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BIDU

December 18, 2007

Shorted 6300 shares BIDU at 375.18… This…
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RE: BIDU

December 17, 2007

Blian, I don’t mean to intrude your site with my needless scalps. For completeness sake, I covered 4500 shares at 365.81 which I shorted on Dec 3, 2007 at 380.79. Team, be advised that the shares are a bit oversold on the hourly and daily charts.
EDIT 2:09 PM (Blain): No problem Jack! Readers, [...]

BIDU Short

November 29, 2007

Shorted 4500 shares of BIDU at 380.79. The shares have surged significantly on low volume from 328. Because the market is up nearly 590 points since Monday, a pullback will take BIDU with it. As always, I have a pyramid in mind in case the shares decide to go further north.

Wachovia’s insiders are buying

November 21, 2007

Wachovia Director, Lanty Smith, has added another 37,000 shares on Wednesday (11/15) after an initial purchase of 100,000 shares. Since the end of August, Smith has purchased almost $8 million dollars of WB at prices between $38 and $48 a share. Smith now owns 220,000 shares of the bank.
Peter Lynch famously once said, “There are [...]

Today’s shopping spree: AMD

November 20, 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, I Initiated the following position today:
Bought 6 blocks (60,000) of AMD at an average price of 11.32.  To hedge the shares, I decided to use a combination of “out of the money” and “deep in the money” Dec calls.  Thus this strategy is termed the “covered called” strategy where the calls’ premium will be provide a [...]

The retails and financial sectors: buy on fear and sell on greed!

November 17, 2007

To make serious money, you must have the tenacity to go into sectors that everyone is abandoning.  Retail and financial stocks have taken a beating in the past 4 months and continue to make investors very nervous.  That said, several stock pick strategies offer good long-term return:
A.  WM:  I have been monitoring the shares since [...]

NTRI– Shorts will soon be pressured to cover!

November 16, 2007

NTRI is looking attractive as it continues to test new lows. This will pressure the short float (greater than 53%) to cover and lock profits. As a result, shares will be bought back and the stock will surge. It is beyond me how punished the shares have been since the announcement of [...]

JCP

November 16, 2007

Folks, JCP is noteworthy of your attention…. Today, I scalped (intraday trades) it 33 times in ranges of 12 to 25 cents.  The stock made an intraday 52 week low of 43.40.  For those looking to establish a “buy and hold” postions in retail, JCP jhas been beaten from 68.00/share.  I recommend buy the underlying [...]