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Posted by Martin November 04, 2008

About this blog

Time is running fast and it has been 16 years since I started this blog. My original intention was to share my knowledge with my readers and maybe even provide advice on how to invest and trade successfully in the stock market. I thought I knew everything and it would be a piece of cake Continue reading →

Posted by Martin October 31, 2008

Picks 10/27 – 10/31

No new picks. Existing holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) AFAM 10 48.16 67.14 16.20 Contribution this week: $0 Starting account value = $1,852.81 Account value = $1,920.05 (without margin) Buying power = $1,438.45 Portfolio Gain/loss this week = 3.63% Portfolio Gain/Loss for OCTOBER 2008 = -7.91% Portfolio Gain/loss since inception = -14.27% Annual Return Continue reading →

Posted by Martin October 31, 2008

AFAM added

AFAM hit my decision point for pyramiding today (10/31/2008). Per the investing plan I added more shares to the existing holdings: 10/31/2008  15:41:33 Bought 3 AFAM @ 47.69 Total shares owned: 10 I have also moved my stop loss higher @38.15

Posted by Martin October 25, 2008

Picks 10/20 – 10/24

No new picks. Existing holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) AFAM 7 37.33 -10.08 -3.71 Contribution this week: $0 Starting account value = $1,847.33 Account value = $1,852.81 (without margin) Buying power = $1,591.50 Portfolio Gain/loss this week = 0.30% Portfolio Gain/Loss for OCTOBER 2008 = -11.13% Portfolio Gain/loss since inception = -17.27% Annual Return Continue reading →

Posted by Martin October 18, 2008

Picks 10/13 – 10/17

No new picks. Existing holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) AFAM 7 36.55 -15.54 -5.72 Contribution this week: $0 Starting account value = $1,836.45 Account value = $1,847.33 (without margin) Buying power = $1591.48 Portfolio Gain/loss this week = 0.59% Portfolio Gain/Loss for OCTOBER 2008 = -11.40% Portfolio Gain/loss since inception = -17.52% Annual Return Continue reading →

Posted by Martin October 10, 2008

Picks 10/06 – 10/10

No new picks. Existing holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) AFAM 7 35.08 -9.52 -25.83 Contribution this week: $100 Starting account value = $1,887.77 Account value = $1,836.45 (without margin) Buying power = $1590.89 Portfolio Gain/loss this week = -8.02% Portfolio Gain/Loss for OCTOBER 2008 = -12.52% Portfolio Gain/loss since inception = -18.84% Annual Return Continue reading →

Posted by Martin October 10, 2008

BABY sold

09:35:03 EDT BABY hit the stop loss and was sold 12 @ 15.7706

Posted by Martin October 06, 2008

PEGA, WCG sold

10:22:29 EDT WCG hit the stop loss and was sold 6 @ 28.4606 10:09:08 EDT Today PEGA hit my stop loss and was sold 19 @ 9.7906

Posted by Martin October 03, 2008

Picks 09/29 – 10/03

No new picks. Existing holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) AFAM 7 37.53 -8.68 -3.20 BABY 12 20.76 -40.68 -14.04 PEGA 19 11.27 -71.44 -25.02 WCG 6 31.16 -70.44 -27.37 Contribution this week: $0 Starting account value = $1,990.88 Account value = $1,887.77 (without margin) Buying power = $974.85 Portfolio Gain/loss this week = -5.18% Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 26, 2008

Picks 09/22 – 09/26

No new picks. Existing holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) AFAM 7 41.25 17.36 6.40 BABY 12 22.04 -25.32 -8.74 PEGA 19 12.99 -38.76 -13.57 WCG 6 36.00 -41.40 -16.08 Contribution this week: $0 Starting account value = $2,072.34 Account value = $1,990.88 (without margin) Buying power = $974.84 Portfolio Gain/loss this week = -3.93% Continue reading →