slopeofhope.com - 10/7/2008
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I am aggressively buying, with the Dow down 550 and the S&P down 70, huge bullish positions in the Russell 2000 (shown below) as well as QQQQs. I sure hope these bullish plays go better than last week's. The VIX is way above 56 , as you probably know.
valueplays.blogspot.com - 10/8/2008
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valueplays.blogspot.com —
Safe 5% yield and 10 times earnings....picked up
some for $24.77 a share Friday morning. I first...
got real interested in GE (GE) last week when shares hit $23 and change but did not pull the trigger. Yesterday, GE lowered guidance for the quarter and ...
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Buying GE...
valueinvestingnews.com - 10/4/2008
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valueinvestingnews.com —
Warren Buffett is buying into General Electric, and
Whitney Tilson, managing partner at T2 Partners, discusses the...
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Buffett Buying Into GE
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Oversold Bounce Time, Going Long
[ The Financial Ninja ] —
... So, I started going net long yesterday. That’s right LONG. You can find my conversation here on the Slope of Hope and here on the Evil Speculator in the comments section. I’ve gone long the NASDAQ and the S&P500 through QLD and SSO. I’ve picked up some of names the hedgies have puked hard: AGU, MON, MOS, POT and AAPL, BIDU, GOOG, RIMM. These are all oversold bounce trades. If the wheels start to come off, I’ll hedge by slamming the Nasdaq and S&P 500 futures short. That is one hell of a spike in ...
That's the Bottom, For Now
[ The Financial Ninja ] —
On Tuesday I said it was Oversold Bounce Time, Going Long: “So, I started going net long yesterday. That’s right LONG. You can find my conversation here on the Slope of Hope and here on the Evil Speculator in the comments section. I’ve gone long the NASDAQ and the S&P500 through QLD and SSO. I’ve picked up some of names the hedgies have puked hard: AGU, MON, MOS, POT and AAPL, BIDU, GOOG, RIMM. These are all oversold bounce trades. If the wheels start to come off, I’ll hedge by slamming the Nasdaq and S&P ...
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