03
Oct
2008
I know this was so last week but CitiGroup is buying Wachovia’s banking business. Whether or not its a smart move remains to be seen but things *might* be turning around for this bad boy. Any glimmer of hope is welcome news to long term shareholders, like myself. What’ll make me feel really good is [...]
16
Jun
2008
Going Off The Tracks With Greenbrier Company (GBX)
Posted by Tom as Stocks
A long time ago, as I was searching for some good long term infrastructure plays when I came across The Greenbrier Companies (GBX). Here’s what they do, from their company overview page:
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (Greenbrier) is engaged in designing, manufacturing and marketing of railroad freight car equipment in North America and Europe and [...]
12
Jun
2008
Lehman Brothers Holdings (LEH) - The Other Shoe?
Posted by Tom as Stocks
Ever since the Fed bailed out Bear Stearns a few months ago, I began to wonder who’d be the next investment bank to fold. It’s looking like the other shoe has dropped and the mystery bank is Lehman Brothers (LEH).
Now I don’t know if LEH will implode like Bear Stearns did, its desperately trying [...]
10
Jun
2008
A Review of Emcor Group Inc (EME)
Posted by Tom as Stocks
I posted my stock analysis of Emcor Group Inc (EME) on February 2/25/06 right before I went long at $24.83. It promptly decided to fill the gap and head lower but I still held on because I like the long term infrastructure play. What can I say? I’m a die hard Civil [...]
10
Jun
2008
Citigroup Inc (C) - I Hate Myself For Buying It!
Posted by Tom as Stocks
I’m either stupid or a glutton for punishment but I bought 10 additional shares of Citigroup (C) yesterday for my Roth IRA account. I figured that C was at its bottom and wouldn’t go lower than $20 because my recent modeling is showing a strong pull toward a higher price, but it didn’t listen [...]
13
May
2008
Put A Fork In CROCS Inc!
Posted by Tom as Stocks
The market must’ve been anticipating my acquisition of a pair of Crocs. Now that I have a pair, you can pretty much be certain the trend is over (sarcasm).
28
Apr
2008
Apple Inc, (AAPL) Neural Net Model
Posted by Tom as Neural Nets, Products, Stocks
I built a quick neural net model for Apple Inc (AAPL) and found it to be a pretty good at predicting price direction. Reserving 15 days for testing, and testing the signals for the past 30 days, the model had a 22.47% rate of return (gross).
Right now the model has issued a SELL signal [...]
