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David Rosenberg Video: "US in a Form of Depression" 11/24/09   —  It's the have your cake and eat it too stock market... good news is a reason to buy stocks because data is improving, and bad news is a reason to buy stocks because data is NOT improving...which means more stimulus and Federal Reserve handouts.  It's the Goldilocks stock economy. ******************...
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ENOC   EnerNOC (ENOR) - Hmmm? 11/24/09   —  Not that I am complaining since our position was just established yesterday but any reason for this out performnance (aside from the Mad Money crowd following my recommendation of buy buy buy?) ;) If this continues, I'll be looking to take profits as EnerNOC (ENOC) approaches $28... if and when. ...
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Stalled 11/24/09   —  Some quick thoughts... First as we predicted, and as almost every government report is nowadays... the first version of GDP was "better than expected" and "pleasing to the market" - helping to gun it upward.  Then 30, 60 days later the data is quietly revised downward.  How come nothing in the gov...
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VXX   UUP   Bookkeeping: Partial Stop in Potash (POT) and Going Long the Dollar & Volatility 11/24/09   —  First, a bookkeeping note - the 50% of position stop out at $112 on Potash (POT) we mentioned premarket as a limit order hit this morning, so our position size is cut in half with a $5 gain on a 1% allocation.  Content to hold the other half and add to it if the stock falls near support.  Likewise ...
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EJ   CISG   Bookkeeping: Selling Off Much of CNinsure (CISG) Post Earnings 11/24/09   —  Much like E-House Holdings (EJ) I am having a difficult time reconciling some of the reactions to earnings versus what the actual data was.  I have not had time yet to devle into CNinsure's (CISG) earnings but with the stock breaking below the 50 day moving average I am going to exit 90% of the 1% s...
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AGQ   PCLN   Bookkeeping: Looking to Take Some Profits Today 11/24/09   —  Speculation week is off to a roaring start, to wit please see Chinese seed company Origin Agritech (SEED) which always is a place daytraders congregate when agriculture stocks are in favor.... .... now yesterday's performance was somewhat news driven but basically it ran from mid $6s "on the news...
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JPM   Bloomberg: Investors Rushing to Alternative Mutual Funds from JPMorgan (JPM) to Pimco 11/24/09   —  As always I appear to have been early to a trend ;) I really need to get going before the Fidelity's and Vanguard's flood the industry with these type of funds... Via Bloomberg: JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Pacific Investment Management Co. are inundated with money from individuals attempting to mi...
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NYT: Wave of Debt Payments Facing US Government 11/23/09   —  Something I feel like grandma warning to look both ways before crossing the street, and to tie your shoes or you may trip as we talk incessentently about these issues.... to a wall, it appears.  No one listened about our warnings on Fannie/Freddie, no one is listening now about FHA, no one cares abo...
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ENOC   Bookkeeping: Beginning Stake in Smart Grid Company EnerNOC (ENOC) 11/23/09   —  I believe this is the first time I've spoken about EnerNOC (ENOC) in the blog, but it is part of a very small niche in the market based on smart grid updates; perhaps 4-5 stocks in all.  Just in the past week or two a new ETF for this sector has been launched (symbol: GRID) which has 29 stocks, but ...
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The Most Controversial Issue in the World this Week 11/23/09   —  While 80% of our readers hail from the States, I want to enlighten them on the biggest issue facing the world this week. Ben Bernanke acting like a reckless drunken sailor? No. Brad potentially cheating on Angelina? No. Sarah Palin v Katie Couric v2.0? No. US healthcare reform debate? No. Stop bein...
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Bookkeeping: Selling Index Calls as S&P Approaches 1110 11/23/09   —  Thank you Federal Reserve officials... we now, in the first 30 minutes have retraced all the market's losses of last week and it's as if they never happened.  Must be nice to move markets by signaling in so many words, the US dollar is your personal toilet paper.  We are now at highs reached last...
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SOLF   ADS   LDK Solar (LDK) Kicks off Speculation Week with a Roar 11/23/09   —  I mulled buying a solar stock  (the smaller, and more Chinese the better) late last week in anticipation of the speculation that happens this week, almost like clockwork - year after year.  We just mentioned in the previous post: But even more important than the market is what happens in individu...
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DRYS   Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 3, Week 16 11/23/09   —  Year 3, Week 16 Major Position ChangesTo see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'.Cash: 80.5% (v 83.5% last week)23 long bias: 18.9% (v 13.0% last week) [includes 1 option position]2 short bias: 0.6% (v 3.5% last week)25 pos...
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Doctor Devi Shetty, India's Henry Ford of Heart Surgery 11/23/09   —  A quite fascinating read in the Wall Street Journal, especially in light of the health care debate raging in the country.  On a positive note - it looks like cheaper health care is coming to Americans, in the Cayman Islands.  As the world flattens and borders become more and more meaningless, there...
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Updated Position Sheet 11/22/09   —  Cash: 80.5% (v 83.5% last week)Long: 18.9% (v 13.0%)Short: 0.6% (v 3.5%)This data is updated weekly and can be found on 'Performance/Portfolio' menu tab on the <nobr id="itxt_nobr_0_0" style="color: blue; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal;">website</nobr>. As always the total gain/...
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TGT   WMT   Natural Gas Down 12% on the Month; True Indicator of State of Economy 11/22/09   —  While trying to avoid US government reports as much as possible due to their lack of accuracy and "sunny side up" disposition, there are some much better places to look for a reality check.  On the consumer side of the equation I like to review the results of Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT), and on t...
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What the Heck is Going on During Mondays Lately? Always Up 11/20/09   —  I've noticed Mondays have been very strong lately; the past few weeks government officials worldwide reiterated stimulus, money printing, and more stimulus - first in the G20 (2 weekends ago) and then in Asia (last weekend).  But then I thought back and it seemed like every Monday we seem to walk in...
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NYT: With FHA Help, Easy Loans in Expensive Areas; Barney Frank Pushes for Permanent Higher Limits - Approaching $1 Million 11/20/09   —  Let me take you back to a time... a simpler, gentler era known as 2006.  Money was easy, banks were giddy with their chance to throw dollars in every direction. Let me take you forward 3 years.  Replace the words 2006 with 2009, and banks with US taxpayer.  We not only have not only forgotten the...
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PWRD   Bookkeeping: Cutting Back Perfect World (PWRD) on Break of Support 11/20/09   —  Speaking of a narrowing of the market, about 4 weeks ago many of our positions began breaking below key moving averages ... we mechanically began culling them and moving into cash.  Then within a week the large caps broke down (just for a week mind you) and the S&P 500 broke the 50 day moving av...
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RUT   RUI   "Houston, We Have a (Russell 2000) Problem" 11/20/09   —  Since that surge on Monday this market is really scuffling and providing very little opportunities from either the long or short side unless you are an extremely short term oriented daytrader sort.  We're essentially in a holding pattern circling the airport... it is just unclear if this is the corr...
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