The Investment Survival Workshop the perfect antidote to the State of the Union
The next Investment Survival Workshop for 2013 will be February 12th at the Grub Steak at 6:00PM. Come learn how the pros manage money. As soon as the Street learned Apple CEO, Tim Cook would be…
AKAM CEO Leighton has a very good track record
According to the Washington Service his average return is 158% and he's right 77.8% of the time. That's impressive. So we took note of his recent purchase of 50,000 AKAM at an average price of…
Speculative Green Energy Trade Idea
Northeast Slammed by Blizzard FEB 9, 2013 | A record-breaking winter storm pounded the northeastern U.S. yesterday, with hurricane-force winds, high water, and more than 3 feet of snow in some…
China Passes U.S. to Become the World’s Biggest Trading Nation - Bloomberg
China Passes U.S. to Become the World’s Biggest Trading Nation By Bloomberg News - Feb 9, 2013 6:26 AM MT China surpassed the U.S. to become the world’s biggest trading nation last year as measured…
Last year's winners slide to the bottom
We used to bring in mutual fund wholesales at PaineWebber where I worked as a SVP. One day while the wholesaler was giving his introduction to the class of wet behind the ear's brokers, I…
Best Short Squeeze Candidates- Our favorite one Leap Frog (LF)
A common method of getting alpha, out-performance, on your stock portfolio is to ride some short squeeze candidates higher. Beware, most of these stocks merit their short interest. Many are…
U.S. Ski Team Pins Hopes for Sochi on Science - WSJ.com
By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN Reuters Ted Ligety, above, Sarah Hendrickson and Mikaela Shiffrin are strong medal contenders for the U.S. at the Sochi Games. Park City, Utah Most People who saw the footage of…
Insiders might be selling but here's a few name brands that have some buying
We hear a lot about insiders selling this market. That's true but there is some buying going. The most notable is below. And the most notable of these is the big Yum Brands buy of $2.2 million.…
HEARD ON THE STREET: Peeling Cash Off Apple - WSJ.com
This is really a brilliant idea David Einhorn has and if Apple doesn't do it, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see some other companies with lots of cash flow give it a shot. If it works for one,…
Insiders now aggressively bearish - Mark Hulbert - MarketWatch
By Mark Hulbert This is worrisome because corporate insiders — officers, directors and the largest shareholders — presumably know more about their companies’ prospects than the rest of us do. If they…