well as reviews of GPT websites. GPT (Get Paid To) websites pay users to do certain tasks. The Net Fool offers new posts on the stock market on ...
MicroCap Speculator
2008-02-12 04:28:00 If you want analysis and commentary on microcap stocks you should check out MicroCapSpeculator.net. MicroCapSpeculator has analysis of stocks that trade over the counter and on the pink sheets, exchanges that I don?t cover, as well as microcaps that trade on the major exchanges. MicroCapSpeculator also features analysis of the gold market. MicroCapSpeculator recently developed a ...
Sierra Wireless Q4 2007 Earnings
2008-02-09 23:12:00 SWIR - Sierra Wireless (Nasdaq) - (Closing Price on Friday 2/8/08 - $15.92) Sierra Wireless announced its fourth quarter earnings on January 31 and reported very impressive results. Sierra Wireless reported revenue of 135.6 million which was a sequentially increase of 22% and a year over year increase of 99%. Sierra Wireless reported diluted EPS of 0.37. ... More About: Earnings
Silicom Announces New Chinese Order
2008-02-05 04:31:00 SILC - Silicom Limited (Nasdaq) - (Closing Price - $16.70) Today Silicom Limited announced an order for $1.8 million from ?one of China?s largest domestic server companies, representing its first significant penetration into the vast Chinese market.? The stock traded up over 14% on the news. This is obviously a positive development for Silicom Limited and the ... More About: Order
Want to Make Real Money Investing With Play Money?
2008-02-03 00:08:00 How would you like to make real money investing with play money? You can at UpDown.com. You get one million dollars in play money and you make real money by beating the return of the S&P 500. To determine earnings, UpDown considers your portfolio performance in the current month, the length of your track record, ... More About: Commentary , Money , Play , Investing , Real
8×8 Reports Q3 08 Results, Shows Continued Improvement
2008-02-02 19:42:00 EGHT - 8×8 Inc. (Nasdaq) - (Closing Price on Friday 2/1/08 - $1.22) 8×8 Inc. reported their Q3 2008 financial results on January 30 and reported record revenues and a small profit. 8×8 reported revenue of 15.8 million which was a 7% increase sequentially and a 19% increase year over year. 8×8 reported net income of 1.39 million and EPS ... More About: Results , Improvement
Silicom Reports Nice Q4 2007 Results
2008-01-29 03:52:00 SILC - Silicom Limited (Nasdaq) - (Closing Price - $13.92) Silicom Limited announced fourth quarter results today and reported increases in revenue and EPS. The share price responded with a gain over 17%. Silicom reported revenue of 7.48 million which was a 13% improvement over last quarter and a 49% improvement over the comparable quarter last year. ... More About: Results , Nice
New Stock Pick: 8×8 Inc. (EGHT)
More articles from this author:2008-01-27 20:33:00 EGHT - 8×8 Inc. (Nasdaq) - (Closing Price on Friday 1/25/08 - $1.20) 8×8 Inc. is a company I have been following for a few quarters and I think now is an opportune time to buy some shares. 8×8 Inc. is a VoIP company that enables broadband internet users to add digital voice and video communications to ... More About: Stock , Pick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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