Free Content - April 2009 Archives

• From a DVD to your hard drive?
  04/27/09
  Saturday, Apr. 25, 2009 Sounds illegal, right? Might not be soon....
  
  
• You like your Netflix?
  04/27/09
  The two or three weeks after earnings aren't always the best time to chisel into a stock as swing traders cash in and look for the next hot one. Then again, if mutual funds start pouring back into the market, they could take a lot of stocks skyward just on sheer volume.
  
  
• Ford Friday
  04/25/09
  Friday, Apr. 24, 2009 I got stopped out of my F shares, much to my disappointment....
  
  
• A game of two days
  04/25/09
  Friday, Apr. 24, 2009 Just finished my story on the Moanalua-Pearl City baseball game....
  
  
• Aloha Friday
  04/25/09
  Friday, Apr. 24, 2009 If you missed it, here are a couple of pertinent pieces written today....
  
  
• Tying down loose ends
  04/24/09
  Thursday, Apr. 23, 2009 It's a must....
  
  
• Flat
  04/24/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2009, 8:32 a.m. Stopped out of C at 3.19. Oh well. Can't force it....
  
  
• C breeze
  04/24/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2009, 7:43 a.m. Thought I'd stay out until near the close, but I'm back in at 3.23....
  
  
• Stop in the name of love
  04/24/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 21, 7:02 a.m. Stop-loss sell order kicked in on my FAS at 7.34 and C at 3.20....
  
  
• In/out FAZ, In C
  04/24/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2009, 5:35 a.m. Tried to play FAZ during Geithner's talk with Congress, but got stopped out at 12.02 with a 3-percent loss....
  
  
• Wash out
  04/24/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2009, 4:01 a.m. Four great trades. One bad one....
  
  
• Doh
  04/24/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2009, 3:12 a.m. Accidentally sold FAZ at 13.24....
  
  
• Magnifying glasses
  04/24/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2009, 3:00 a.m. I have to watch really close now. Back in FAZ at 12.85 and 13.03....
  
  
• Ring the register
  04/24/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2009, 2:26 a.m. Out of $FAZ in premarket at 12.40....
  
  
• A theory about all this quality baseball
  04/24/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 2, 2009, 1:10 a.m. In the past few days, I've seen two great ILH games and two great OIA games....
  
  
• Kass zeroes in
  04/24/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 2, 2009, 1:01 a.m. Doug Kass is one of the most unbiased people in the stock world, a writer and trader, a bull or bear, depending on the circumstances....
  
  
• Holding on
  04/21/09
  Or maybe just sell at the open and stay in cash. If, by some zany twist of fates (plural), FAZ will be one of the stocks that helps me recoup what I lost today. It's not out of the realm of possibility. FAZ was 115 five weeks ago.
  
  
• Green Pond
  04/21/09
  Monday, Apr. 20, 2009 Yes, green....
  
  
• Red Sea
  04/21/09
  Monday, Apr. 20, 2009, 8:43 a.m. Thick red....
  
  
• In honor of Call of Duty addicts
  04/21/09
  Sunday, Apr. 19, 2009 Such as my nephew....
  
  
• Beanieville bulls update
  04/21/09
  Sunday, Apr. 19, 2009 One of my favorite blogs, Beanieville, was bullish on several stocks on April 3....
  
  
• Purple and green fever
  04/21/09
  Sunday, Apr. 19, 2009 Amazing to see ETFC on the rise....
  
  
• Twitting away
  04/21/09
  Sunday, Apr. 19, 2009 It's been a couple of weeks since I started an account on Twitter. Love it....
  
  
• Good times and bad
  04/19/09
  Sunday, Apr. 19, 2009 Miss you, Ma....
  
  
• Beanie's Golden Rules
  04/19/09
  Saturday, Apr. 18, 2009 Great, common-sense rules about trading from Beanieville....
  
  
• Manoa magic for Mid-Pac
  04/19/09
  Friday, Apr. 17, 2009, 3:10 p.m. There's something in the air....
  
  
• BAC it up
  04/19/09
  Friday, Apr. 17, 2009, 3:05 p.m. Added a trunk full of BAC shares before the close (10.92)....
  
  
• Mastery is tough to attain
  04/19/09
  Friday, Apr. 17, 2009, 11:34 p.m. A last little vent about the C trades....
  
  
• Out of C with loss
  04/19/09
  Friday, Apr. 17, 2009 Three sins of trading: greed, pride and stupidity....
  
  
• Snooze done
  04/19/09
  Friday, Apr. 17, 2009, 5:59 a.m. Didn't plan on it, but I crashed out around 30 minutes into the session....
  
