Stocks are getting hammered today. Like all small investors, watching your portfolio value drop considerably in just a few days hurts but I am taking advantage of the situation and buying some more TASR.
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The company has great growth prospects, a (mostly) non-lethal protection device that police can use to subdue their subjects [...]
I’m under 30, make a pretty good salary, have no significant debt (other than my house), how much should I be putting into my 401k? My employer doesn’t match my contribution at all, but they do have a profit sharing plan so a percentage of my salary goes into my 401k regardless of my contribution. In [...]
In recent articles (Options Basics, Options Leverage) I’ve discussed using options to boost your leverage and reduce capital requirements on making a big play. Options, while risky, can limit the amount of cash you need to put into a trade and can allow you to use your available cash to highly leverage your position without taking [...]
Yesterday’s nearly 50% decline in Heely’s (HLYS) caught my eye. I remember their IPO back in December 2006, the closing price in their debut was $32.60. Their stock approached 40 by February and has been on a bit of a downward trend ever since. On Tuesday, August 7th, 2007, their stock closed at $21.90. By [...]
I’ve been writing about my experience with options trading for a while now and feel like I often have to explain options-related terminology within my articles so I’ve decided to just post a quick glossary of terms that I’ll be able to refer to in future articles. This is just a basic list, but ought to cover [...]