Archive for February, 2011

  • When P/E Ratios Matter
    Posted by on February 26th, 2011 at 10:19 am, Comments: 0

    Before you read this, I encourage you to read the book excerpt that inspired this by one of my favorite researchers Ed Easterling.  He explains [...]

  • Game On
    Posted by on February 24th, 2011 at 7:57 am, Comments: 0

    For 2 days, I had to let things play out.  Once it became obvious on Tuesday that new highs were off the table, it was [...]

  • 3 Things I’m Watching
    Posted by on February 22nd, 2011 at 8:06 am, Comments: 0

    I would imagine 90% of traders and advisors are happy about this down opening.  We had an options expiration float higher on top of weeks [...]

  • Forget the Big Names
    Posted by on February 18th, 2011 at 2:40 pm, Comments: 0

    For a moment, remember that it takes money to move these stocks.  OK, maybe not much to move them, but definitely to keep them there. [...]

  • Revisiting the M&A Put
    Posted by on February 18th, 2011 at 8:11 am, Comments: 0

    We’re seeing a continued opening of wallets for retailers with what would seem to be decent but not great growth.  The latest deal for Family [...]

  • The Path to Shorting is Long
    Posted by on February 16th, 2011 at 8:24 am, Comments: 0

    This bull run of recent months should have taught lessons to anyone lacking respect for the power of markets.  Macro thinking is just an intellectual [...]

  • Why I Favor Technical Analysis
    Posted by on February 14th, 2011 at 5:11 pm, Comments: 0

    I’m going to keep this short, because the comparison of technical analysis and fundamental is beyond a post…even though I tried once with this post.  The [...]

  • Where is the Crowd Headed?
    Posted by on February 14th, 2011 at 12:17 pm, Comments: 0

    Sometimes, no matter the effort, we just can’t create a clear plan.  That is me for this week.  I prepared even more than usual, probably [...]

  • Throw Yourself Into the Game
    Posted by on February 11th, 2011 at 8:11 am, Comments: 0

    I caught up with some reading this week, and loved this Inc. magazine article discussing the techniques used by successful entrepreneurs.  Not only did I take [...]

  • What’s Your Stock Type?
    Posted by on February 9th, 2011 at 8:24 am, Comments: 0

    I’ve been trading forever, and do pay attention to a stock’s personality but often lazily categorize it as large/mid/small or fast/moderate/slow.  Digesting some wisdom from Brian [...]