  
• Out in premarket
  04/19/09
  Friday, Apr. 17, 2009, 2:10 a.m. Wasn't a perfect trade, but profit is profit....
  
  
• Mind over matter?
  04/16/09
  Gut instinct and a bit of logic went into this decision, though I hope to say later that almost all my trades were based on logic. Pure logic.
  
  
• Back in C
  04/16/09
  Thursday, Apr. 16, 2009, 10:47 a.m. Earnings report by Citi tomorrow morning....
  
  
• Out of C
  04/16/09
  Thursday, Apr. 16, 2009, 9:01 a.m. Closed the swing trade for a 30-cent gain....
  
  
• Lunchtime dips?
  04/16/09
  Thursday, Apr. 16, 2009 It seemed to me that stocks dip between 11 a.m. and noon (EST), particularly in Citigroup, so I did a little checking....
  
  
• Best deal in town
  04/15/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2009 I did the math in my head and it came out to 20 cents a day....
  
  
• 'Why is HBA in Division II?'
  04/15/09
  Stop whining. Start working hard. Especially you huge schools with lazy leadership in certain sports that keep playing in Division II. That's the REAL gripe. 'Nuff said.
  
  
• Citi vs. Dendreon
  04/15/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2009, 12:04 p.m. I once held a sizable position in DNDN....
  
  
• Hello BAC
  04/15/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2009, 9:30 a.m. Rollin' with Bank of America....
  
  
• In C
  04/15/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2009, 8:20 a.m. Back in C....
  
  
• Out
  04/15/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2009, 7:39 a.m. Out of C (swing trade)....
  
  
• Reunited
  04/15/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2009 I wear them every day, but it's been years since I dipped into CROX....
  
  
• Thing for the swing
  04/15/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2009 Back in a swing trade with Citi....
  
  
• On the bright side
  04/15/09
  But the guys who sold yesterday (Tuesday) on the spike, anticipating no real news for at least two more days ... I could've and should've seen that probability, too.
  
  
• View from the sideline
  04/15/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 14, 2009 Dow -137 and S&P 500 -17 to 841.50 this morning....
  
  
• Punting WFC
  04/15/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 14, 2009 Of course, as soon as I sell, WFC runs up a bit....
  
  
• A force of nature
  04/15/09
  Monday, Apr. 13, 2009 First, it was just your average post-market rundown....
  
  
• Second wave
  04/14/09
  Monday, Apr. 13, 2009 7:35 a.m. Citigroup powering through 3.50. Remarkable....
  
  
• Strong opening hour
  04/14/09
  Monday, Apr. 13, 2009 Haven't gone long GOOG yet. No need to....
  
  
• Back to Buffalo: Wings from heaven?
  04/12/09
  Sunday, Apr. 12, 2009 Does food always taste better at 2:35 a.m.?...
  
  
• Google is killing print media?
  04/12/09
  Saturday, Apr. 11, 2009 So should journalists maybe hedge a bit and go long GOOG?...
  
  
• Le Beanieville Index*
  04/12/09
  Saturday, Apr. 11, 2009 Last week, one of my favorite bloggers, Beanieville, went bullish with his favorite stocks for the next run up....
  
  
• From Buffalo to Mo'ili'ili
  04/11/09
  Saturday, Apr. 11, 2009 I don't know how or why Buffalo-style hoagies are in my neighborhood. I just know they're damn good....
  
  
• Disciplined shopping? Ugh
  04/11/09
  Friday, Apr. 10, 2009 Little bit of fatigue and a little bit of quiet time game me a chance to review transactions of the past month....
  
  
• How the Bears went silent
  04/11/09
  Friday, Apr. 10, 2009 Cool charts....
  
  
• Hoarder of blood
  04/11/09
  Friday, Apr. 10, 2009 I confess, I am a hoarder....
  
  
• All-State Basketball
  04/11/09
  Friday, Apr. 10, 2009 One day, maybe, we'll be able to give out special collectible shoes to the student-athletes who are voted to our All-State teams....
  
  
• It's a small world
  04/11/09
  Friday, Apr. 10, 2009 Anything Nike takes me back to the old days. So does minimum wage, and there the two become an issue in one....
  
  
• More monster madness
  04/11/09
  Thursday, Apr. 9, 2009 Nothing convinces quite like big numbers....
  
  
• Banking on Vegas, Macao
  04/11/09
  Thursday, Apr. 9, 2009 Wind back the clock a bit to 4:40 a.m. HST....
  
  
• In for now
  04/11/09
  Thursday, Apr. 9, 2009 Back in WFC at 18.93 ... not the ideal entry point, but I'm willing to chisel in and accumulate....
  
