Posts under ‘Investing’

I’m confused by the wamu/jp morgan. JP Morgan paid 1.9 billion for Wamu retails banks and deposits but apparently had to take a 31 billion dollar write down.
How can that be? Did they assume 31 billion in bad debt? Who takes ownership of the 300 billion in Wamu mortgages?
Confusing stuff, smells fishy to [...]

So, real estate is a bit sketchy still, energy stocks seem to have reached their peak and interest rates are still pretty low. Where are you all putting your money?
Stocks?
Depressed real estate?
Staying in cash?
Investing in your own business?

Yesterday I bought some more Taser.  Maybe I’m digging myself into a hole, but I think this company’s technology could be a major part of the future of law enforcement and military weaponry and I can’t believe they are trading for as little as they are.

They have a strong brand (Does “Don’t tase me bro!” [...]

It is times like this when I can see how folks get spooked by the market, sell at the bottom, and remain soured on investing for the long term.  I know its in my best interest to hang in there and perhaps even buy at these levels, but its tough!
My cash account with Scottrade has lost [...]

My car is starting to show “signs of aging” and I’m actively on the hunt for some new wheels.  I’ll certainly be getting something used so I don’t get zapped with massive depreciation in the first few years.  The link indicates that most cars depreciate 15-20% per year, I’ve heard even higher rates from other sources.  [...]

Not a lot of time to post today, but I’ve read three articles in the last few weeks about how Marchex may be significantly undervalued based on their portfolio of nearly 200,000 domain names.  They have a huge portfolio of domains that they own and run advertising on and they also offer an ad platform [...]

Jim Goldman posted a nice article over at CNBC today titled “Google’s “Damaged” Shares: Can They Regain High Ground?“.  Its a nice, quick read that lays out everything Google has going for it despite what the critics say.
His thought is that Google’s stock doesn’t deserve the recent beating that it has taken.  Last year Google [...]

S.W.O.T. is a decision making technique used in financial and market analysis.  Often used internally by companies to evaluate potential products or investments, it is also a simple tool you can use to make sure you do due diligence when making investment decisions in individual companies.

S.W.O.T. is an acronym for:

Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats

Remembering SWOT when looking at companies [...]

By far the most amusing thing I’ve seen in the stock market in a while happened to Taser’s stock this week.
The week started with Taser at CES where they announced a Leopard print Taser and a Taser MPG (Music Player Holder) that features a 1 gig MP3 player keenly integrated into your Taser’s holster.  Its getting [...]

As I look at my portfolio over the past few months, I see its down.  Down a bit more than I’d like it to be for sure but nothing compared to some of the folks out there.  As a small-fry investor, I assume I’ll make bad decision on a specific stock now and then, I [...]