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Up On Technorati.com

I have never really gotten into www.technorati.com. In fact, for about 2 years I thought it was "Technocrati.com". Either way it seems to of come a long way and it looks like a good way to get my post noticed and increase my subscribers/readers. You can check out my Technorati profile here.

28 Apr 2008

New Site Design

So as you can see I decided to redesign the site. First off, it was starting to look a bit cluttered and I think the new layout fixes that. Second I just had an urge to do some web-dev. It's been a while since I built a website and I just wanted to make sure I still remember how. For those die-hard fans out there who have trouble migrating to the new design, you can still view my site with the old design here. =)

So what do you think of the new layout? What do you like? What don't you like? Any suggestions? Bugs? Let me know in the comments.

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27 Apr 2008

Time To Buy GLW

I think the days of riding sideways are finally over for Corning (GLW). The stock has been trading between $20 and $26 for two years straight and it looks to be making a move. The 50 day moving average has just crossed the 200 going into what is expected to be a strong earnings report. Last time this happened it made a 20% move to $27.25 setting a 52 week high. With earnings Tuesday, I recommend buying ahead of earnings for a nice trade. Good numbers out of GLW will most likely send GLW to the 52 week high list.

24 Apr 2008

Yesterday's AAPL and AMZN Earnings

Yesterday's earnings went as expected. AAPL announced their best March quarter ever destroying the estimates. They sold 2.29 million Macs, 1.7 million iPhones and 10.6 million iPods. The iPhone number was shocking considering AT&T announced activating only 700k iPhones during the quarter. That means one million iPhones were bought, unlocked and activated on other networks.

AMZN had a nice quarter as well with net sales increasing 37%. The only problem here was that AMZN's stock doubled last year and expectations were high. There is nothing they could have announced which would have sent their stock higher.

Both stocks moved as planned but I am still down on the AMZN trade. I purchased AAPL 12 days ago at $154.24 and now it is trading at $167.75 (I am up 8.75%). I sold AMZN short on the same day at $73.02 and it is now trading at $78.07 (I am down $6.9). APPL is up after it's earnings and AMZN is down after it's earnings which is exactly as I anticipated. What I hadn't anticipated was Google's monster earnings last week lifting AMZN the way it did.

At this point I am going to hold my AAPL and look for an exit on AMZN. I still think AMZN will trade lower and there is a chance I still might come out ahead on that one. I need to free up some cash though, because I have my eye on a couple stocks that I want to get into before their earnings.

24 Apr 2008

Problems With Scottrader On Leopard

So I have been going back and forth with the Scottrade Customer Service people for a week now and still no solution to my problem with Scottrader. Scottrader has been acting buggy as hell, lags and bugs galore. They had me clear my cache, java cache and all the things you would think but there is still issues. It seems to stem from the fact that Leopard does not support Java 6. I guess that means it's Apples fault, but its Scottrade's problem. If they implemented a new version of Scottrader which is dependent on some part of Java 6 then they basically just screwed all of their Mac users. This is a HUGE problem, to the point where I might consider switching to another broker if not resolved soon. If anyone else is having problems with Scottrader on Leopard, or has a possible solution, comment below.

23 Apr 2008

Dont Let The Daily Movements Affect Your Overall Plan

If you are not looking to make quick trades, there is a definate disadvantage of having your live stream up on your screen's every day. The twitchy daily movements of the market seem to have a much greater impact than they really do. Sometimes you need to remember to just sit back and analyze the overall trend..
EXAMPLE:

I have been short UA for some time now. I have been in the green for the majority of the trade but I started to get a little bit worried yesterday. On Thursday of last week the stock was trading at roughly $32 and Monday it hit a high of $37.44.

Now usually this would throw up some serious flags and I would be tempted to get out while I am still in the money. But luckily I am learning to relax and not let the twitchyness of the market cloud my judgment. As you can see below, this GIANT $5 MOVE was nothing but a blip on the chart of a stock spiraling out of control.

22 Apr 2008

The Hardest Game In The World

After three days of frustration I have finally beat THE HARDEST GAME IN THE WORLD. Once I start playing games like this it is impossible for me to stop. Truthfully I wish Dylan never showed me this. But once I started playing... there was no stopping me. See how many deaths I had!!! jeeez. I am just glad this is over. Give it a shot and let me know what you think!

Proof that I actually beat this shit!


The Last Level	I Won!

19 Apr 2008

When Google Owns Everything

Casi and I were chatting and I brought up that Google was going to start selling tv advertising. She was like WTF! are they trying to do everything?? Yeah they are, soon everthing is going to be googalized! This lead to about a half hour of us coming up with awesome google words:

Googlishious - Googtacular - Googorama - Googley - Goognormous - Googalization - Googtastic - Googness - Googantuant - Goognation

I told her that beer shes drinking might some day be a Googweiser or a Goog Light. That led into another half hour of Googalized people, products, companies & places:

Googneyland - gBeach - Drive a Googyota - Barack GooBama - Shop at Googstroms - Produce from Googbertsons - Gas from Argo - Snacks from sevenGleven - Sippn Goognotiq - Knots Googley Farm - Googlifornia

When it was over I couldnt resist throwing together some Googalized logoz. Enjoy!