Monthly Archives: February 2008

links for 2008-02-29

Black Scholes Pricing Model – National Business News – Print – Portfolio.com heh (tags: economics finance options taleb) The Art Of Flirting (And How To Do It) | Just A Guy Thing Understanding the brain’s response to flirting should help … Continue reading

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Thoughts On Entrepreneurship

I’ve been thinking of entrepreneurship a lot lately as a way for me to express my ideas and become independent from the corporate purse strings. Recently I’ve come across some solid entrepreneurial opportunities and I’m seriously thinking about taking hold … Continue reading

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links for 2008-02-28

best of craigslist : Just fucking fuck me, already. Freaking funny (tags: article dating) The Advantages of Closing a Few Doors – New York Times I’ve been doing this seriously. Cutting back on all my stuff because its a waste … Continue reading

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One Business Week Is All It Took

I saw this article posted on the Chairman’s Deli.cio.us link roll.  It seems it took only 6 to 7 days for the asset backed commercial mortgage paper market to start collapsing. In normal markets, JPMorgan sells $25 billion of short-term … Continue reading

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How High or Low Will Home Depot (HD) Go?

After yesterday’s bad earnings news from Home Depot (HD), I decided to check out potential price targets for this retailer using my Monte Carlo Simulation. First off, I used to be a shareholder of HD but sold it because it … Continue reading

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How High or Low Will the S&P500 Go?

I mentioned to my members in this past week’s Market Timing Report that I would run a Monte Carlo simulation on the S&P500 to see what are the potential upside and downside targets for the S&P500. The Monte Carlo sim … Continue reading

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EMCOR Group Inc. (EME)

I got tired of listening to those Bloomberg Radio commercials about EMCOR so I decided to check them out to see what the hype was all about. EMCOR Group is one of those companies that isn’t overly exciting, they’re downright … Continue reading

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Slice of Life

There’s nothing nicer than a roaring fire on a cold, gray, Winter day!

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Build an ETF Trend System in Excel – Part 2

  The spreadsheet I’m about to share with you was the basic backend ETF trend system I developed for live trading. I used the RTQuotesXL and AnalyzerXL modules from TraderXL Pro to download the data in real time and create … Continue reading

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Citigroup Inc (C) – Love/Hate Relationship Part 2

I decided to take a look at my long term buy, Citigroup (C), again. Where have we gone since my last post? Not very far at all! The trend is definitely downward despite two cash infusions totaling $22 Billion dollars … Continue reading

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Market Timing Report & Blog Updates

Good Snowy Morning! We have about 3 inches of snow on the ground and I have a major submittal due today! Looks like it will be a late morning and a late evening as I spend time digging out my … Continue reading

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U.S. Architects See Demand Drop as Developers Fear Recession

Some of my Architect friends have been talking about the lack of work in the pipeline and they definitely are worried about slowdown in residential and commercial real estate. Just like Civil Engineers, Architects are another canary in the coal … Continue reading

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