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[analog_hiss]

Ahh...the old nemesis of HEB traders everywhere.

That's his second write up on HEB today...check his mailbag article from this morning.

 

[Card Trader]

Ahh...the old nemesis of HEB traders everywhere.

That's his second write up on HEB today...check his mailbag article from this morning.

I honestly wonder if he's shorting it...he seems to focus a lot of attention at bashing HEB.

 

[Reaper]

Ahh...the old nemesis of HEB traders everywhere.

That's his second write up on HEB today...check his mailbag article from this morning.

Are you guys all looking to sneak out of this one??? Those write-ups sound Horrible.

 

[Cromedog]

And out of HEB for about a $250 gain...to risky for me at this point. Plus I'm under water with 1000 shares of CTIC

 

[FavreCo]

I'm sure Cramu has his hand in that article as well. The drop and pump back up stinks of his bald ugly ###.

 

[The Ref]

Ahh...the old nemesis of HEB traders everywhere.

That's his second write up on HEB today...check his mailbag article from this morning.

I honestly wonder if he's shorting it...he seems to focus a lot of attention at bashing HEB.

I think a few days ago he wrote some negative stuff on HEB.... He received a lot of negative feedback, some involved his ethnicity, and he has had nothing but an axe to grind ever since. I didn't mind the first article. But now what he is doing is boarderline criminal. It's obvious he want s the stock to go down.

 

[KGB]

And out of HEB for about a $250 gain...to risky for me at this point. Plus I'm under water with 1000 shares of CTIC

Profit is profit :thumbsup:

 

[The Ref]

Anyone thinking about buying into PRGN here - bounced off of $5.35 a few times now.

 

[Jene Bramel]

Dumped 2000 of HEB at 3.35. Still hold a little more than I like, but I'm gambling on the afternoon run.

Maybe.

 

[KGB]

In GNVC here @ .78

 

[David Dodds]

slept in and it looks like it cost me dearly on PRGN and DRYS. Oh well. Bought 3,000 KERX at 1.06, 3,000 PRGN at 5.36.

BDI looks to be coming down, but won't hurt PRGNs 2nd quarter at all.

Baltic Supramax 1,832 (-1.29%)

Baltic Handysize 880 (+0.00%)

Baltic Dry 3,809 (-6.94%)

Baltic Capesize 6,812 (-9.91%)

Baltic Panamax 3,252 (-5.22%)

 

[NYG Endzone]

Ahh...the old nemesis of HEB traders everywhere.

That's his second write up on HEB today...check his mailbag article from this morning.

I honestly wonder if he's shorting it...he seems to focus a lot of attention at bashing HEB.

I think a few days ago he wrote some negative stuff on HEB.... He received a lot of negative feedback, some involved his ethnicity, and he has had nothing but an axe to grind ever since. I didn't mind the first article. But now what he is doing is boarderline criminal. It's obvious he want s the stock to go down.

Why would Adam risk his reputation for his timely articles on HEB? I am baffled.This is clearly manipulating the price of the security. He must know something we don't.

 

[Card Trader]

Ahh...the old nemesis of HEB traders everywhere.

That's his second write up on HEB today...check his mailbag article from this morning.

I honestly wonder if he's shorting it...he seems to focus a lot of attention at bashing HEB.

I think a few days ago he wrote some negative stuff on HEB.... He received a lot of negative feedback, some involved his ethnicity, and he has had nothing but an axe to grind ever since. I didn't mind the first article. But now what he is doing is boarderline criminal. It's obvious he want s the stock to go down.

Why would Adam risk his reputation for his timely articles on HEB? I am baffled.This is clearly manipulating the price of the security. He must know something we don't.

He bashed DNDN in a similar fashion too before they flew.

 

[analog_hiss]

Some of Adam Feuerstein's greatest HEB hits. I'll include quotes from articles where the title may not directly link to HEB.

Hemispherx Builds False Hope on Old Data

06/05/09 - 10:59 AM EDT

Biotech Stock Mailbag: HEB's Artful Dodging

06/05/09 - 07:59 AM EDT

Penny Biotech Stocks Flying

By Adam Feuerstein

06/03/09 10:16 a.m.

We're living in some crazy, speculative times in penny-stock biotech land.

