Monthly Archives: April 2007

Bon-Ton Stores (BONT)

April 30, 2007 – 10:02 pm

Bon-Ton Stores (BONT) is the subject of my write-up at MarketThoughts this month. It’s a GARP stock rather than a traditional value stock. No position currently, although I added it to the watchlist this past weekend.

By Bill | Posted in Scanning For Things To Trade | Comments (2)

Predictive Model Output - Apr 27, 2007

April 30, 2007 – 6:09 am

The S&P 500 closed at 1494.07.
The five-day “potential” model score is 41 on a scale of 1 to 100. A good even-odds score for next Friday would be 1495. Odds are probably 72% that the index is over 1479 at the close five days from now.
The twenty-day “potential” model score is 44 […]

By Bill | Posted in General Market Commentary | Comments (0)

Earnings Season One Que Oh Seven

April 26, 2007 – 8:45 pm

With 38% of companies reporting, the positive surprises are running 62.5%, with 12.5% reporting inline and 25% disappointing. I’m referring, of course, to companies that I have (or had, in one case) a beneficial interest in at the time earnings were announced. A summary …
Air T (AIRT), proud producers of the only […]

By Bill | Posted in Specific Discussion of Individual Trades | Comments (5)

Connectile Dysfunction

April 25, 2007 – 7:32 am

Due to the recent storms, power and telephone services are somewhat spotty here right now. No idea how long it’ll last.

By Bill | Posted in Blogging About Blogging | Comments (0)

Never Forget! 1/31!

April 24, 2007 – 8:00 pm

Picture courtesy of Digital Fury. If you think the picture is funny, then you probably remember this example of idiotic “government” overreaction as being pretty damn humorous, too. Just remember, it wasn’t the “guerilla marketing campaign” that thrust Boston into pandemonium, it was the “official response” that caused the chaos. After all, […]

By Bill | Posted in Politics From the Anarchist P.O.V. | Comments (0)