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Had to pull this thread back up....Check some of these 2 and 3 day moves out (if you got time).....Were talking about some 50%+ moves on last years DOGS.... DNN didn't show up on the list cause of the AMEX filter, but most of the shippers did....TCK very nice call...(hopefully they get the...

Had to come back and point this one out again....IMHO Best call the journal has seen since the energy dump in June/July... 11-20-08 11:48 AM It's been a while since my last post and I came back to say dump your ultra short positions...IMHO.... If you are hedging with these positions at...

Short Treasuries/ Long Commodities So I was early, but when you don't have many ideas and you have a lot of capital to average in with being wrong for a week or two is a good thing to build a nice position with a comfortable average price....Yes I am long quite a few stocks as normal, but why...

12-18-08 12:52 PM Got long some more as well down here TBT @ 36.40 PST @ 51.62 got that feeling this is going to be a longer term hold to really capture the gains and not a quick snap back play. Check the discount on DYY....very interesting.. short treasuries/long commodities...

some of the worst stocks of 2008 are the best performers to start the new year....Funny I ran a screener last night to get a list of the worst stocks of 2008 that were traded on NYSE or NASDAQ..... some that showed up on the list that are doing well today... MEG, SSP, ZLC, LVS, MGM...

You could always check into some of the private REITS...(not publicly traded ones)...Most have clauses that allow you to sell your shares back to the holding company/Issuer for face value after some lockout period...The idea here is you are diversifying away from stock market risk while...

Got long some more as well down here TBT @ 36.40 PST @ 51.62 got that feeling this is going to be a longer term hold to really capture the gains and not a quick snap back play.:( :( Check the discount on DYY....very interesting...Haven't called about this 55% discount yet, but I do...

Check this out folks.... DYY-- PowerShares DB Commodity Dble Long ETN... If I am reading this correct the NAV is 55% above the current market price Must be coming from the treasury gains and the market gives it no credibility of lasting in this ETN...but not sure at all Yes I did...

correlated closely to LLY div news...

Just a few positions I put on today.....Thought I would do a little update..... GSG(Goldman Sachs Commodity index)..29.5X RJI(Rogers Commodity Total )...6.2X UGA--(United States Gasoline Fund)..from NY spot 1.018 FAZ--(3X short financial)..from 57.XX TBT--(2X Short lehman 20 year...

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!! Feels like the Tech bubble of '99....We should compile a list of stocks that have doubled in the last 5 trading sessions....I could start by pointing out the obvious ones, but who has seen doubles in some of the more obscure stocks?(fun little holiday game we could...

Over the past year this journal hasn't had that much activity from me as I would of preferred, but then again calling bottoms this year has been an easy way to loose money....Well I hope I still have some swing traders peaking at the old journal from time to time....Now what is important to...

Personally I don't think I have ever listened to "THE FOOL"....Dow off 400 + points and I'm loving it..... Funds are selling at any price and I will keep slowly accumulating these positions with out of the money bids that keep getting hit in sell offs like this.....On a side note If I were into...

It's been a while since my last post and I came back to say dump your ultra short positions...IMHO.... If you are hedging with these positions at this level take your gains.....I did... The discounts got wiped out today and the best I can tell they have reached premiums of upward of 5% at...

:D :D :D Best day ever...... $COSTAverageMAN

currently 14% short and 38% long..... I will put it this way......I didn't add to any of my long positions until the last 30 minutes of the day...(so I feel good about that)....But someone feels like he is wearing a dunce cap right now.... Funny how one can think they avoided this whole...

I Use www.cefa.com Well we got a coordinated cut, but looks like the futures only brought us back to were we were at 2:00 pm yesterday....Kind of scary.... Well this will stem the crash from continuing......And yes I did use the word Crash......It wasn't a one day crash, but it sure was...

Well a day early and a dollar short....oh well.... Currently 6% short and 24% long.....took a little beating, but was able to hedge some of the losses with those short etf's....Made a nice trade on MS today... $COSTAverageMAN

Closing at a 2% short position and 18 % long....Can't believe I didn't close these positions out, $COST got a little optimistic in this move.....Hey 500 point rally off the lows.....Short covering can't cause that or can it...Well lets see how Asia opens.... $COSTAverageMAN

I would love to share my picks, but unfortunately I am only able to pick up a few hundred shares at a time in these CEF's as I am constantly having to move my bids around to keep from getting scalped.....ALL I can say is most CEF's are trading at 20-30% discounts and you can just feel the...