Stocks

Hindenburg Omen – Don’t Believe the Hype

August 15, 2010

The Hindenburg Omen is upon us.  What is this dreaded scourge you ask?  Well, it’s supposedly the equivalent of financial Armageddon reigning down upon us mere mortals.  An otherwise obscure blind mathematician by the name of Jim Miekka has postulated that when several sets of financial factors and ratios all align negatively, that is the […]

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Investing is All Luck Says WSJ.com – I Beg to Differ

August 1, 2010

There was an interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal this weekend pretty much attributed investing success to “luck” over given periods of time, as opposed to investor decision-making.  While I tend to agree with parts of their assessment, I can’t go for it hook, line and sinker and I’ll tell you why.  I’ll lay […]

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Darwin’s May Portfolio Unveiled: The Fully Monty

May 16, 2010

As is customary, I unveil my trading portfolio monthly so readers can track my performance compared to the prior month for a hypothetical basket of the same stocks evenly split, as well as any trades I made in between.  My last update was over at Darwin’s Finance (April Portfolio Update).  Since that update was on […]

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