Women love ‘Happy Endings’. Guys looooove ‘Happy Endings’ (at least talking about them :) ). You just won’t get many in the stock market. Too many guys in line ahead of you and your ‘Common’ shares. Most stocks trends end because of SCENARIO TWO I outline in this May 2007 post on Crocs (CROX). It’s …
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Solera Holdings (SLH) on Wallstrip
It’s not a solar company so it’s trend has nothing to do with alternative energy. It’s a boring, simple business. It has revenues and profits and the bear market has barely made a dent (so far) in their business. Julie takes a look at this impressive niche insurance business Solera Holdings (SLH) on today’s Wallstrip …
Julie Would Like her Own 'Cocktail' on Wallstrip
Julie is trying to while away the days while the market melts away. She feels we need a cocktail that she can call her own and sip while the market does it thing and she does her research. I mean Dave Letterman has his mug of coffee or water or something… I have created my …
Price, Price and Price…MONEY LEAVES FOOTPRINTS!
A few weeks ago I wrote a post called ‘Downsize…Focus…Pounce ‘ that was aimed at getting people to focus – on the optimistic. The first two ideas that I posted on watching, ideas that I went long – Qualcomm and Biotech ETF’s, have now both exploded. I had no special insight or inside information. I …
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Signs of The Times
The market has it all these days. Not much good except the hint of leadership in Biotech and the ability to finally rally. The other good news is internet growth. Fred Wilson has posted some of the global internet growth numbers in this post . Fred’s takeaway… When we went out to raise a second …
Apple (AAPL) – It's Just Overowned!
Apple is just over overowned. Nobody owned it until it hit $170 on the way to $200. By than it was a foregone conclusion to the media. Apple could do no wrong. Every mutual fund had to have it on their sheets. Same mechanisms at work on Wall Street all the time. Just change the …
Biotechs – Focus on Strength…I Told You So.
Last week I pointed out that the Biotechs looked like they would lead if we went higher, because they were holding up so well into the meltdown. QDEL, AUXL and BBH were my longs at the time. I mentioned BBH (an ETF) and Eric mentioned IBB (an ETF with wider representation) in the comments. I …
Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) on Wallstrip – It's Backwards Day
You can’t teach the ‘yoots’ of America about the stock market going forward without an explanation of the Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) debacle. So Julie does : Julie should be running monetary policy.
REMINDER – IT's A Prefect Time to Do a Start-up
Since I started this blog I have had the mantra that it is ALWAYS a good time to start a business. Never more so than today. The start-up costs are cheaper and your markets are deeper and wider than ever. I was eating world class sushi in Bracebridge, Ontario last night. If you can’t get …
Strength Exists and My New 'TELL' – Wells Fargo (WFC)
If you read this blog regularly, you know I follow market ‘TELLS’. Before the recent meltdown, I was using Federal Express and Fannie Mae’s January lows. When both broke – eg. Fannie below $19, I had a good idea we were going much lower. We did. I don’t want to own banks (except mine), though …