March 16,2007 Update on thought about this stuff AAPL If AAPL takes a big dip, Perhaps we should build up our position in this one, maybe another 2K. I suspect there will be some delays on the iPhone and that might the change to buy some stock. But I admit this is pretty pricey stock as it is. update march 23,2007 we sold AAPL this week since we had made 20%, Maybe we start buying able again when the iPhones runs into trouble and appl dips
BDSI I think you have the right idea, lock in 20% gains in the next few weeks. I don't have much to say on this one but if it dips fairly big before APRIL's announcement then perhaps we should increase to 8K. Also I waiting for them to announce the secret ingredient in Bema LA; I will have a much better feel for the company after I know what it is.
CAT I think we talked about this one most, I would just set a low price to buy and just watch things. The WSJ had an article that CHINA housing is just ripping and shows no signs of decline, so if CAT stay low then buy on Monday, otherwise, we may just want to let this one ride. This one also pays dividends, but its pretty weak. I think this is a stock that we sell once its ridden out, ie once we see a global slowdown
COH The Options are betting it hits 50. i suppose we can go another week but this stock has nothing in the news that says it is going much of anyway. I think we missed the entry point on this one. Update march 23,2007. we sold and didnt lose any money but learned a lot about a stock being too "expensive"
DEO This one pays good dividends. It is going after Absolut to buy so that should make the stock rise. I think if this stock takes a dive from what we bought it, then would buy another 2K at least. Again this one pays good dividends
ETRUX I don't know what to do with this one. Over time, it will beat all the other stocks, but this is a long play and perhaps not going to do much over the next year. It pays some dividends but really nothing great. Its the small cap play. You could argue in the short term, it is much better to just get rid of this one and free up some cash. If I had to pick one of my stocks to dorp, I would drop this one. update: march 23,2007. I sold the index. I have enough going into mutual funds at work, and this is our "mad (as in, we must be mad to be doing this) money" GS I think we are maxed out here. Perhaps, we just wait and watch for 20% and then start selling off on highs and buy back at lows for the time being. It beat Bears Sterns(its competitor) in terms of profit (29% increase versus Bear's 9% increase in profit) so in short I don't think we should increase our buying on this on unless it takes a huge dip.
HAL This one is *finally* starting to work. I think the only reason it will dip is by having bad politically news. ie. Any big dips, I would buy but I think we are maxed out on this position.
MGM I read a lot of what Cramer said on this one and he simply doesn't think it is a best of breed stock. I was surprised at how he seemed to be Bullish on it, but the stock WYNN is cheaper to buy, and Cramer thinks LVS is a better stock. I don't know what Cramer meant by the sock being cheap. It's P/E is 30, so unless China really opens up on gambling. It's max value according to the options guys is 70. I don't know, I just don't know. I am just not convinced about this stock. I am not sure its actually cheap enough to buy.
MO I am not sure what to do with this stock. It pays good dividends but I am going to wait and see what happens after the split. Even if it dips big time (say by 10 dollars), i wouldn't buy MO because of the split. The non-split stock MO.WI is just like buying MO after the split and right now it is 65 dollars so I have no clear idea. This is a good dividend stock and I think we should hold onto for long run, but would take no action in terms of buying. I think we have a good position in it.
NYX Ok Ok. This is *my* spec stock. I think after all is said and done, this one has the potential to blow the roof off of all the other stocks. I don't know why it is dropping. I suspect it's because this merger with the dutch Euronext is just boring the pants off people. Anyway, We have a good sized position here so nothing to do but sit and watch and keep reading the news to make sure there is no sudden bad news that sinks the merger deal.