Putting money to work

My scanners are all flashing unusual activity today. It’s not difficult to see in what direction it’s concentrated in. If I had to guess I would say trading programs and the big boys are very active accumulating today. I’ve also been adding to my lazy ETF portfolio in recent days. I try to do it […]

Bear Stearns $2 - yay, another wow

I have nothing to write about it. But that doesn’t mean it should stop bloggers from posting the shocking headline, right? ;-) So I’m joining in and contributing my communal “wow” to the trading blogsphere :-)

Sub-prime explained, the British way

This has been going around the blogsphere for a while now but for posterity sake I’m adding it here.

Buying

Over the last several sessions I’ve been using some cash generated this year to accumulate some positions and add to my long term portfolio. Mostly large brand names that have been beaten down as well as some financials. Some of these were based off of Maoxian’s list and some my own. I’m trying to look […]

More GBP

There  was a bit of slump in the GBP today so took the opportunity to increase my holdings. This isn’t a trade but more of a long term currency diversification as the USD has been sliding forever. It’s great if you earn in a foreign currency and spend in USD but at some point I […]

Wiping out $107.8 billion from a stock market

The beginning of the blowup?
Bloomberg.com: Worldwide
China’s stocks tumbled the most in 10 years on concern the government will crack down on illegal investments, bursting a bubble that helped drive benchmarks to records. “This is the first day when the bears on the index have won,” Liu Yang, who oversees the $421 million […]

Buy Apple?

Not sure if this has been around the investing blogsphere yet but it sounds like a potentially interesting story and device..
Apple cell phone is real and ready for production - analyst
Via Digg.com

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