Archive for: September 2009

I’m looking pretty good going into option expiration Friday for my September puts.  My one naked call (SSO) is holding me back though.  Here’s what I have in my account right now:

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I charted the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) for the year to date ending Friday, September 11, 2009, with the DJIA at 9,605.41.

I’ve gathered nine new stock picks for my September Stock Pick Post from various sources.

ATPG – The Wild Investor wrote a bullish post on ATP Oil & Gas Corporation  - He posts charts showing how ATPG compares to …

I charted the S&P 500 ($SPX) after the markets closed on Friday, September 4, 2009. The SPX finished the week at 1016.40.  I drew four trend lines I marked A, B, C and D. …

I’ve been planning this trade all week, ever since I charted it on Monday on my first day of working at AT&T (NYSE: T).  T behaved just as I said it would.  It came down …

Dimitra DeFotis wrote a bullish piece on Expeditors International Washington (NASDAQ: EXPD) in this week’s Barron’s.  It’s a transportation company (an industry where I had no exposure) and is a mid-cap company, another hole I needed to fill in my effort to …

I’ve been waiting for a correction as I’ve been wrong for the past 200 points up in the S&P 500 and it’s possible we’re finally getting it based on this week’s price action.  The thought that it could be happening …

I eked out another month of gains (that’s six straight, I know – nothing to brag about when the markets do the same), but ever so slightly and at a slower pace than most of the stock indexes.  I continued to run my …