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By: Doctor Stock

Doctor Stock — Sat, 15 May 2010 06:25:27 +0000

Interesting list again… thanks!

By: Preet Banerjee

Preet Banerjee — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:21:28 +0000

Thanks for the link Ram! Have a great weekend!

By: Kevin Press

Kevin Press — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:53:25 +0000

Thanks so much for the link (and for the kind words, Four Pillars).

Will Dunning struck me as relatively pessimistic about the gobal recovery, which is why he doesn’t see rates rising sharply here at home. His view that the Bank of Canada will have to raise rates slowly because of the “tepid” recovery around the world probably deserves more discussion.

By: larry macdonald

larry macdonald — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:32:20 +0000

Another good signal that you might be wasting your time is when you hear: “Welcome viewers, you are tuned to CNBC…”
Many years ago, I tried the stop-loss technique. Then there was some bad news one evening and the stock opened the next day some 25% below the stop-loss, and the stock got sold at that price.

By: The Financial Blogger

The Financial Blogger — Fri, 14 May 2010 09:25:20 +0000

Thx for the mention!

I’m glad you are cheering for the Habs! (I thought you would be a Leafs fan ).
I still can’t believe we made it…

The Bruins will be eaten alive!

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By: Michael James

Michael James — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:53:59 +0000

Thanks for the mention. The quote you pulled from Preet’s article is a good one. There are other good signals on television that the next few minutes will be a waste of time such as “I’m Jim Cramer and …”.

By: Phil S

Phil S — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:45:39 +0000

That was definitely a wonderful Game 7 victory that the Habs had against the Penguins last night.

But if I were to use a sporting analogy to investing, it would revolve around the definition of “luck”. The definition of luck is when preparation meets opportunity. So, if an opportunity presents itself, such as the puck passing in front of the opposing team’s net, then if you don’t have a player in front to shoot it in, then you didn’t have the preparation to capitalize on that opportunity. It is worthy to note that just because you are prepared, it doesn’t mean that you will find the right opportunity, but if you’re not prepared, then you’ll never be able to capitalize on it.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:22:02 +0000

Thanks for the link.

Kevin Press’ article is quite interesting.