Archive for March, 2007

John McCain Myspace Humor

March 28, 2007 -

Fresh news people, John McCain needs someone new to run his myspace compaign, either that or he needs to personally check the qualifications of his aids! As you can see by the screenshot taken below, there is a slight spelling error that was found last night actually. Last time I recall, it isn’t spelled “gorup”, [...]

Market commentary for Wednesday, March 28, 2007

March 27, 2007 -

Tuesday brought another narrow range slow day. Red across the board, but overall very quiet day. The market is a little skittish ahead of Fed Chairman Bernanke on Wednesday. The speech is before Congress and may clarify where he stands with rate changes in the near term. Oil closed up 63 [...]

Delta to Emerge From Bankruptcy… and be Profitable?

March 27, 2007 -

This one confuses me as I really do not know what to expect, Delta Air Lines is set to emerge from bankruptcy protection on April 30th. According to the article I read at yahoo finance (link also posted in today’s stock links this morning), Delta will be focusing on improving customer service and continuing to [...]

Daily Stock Links

March 27, 2007 -

Major News

Delta prepares to emerge from bankruptcy!
Lennar (LEN) posts a big drop in first-quarter numbers
Vista sales vaulted above expectations
Blair warns of “different phase” if Britons in Iran are not released

Stocks Blogs

Jim Jubak posts on 10 innovation leaders for your portfolio
Elena writes a great article on smaller hedge funds possibly fading away
Mike posted another great market [...]

Stock Trading Contest 1st Update

March 26, 2007 -

Not even 24 hours into our “Pick two stocks and try to beat out eMom though there really is no true purpose” contest, and things have already started to heat up! Jumping right in, here is our Monday night leaderboard! (PLEASE NOTE: The following point distribution was created on the the fly and is completely random, [...]

XLF, GOOG, NIHD Technical Analysis

March 26, 2007 -

Before I update everyone on the latest stock trading contest I figured I’d throw in a few charts to check out and keep an eye on. The market overall had a nice day comeback today after stumbling early with bad news regarding home sales came out. Tonight I will be taking a look at the [...]

Market commentary for Tuesday, March 27, 2007

March 26, 2007 -

Monday brought the early pullback and drop on the markets from the frightful housing data, the afternoon brought around full correct. The Nasdaq along with the S&P 500 closed green and held the 50dma. The Dow and the Russell 2000 ended the day slightly red with the Dow just under the [...]

This Week’s Stock Contest, eMom vs All?

March 26, 2007 -

Alright, I am pretty energized currently as I am “dog sitting” my mom’s bull dog this week who’s name is Ruby (picture at the end), but anyway we need a ridiculously long name for this week’s stock contest, and so here it is (written on the spot),
The contest this week is the, “Pick two stocks [...]