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Is It Too Late to Buy BIDU?

July 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Runaway Trading, Stock Trading

Baidu Has Been Languishing Lately — and That Could be a Sure Sign a Comeback is Due
BIDU is a stock I play a lot. The reason is simple: high beta; lots of volatility. Sure, much of that volatility has been trending down in recent days, but this stock always has a way of bouncing [...]

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BIDU: How Great —How Awful

May 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Runaway Trading, Stock Trading

Smart Money Will Buy and Hold BIDU
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” These lines from Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities, came to my mind today. It was probably just a freak accident that demonstrates the demented condition of my aging my neural pathways. It makes me fearful [...]

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Making A Play for Google’s Earnings

July 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Stock Trading

Many times I’ve tried to create an intelligent play for Google when it announces its earnings, as they will Thursday after the bell. I’ve tried to outguess BIDU on the same question. But it’s an excruciatingly difficult game to play since – if you’re wrong – it will cost you a minimum of, say, $5,000, [...]

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Day Trading on the Road, away from it All

June 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Runaway Trading, Stock Trading

One of the nicest things about being on a road trip is that I can easily avoid the media circus surrounding the death of, well, you know who. I only wish somebody would cut me a check for, say, a penny a paragraph devoted to this freakish icon. I could easily quit my day trading [...]

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Wynn’s Casino and a Few Thoughts about a Big Market Pullback

April 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Stock Trading

I’m worried. I admit I’m also a trifle paranoid too, because this market has been soaring too fast, too far, for my comfort. Anybody with any memory of market behavior knows this kind of non-stop, money-making, free-for-all can’t last forever. Just ask anybody who was trading, especially tech stocks, circa 2000.
Sooner or later, all bagholders know, the [...]

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