tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69762852011-12-14T19:41:34.797-07:00Well, double take and take two on almost everything.Ravihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13595754905718723839noreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976285.post-1142223736971193612006-03-12T21:19:00.000-07:002006-03-12T21:22:16.980-07:00

I read her interview on Al-Jazeera a couple of weeks ago (NYtimes lead me to it). If you are interested, here is the link to the video.Dr. Wafa Sultan's interview on Al-Jazeera

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Something is brewing with Chesapeake Energy (CHK) here. I have not seen insiders load up so quickly on any stock. While this is always a good sign (I personally never lost more than 4-5% (if I did)when I bought stocks when the insiders were loading up (CCBD is an example).Look at the SEC filings and check for yourself. The form4oracle.com is an incredible site indeed.Is it possible to do a tandem

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1. DWA - Based on Madagascar's run to the top (the movie sucked according to a couple of my parent-friends - but nevertheless a play!) and the slowdown of the Sith :-(2. PCU - Just crossed the 200 DMA - bound for a breakout after the overselling.CME is still a good buy till close to 255-260 - based on the valuations we tend to give GOOG and given the fact that they just increased member fees for

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Random, but interesting! How to crack weird space cases - Space News - MSNBC.com

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A Week AgoJust a week ago, Pixar International, Inc (PIXR) reported outstanding results based on their biggest hit thus far - "The Incredibles". Investors rewarded the shares of Pixar with a modest gain.Dreamworks AnimationDreamworks Animation (DWA) on the other hand was expected to come out strong with its results today, which it hoped would be due to the strong sales of the Shrek 2 DVD. The DVD

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Interesting stuff. By the way, his blog, www.blogmaverick.com (link on this page under interesting blogs). He also has an awesome Q & A in this weekend's Barrons Magazine. Man I wish I had more time to read this kind of stuff!! Mark Cuban on (Naked) Shorting

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Well, I am no soothsayer. But if you read my posts a week ago, you should have noted that I did expect this. The run up in the DOW and the NASD currently is a result of the decline in oil prices a while ago. The DOW and the NASD will continue to move up till this lagging indicator catches up. It has to. It is the fundamental nature of the markets, just as it is the fundamental nature of the folks

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Ok, here is a story which broke some hearts, some Hedge fund (I beleive it was called Oracle funds or something), and most importantly a lot of investors. On Feb 28, 2005, Biogen Idec (BIIB) and Elan Pharmaceuticals (ELN) withdrew their potential blockbuster drug Tysabri as it was found to have caused PML (Progressive Multifocal Leukoencaphalopathy) a fatal disease affecting the central nervous

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Here is one statement from AIG's new CEO Martin Sullivan (Can't effectively blame him since Maurice "Hank" Greenberg was the CEO for a while) - "We are disappointed that we have not yet been able to file our Form 10-K," Martin Sullivan, AIG's new CEO, said in a statement. "We are working diligently to complete the filing, at the same time assuring we have accurate financial statements, rigorous

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Hilarious!

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Great stuff. The 26 things to do in an elevator is hilarious! mdmone blog

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Well, what did we have here - A softer than expected GDP - but it is ok since the whisper number was lower anyway, said the traders. The whisper number? And when did the market factor this in? It did factor in so far, the increase in energy prices (I believe that is a lagging indicator), Inflation, increased jobless claims, two of the most weighted DOW components thrashing the street (IBM and AIG

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Well Covered my AMZN short today. Holding on to SCSS.My take on CME still holds. They are dual listing on NASD where the exposure increases, and hence might show an increase in volume - which might lead to a stock split. - it is still a huge buy below 200. Stop @ 190. Day trade it till you get your premium for the insurance option taken care of.Dont be greedy, be smart!

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AMZN is one company I love. But it has been VERY hard on my pocket in terms of investing in this stock. How can any company miss the estimates for 4 quarters straight? I mean, you would think that they would talk to the ANALysts at some point.SCSS is one company I hate to love. I always sold out early in this stock - for I am not a fan of an air bed, and not the expensive ones. But they do seem

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In the second multi billion dollar deal in as many days, Boeing is suddenly IN business. Full report here. What I, being a novice dont understand is where the anticipation of growth is in the market.

