Archive for November, 2010

GOOG fell down sharply today, nearly $27 or 4.5%, on the news of a European Antitrust Investigation and the rumors of the closing of Groupon deal, which someone at Google, thought it was worth $6 billion, and apparently managed to convince others that...

November 30, 2010 | In: Financial, Opinion

BAC and Wikileaks

Wikileaks, a famous name that almost every politician hates, is now making itself a name in the financial sector. Apparently, Wikileaks claim having the hard disk of a BAC executive. According to Wikileaks, the hard disk has about 5 GB of "classified"...

November 29, 2010 | In: Healthcare

BIOS at a Bargain Price

One of the stocks that I really love is BIOS, and with a P/E that is less than 5, what's not to love. BIOS is the ticker for BioScrip Inc., a pharmaceutical company that is actually making money, unlike (most of) the rest in this industry. The...

November 28, 2010 | In: Energy

HOU and HOD

I am starting now to shift into commodities as the predictability and the stability are much better than other equities (finances, pharmaceuticals, etc..). Two stocks I have discovered and started trading lately are HOU and HOD. HOU is the Horizons...

If there is one scary stock out there, it's AIB, it's completely unpredictable, it can go up 10% or down 10% in one day, it can play between -10% and +10% in one day, it can trade in the after hours at 10% less or 10% more the stock price, and it can...

Few years ago, Nokia was the number one seller worldwide of mobile phones, it was also a leader in the dawn of smartphones. This is no longer the case, as Nokia's sales are shrinking every quarter. Why is that? Apparently Nokia is sticking with...

The Canadian government, in an unpredictable move, decided to block BHP's bid for Potash of Saskatchewan. The reasoning was that the sale does not provide a net benefit for the Canadian economy, as jobs may be lost (it seems that locals have complained to...

I'm watching the elections today very closely, even though I'm not a US citizen, but what will happen today will have a considerable effect on my investments. Personally, it is in the interest of probably anyone who is bullish on the market, especially...

November 2, 2010 | In: Opinion

Volatile Day Ahead

The market will open in a 15 minutes (or less), and most of the stocks I'm watching are up in the pre-market, let's see if the levels we're seeing ahead of the trading are sustainable throughout the day. I personally feel that today will be very volatile...

November 2, 2010 | In: Opinion

Elections and the Stock Market

Ever since I began trading, I started paying attention to everything, even the current senate election, that should happen tomorrow. The reason why is that a few people believe that these elections can positively affect the performance of the stock...