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Portfolio Update: Sold FSLR

30 April 2008

Sold FSLR at $302.50 for a gain of +6%. May return to this one as it is headed down now after reporting earnings this morning.

Portfolio Update - Sold MSFT and AAPL

28 April 2008

I have sold MSFT and AAPL. I’m thinking I should maybe have kept AAPL but I wish I had sold MSFT sooner. Wasting too much time with it and after the weak earnings announcement…well it had to go. This doesn’t mean I won’t return to either of these soon though.
Meanwhile I have bought MRK at […]

Earnings Reminder for YHOO, AAPL and MSFT

21 April 2008

This a reminder that YHOO, AAPL and MSFT report earnings this week. See below…
YHOO - Yahoo, Inc. - Tuesday 04/22/08 after the close
AAPL - Apple, Inc. - Wedesday 04/23/08 after the close
MSFT - Microsoft, Inc. - Thursday 04/24/08 after the close
Note: I am currently long AAPL and MSFT. -Harvey

Top 20 Stocks to Buy - 04/11/08

11 April 2008

Below are the top 20 stocks that investors are currently buying.
1. ISRG - Intuitive Surgical $333.60 Develops advanced surgical systems.
2. POT - Potash Saskatchewan $178.50 Fertilizer and feed manufacturer.
3. TITN - Titan Machinery Inc. $22.39 Agriculture and construction equipment.
4. RIMM - Research In Motion $115.90 Blackberry and other wireless manufacturer.
5. CF - CF Industries Hldgs […]

Current Holdings - Microsoft and Apple

10 April 2008

My current interests lay with MSFT - Microsoft, Inc., YHOO - Yahoo, Inc. (indirectly thru MSFT) and AAPL - Apple, Inc.. All are due to report earnings soon. Here are the confirmed dates and timing of releases.
MSFT - Microsoft, Inc. will report earnings on 4/24/08 after the close.
YHOO - Yahoo, Inc. will report earnings on […]

Yahoo! Board Kinda Like “Deal or No Deal”

4 April 2008

Am I right or am I right? Looking at the after-market headlines there is an article that Microsoft is evaluating its Yahoo offer and is now thinking it may have offered too much for Yahoo amid our current market conditions.
Right now the Yahoo board is looking like the greedy “Deal or No Deal” game […]

Microsoft and Yahoo Not Making Merger Progress

4 April 2008

Well, it looks like Microsoft and Yahoo are at a standstill over the proposed merger. Yahoo says the deal is not sweet enough. I think we will find out shortly (next earnings report) just how well Yahoo is doing. I bet the YHOO numbers come in low and they blame it on Microsoft for interupting […]

Two Changes to the S&P 500 Componets

3 April 2008

At the end of March there were two stocks added and of course two stocks removed from the list of stocks that comprise the S&P 500 stock index. Both were interesting in their own ways. I suggest you check them out over at our S&P 500 Index Stocks site through this link or the one […]

Visa Prices IPO

19 March 2008

V - Visa, Inc. has priced at $44.00 and currently shows on my screen at $61.21 with zero (0) volume.
UPDATE: Board now shows numbers across the board with volume of 2,000 shares. Looks like the open will be $61.20.
UPDATE II: Visa is definitely now open with volume of over 43,000,000 shares and price of $59.48 […]

The FED Announcement

18 March 2008

Today the FOMC lowers Fed Funds rate by 75 bps to 2.25% and cuts the discount rate another 75 bps to 2.50% following the emergency 25 bps cut over the weekend.

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