The current rally and my new positions

The current rally seems to continuing nicely after the "bumps in the road" of the downgrades for Greece, Portugal, and Spain.  Those countries' situations were already more or less priced into the market in my opinion.


My new positions are in MAT, Mattel, and EXPE, Expedia.  Best of luck with your investing / trading.  Cheers.
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Updated watchlist for the rest of April and shortly after

Here is my updated watchlist.  Use at your own risk.  Cheers.
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FinViz.com tools

A friend recently told me about FinViz.com.  What I was initially impressed by was the heat map type graphs that they have of different indexes like the S&P500.  However, they also have an excellent stock screener too.  Cheers.
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My rate of return for the year through 4/20

I'm thankful to report that my "Personal Rate of Return from 01/01/2010 to 04/20/2010 is 23.5%"!  


When I have time I'll screen some more stocks and share my watchlist.  Have a good one.
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I Sold INTC for a 10.5% gain

Early this afternoon, I Sold INTC for a 10.5% gain.  So, I'm thankful for that.


I'll keep you posted on my upcoming watch list.  Cheers.
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Intel had a great quarter

You've probably heard by now that Intel, INTC, had a great quarter.  They also have good, future, guidance estimates.  Yesterday, a couple analysts increased their price targets as well.


I'm still holding INTC for now.  Cheers.
Disclaimer: Please only use this information with a grain of salt and at your own risk / for educational purposes. I am not an investment advisor so please seek professional help if that's what you're looking for.

What happened to Greece?

What happened to Greece?  It's still a beautiful country of course.  However, it was once a thriving place that was full of philosophy and knowledge.  Now it's on the verge of bankruptcy.  If one does a news search on Greece there's all sorts of "badness" that is returned.

It makes one wonder, how does a successful nation end up in such a state?  This MarketWatch article describes some of the pitfalls that hopefully the USA will avoid.  Cheers.  [image source - Wikipedia.org]
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