Use Shortsqueeze.com to Determine Your Risk and Opportunity

Use Shortsqueeze.com to Determine Your Risk and Opportunity

If you ever spot a stock that is surging by double digits within a very short time span, you may have run into a stock that is being “short squeezed”. Short squeeze is a term used by investors describing a situation in which stocks get “squeezed” upward rapidly, driven by the short sellers who are [...]

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What is Window Dressing?

What is Window Dressing?

You may have seen investors or financial media talk about “Window Dressing” and how it impacts the stock price. Well “Window Dressing” is a term describing the unique strategy many investors employ around year ends and quarter ends to sugar-coat their investment portfolios. So what is window dressing? It’s a strategy used by mutual fund [...]

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Stock Technical Analysis: Wk of 10/5/09

Stock Technical Analysis: Wk of 10/5/09

PowerShares QQQ Trust – Nasdaq (QQQQ) With big distribution week, Nasdaq QQQQ now broke through the rising wedge.  It even broke through the resistance around $41 and the volume was pretty good.  This is now looking like an opportunity for me.  For those of you patiently waiting for the right timing, this may be your [...]

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Interview: Karl Denninger The Market Ticker “Return of Capital is More Important Than Return on Capital”

Interview: Karl Denninger The Market Ticker “Return of Capital is More Important Than Return on Capital”

For the next interview, I had the honor of interviewing Karl Denninger who is quite well known in the investment community.  Since I have covered his site here previously, I won’t go into the details.  However, here’s the quick overview of who Karl “The Market Ticker” is. ***Taken from my previous post*** Karl Denninger and [...]

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Stock Technical Analysis: Wk of 9/28/09

Stock Technical Analysis: Wk of 9/28/09

PowerShares QQQ Trust – Nasdaq (QQQQ) While QQQQ is still trading within the rising wedge channel, it is testing the resistance now.  Given last week’s distribution, I would be very cautious as a long, paying close attention to the prices in the next few weeks.  Now this could also mean it’s a buying opportunity, and [...]

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Interview: Jay from MarketFolly.com Attributes “Desire” as Key Ingredient for Success

Jay, or better known as “Market Folly” in the investment industry is what I consider the “Hedge Fund Guru”.  Since starting his blog, Market Folly, in  July 2008, Jay quickly filled a void and became the prominent source of hedge funds in the community.  With over 2,000 Twitter followers, 5,000+ RSS subscribers, tens of thousands [...]

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Site Review: Discover the Majority Consensus at NeatlySaid.com

I recently ran into this site via someone’s Tweet, but I found this site pretty interesting.  NeatlySaid.com is a newly launched site that aims to help investors determine the investor sentiment on various topics.  What topics? Well that’s totally up to you.  As an user, you can create a new channel for everyone to post [...]

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Stock Technical Analysis: Wk of 9/21/09

PowerShares QQQ Trust – Nasdaq (QQQQ) Nasdaq continues to trade within the rising wedge pattern.  Since breaking out from the resistance, it’s going strong.  If you’re thinking of going long, keep your stops tight as it’s approaching the top of the rising wedge.  Nasdaq could break through and continue higher, but the risk of a [...]

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