It’s been a while since I’ve written a weekly wrap or actually discussed what I’ve been doing with my portfolio, so I thought it was time to let anyone who cares know what I’ve been doing (or not been doing), and what’s been going through my mind lately.
As we all know, this week ends the [...]
Earlier this year, I speculated on an arbitrage opportunity in a company name Image Entertainment (DISK). I wrote about it on another blog.
I initially bought 1000 shares of DISK at $1.10/share back in April.
At the time, DISK had a buyout offer which would have paid shareholders $2.75/share, but because of the credit crisis, the [...]
There’s only one thing that I can say about last week’s market actions, “oh yeah, that’s gonna leave a mark”. Volatility was the word of the week with fear being the driving factor behind a 4% loss for the S&P 500 this past week. Are we in for more losses?
Who knows? Investor sentiment drives short-term [...]
A lot of volatility in the stock markets this week, ending with the three main indexes slightly in the negative, even after good economic news and positive earnings reports, highlighted by the two main weekly economic and markets summary sites that I follow -
The Vanguard Group, Economic Week in Review: A fragile recovery
Briefing.com, After-Hours Report: [...]
You’ll be reading all kinds of reasons about why the stock market soared today and the Dow reached 10,000, contradictory to “expert” testimony. But, because there’s no money in it for them, these experts will never tell you the real reasons for continued market gains.
So, I thought I would consult with a former economic and [...]
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Is It Safe Yet?
To many investment bankers working on Wall Street, information means everything, while sentiment and uncertainty are to be avoided at all costs. These people are serious about wanting absolute answers before deciding whether it’s safe to move their money out of cash and into equities.
To support my point, here’s recently uncovered video of a [...]