Posted by 29 June 2007

MyTrade.com, a Cross Between NetVibes and Yahoo Finance…

I finally got a chance to play around with my MyTrade page. The site is still in beta but it’s coming along nicely. Think of it as a personalized start page, not unlike My Yahoo, NetVibes or Google Personalized Home Page (iGoogle), except MyTrade is geared toward stocks. The site allows you to customize your [...]

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Posted by 28 June 2007

Subprime Quote of the Day

From a Bloomberg article about the second U.K. hedge fund this week to blow up due to subprime mortgage investments (via Jack Stevison): “The losses are going to be phenomenal” for funds worldwide holding subprime debt, said Peter Schiff, president of securities brokerage Euro Pacific Capital in Darien, Connecticut. “My guesstimate in the subprime world [...]

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Posted by 28 June 2007

Watchlist for June 28, 2007

It’s Fed day and that means no trading for me. In fact, I won’t be trading until the second week of July. With the 4th of July in the middle of next week it’s sure to be a slow, low volume week. That’s just the kind of week I’d love to avoid — so I [...]

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Posted by 27 June 2007

June 27, 2007 Stock Market Recap

After two very choppy days the market found its footing and had a trend day. There are theories for why the market rallied today (rates dropping; Bear Stearns’ comments; bears taking cover ahead of the Fed) but I’d like to think that it was just an oversold, technical bounce. The S&P bounced off of its [...]

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Posted by 27 June 2007

Watchlist for June 27, 2007

We’re gapping down this morning right near the June lows on the S&P 500. Let’s see if buyers can defend that support area. On Today’s Calendar: 10:30 — Crude Inventories More Calendars: U.S. Earnings | Conf. Calls | Surprises | IPO | Economic Potential swing trades:

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