Archive for: June 2009

Kopin Tan wrote a bullish few paragraphs in today’s edition of Barron’s about CVS Caremark Corp (NYSE: CVS).  One of his points for calling CVS a buy is the historically low P/E ratio it has right …

I’m posting two DJIA ($DJI) charts this weekend after the Dow closed at 8,799.26 on Friday.  The top one is a look at the past 11 trading days.  I typically chart using OHLC charts that show the highs and lows …

I haven’t paid attention to Allstate (NYSE: ALL) much until this week when I read a bullish article in Barron’s June 8th edition and then on Motley Fool after that.  I started the …

I’ve been torn on how to continue managing my Schlumberger Ltd (NYSE: SLB) position.  I’ve been wrong for the past week or two on how fast oil was going to recover.  As oil continued to climb this morning, SLB tagged …

I’ve been trying to pick an ETF to possibly enter the market with since I haven’t picked a new stock to run with and was watching IWM, a Russell 2000 ETF and saw the chart looked interesting.  That brought me back to the Russell …

I saw the morning news of new jobless claims that came out lower than expected and turned into a big bull for about an hour and 10 minutes this morning.  That was enough time to consider changing my position on …

A month ago when I sold a strangle  on Schlumberger Ltd (SLB) and took a net credit of $646.98 I thought I’d be safe on both sides through June option expiration, but then the rally hit and all of the …

I had another good month in May and continue to claw my way back up from my lows last year.  I ended May with a balance of $74,238.76 according to TD Ameritrade and $74,528.50 according to Quicken.  I’m still not fully invested, …