Archive for: July 2007

July 15, 2007

Charting the Dow ($INDU) 7-13-2007

Filed under: Finance, Indices, Stock Charts - 15 Jul 2007

I drew a few lines on this week’s Dow $INDU) chart.  The top line (A) is drawn with a thinner line just to stand out more.  It started back in November 2006 and acted as a ceiling in May 2007.  …

July 13, 2007

AT&T (T) Call Buying Update

Filed under: Account Summary, Finance, Stock Picks - 13 Jul 2007

After buying my four July 40 calls on T for $0.30 I put a limit in to sell two of them at $0.70 to at least get me back to break even if it went up and came back down.  …

July 12, 2007

HAIN - Profit Taken

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 12 Jul 2007

My trade I wrote about from Monday on HAIN in my IRA worked out for me.  I bought 6 cents from the nine month low and my limit to sell hit today for a $119.93 profit in three days.  I …

Hologic (HOLX) Naked Puts

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 12 Jul 2007

When I’m trying to find a new stock pick to invest in one of my usual stops is Jim Cramer’s Mad Money.  I got a video iPod for my birthday last week (I’m 36 now) and now have the opportunity to …

July 11, 2007

AT&T (T) - channeling stock redux

Filed under: Finance, Stock Charts, Stock Picks - 11 Jul 2007

I wrote about AT&T (T) a week and a half ago and said it would have to pull back some before I threw my money at it.  Now it has.  Check out the attached chart at the bottom.  T is …

July 9, 2007

Hain (HAIN) Stock Purchase - Doubling Down

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 09 Jul 2007

HAIN has been taking a beating lately, I think in large part due to the SEC investigation going on into their stock options practices.  I don’t see this as a real threat to the long-term growth of their stock.

I’ve owned …

Comcast (CMCSA) Stock Chart

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 09 Jul 2007

I sold options, bought stock and took a loss on CMCSA a few months ago and heard Jim Cramer mention it again on Friday’s show during the lightening round.  I’m not a buyer right now.  I looked at its stock …

Recharging – Another Key in a Long-Term Strategy

Filed under: Beginners, Finance - 09 Jul 2007

I believe that without good breaks from the daily focus on spreadsheets, charts and news an individual investor (and possibly institutional investors) can hurt their longer term investments.  As most part-time investors will attest, investing can be mentally draining endeavor.  …

July 5, 2007

American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) could be ready to turn

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 05 Jul 2007

I received the following question via email, “I was just wondering if you would give me a reading on the potential for AEO. To me, it looks to be at a bottom and may be a good candidate for …

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