Monthly Summary – March 2008
I had another down month in March to round out a very poor quarter. This was my worst quarter for returns since both Q2 and Q3 of 2002 when my returns in each quarter were nearly twice as bad as this …
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Archive for: March 2008March 31, 2008 Monthly Summary – March 2008I had another down month in March to round out a very poor quarter. This was my worst quarter for returns since both Q2 and Q3 of 2002 when my returns in each quarter were nearly twice as bad as this … March 30, 2008 Dow Jones (DJIA) Chart – March 28, 2008The Down Jones ($DJI) remains range bound still as we finish off the end of the first quarter on Monday. It appears to be destined to stay within a few hundred points of 12,000 and 12,500. A longer-term down trending …
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March 27, 2008 NVDA and VIP ChartsI’m sitting on what I have still with no changes yet. Have y’all seen the price of FNM this week? It’s down to 27.97. I bought my call back on the day it hit it’s near term high. The only saving grace …
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NVDA: Income Statement Analysis for the January 2010 Quarter
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March 26, 2008 Closed 2 VIP Naked CallsI sold three VIP April 40 calls (VIQDH) a few weeks ago and at the beginning of this week put a limit order in to buy back and close all three. When VIP started its decent again yesterday two hit and I paid …
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Nvidia is No Slacker
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NVDA : Long-term prospects and valuation
(Blogvesting, 7/19/08)
NVDA: Income Statement Analysis for the January 2010 Quarter
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NVDA: Look Ahead to January 2009 Quarterly Results
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March 24, 2008 Covered Calls on ADBEA stroke of luck hit me with my ADBE shares. It traded over 35 last week, but closed under 35, leaving me with my 200 shares. ADBE is up more than $1.00 today and that gave me the opportunity to …
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Current Holdings – Post March Options ExpirationAfter options expiration this weekend, this is where I stand on my positions. I did no investing research this weekend due to the Easter holiday and our driving to and from family houses yesterday. Below is the summary of how my March options expired …
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March 20, 2008 End of Month Summary – February 2008(I was looking for this post and couldn’t find it and finally realized that I must have hit save instead of publish. sorry for the 3 week late update. My losses are much greater since this post, but I haven’t edited anything … Closed all FNM ContractsToo busy at work today to write all details, but in short - I took a big loss on my FNM calls and took small profits on my FNM puts. I should’ve closed this out days ago and finally did it. …
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Fannie Mae (FNM) Asks for More Taxpayer Funds
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What To Do About Fannie And Freddie
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Fannie Mae Practices a Bit of Accounting Legerdemain
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March 19, 2008 Chasing FNM up the Ladder + More VIP Naked PutsI’m very happy I was busy at work this morning. FNM spiked up and then came back. I might have pissed myself had I seen that it went all the way up to 34.59 for a minute. I started watching …
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Fannie Mae (FNM) Asks for More Taxpayer Funds
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What To Do About Fannie And Freddie
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Fannie Mae Practices a Bit of Accounting Legerdemain
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Bonus Trade: Fannie Mae (FNM)
(Condor Options, 11/16/07)
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