Archive for August, 2007

Stock Trading To Go Timeline, A Quick Look at The Journey To Today

August 23, 2007 -

A reader recently asked me how old the blog was. I decided might as well make a time line. (Note: The blog originally was called Stock Trading 101, not Stock Trading To Go).

MARCH 2006, Stock Trading 101 is launched. The first ever blog post was made on Friday, March 17th, 2006 which really was a [...]

Top Commentator Contest Update, August 23 2007

August 23, 2007 -

This is really mind blowing, comments for the blog have jumped over 400% here in August, fueled by the Top Commentator Challenge which rewards the top commentator this month with a free flashdrive and site review.

August Total Comments (as of today) = 81+
July Total Comments = less than 20

There are few readers with 10+ comments [...]

50 Ways You Know You Are an Emotional Investor

August 22, 2007 -

Emotional investing is not good long term because it drives you to make decisions that with discipline you may not make. This list should hopefully help you find the truth and answer the question, “Am I an emotional investor?”
You know you are an emotional investor if:

You pull a quote for your favorite stock and [...]

TD Ameritrade and Etrade to Merge?

August 22, 2007 -

While doing my morning routine today I came across news that TD Ameritrade (AMTD) and Etrade Financial (ETFC) might merge. The two companies are quite large on their own, TD Ameritrade alone boasts a market cap of $10.22 Billion, so the two together would make a pretty decently sized force.
If you read my post on [...]

Tap Jim Cramer’s Brain, Watch TheStreet.com TV

August 21, 2007 -

Just came across this over at TheStreet.com and found it pretty useful in tapping some of Jim Cramer’s knowledge bank which is extremely vast. It is called TheStreet.com TV, and if you go to the “Cramer on Demand” tab it will pull all the most recent videos with Jim Cramer.
Now, this isn’t a Mad Money [...]

Affording the Most Expensive Stock in the World

August 21, 2007 -

Warren Buffet’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, trades its class A shares under stock symbol BRKA. The stock is the most expensive costing as of the market close yesterday a staggering $120,700. And yes, that is per share.
The stock just yesterday hit a new all time high with the company now boasting a market capitilization of some [...]

7 Tips to Having a Productive Financial Morning Routine

August 21, 2007 -

This post has moved locations, please visit the post in its updated location on the site, Financial Morning Routine Tips.

Cracking 600 Subscribers

August 21, 2007 -

Woke up this morning to find that there were 606 RSS Subscribers as reported by Feedburner. There were 97 total clicks yesterday on feed items which blows out any previous record. Was the load time that bad that you guys didn’t want to subscribe until I changed servers and my domain, heh ?
Thanks for [...]