About a third of the S&P set to report earnings this week — what’s your execution plan? July 26, 2010

For those of you who sent me comments thanking me for your fortune of trading McDonald’s after you did some DD after reading my last post — you’re welcome. For those of you who have been frozen on the sidelines afraid to make a move and you read my last post about watching McDonald’s — [...]

The street will be buzzing about Bernanke, unemployment rates, Amazon, Microsoft and Starbucks — but my eyes are focused on McDonald’s July 22, 2010

Let me pop in here this early Thursday morning before the opening bell to answer some of the questions I’ve seen people trying to post over the last couple of days. To those of you wondering what the heck happened to in Wednesday’s market, let me make this short and sweet. The market was having [...]

Give yourself some “options” in this market July 1, 2010

As most of you know, I haven’t been checking in on this site too frequently, because I’ve been more focused on my main site, Let’$ Talk Money, as I believe the best way to trade in the current market conditions is to do so with the protection of options, so you can put your head [...]

I love this market! March 12, 2010

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve been here, so it’s time to check in. If you’ve been doing your due diligence, it’s almost impossible for you not to be making a profit in this market with the S&P hitting it’s highest point in many months and the Dow, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 all up [...]

How are you trading Toyota? February 19, 2010

Oh boy, every time I read all the responses some of you have tried to post here, I feel guilty that I haven’t had the time to get back here more often, especially for those who missed getting into my Let’s Talk Money forum on EnterActive Media before we capped membership there in 2009. But, [...]

If you’re freaking out — calm down February 5, 2010

If you’re freaking out about now with the market taking a plunge today, while nervously anticipating what the market is going to do next with the jobs reports about to be released, I have two words for you — calm down. Try this experiment: Close your eyes and breath easily. Relax. Now pretend the year [...]

Do you have what it takes to be a trader? January 15, 2010

Here’s a pop quiz to figure out if you’re cut out to be a trader: For all those people who have followed me to this forum or EAM since my former days a year back at Cathleen’s Corner, who consistently tell me all the time that you really-really want to be a trader — here’s [...]

Newbies need to learn when to hold ‘em & fold ‘em — & when to take half off the table January 12, 2010

  The two most important decisions every investor makes is deciding when to buy and when to sell. A lot of times it’s the latter question that most newbie investors mess-up on the most. In some ways, it’s easy to make to the decision when to buy. You simply do your due diligence and make [...]

Happy New Year! January 2, 2010

Happy New Year everyone! As most of you know, I’ve been spending most of my time on EAM, but I still check in here from time-to-time. But let’s just cut to the chase, and talk about this market. I refuse to get caught up in guesstimating. While nothing is ever guaranteed in the market — [...]

Waddle your tootsies carefully. October 19, 2009

Okay, so for all those who decided to play it safe during the last couple of weeks of earnings reports by pulling their money out and tucking it under their mattresses while we figured out which way the wind was blowing on Wall Street, you have my blessing to waddle your tootsies back in the [...]