I mentioned this on Short Screen earlier today:
I mentioned last week that I bought a few more shares of this company at $1.75 ( http://shortscreen.com… ). The company filed a disappointing quarter today, with a steep sequential drop in earnings, to 2.1 cents per share, from 6.4 cents per share in the previous quarter. Gross [...]
On 07.25.10, In Investing, Long positions, Musings memories and observations, Pairs trades, Secular Market Trends, Short positions, Speculations, by David Pinsen
In a post Thursday (“Road to Nowhere”), Tim Knight wrote,
With the exception of commissions-based brokers, it’s hard to believe there’s anyone out there who has really enjoyed the stock market over the past few months. I mean, just look at the ES [S&P e-mini futures] below.
Tim Knight still thinks the S&P’s going to decline to [...]
On 07.22.10, In Culture, Economics, Investing, Long positions, Musings memories and observations, Politics, Speculations, U.S. economy, by David Pinsen
– The Financial Times has been running a debate all week on whether the U.S. and E.U. ought to implement more fiscal stimulus or start reining in their fiscal deficits and reducing their debts: http://www.ft.com/austeritydebate (registration required). A couple of thoughts on this, from a layman’s perspective follow. First, it seems that if you [...]
– On Short Screen, Hesperian mentions a potential long idea, and I mention a new pairs trade I opened Tuesday, long EGY, short TRGL. I note that this would have actually been a nice pairs trade a few months ago:
On 07.14.10, In Investing, Long positions, Macro Trends, Pairs trades, Short Selling, Short positions, U.S. economy, by David Pinsen
- Hesperian highlights a new blogger/analyst who scrutinizes U.S.-listed Chinese companies for fraud.
- Hesperian also shares a Seeking Alpha poster’s jaundiced look at Alcoa’s rosy earnings report.
- AvoidtheGarbage asks when PIPE shares start coming off restriction for JBI, Inc., a company whose shares have dropped 75% since Avoidthegarbage first mentioned it as a potential [...]
On 07.09.10, In Investing, Long positions, Pairs trades, Short Selling, Short positions, hedging, by David Pinsen
– I sold my FBP puts today for $2.10, for a gain of 23.5%, as the balance of risk versus reward started to look unfavorable.
– I picked up a few more puts on BHP as part of my hedge against a drop-off in Chinese iron ore demand. Now that I’m hedged out [...]
On 07.08.10, In Investing, Long positions, Pairs trades, Short Selling, Short positions, by David Pinsen
– Got stopped out of the short side of my short MMR / long XEC pairs trade today, for a loss of 4.9%. My trailing stop here was 18% on both sides. Maybe I’ll tighten the stop on the long side a little going forward.
– Bought a few puts on ESC, piggybacking [...]
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