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aapl(S) up AND down

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Vicki
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APPL always cycles.  I love this company but I buy and sell it every year: price paid=$107.06av for 4 shares    dividends received from appl=$8.72    sold 4 shares=$447.03  Total profit=5.45%=$23.45 08/04/15 Bought 2 APPLE INC $114.00 $4.95 -$232.95 08/24/15 … Continue reading →

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TWTR CALL up 16% today

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Vicki
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Knew we wanted to buy TWTR–being able to buy it yesterday for a base of $4.86 for the Jan 52.50 call is up a lot today.  Buying TWTR was homework.  Big down yesterday and big up today?  LUCK!

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What Happened?

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Vicki
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What Happened?  Looks like a no-go Market with ups and downs increasing.  QCOM and FFIV were considered not so good and American Express beat on the top and bottom line.  Tech seems to have lots of losers and some winners.  … Continue reading →

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Kvetching

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Vicki
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Tradeking down, tried to change a sell price and screen says “temporally unavailable.” (corollary: down time=number of people trading or $ amt up or down)  We are always locked out under these circumstances. CNBC now advertising that they spend a great … Continue reading →

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Dvorchak hits Hard! Seems Right!!

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Vicki
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So many interesting thoughts in Gary Dvorchak’s piece over on thestreet.com Real Money:  First look at the S&P chart:  Yep, it is a slaughter……. . Then look at his ideas about Gold and the dollar. Most importantly look at his … Continue reading →

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lots of action and no fire

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Vicki
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market up, market down, lots of action and no fire. I find the “hackers” as Cuban calls the HFTraders, BORING and selfish.  I hope these hft and etfs on steroids are outlawed as pure manipulation since that’s all they are.

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Portfolio down 1/2 of Market

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Vicki
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Yes, portfolio lost $63.18=.43% but that is approximately 1/2 of the down Indexes.  Thought it was going to be worse.  I hate this Market! and the games people play while creating this horrible volatility.  A lot of smart people have said … Continue reading →

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Dan Dicker=The Sane Voice

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Vicki
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Greek Sovereign CDS and the ISDA   By DANIEL DICKER  OCT 27, 2011   11:21 AM EDT        After all the problems they’ve caused, the latest discussions I hear on CNBC arguing the need to maintain “market integrity” in sovereign debt … Continue reading →

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Rock ‘N Roll

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Vicki
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Yes, there is volatility of Markets but I’m talking about MUSIC.   Each time we need leadership it first shows up in our music.  Les Miserable struck a cord but we didn’t think it was us.  When we were soaring in spirit and proud … Continue reading →

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Hot Hot Hot

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Vicki
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Here is what a stock market on fire looks like: Account Information Holdings Symbol Price* Qty Value AA Alcoa Inc Alcoa Inc 10.02 0.31 (3.19%) 35 $350.70 BRCM Broadcom Corp Cl A Broadcom Corp Cl A 36.21 0.94 (2.67%) 10 … Continue reading →

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