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Bought 350 AIG at $2.01 Title: Bought 350 AIG at $2.01
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on October 10, 2008

I know it's crazy. But the federal government just gave these dopes even more money to keep the company afloat, which to me says that AIG is going to survive, and my modest investment of $700 coul...

 

I'm Very Tempted to Buy Small Banks Title: I'm Very Tempted to Buy Small Banks
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on September 30, 2008

I know we're headed into the 2nd Great Depression and all, but darn it if I'm not tempted to buy in to some of the public regional banks that haven't yet been swallowed up. Here's my t...

 

Your "Balanced" Mutual Fund May Be Off Balance Title: Your "Balanced" Mutual Fund May Be Off Balance
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on September 23, 2008

© Brent and MariLynn Many, many, many of us now have to think about investing and mutual funds these days. If you're not an individual investor, there's still a good chance that you have a 401...

 

Lehman & AIG & The Rest Can All Go Straight Down the Toilet As Far As I'm Concerned Title: Lehman & AIG & The Rest Can All Go Straight Down the Toilet As Far As I'm Concerned
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on September 16, 2008

© rileyroxx These financial companies make me so angry. Whether its Lehman or Merrill Lynch or AIG or whoever else is in trouble. These massive organizations, with billions and billions of dollars of ...

 

Take Two and Call Me on the THQ Title: Take Two and Call Me on the THQ
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on March 20, 2008

Guest post today by Troy Bryant. (See here if you're interested in guest blogging at this site.) Troy's gaming obsession gives him some investment ideas... I once read that you should invest ...

 

What Is A Limit Order? Title: What Is A Limit Order?
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on March 19, 2008

If you've ever traded stocks through an online broker, you may have decided to purchase (or sell) a stock based on the latest stock quote, only to see your purchase or sale transaction completed a...

 

JPMorgan Buys Bear Stearns For $2 Per Share and I'm Not Sure If They Got a Good Deal Title: JPMorgan Buys Bear Stearns For $2 Per Share and I'm Not Sure If They Got a Good Deal
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on March 16, 2008

I'm sure you're not hearing it here first, that JPMorgan Chase (JPM) bought Bear Stearns for just $2 per share, or about $236 million. Bear Stearns was seemingly about to go bankrupt but it...

 

Visa Looking to Score Biggest IPO of All Time Title: Visa Looking to Score Biggest IPO of All Time
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on February 25, 2008

Visa is looking to shatter all IPO records by offering its stock to the public at a volume and price that could mean raising almost $19 billion. The biggest IPO to date was AT&T Wireless' IPO ...

 

High-Performing Mutual Funds Re-Open for Your Money Title: High-Performing Mutual Funds Re-Open for Your Money
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on February 20, 2008

I'm generally an optimist, in terms of thinking things are going to go well. However, when it comes to paying anyone money for anything, I am skeptical to the extreme. I think everyone is out to s...

 

I Hate When the Market's Closed Title: I Hate When the Market's Closed
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on February 18, 2008

You might not be working today, but I am. And when I'm working, I want the stock market open. While I'm sitting at my computer as a rat in the race, I want to know there is the possibility tha...

 

Don't Look Back: A Tale of Two Stocks Title: Don't Look Back: A Tale of Two Stocks
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on January 16, 2008

If you trade individual stocks or think you might like to try, one important lesson to learn is that the future matters a lot more than the past. From the market's perspective, it's not even &...

 

Dogs of the Dow Don't Hunt Title: Dogs of the Dow Don't Hunt
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on January 2, 2008

Over the years there have been many investing formulas invented that are supposed to be market beaters. One of the more interesting is the "Dogs of the Dow". The Dogs of the Dow theory says ...

 

A Zecco Experience Title: A Zecco Experience
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on December 7, 2007

Last year I wrote a few times about Zecco, the startup offering free stock market trades. I was hesitant to put any money there and I didn't know anyone else who quite trusted it, either. But now,...

 

Where Do You Get Your Financial News? Title: Where Do You Get Your Financial News?
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on November 28, 2007

Some chatter today about AOL upgrading its finance portal made me wonder: where's the best place for financial news? What are the one or two sites you go to when you want to check stocks, or want ...

