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A: The Underground Investor Continues to Scoop the Global Financial Press
2007-05-22 13:21:00 Q: You Heard it Here First? May 22, 2007 - On September 25 of last year, I blogged about the close relationship of Goldman Sachs and the U.S. government and how it was more likely than not that Goldman Sachs dumping of 72.66% of the unleaded gas position in its commodities index right before the mid-term ... More About: Press , Financial , Global , Scoop , Investor
A: Look No Further than the Banking Industry for Your Answers
2007-05-17 06:47:00 Q: The Chinese Government is Worried About the Rapid Growth of its Economy. Should You Be? 16 May, 2007 - Here?s a story I?ve been meaning to write about but just haven?t had the time. The People?s Bank of China last month increased their Reserve Ratio Requirement (RRR) 50 basis points to 11% in ... More About: Industry , Banking , Answers , King
A: Don?t let hope goad you into a poor decision
2007-05-17 05:53:00 Q: Last Lessons from the GM Puts? 16 May, 2007 - Case in point. With my GM puts, although they were up at one point 35% (my target was a 50% gain), I ended up selling out at a 40% loss when I got stopped out (normally I?ll set my stop-losses on options anywhere from 25% ... More About: Hope , Decision , Sion , Poor
A: The Telegraphed Nature of this Play is Hurting it Right Now
2007-05-09 02:40:00 Q: Why are the Marvel Puts are Dropping on Falling Share Price? The Marvel June 25 Puts have provided a good lesson that can be applied to making money in purchasing stocks. Again, I just dabble in options every now and then so by no means do I consider myself an expert in options. However, I ... More About: Nature , Play , Tele , Right , Natur
A: Marvel Jun 25 Puts
2007-05-08 13:38:00 Q: Quick Update? 8 May, 2007 - Today will be the day that will likely determine whether or not this play works out or not. Normally, as I’ve reiterated before, I don’t like holding options through earnings announcements, but since I made the decision to buy in last week, I decided to take a chance with ... More About: Marvel
A: Puts in ????
2007-05-08 07:14:00 Q: The Last Option Play I’ll Speak of in Some Time? 8 May 2007 - There is by the way, one other put option position I entered yesterday that I’ll discuss more in depth at a later time. Just refer to SmartKnowledgeU Newsletter Issue #044, dated April 23, 2007 and within the first couple paragraphs of ...
A: The Reason Why Investors Couldn?t Decide on Marvel Puts Last Week is Pre
2007-05-08 04:49:00 Q: Marvel Puts Revisited? 7 May, 2007- I decided to re-write my article about Marvel Puts this week before the market opens tomorrow because there is an important lesson in my reasons for buying the Marvel June 25 Puts last week even if this play doesn’t turn out to be successful. And though I normally ... More About: Week , Reason , Stor , Invest
A: Marvel June 25 Puts
2007-05-07 16:19:00 Q: Another Option Play? I just spent an hour writing this morning’s blog entry about why Marvel June 25 puts were a compelling play last week and why I decided to buy in at $0.40 a contract last week (by the way they were at this exact same price when the markets opened this morning in ...
