Archive for: March 2008

March 5, 2008

Getting in Deeper on FWLT

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 05 Mar 2008

I sold another naked put at the same strike as last week’s trade on FWLT (details here).  I was smarter on my original entry point last week and only sold one naked put …

March 4, 2008

POT - Is There Anything Better?

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 04 Mar 2008

Of course I’m talking about Potash Corp of Saskatchwan, Inc (NYSE: POT), the fertilizer and industrial feed company.  It’s in the Basic Materials sector and Nonmetallic Mineral Mining Industry. It’s close enough related to MON which I have a position in that …

Good Article from Fortune (money.cnn)

Filed under: Finance, Media, Reading - 04 Mar 2008

I saw this article on money.cnn and thought it was worth sharing.  Basically it highlights the same thing that many of us have read for years - the roaring 80s and 90s won’t …

March 3, 2008

More VIP Options

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 03 Mar 2008

I’m already short (I sold) two April 35 puts on VIP.  I tried selling April 45 calls, but set my limit to high.  I let a lot of cash slip away on that as I watched VIP come off its …

March 2, 2008

Dow Jones ($DJI) Chart - February 29, 2008

Filed under: Finance, Indices, Stock Charts - 02 Mar 2008

After charting the S&P 500 ($INX) the past couple of times I moved back to the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) again this weekend.  The charts are very similar as you’d expect.  The triangle I had drawn for the S&P …

March 1, 2008

What’s that HUM?

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 01 Mar 2008

On Tuesday morning while I was starting to get trigger happy as I mentioned a couple of days ago, I turned to thestreet.com and read the summary from Monday’s Mad Money.  I was ready …

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