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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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FSLR: Wow! What a Roller Coaster

July 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Stock Trading

In my last post, the one I wrote a couple of weeks ago when I last felt like blogging, I mentioned how difficult it is to play volatile stocks through earnings. Using Google (GOOG) as an example, I tried to paint a realistic portrait of how tricky these plays can be as earnings news hits [...]

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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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