Archive for July, 2009

• StockTwits, One Mans Opinion
  Aiki14 Market Sense, July 25th, 2009 at 1:05 pm, Comments: 0

  Aside from my parents and a few friends from “real life” the overwhelming majority of the folks who read this blog are people who found me through my association with Stocktwits. Before I go any further allow me to say the following, I came across StockTwits in February of this year by a recommendation from [...]

• Pain
  Aiki14 Market Sense, July 21st, 2009 at 1:06 pm, Comments: 0

  Yesterday I watched my cat Edison jump up on the counter and walk across the stovetop. It’s one of those flat glass type ones and he sat down right in the middle of it and gave me the look that said “how bout adding some fresh water to my bowl, or do I have to [...]

• Bias
  Aiki14 Market Sense, July 18th, 2009 at 1:07 pm, Comments: 0

  According to Merriam-Webster - an inclination of temperament or outlook ; especially : a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment
  I have always held a bias towards bullishness, I guess it’s just innate in my personality. One of the things that has helped me as a trader and investor is knowing this and adjusting my [...]

• A few places for Information
  Aiki14 Market Sense, July 17th, 2009 at 11:00 am, Comments: 0

  I thought it would be helpful to list some websites I use for trading and investing information.
  I do not list any blogs or blogsites here primarily because I am pretty new to the world of bloggers and have not done enough due diligence to recommend anyone yet. I have begun to read a few and [...]

• Mr. Paulson returns to Washington
  Aiki14 Market Sense, July 16th, 2009 at 1:09 pm, Comments: 0

  Henry Paulson, former Treasury Secretary, former Goldman Sachs Chairman, is going to appear before our elected officials today. This should be interesting indeed. For those who may not be following this Theatre Americana let me bring you up to speed. A while back the economy was on the edge of a precipice with one foot [...]

• Risks of 3X ETF’s
  Aiki14 Market Sense, July 15th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, Comments: 0

  Reading FA (Financial Advisor) magazine this morning and came across the Direxions advertisement. For anyone who doesn’t know, Direxions is the company that brings us the 3X ETF’s. In small print near the bottom it says the following:
  “The use of leverage by a fund means the Funds are riskier than alternatives which do not use [...]

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  Aiki14 Market Sense, July 14th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, Comments: 0

  The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another _ Richard P. Feynman