Monthly Archives: January 2007

Clinton and Obama or Obama and Clinton?

January 31, 2007 – 7:03 pm

There, I said it. It’ll be either Shrillery for prezzi-critter with the “audacity of dopes” for veep, or “mister same as the rest but with a newcomer’s image” for POTUS with “the greatest cattle futures trader of all time” for veep, on the demoncrat ticket for 2008. Either way, the combination will be […]

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Returns for January 2007

January 31, 2007 – 6:35 pm

1 Month +3.7%
3 Month +7.8%
6 Month +10.7%
12 Month +17.9%
Annualized Since Inception +22.1%.
This weekend, or earlier if I get to it, I will give closed and open position reports as of the end of January.

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Fixing the Blogger Sentiment Poll

January 30, 2007 – 7:48 pm

In the previous post concerning the Blogger Sentiment Poll by TickerSense, titled Blogger Sentiment Poll: Profoundly Broken, I detailed the problem. Namely, the poll is dominated by perma-bears, to the extent that the market as defined by the S&P 500 index has risen twelve percent over a period where the consensus of the poll […]

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Some Profit-Taking Stops

January 30, 2007 – 6:30 am

Three stocks are pretty close to their stops, so I will place orders with my broker this morning. Assuming no huge downside gaps, these will all be profit-taking exits.
American Eagle (AEOS) stop loss at $31.40.
SEIC (SEIC) stop loss at $60.10.
Ultrapar (UGP) stop loss at $23.20.
No other moves. If any two or more of […]

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Blogger Sentiment Poll: Profoundly Broken

January 29, 2007 – 6:06 pm

If you’ve seen the latest Blogger Sentiment Poll by TickerSense, you’ve probably noted that the poll is over 50% bears for the second time since its inception, and is at the highest bearishness ever! Consider that the current level of only 19% bulls, including yours truly, is the lowest it’s ever been as well!
Those […]

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