A: Economic Reports Drive Short-Term Market Behavior, but They Hardly Prese
2007-05-07 05:20:00 Q: Why Do So Many Investors Wait with Baited Breath for Economic Reports? As again, top financial stories in the U.S. are led by investors waiting for economic reports to gauge whether the markets will go higher or will head for a steep downturn, such chatter is really very foolish. Though it is undeniable that ... More About: Market , Drive , Behavior , Short-term
A: The Death of the 3-Year U.S. Treasury Note
2007-05-04 06:07:00 Q: Another Sign of Expected Continuing U.S. Dollar Weakness? I came across a very interesting story yesterday that seemed to attract little attention among the mainstream media. This, out of Washington today: WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) ? ?The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday said it will end issues of three-year notes after reduced debt refunding auctions next week ... More About: Note , Death , Year , The D
A: Getting Away From Us a Little Bit (the latest update?not any more)
2007-05-03 12:14:00 Q: Extremely Quick Update on GM Jun 30 Puts Today, GM reports earnings. Again, though it worked out for us on the BIDU Calls, I generally don’t like holding puts through earnings announcements as it is very difficult to gauge how the market will react to poor or better than expected earnings. As much as I ... More About: Little , More , Test , Late
A: Uranium Futures
2007-05-02 03:56:00 Q: What Development this Month will Change the Behavior of Uranium Stocks? This article will be available only through our newsletter subscription. To receive it, please sign up. Tags: |investment newsletter uranium futures| More About: Futures , Rani
A: Uranium Stocks
2007-05-02 02:48:00 Q: Ignored Almost No More? I start this blog entry with ignored almost no more because though I know savvy investors have been on board with uranium stocks for quite some time now, even dating several years back, I still know from my conversations with long term investors that the great majority of investors, even as ... More About: Stocks , Uranium , Rani
A: GM Puts Looking a Lot Better Now & an Important Correction of a Typo
2007-05-01 04:18:00 Q: Update on GM June 30 Puts? First of all, a quick correction to a typo in a previous blog entry. I mentioned in a previous blog that I was in GM June 25 Puts. That was a typo. I’m in GM June 30 puts. However from the price points I gave in the previous ... More About: King , Better , Bett , Look , Import
A: After BAIDU, Possibly Focus Media
2007-04-30 05:13:00 Q: Similar Plays? There?s a technique I call re-visiting the same stock that I?ve used many times to make easy 25% to 50% profits after taking triple-digit profits from the very same stock on my initial position. The way this technique works is that when I think that the stock starts looking toppy and perhaps ... More About: Media , Focus , After , Baidu , Ossi
A: 50%, 85% & 400% Profits from BIDU May 100 Calls, Still Waiting on GM Jun
2007-04-27 20:35:00 Q: What Lessons Can Be Applied From Option Plays to Regular Stock Plays? Well today, when BIDU gapped up over 19% to $130 a share, I closed out the remaining BIDU May 100 Call s at 400% profits. Yesterday I took a little bit more off the table at 85% profits, and as you recall, I initially ... More About: Prof , Stil , Profits
A: Baidu Calls and General Motor Puts- A Couple of Ideas for the Daring
2007-04-25 08:47:00 Q: Option Plays? Normally I don’t speak much of option plays as my investment course, SmartKnowledgeU, focuses on long term plays that will yield phenomenal gains by identifying low risk- high reward opportunities. Occasionally, I will purchase options merely for the chance of supplementing the total returns of my portfolios when the same low risk- ... More About: Ideas , Motor , General , Calls , Couple
Update About Our Newsletter
2007-04-24 04:56:00 Hello, just a quick note today about a change in the format of our newsletter. I noticed that some of you have signed up multiple times for our newsletter, probably thinking that you were not “signed up” when you did not receive your weekly newsletter. Instead of sending out a weekly newsletter, we will be ... More About: About , Newsletter , Update
A: The Emperor?s New Clothes Abound in the Investment Industry
2007-04-23 07:34:00 Q: Is Jim Cramer?s Recent Admission of Manipulation of Clients for Personal Gain an Aberration in the Investment Industry ? A big story that made the rounds in the financial media last month was Jim Cramer?s (of the Street.com) statement that some hedge fund managers spread false rumors about a company to large trading desks and ... More About: Clothes , Vest , Bound
A: Use Intelligent Investment Strategies to Push Risk Back Onto Investment
2007-04-20 12:35:00 Q: All Investment Firm Strategies are Designed to Push Risk onto the Retail Investor Today, I’m sitting in for Kaeho, but have decided to keep the Friday them of Zen and Martial Arts intact. This is perhaps one of the very best times for a blog entry about applying philosophies of Zen and the Art of ... More About: Intelligent , Back , Vest
A: In Risky Markets, Follow the Behavior of the Ultra-Rich, Not the Rich.