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MINSKY'S INSIGHTSProfessor Hyman P. Minsky (1919-1996) studied at the University of Chicago and Harvard. He became a leading economist and advanced our understanding of the linkages between the financial markets and the economy. His work was influenced by the wisdom of John Maynard Keynes, Irving Fisher, Henry Simons, and other prominent economists and scholars. Among his many achievements is the

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CME and DNA in and out for a quick couple of hundred bucks.I was right on on CME, but did not have the balls to hold it through its earnings (esp. on Margin!). DNA's herceptin has +ve results (these results were published by the National Institute of Health Sciences) among women in their early stages of breast cancer (20-30% of the diagnosed cases)Vulture play of the day: ISEMake money on good

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Something tells me, the way ISE beat the street today, CME is going to make a killing tomorrow. I hope I am wrong, as I closed my position today.One more play I am currently in, is a short on yahoo, for a quick coupla hundred bucks. I might get slaughtered in the open tomorrow, but will hold on till the GDP report on thursday (04/28/2005)helps me out.

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Needless to say, "If it is Raining in Brazil, buy Starbucks" is by far one of the best written and the most interesting books on macro-economics I have read (for a beginner). It is concise, clear cut and most importantly, informative.Kickkus Buttus Maximus!

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The market rallied decently today with the DOW getting a lift from BA (Canadian air orders 14 777 and some dreamliners + something else which will pay Boeing 6 billion by the end of 2010)Nasd got a lift from oppressed trading in the last week - and no fundamentals have improved over the course of the weekend. Oil prices were low, but they are a lagging indicator. This means, that there is a

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Valero (VLO) is merging with Premcor (PCO). Cutting the fluff out the basic deals important for someone trying to make a couple of quick bucks out of this one isThe transaction is structured to be half cash and half stock and gives Premcor shareholders a premium of about 20% based on the recent 30-day trading range of Premcor's stock price. The assumption of Premcor's $1.8 billion in debt will be

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I had to put this in. Someday when I read back in my archives, I think I will just laugh harder. (That is me saying in defiance, that I dont care if anyone does or does not stumble in my private nook here)Herb Greenberg's comments (he is a journalist @ CBSMarketwatch.com) on the OSTK's conference call on 04/22/2005 when the company almost had double losses than the ANALysts expected). Comments in

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Futures look -ve, as expected after yesterday's manic buying in the market. My predictions for this evenings headlines - If the dow ends +ve, they will cite oversold conditions and maybe talk about market reaching fair value levels (is all bullshit in my opinion)If the dow ends -ve, hey it's ok. Its going to be "The markets ended mixed to lower on friday after some investors tried to take profits

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Sometimes I sit and wonder, can all existing fundamentals change overnight in a market? People and perma-bulls @ CNBC seem to think so. Let me recap the events which have led me to believe that the market is in a very clueless mood.1. Wednesday morning - we had the PPI results announced (Producer Price Index) and which came out to be 0.7% - vs a market expectation of 0.6% - this is normally high

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The market is behaving wierd today. The earnings have been very good, but not stellar (but that was in the past) - most of them re-iterated their guidance for the rest of the year. However, the Core Inflation was the highest in 5 months and the US oil inventory was down 1.8 million barrels (that is a swing of 2.8 million barrels from expected - and this increase in inventory has been currently

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Looks like the Yahoo short has gone bad just after YHOO announced earnings (they beat the street by 0.03). The online revenue surge size somehow escapes me, even though I constantly work with computers and pro-actively try to block adverts. Anyways, I still cannot get myself to invest in YHOO or GOOG for that matter.Anyways, hoping that the news about stock dilution and the unjustifiable P/E for

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ShortYHOOEBAYLongAMD

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Welcome to my garbage truck blog. I will keep posting my random thoughts on India, the US Economy, chess and whatever is of interest that spurs from the discussions on this blog.

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