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A Special Watchlist

Technicator.net — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:22:00 GMT

Hi, I made an little tool using Excel. My list here will have the best of the best technical, quantitative, and fundamental ratings that is squeezed and handpicked by me on a daily/weekly basis for swing/medium term trading/investing. This is a watchlist rebalanced each day...(read more)

RIMM - All Time High

Technicator.net — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:38:00 GMT

Research In Motion makes the Blackberry phones. It’s interesting how they will proceed with their business now that the iPhone is on sale. I think they shouldn’t be threatened because the Blackberry is strongly seated as the #1 business handheld communication tool while the iPhone would appeal more for the retail side (consumers)...(read more)

Quantum Killer Strategy Results

Technicator.net — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:00:00 GMT

Introduction: Outside of this website, I have been communicating with a small group of people every day regarding what has now been over 2 month long project of a new portfolio investment strategy. The results were recorded on a daily basis after the marke's close...(read more)

Yen Carry Trade Still Hot

Technicator.net — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:03:00 GMT

Carry trades continue to be in favor: The latest data shows implied volatility for the yen is continuing to fall, which bodes well for carry trade - David Powell at IDEAGlobal What unwinding (money getting out of carry trades )? I'm thinking of using a few grand to put into a Yen-Rupie (India) or Yen-Franc carry trade...(read more)

Goodbye MCZ

Technicator.net — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:50:00 GMT

Sometimes when you exit a stock that you have held for a long time, it can be tough. It’s much easier if the stock just went into a correction or hit a stop loss level. However in my case, I’m selling as it is moving higher and I am doing so because I am strictly following my price targets set almost half a year ago, which looks like they still apply...(read more)

IBKR Auction Results

Technicator.net — Fri, 04 May 2007 11:24:00 GMT

There were 145 million shares above the $30.01 IPO price. There were over 40 million shares that bid over $33, the clearing price. This means that there is about 20-40 million shares willing to bid over $33 per share, indicating an eminent gap up tomorrow morning...(read more)

IBKR Risks and Returns

Technicator.net — Fri, 04 May 2007 11:15:00 GMT

Note: IBKR’s dutch auction process closes today (5/3) and it is the last day to bid for IPO shares. Thanks for all the emails sent to me regarding to this IPO coverage. I would like to answer a lot of your questions by laying out the risks and rewards that I see that is related to this company...(read more)

Hot IPO: Interactive Brokers

Technicator.net — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:00:00 GMT

IPO date: TBD (within weeks. Bidding to end as soon as 5/2/07), Symbol: IBKR, Price: $23-27 According to my valuation, I think the company is conservatively worth $27-30/sh if they accelerate their earnings due to the IPO fundraising. Their current growth and correlation of earnings, expenses, and revenues are very consistent and predictable...(read more)

Warning: GOOG Earnings

Technicator.net — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:43:00 GMT

Google will be reporting on Thursday after the close. Analysts expect EPS of $3.30 (Range: $3.02 to $3.52). Analyst expect Revenue of $2.49B (Range: $2.33B to $2.59B). One thing I noticed is that Google’s traffic and web-user reach has actually gone down in Q107...(read more)

DNDN Options Play

Technicator.net — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:18:00 GMT

The implied volatility is currently at 273%. The historical average for the past 12 months is about 95%. I expect volatility to fall at least halfway back to the historical average if not reaching average AFTER the FDA makes the drug review that is set to a deadline of May 15th...(read more)

ViroPharma (VPHM)

Technicator.net — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:05:00 GMT

ViroPharma is a pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of drugs to treat infectious disease. Since the company acquired oral antibiotic Vancocin in late 2004, sales have skyrocketed and turned the company profitable. ViroPharma is also studying maribavir to treat cytomegalovirus and HCV-796 to treat hepatitis C...(read more)

Mad Catz Interactive (MCZ)

Technicator.net — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:19:00 GMT

MCZ was a longer term trade that I made a while back and I believe I am finally near the end of the trade. I traded this one because of the technicals, not fundamentals. The company was battered down from $1.9x per share to $0.40 and I picked up shares just under $0...(read more)

Price Valuation for DNDN

Technicator.net — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:45:00 GMT

Here's my attempt to predict the price of DNDN using a fundamental approach after a preliminary FDA Panel decision deemed its cancer-fighting drug "safe" : First and foremost, the chances of getting fully approved is now 50-60%, up from 30% before the FDA's single thumbs up...(read more)

Oracle Buy Report

Technicator.net — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:23:00 GMT

Here’s the buy recommendation report I promised a while back for Oracle (ORCL). This was prepared by me and a few other senior analysts from the UCSD Student Foundation Investment Committee. It was prepared for the long-term and diversified endowment portfolio that the committee manages, which began in 2000 with $100,000 and has comfortably grown over the years...(read more)

Stock Option Backdating: Turn Back Time

Technicator.net — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:22:00 GMT

Every now and then you come across some scandal in the news about stock option backdating. Media ranting about how the company management cheated the investors by backdating the stock options. Whether you understand stock options backdating or not, one thing you know for sure, that a bunch of crooks did something wrong and tried to dupe everyone and finally got caught...(read more)