 

Keeping My Money with E-Trade (For Now) Title: Keeping My Money with E-Trade (For Now)
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on November 12, 2007

Woke up today to find a note from E-Trade telling me that they can weather the financial storm even though they warned of disastrous sub-prime writedowns and Citi said the company could potentially go...

 

It Seems I'm Not A Shark Title: It Seems I'm Not A Shark
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on October 31, 2007

Last week I reviewed the new book Invest Like A Shark, which advocates an in-and-out, take-a-bite-and-swim-away sort of approach to investing over a buy-and-hold philosophy, the point being that buy a...

 

Spooky Circuit City: Run For Your Life!!! Title: Spooky Circuit City: Run For Your Life!!!
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on October 31, 2007

(Photo from ExtremePumpkins.com, check them out, there's plenty more where this came from) Noted investing blogger Charles Kirk has busted out his latest list of "Spooky Stocks"-stocks...

 

Book Review: Invest Like A Shark by James "RevShark" DePorre Title: Book Review: Invest Like A Shark by James "RevShark" DePorre
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on October 23, 2007

If you want to make money in the stock market, conventional wisdom says to buy/hold/wait and eventually you'll make some money. Some of us don't want to wait that long. James "RevShark&qu...

 

How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 25 Title: How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 25
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Filed in archive Investing , Warren Buffett by Justin McHenry on August 22, 2007

We're getting closer to the end of our 30-part series in which we pick through Warren Buffett's Letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders for clues on how we can be as rich as the man. Part ...

 

Don't Pay Twins to Handle Your Investments Title: Don't Pay Twins to Handle Your Investments
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on August 15, 2007

Here's a good article by Motley Fool's Dan Caplinger about the problem many people have of paying twice for money management. It happens very easily and it blows people's returns without t...

 

Stocks I'm Looking at During This Downturn Title: Stocks I'm Looking at During This Downturn
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on August 1, 2007

I have not always been the best investor, but one strategy I have used to much monetary success is buying bigger companies when the market is tanking. There are always at least a handful of large comp...

 

How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 24 Title: How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 24
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Filed in archive Investing , Warren Buffett by Justin McHenry on July 25, 2007

With this installment of our never-ending 30-part series on the Sage of Omaha, we finally enter into the 2000s. Hopefully we'll be done before we get to the 2010s. Today we look at Warren Buffett...

 

Rookie Mistake: Missing the Ex-Dividend Date Title: Rookie Mistake: Missing the Ex-Dividend Date
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on July 12, 2007

If you're an individual stock investor, you may at times buy a stock because it has a fat dividend. After all, that's guaranteed money (although there's no guarantee that the price of the ...

 

How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 23 Title: How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 23
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on June 29, 2007

Time once again for another installment in our 30-part series dissecting Warren Buffett's Letters to Berskshire Hathaway shareholders. In Part 23, we look at the year 1999... 1999 was the worst ...

 

The Pain of Being Out of a Hot Market Title: The Pain of Being Out of a Hot Market
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on May 22, 2007

Back on April 23, I jumped out of the market, at least in terms of my actively-traded portfolio that I like to mess with. I'd made over 10 percent this year, and decided to wait until the market c...

 

How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 22 Title: How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 22
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on May 4, 2007

Holy cow I'm finally up to part 22 of the 30-part series highlighting the very best of Warren Buffett's annual letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. This time I'll look at the year ...

 

How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 21 Title: How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 21
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on April 26, 2007

Another installment in my thrilling 30-part series on the wisdom of Warren Buffett, as seen through his annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders. Part 21 takes us 10 years back, to 1997... 1...

 

Selling Out; Stocks Up Over 10 Percent Title: Selling Out; Stocks Up Over 10 Percent
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on April 23, 2007

I have a history of not doing so well as an individual stock investor. Like many, I tend to let emotions overcome me. This year I took much of the money in my trading account and handed it over to the...

 

How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 20 Title: How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 20
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on April 9, 2007

Holy Kamoly we've made it to part 20 in our 30-part series on the Sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett. In this installment, we look at Buffett's Letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders covering th...

 

Marketwatch Joins the Wisdom of Crowds Crowd Title: Marketwatch Joins the Wisdom of Crowds Crowd
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Filed in archive Investing by Justin McHenry on March 30, 2007

Marketwatch has joined the "Web 2.0" crowd in creating more features to help its readers get involved. Its new toy is MarketPerception, which allows you to vote on whether certain stocks are...


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