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All-time Return -2.44% (in over 2 years)	Risk (SD) Conservative 0.40%	Sharpe Ratio -25.74
Followers 26	Winning Picks 32 of 72	Total Views 7799

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Last Activity: Added CREE to bullish list on 06/05/07

Current Stock List:

Symbol	Return	Since
CREE	-46.76%	06/05/07
AAPL	-13.39%	04/25/07
GS	-73.56%	04/05/07
ACH	-67.63%	04/04/07
MER	-89.66%	03/19/07
FLS	-21.98%	02/28/07
MSFT	-27.09%	09/12/06

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Good Call about CREE 06/05/07
I picked up CREE two days ago and am up over 7.5%. While I'd like to lock in profits, I think I'm going to ride this for a while and see where it takes me. I'm looking for > 20%.

Q2 Profits Rise 88% on iPod, Mac Sales about AAPL 04/25/07
Apple Inc. said second-quarter profit rose 88 percent because of growing consumer demand for its iPod media players and Macintosh computers. Shares surged in extended trading. Net income increased ...

Google: Ecstatic About Earnings about GOOG 04/20/07
Google will run out of superlatives before it runs out of steam, it seems. The search giant reported that revenues jumped 63 percent during the quarter ended March 31, 2007, an increase of 63 perc...

High Risk...High Reward? about GS 04/05/07
Goldman Sachs Group Inc's flagship hedge fund, managed by Mark Carhart and Raymond Iwanowski, lost 5.7 per cent in February, hurt by wrong-way bets on stocks, global bonds and currencies including the ...

News about AAPL 03/22/07
More than 30 albums from Elton John will be made available for digital download later this month, the singer said, marking the first time his whole catalog of more than 400 tracks will go onli...

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Summer’s Resolution 05/05/07 — I resolve to post to this blog regularly….. I’ve been slacking but there’s so much interesting stuff I haven’t blogged about. First off, the portfolio is still pretty flat, which sucks…but I held onto NYX for a long long time and finally sold this past week. I lost ...

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SocialPicks.com Question 04/16/07 — How do you limit losses in your portfolio? Cas responded: It’s a great question and good risk management techniques are necessary to maximize returns for your portfolio. There are several ways to do this. These ideas work for me but may not be suitable for someone with a different level of e...

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NYSE Sinks on Merger Launch 04/04/07 — NYSE Euronext (NYX - Cramer’s Take - Stockpickr) executives will have no time to relax after completing the landmark merger on Wednesday.The combined exchange’s new board of directors will meet for the first time on Thursday, said CEO John Thain. Now that the deal has been completed, NYSE...

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NYSE Glitch Explained 04/02/07 — http://evanreiser.blogspot.com/2007/02/nyse-computer-glitch-explained.html

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IMF is for further dollar depreciation 03/26/07 — The International Monetary Fund will say further depreciation by the US dollar is needed to help correct global imbalances in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung said on Saturday.Quoting from a draft of the WEO, the paper said the Washington-based fund argued...

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Re: Two companies GPSN vs PLKH ; $0.13 vs $1.40 ? 04/16/07
Don't look at PLKH's sales record. Start by looking at each stocks performance. Over the past year GPSN is up nearly 70% while PLKH is down more than 8%. Furthermore, PLKH's stock has done virtually nothing ------ flatlining = death. GPSN has been trending upwards but considering its cheap price this may be a reflection on its financing rather than its performance. Companies like these ar...

Re: If you were to diversify your portfolio by exposing it to... 04/11/07
I would probably invest in currencies. Mutual funds and ETFs are also a good idea but there's so much liquidity in the fx market that if you know what you're doing you stand to make a great deal of money. I do invest in ADRs, however, and these ADRs coupled with their domestic counterparts provide an excellent arbitrage opportunity.

How long... 04/04/07
...before NYX/Euronext gets hot and heavy over in Asia?! What's your price target for year's end?

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Or, do you believe that they will build their options/futures business before looking to make acquisitions in Asia?

How do you limit losses in your portfolio? Do you set a ... 03/29/07

Long/Short: WallStrip.com 03/26/07
Personally, I'm long...

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Age: 20's	Occupation: Student
Location: Allendale, NJ

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I'm a junior at Bentley College majoring in Economics-Finance and minoring in both International Econ ... more

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