Archive for: September 2007

September 30, 2007

NASDAQ Composite ($COMPX) Chart

Filed under: Finance, Indices, Stock Charts - 30 Sep 2007

I haven’t charted the NASDAQ Composite Index ($COMPX) here before now.  I think I might have taken a good time to give it a look.  The chart I’ve drawn shows the past year of the …

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Thanks, Uncle Ben
Fed Panics: Set-Up for the Next Leg Down?
Read more on Nasdaq Composite Index (NASX), Federal Reserve at Wikinvest

September 27, 2007

AT&T (T) Wants to Buy Echostar (DISH)

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 27 Sep 2007

The rumors have been floating around for a while that AT&T (T) planned to extend their reach into people’s houses with a better TV offering.  Now it appears Echostar (DISH) is the target.  T wants to pay around $55 per share …

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Is it Time to Hang-Up on AT&T?
AT&T Inc. (T) Dividend Stock Analysis
Verizon Stock vs. AT&T Stock
Read more on Dish Network, AT&T, Echostar Corp A at Wikinvest

Beginners Guide: How to Read an Options Table

Filed under: Beginners, Finance - 27 Sep 2007

A friend of mine educated me on the basics of options at a very small New Year’s eve party at the end of 1998.  I’ve been hooked since then.  He was a certified financial planner and was able to explain …

September 26, 2007

General Motors (GM) Naked Puts

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 26 Sep 2007

These are the opportunities I’ll miss when I’m in a job that actually keeps me busy.  When GM was off its early morning highs and trading at 35.80, I sold three November 32.50 naked puts (GMWZ) and received $317.75 after …

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Hummer Overfloweth - two years later (almost)
Flip this TV genre
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Adobe (ADBE) Covered Calls

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 26 Sep 2007

Adobe (ADBE) bounced off its rising trend line of higher lows yesterday and had a great finish to the day.  I have 200 shares in my IRA and had a limit in to sell two new covered calls on it for November …

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Valuation-Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE)
Time to sell Adobe (ADBE) shares???
Adobe in battle royale with Apple
Read more on Adobe Systems at Wikinvest

September 25, 2007

Sold AXE Naked Puts

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 25 Sep 2007

I wrote about Anixter International (AXE) a few weeks ago and exchanged some comments about AXE after it broke the 78 level I was asking for.  Yesterday morning while entering the pile of …

September 24, 2007

Sold DOX Naked Puts

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 24 Sep 2007

I certainly didn’t mean to make five trades today, but that’s how it worked out.  The first three were planned as I originally wrote, BNI was supposed to hit in a few days and the fifth, AMDOCS (DOX) was just …

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Amdocs Downgraded
(DOX) Amdocs Wins Telenet Contract
(DOX) Amdocs Acquires MX Telecom
Top Picks for 2010: Amdocs (DOX)
Read more on Amdocs at Wikinvest

Sold BNI Naked Put

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 24 Sep 2007

After writing about Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNI) a few weeks ago I might have misjudged this one today.  I put a limit in for BNI this morning based on the idea that the chart looked …

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Chart of the Day – What Buffett Sees in BNI
Wednesday Portfolio Moves
Read more on Burlington Northern Santa Fe at Wikinvest

Option Trades, Naked Puts & Covered Calls

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 24 Sep 2007

I started off the week with a few trades this morning.  I went right back to the stocks I just had options expire on to start with before moving to the other list I wrote …

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