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The Dow is hitting new lows for the day, & the total Advance-Decline number is -3500. Of the 120+ equities and ETFs on my screen, there are exactly 5 in the green.
Recent white-hot stocks are getting hit the worst: refining, cement, construction equipment, alternative energy, homebuilding, gold, & even my refinery construction stocks. What […]

To clear my head of any biases, I went to 100% cash last Friday, the end of the 3rd Quarter.
The market action is ugly, with about 1300 stocks up and 5200 stocks down on the day, NYSE & Nasdaq exchanges combined. The DJIA is only off 36 points as I write, but the Russell 2000 […]

From the peak of Teewinot Mountain.. with the north face of Grand Teton in the background. I will never get a cooler picture. We were nearly in those clouds, baby!Muchos gracias to Randall for finally posting the events of our recent trip to Jackson Hole,WY to his blog. This one will surely go down […]

On PTI today, the late Johnnie Cochran got “Happy Anniversary” airplay for his role in OJ’s aquittal exactly 10 years ago. I’m sure you remember him sporting the black toboggan (at left).. and who will ever forget “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” ? Like him or not, that guy always got the job […]

I admittedly don’t know the whole story, but..
Looks like Muslim-phobia isn’t confined to the U.S.
I only noticed this news story on BBC News because Jim Rogers (George Soros’ former partner, accomplished invstor, and ballsy world traveler) wrote extremely bullish thoughts on Turkey’s future in his most recent book Adventure Capitalist.
His thesis makes sense, noting that […]

As I mentioned recently, Jim Cramer has been having a big effect on stocks via his evening show “Mad Money” on CNBC. He was hyping PEC last Monday night, causing that breakaway move north on huge volume. The company apparently has a ton of contracts for repairing power lines, etc in New Orleans.
But buying into […]

April / May 2003:

In the beginning, I shoulda simply let my dog Tucker make the decisions. She’s still my trading partner, but generally stays off the desk
Now Tucker is grown up, and 4 monitors take up most of the desk space. Progress..

Nice.. just got the old website up. It is pretty comical.. glad I can easily laugh at my own self. Many links have gone bad (8 years later)..
Click Here to visit “Buckaroo’s Place”

As a guy who makes his living taking calculated risks, I obviously enjoy thinking about future events in terms of odds & probabilities.
Timmy J and I discussed a few years ago how cool it would be if there were live markets for predicting any future event. The idea came from the interactive section of the […]