Recent content by keyser1

I closed out my HDB position -- because I felt uncomfortable with the margin percentage I was using in these now uncertain times & don't want to risk a margin call. I bought some google 600 & 580 jan 2012 calls. I sold google 450 jan 2013 puts. Will report out my entire portfolio soon...

have you thought of using a database? sql server express or ms access? 'find me the lowest price within this date range' is easy to do in sql. Its also relatively easy to do in c# .net using linq -- a bunch of technologies to learn, but speed of development will be much faster in .net...

It depends on why they decline. For the most part, I'm not short term trading, but investing. If a stock declines for no fundamental reason, then I probably will wait; or I might buy more. I might also sell if I think there's a better stock to buy. Yes Google is heavily dependant on pay...

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I consider it from time to time, but I always end up having a hard time considering what a good strategy would be. Given my portfolio, any suggestions? If we take Google, for example. I've stated I think 650 is possible in the near term. I could buy call options; but I'm already...

Sold the MSFT purchase I made on 7/18 at $27.22 /share a few minutes ago. Still hold the original lot mentioned in my first post. Expect MSFT to drop before increasing my position again.

Hi fickle: I've been a buy & hold for 6 months - 2 years investor for most of my investing life -- buy a company, and then check up on it once every few weeks and around earnings time with maybe 5-10 transactions a year -- so worrying about macroeconomics and timing isn't something that I've...

Also, the active shopping around for a buyer for Hulu is confusing me a bit (instead of keeping it private or ipo'ing it) Hulu is owned by multiple media companies -- companies that are both content producers and delivery mechanisms. I believe the traditional delivery mechanisms (tv...

I might as well use this Journal for market related commentary thats not directly related to my portolio: A month ago, I believed large tech was grossly undervalued (aapl, goog, msft). I still believe that, but less so -- ie a month ago i was saying 'this is crazy low'; now i'm saying 'this...

How do you generally decide what the strike price on the calls should be? Do you have a standard rule or does it vary based on the stock? And you usually keep these rolling -- sell another just after the prior expires? I've been considering selling monthly calls on my MSFT stock --...

Took2Summit: Thanks for the comment. I see you've already started your journal. Hopefully I'll be able to steal some ideas from it :)

doublet: thanks for your opinion I agree with the risks/concerns you listed. I'm not an expert on solar or power, so my opinion is formed on a combination of other people's opinions and gut feel. Government Subsidies: That's been the reason why its now cost-effective to buy solar as a...

I ended up holding my additional msft shares. If it stays around 27 in the morning I'll probably sell them as I feel MSFT will drop further -- seems to be their pattern -- drop following earnings, runup prior to earnings I felt MSFT earnings were good, but as one article pointed out, a bit...

MSFT had a good day today. If it remains strong tommorrow, I'll sell the addition I made to it from the other day -- take the 4% profit on that addition. If it drops after earnings, I'll likely start loading up.

If I believe in a stock / company, I'm willing to wait it out for it to prove itself. For example, I held EGHT for 4 years; most of the time I was underwater or sideways, but I held because I felt it was a good company with good management and it was making good progress toward positive...