Some people look at PE ratios, cash flows, and so on. I try to find the small details, small things that have big ramifications (1,2,3). Today many of the leaders that the West dislikes met in a single place. The fact that most of the South American leaders were in Ecuador was not a surprise. What...

I was reading Jason's posting and forum entry was thinking... > "Yeah, commissions stink. With the E\Trade account, my net loss was ($629). I paid $441 in commissions. > > I have thought numerous times about moving to another broker for commissions, but I’m really happy with how E\Trade has treated...

Kimber wrote an interesting post regarding diversification. BTW Kimber, no idea where you got the idea that women can't trade. It has me thinking, do you diversify or do you become delta neutral? For those wondering, delta is one of the Greek letters in option trading, and it implies risk...

The iPhone is stirred up controversy and there are people on both sides of the fence. The iPhone nags at me as being a lesson in how you can fool people by marketing. Now I found the reason why I had this nagging doubt. Nokia is about to launch the N95 which would be an iPod competitor. Let me line...

Steve Jobs held a keynote and announced the iPhone. One site even did a quick look and feel of the phone. Apple surged by 8% and others like Nokia and RIMM dropped. Though RIMM dropped more than Nokia. What I think: Sell Apple at its peak (it should climb a bit more) and buy on the weakness of the...

I want to apologize for the porn spam that has taken over our forums. I just finished clearing out all the bad posts I could. It took me over one and a half hours. Painful stuff. And the worst thing is that most of the links (or at least the few I checked) didn't even take you to porn. False...

Pictures can speak louder than words. So here is a shot of the performance of my E\Trade account. [](/images/2006performance.png "click for a larger image") Yikes. First one question. Is is possible to apply technical analysis to a chart of your performance? If so, I would be short Jason Coleman...

I just wanted to thank all of you readers for making IG an interesting place for discussions and arguments and rants about my favorite topics. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas, Invest in peace...

Based on seven months of investment our ROI is 26% as that is when I jumped in this year. I have to say that I am very happy about this. This ROI is based on funds, stocks, and bonds throughout Europe, and the America's. As of today my positions are as follows: - 66.8% Cash - 16.8% Bonds - 16.3%...

A while back somebody asked me what I thought of Google stock. My thoughts, then as now is; good company, but I would not trade their stock. Today I read something in Business Week that confirms why I am not a fan of Google stock. The article talked about how employees will be able to sell their...