Archive for: June 2007

As someone who works at AT&T (on contract) and has been beaten over the head with the iPhone blitz even more than the rest of the non-AT&T/Apple world which has suffered enough, I figured I should throw my two cents …

Yesterday morning, not too far from the low of the day, I bought back my NUE covered call for $0.25 and sold my shares for $56.78 in my IRA.  I entered into the position back on May 14th and wrote …

A journal, be it called a trader’s journal, trading journal, stock journal, investment journal or any other derivation has a key place in any investor’s methodology.  Tracking all of your stock trades and also your thoughts on what you might invest in can …

I finally accepted my losses on TV this morning as I should have done last week.  Actually, I should have done it as soon as the news came out weeks ago that they were going to loose their strangle hold …

VIX is likely a familiar point of reference for anyone who uses options as an investment tool.  The VIX is basically a measurement of the entire market’s volatility. When volatility is up, option premiums are up in general.  Those of us …

The June 25th issue of Barron’s had a follow-up article on DJO that made me take a closer look.  In short, the writer was bullish with his belief that DJO is in a recession proof business.  Being in a so …

Instead of the Dow chart this week, I’m taking a look at the S&P 500 weekly chart for the past six months.  The two charts are similar, but not exactly the same.  I’m only going back six months this weekend instead …

I read a good article on MSN Money today that seemed to echo what I said last week in my post about risk.  Apparently Jim …

For those who don’t subscribe to Barron’s (you should), this week included an update from the roundtable they did at the beginnning of the year.  It started like this:
“DOW 14,000, OR BUST.

Suddenly either alternative seems possible for stocks, as the …