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Archive for January, 2015

Posted by Martin January 31, 2015

Stocks to buy in February 2015

If you bought the stocks I recommended at the beginning of January 2015 and held them until now, you would be up 2.0%. After the volatile and wild month we just went thru, full of wild ups and downs I can’t believe, the stocks I selected for January ended up 20%. Although it wasn’t an Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 26, 2015

Legacy Reserves LP (LGCY) bull put spread trade

Recently one investor asked me a question whether I would consider selling covered calls against my recently purchased shares of Legacy Reserves (LGCY) or not. He was also concerned about the stock and its recent fall in price. I reviewed my holdings as well as my original reasons for the trade and I must say, Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 23, 2015

Armour Residential (ARR) Are Insiders Abandoning the Ship?

I once invested in Armour Residential (ARR) for high income. It was at the time when this stock traded at $8 – $10 range in 2009. Today, this company is down low at $3.40 a share and it looks like it is going to die after a long agony. I invested in this stock excited Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 20, 2015

Realty Income: Why it is now a good time to sell as well as hold

Recently, I enjoyed two articles at Seeking Alpha about Realty Income Corporation (O). One post was written by Casey Hoerth “Realty Income Corp: Why Now’s A good Time To Sell” and the second one by Achilles Research “Realty Income: Why Now Is Not A Good Time To Sell This REIT Nugget“. While it was interesting Continue reading →

Posted by Guest January 13, 2015

Will Eurofins’ Acquisition of SF Analytical Boost Returns?

Analytical testing is currently an attractive area for investors around the globe upon which to focus their attentions. The fact remains, however, that a great deal of this investment capital needs to be utilized so that higher returns for investors will result. A major way in which testing firms are striving to put this $1.3 Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 12, 2015

Is S&P500 going to crash soon?

It may look like we are on the top and due for a correction. But are we really? I think we are not. Although Friday’s trading and even today’s price action shows weakness in the market we are still in uptrend. We will see a correction at some point and the S&P 500 will turn Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 11, 2015

My miserable performance in 2014 and goals for 2015

It is time to quickly review my performance in 2014 and set goals for 2015. I have a few accounts I use to deal with my finance. I have an account which I call TD account, ROTH IRA account, 401k account, Scottrade account, and Motif investing account. I use each of the account for a Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 09, 2015

Stocks to buy in January 2015

When trading options or investing into stocks I always wanted to develop a system which would tell me which stocks to buy and which to avoid. I wanted as manual and automated system as possible to avoid emotion in selecting stocks. I wanted something you can almost program into a computer and forget about it. Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 02, 2015

Netflix will be a part of your cable service. Will it hurt Comcast?

As I hold a position in Comcast (CMCSA) I typically tend to monitor what’s going on around those stocks and how that activity may affect my position. Comcast has a lot cooking under the hood which I deem to be a good reason for holding this stock. There is a merger with Time Warner Cable Continue reading →