  
• Ouch!
  04/11/09
  Thursday, Apr. 9, 2009 I sold my position in WFC yesterday at 14.70. It closed at 14.89....
  
  
• Clean the wound now or ...
  04/11/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2009 Phil Pearlman with a great piece about the psychology of trading, particularly the act of taking small losses quickly before they morph into killing defeats....
  
  
• Play List
  04/11/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2009 Note to self: Stocks to watch for short-term trades tomorrow (Thursday)......
  
  
• Pre-holiday ride?
  04/11/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2009 Who knows?...
  
  
• So long STP
  04/11/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2009 My sell order on STP at 12.95 got hit while I was on the phone....
  
  
• Aloha WFC
  04/11/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2009 Media pounding us with bad news (Fed minutes report)....
  
  
• Not a day trader, but ...
  04/11/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2009 Even in the midst of an ugly tape, overwhelming bearishness today, Citigroup was probably a missed opportunity as a daytrade. Really....
  
  
• Cramer: C worth $4
  04/07/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2009 Even $10 if allowed to unwind......
  
  
• Faber vs. Soros
  04/07/09
  Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2009 Marc Faber sees a 10% pullback before another bullish run. George Soros says Planet Earth is doomed....
  
  
• Kass: Balance trumps outdated buy-and-hold
  04/07/09
  Monday, Apr. 6, 2009 OK, so I'm nothing close to a genius, but even I knew that long both long term and short term simultaneously in a choppy market can be a great thing....
  
  
• Analysis at Tickerville
  04/07/09
  Sunday, Apr. 5, 2009 Interesting commentary at Tickerville....
  
  
• Analyst: Google should pay dividend
  04/05/09
  Saturday, Apr. 4, 2009 Not just a dividend, but one worth $60/share....
  
  
• The Bear is dead?
  04/04/09
  Friday, Apr. 3, 2009 Still have my Apple withdrawls, but it's getting better....
  
  
• Google loves Twitter, Google loves Twitter...
  04/03/09
  Thursday, Apr. 2, 2009 Twitter and Google. A match made in tech nerd heaven?...
  
  
• Apple withdrawl
  04/03/09
  Thursday, Apr. 2, 2009 I use Apple product(s) daily....
  
  
• Is the run done? LVS is a gamble
  04/03/09
  Thursday, Apr. 2, 2009 Up close, too close to the fire, it's always disappointing not to register profits while the market is spinning and springing up and down....
  
  
• Ray Guy should be in the Hall
  04/03/09
  But the reality is, I have to take profits and I didn't do that while it was still dark outside. My punts have to be with just cause. Any team that punts as often as I do is not going to score points.
  
  
• Bears still growling, but this market has horns
  04/03/09
  Thursday, Apr. 2, 2009 There's no point in debating the merits of whether this is a doomed (bear market) rally or the start of a new bull market....
  
  
• I am such a Twit
  04/03/09
  Wednesday, Apr., 1, 2009 Yep. Pupule Paul, a.k.a. hondareport, is now on Twitter....
  
  
• Johnny Cash's 'ode' to GM
  04/03/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2009 In wake of GM's troubles, this song from the Man in Black seems a bit goofy, funny and maybe a little bit morbid....
  
  
• More Sun Power
  04/03/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2009 Chiseled in for more shares of STP at 12.57....
  
  
• Big brother + clean energy
  04/03/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2009 Chiseling my way in to a position on STP....
  
  
• Addicted to grass: Nothing like the Pastime
  04/03/09
  Yes, baseball is a cure for me. The game itself, a 10-0 win by Kamehameha over Mid-Pacific, wasn't a classic. But the winning pitcher was a kid named "Burger" ...
  
  
• More Apples later
  04/03/09
  Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2009 Sold a decent position in AAPL at 106.75 (+11.00)....
  
  
• Suntech Power's sunny run
  04/03/09
  Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2009 Financials back under the spotlight the next couple of days....
  
  
• Hintz on Fast Money: M2M change will be catalyst
  04/01/09
  Najarian: "They HAVE to do it this time. They can't say, well, we'll keep talking about it and we'll look for the next meeting. They have to do it this time or we have more issues in front of us and forget 740."
  
  
• March Madness!
  04/01/09
  Sunday, Mar. 29, 2009 The next couple of weeks will be choppy, at best, so bring on the Dramamine pills....
  
  
• Busiest time? Sorta
  04/01/09
  In the end, though, all the headlines and accolades fade away, just like aging, browning news pages. All that's left, as a wise young man once said, is this: They can always fear you, but they may never respect you unless you earn it through your humility.
  
  

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