2007-04-19 18:24:00 Q: Why Do the Rich Continue to Be Bamboozled by Wall Street Charlatans? Recently, there was an article on CNNMoney that spoke about the ?secrets? of the elite rich in the United States. For an article that proclaimed to contain secrets about building wealth, it contained some of the most ridiculous, deceptive statements about building ... More About: Markets , Behavior , Ultra , Risk
A: Young Adults May Be Financially Illiterate but Wealth Literacy is More I
2007-04-17 22:09:00 Q: Financial Lite racy - the Wrong Focus for Young Adult s? According to a recent study conducted by Charles Schwab, today?s teenagers in the United States have huge expectations about the type of wealth that they will build as young adults. Of the 1,000 teenagers that participated in the survey, boys on average expected to be earning ... More About: Wealth
A: Young Adults May Be Financially Illiterate but Wealth Literacy is More I
2007-04-15 22:09:00 Q: Is Financial ly Literacy Among Young Adult s Important? Given the demographics of The Underground Investor readers, this next series of blogs are going to be written more for the benefit of our readers that have high-school or college aged children. One of the membership levels, the Level I Membership, of our SmartKnowledgeU courses focuses on wealth ... More About: Wealth
A: ?Pop? Investing is All the Rage, But it is a Loser?s Game
2007-04-13 12:22:00 Q: What Can Pop Culture Teach Us About Investing ? Today in Kaeho’s Corner, I’m going to discuss the lessons that pop culture can teach investors. One can learn a lot about how to become a better investor by observing pop culture. Pop culture and investing share similarities in that both are prone to trends that influence ... More About: Game , Vest , Rage
A: The Secret to Investing is to Buy the Right Stock in the Right Industry
2007-04-12 11:13:00 Q: What?s the Most Important Concept to Learn about Stock Investing ? To build wealth by investing, you need to buy the right stocks in the right industries in the right countries at the right time. If you ever wonder why the Goldman Sachs or the Merrill Lynches of the world will tell you that timing the ... More About: Industry , The Secret , Secret
A: Building Great Wealth in Stocks Requires Understanding Politics
2007-04-11 12:08:00 Q: Why Politics ? It is very difficult to understand where and how to invest your money without understanding politics. I know, I know. At first your reaction will probably be the same as 99% of all other investors. “What are you talking about?” is what you are thinking right? But understanding politics will help you pinpoint ... More About: Building , Stocks , Wealth , Great
A: Build Wealth by Answering These 5 Questions
2007-04-10 11:22:00 Q: How Do I Know if My Portfolio is Positioned for Mediocrity or fo Building Wealth ? There?s a quick way to determine if your stock portfolio is positioned to build wealth or dwell in mediocrity. Ask yourself if your investment strategy can answer these five questions: (1) What specific stocks should I buy? (2) When is the best ... More About: Question , Questions , Answer , Ring
A: Profit, Don?t Lose from Market Corrections
2007-04-03 02:57:00 Q: If Mark et s Look Frothy, What Do I Do? This will be just a quick post as I discussed in great detail the topic of this post in a Special Member Alert that I sent only to paid-up SmartKnowledgeU? members several weeks ago. Back then, I discussed the corrections in the U.S., Chinese and Indian markets ... More About: Profit , Prof , Corrections
A: Easy 30% Gains in Two Stocks for Underground Investor Readers
2007-04-03 02:15:00 Q: What are the Implications of Global Warming? Every now and then I?ll revisit an old blog when I see the ideas I presented a while ago return as newsworthy stories in some form or another. Back in December 7th, 2006, I noted in my blog entry ?The Ocean Becomes a New Growth Point in the ... More About: Stocks , Readers , Reader , Ground , Stock
A: The Next Cold War Will be an Economic One
More articles from this author:2007-04-02 03:30:00 Q: What are the Implications for the Rising U.S. - China Tensions? Several big stories hit the financial news this past week but the real significance of these stories were not discussed anywhere. Number one, the U.S. Congress pushed to file unfair trade practices against China, stating that the Bush administration?s quiet behind-the-scenes negotiation strategy was ... More About: Cold War , Cold , The N , War , Next 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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