Archive for: May 2007

In the May 28th issue of Barron’s, Tiernan Ray wrote an interesting article entitled “Summer Meltdown Unlikely for Tech”.  I’ll list some of the highlights and quickly move to this picks I thought were worth a closer look. 

All investors know …

The last thing I thought I’d be seeing when I checked my account during lunch was that I’d be up over $300 for the day so far.  I thought the sorrows of China would carry over to us for more than …

We’re trying to plan for our next big vacation and I started to wonder how much should we spend on a vacation.  For various reasons we haven’t been on a vacation in four years and we came back from that …

I hate Monsanto’s practice of creating Frankenfood, but the company is a cash flow machine with a huge …

I wrote about Tetra Tech, Inc (NASDAQ:TTEK) almost a full month ago and considered selling puts on it.  My limit never hit and it’s now time to regroup and consider a new move.  I made the mistake …

I mentioned in my “About Me” page that my investment account is funded by money that I do not need in the short term.  For this investing account that I blog about I have no plans to withdraw any of the …

Per my plans in my earlier post, I bought Caterpillar, Inc (CAT) in my IRA for 77.19 and waited briefly before selling a covered call at 1.85.  I received $174.25 after commissions.  I was planning to get in close to …

I rarely get a chance to watch Mad Money although I Tivo it and try to watch some, but I generally just read the recap on line.  I list all of Cramer’s bullish picks and start my …