I bought Yahoo put options for a 22.5 strike price expiring in July.
Apparently there are enough fools believing a deal with Microsoft may still happen. slowing the free-fall of Yahoo’s stock. It has levelled out to around 24.90 (down 13.15%).
To see the future of how this Yahoo mess will play out, go to Fake Steve [...]
Archive for the ‘Stocks’ Category
6 May
Foolish Yahoo hopefuls
26 Mar
Gambling
Recently I’ve been throwing more money at the stock market. I use the term “throw money at” since it evokes an image of dollar bills fluttering all around while the target stands in the middle and watches the bills fall to the ground. I believe I’m single-handedly responsible for the rebound the market has undergone [...]
26 Oct
Goodie gumdrops
How unexpected – I wake up this morning to see the bloodbath that is the stock market and then notice Microsoft has popped up to 35.56 (+11.16%) in after hours trading. Finally, the entertainment and devices division registers a profit! Thank you Halo 3 (but bye-bye Bungie) and the excitement regarding the investment in Facebook.
Microsoft [...]
18 Oct
Lookie lookie…
Who might get a cookie… and stock that will be worth something of value.
Goldman adds Microsoft to buy list
Okay all you stock lemmings, make Microsoft go up!
20 Jul
Starting position in SIRF Technologies
On July 16 I purchased 215 shares of SIRF at 23.27.
“SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. (SiRF) is a supplier of global positioning system (GPS) semiconductor solutions designed to provide location awareness capabilities in high-volume mobile consumer and commercial applications. SiRF offers a range of GPS chip sets and software products for high-volume GPS markets.”
Basically they make [...]
20 Jul
Started position in Baxter International (BAX)
And boy do I wish I hadn’t.
Back on July 14 I bought 100 shares of BAX at 58.49. They are a medical products and services company that target a range of diseases (hemophilia, kidney disease, cancer, etc.)
Their fundamentals looked solid, stock price was on the up and up…
And then today they announced earnings. Where they [...]
14 Jul
Starting position in ICICI Bank (IBN)
Thought I might take notes of my stock trades.
Bought 115 shares of ICICI Bank at USD 52.25 per share today.
India’s third largest commercial bank. They’ve been a little more aggressive with providing loans to the Indian middle class. I am hoping this means boom times as the Indian population slowly starts buying into the idea [...]
