Lifting The Risk Bar

I have said many times that the only senior who should be invested in stocks is Warren Buffet.

Pet Cetera

Hello My Friends,
I had a real hoot with all of the comments that followed my blog on negotiating my way out of acquiring a dog for my daughter Madeline (original article here).
Here are some starting with my Mother.
Loved the story about the pet.  I guess I was too warm hearted when faced with promises like: [...]

Negotiate Negotiate Negotiate

I recently had to face a hard dilemma that involved my 6 year old daughter Madeline.

I Dream The Auto Electric

Dear Sir,
Is there a real explanation for the run-up of AZD and why on earth can it fall so fast in one day June 2nd.  I can understand some profit taking and the 100,000, shares at 25 cents which someone could profit by, but the drop confuses me.
Bill
Hi Bill,
Thanks for the assignment! And you can [...]

Wrong Trust Wrong Business

The Investment Reporter as well as the BUY and SELL advisory gave this a buy rating when the unit price was trading at $5.67  (This is much after the div. was reduced in May)Since then it has fallen to $5.15 and has been staying around $5.20.
There was some unusual trading today when it hit $5.28 [...]

Lower Prices For Perscription Drugs?

Hello my friends,
I got this email from Paul and thought that I would share it with you. If Visa is your “drug plan” or your Viagra bill is keeping you up at night give it a read!
Happy Capitalism!

Lou
Much of the talk during recent economic conditions refers to protectionism, tariffs etc.
Here is something I just ran [...]

Lock In Your Profits = Stop Loss

Dan from Sudbury writes about San Gold:
The chart on this stock looks pretty good.Where should I have my stop loss on this stock.
Hi Dan,
We should be looking at the use of stops as a decision that will depend on the volatility of the stock. A stock that has a wider range of trading will need [...]