Toyota Recalls Could be Good For Investors

February 9th, 2010 Written by Jordan

If there is anything I’ve learned after years of trading the markets for myself its that you buy a company when its down. Toyota seems like the perfect name, having a strong history of quality cars despite recent problems with its accelerators and now brake problems with the Prius line. However, all this will soon pass and investors will be richer for it. Read more…

Stocks

The Big Money Is Rarely Wrong

February 6th, 2010 Written by Jordan

The big money is good, really good, at predicting when the markets are soon to move. For the past year I’ve been watching the option volume of the big boys and many of them have proven to be extremely profitable. Recently, $1.2 billion of stock was protected to the downside with put options. Needless to say, the markets tumbled soon after. Read more…

Investing

When the Odds Don’t Matter

February 4th, 2010 Written by Jordan

I’ve been throwing an idea around in my head. At what point do the odds cease to matter and the chance of big money becomes the main motivator? Read more…

Investing

January Stock Bellwether

January 30th, 2010 Written by Jordan

It has long been accepted that January is a bellwether for the performance of the stock markets for the rest of the year. That is, if stocks rise in January, the market will rise for the rest of the year. If stocks fall, stocks will drop for the rest of the year. The bad news is that stocks have shed some 3% already in January 2010. Read more…

ETF

Eat for Free with High Interest Reward Checking Accounts

January 23rd, 2010 Written by Jordan

Banks are getting creative with their advertising by utilizing a model that is half adopted from the mail in rebate idea. Some banking institutions are offering high interest, high yield checking accounts that pay as much as 4% on accounts greater than $25,000. Read more…

Investing

Fire Safe Cigarettes and the Industry (FSC) (carpet glue)

January 20th, 2010 Written by Jordan

Last year I wrote about the reasons for buying Phillip Morris International as a safe, anti-dollar investment. Well, after doing some more research into the cigarette industry, I’ve found that there is cause for concern. Fire safe cigarettes. (FSC) Read more…

Stocks

Apple Tablet AAPL (iSlate)

January 18th, 2010 Written by Jordan

The blogosphere, and the news industry, has been all over Apple Computer’s supposed new product: an Apple branded tablet computer. Tablets, or computers that run on a touch screen system, were first tested in the early 2000s but never really caught on. I’ll examine Apple’s newest product, as well as the possibility this could be a hit product for Apple. Read more…

Stocks

Alt-A Mortgage Disaster in 2010-2011

January 17th, 2010 Written by Jordan

In a phenomenon that couldn’t be more ill-timed, tens of billions in Alternative mortgages are due to be reset in 2010-2011. Though not sub-prime, many of these loans are interest-only, those in which the borrower makes no payments on principle. Once reset, borrowers could have monthly payments 15-20% higher than today. Read more…

Real Estate

The Haitian Economy

January 16th, 2010 Written by Jordan

With all eyes on Haiti after an earthquake of unbelievable magnitude, the world has learned so much about such a small country. After hearing day in and day out about the disaster that has taken such a toll, I thought it would be interesting to look at the Haitian economy, a country I had never before investigated. Read more…

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