Cell Therapeutics(CTIC Quote), Hemispherx Biopharma(HEB Quote), Antigenics(AGEN Quote) and Oculus Innovative Sciences(OCLS Quote) are all flying higher in a whirlwind of speculative, retail and daytrading activity. All these companies have experimental drugs and/or products that are among the worst of the worst. Yet the stocks are extremely hard or expensive to borrow, and that is putting short-sellers in a bind.

Amazing.

Biotech Stock Mailbag: Oculus in Focus

05/29/09 - 10:42 AM EDT

The Hostile React-o-Meter blew up Thursday after the posting of my bearish column on Hemispherx(HEB Quote) and its chronic fatigue drug Ampligen.

Dozens and dozens of emails poured in, but not a single one contained an intelligent response or answers to the facts, questions and concerns posed.

Paul C. (he's a multi-millionaire, he tells me) wrote to threaten me with a lawsuit because I wrote a column that moved the stock. "You should not be writing articles that after they are published makes the stock move in one way or another, this is stock manipulation."

Funny, I thought it was journalism.

And then, of course, there was the cursing and the name-calling. Lots of cursing. Lots of name-calling. According to my email friends, I'm bald, stupid, evil, ugly, a psycho, a "looser" (people have trouble with this one. It's "loser" not "looser") and a moron.

I'm manipulating the stock lower so I can buy more, but I'm also helping my short-selling buddies. I have a personal vendetta against the company. I'm being reported to the SEC, the FTC and various other three-lettered agencies of the federal government. Jim Cramer is my puppet master and he's bald, too. Lastly, I'm Jewish (I love when that one gets tossed onto the pile.)

Can't anyone out there come up with an original putdown?

Hemispherx's CFS Drug Is a Long Shot05/29/09 - 09:24 AM EDT

Tiny Biotechs Dancing in the Bull Pen

05/20/09 - 12:23 PM EDT

Hemispherx is expecting an FDA decision Tuesday on the company's drug for chronic fatigue syndrome, Ampligen, based on a single study completed in 2004. The FDA refused to review the Ampligen application in 2007, but Hemispherx resubmitted the drug in 2008. The company has outstanding manufacturing problems related to Ampligen that have yet to be resolved, according to the company's SEC filings.

At various times over the years, Hemispherx has claimed Ampligen as a treatment for HIV, the ebola virus, avian flu, swine flu and smallpox.

Hemispherx sold stock to raise cash on May 11 and again on May 19, a strange move for a company confident about a positive decision on Ampligen next week.

Feuerstein's Biotech-Stock Mailbag

10/27/07 - 11:43 AM EDT

An email From Pir M.:

"On Oct. 11, Hemispherx Biopharma(HEB Quote) announced that it had filed an NDA [new drug application] with the FDA for Ampligen for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Any thoughts about this company, its drugs and the market potential for CFS?"

This week's Mailbag is chock full of single-digit-midget stocks, isn't it? Doesn't anyone want to know about real biotech companies? Sigh...

I knew nothing about Hemispherx before reading Pir's email. But plug the company into Google, and you'll find a lot of interesting stuff:

Hemispherx and renowned (or infamous) Wall Street short-seller Manuel Asensio had a pretty ugly row in the 1990s.

My old friend and former colleague Herb Greenberg even chimed in on Hemispherx back in the day.

At various times, Hemispherx has claimed that Ampligen could treat SARS, AIDS, West Nile virus and avian flu, among other maladies.

The clinical data on Ampligen and chronic fatigue syndrome look suspiciously thin to me. (The efficacy data from a "pivotal" study seems to change with every press release.) The side effects of Ampligen, at least the way the company describes them, are downright scary. I'll just quote from the company's 10-K, with my emphasis added:

"We believe that Ampligen has been generally well tolerated with a low incidence of clinical toxicity, particularly given the severely debilitating or life threatening diseases that have been treated. A mild flushing reaction has been observed in approximately 15% of patients treated in our various studies. This reaction is occasionally accompanied by a rapid heart beat, a tightness of the chest, urticaria (swelling of the skin), anxiety, shortness of breath, subjective reports of "feeling hot",' sweating and nausea. The reaction is usually infusion-rate related and can generally be controlled by slowing the infusion rate. Other adverse side effects include liver enzyme level elevations, diarrhea, itching, asthma, low blood pressure, photophobia, rash, transient visual disturbances, slow or irregular heart rate, decreases in platelets and white blood cell counts, anemia, dizziness, confusion, elevation of kidney function tests, occasional temporary hair loss and various flu-like symptoms, including fever, chills, fatigue, muscular aches, joint pains, headaches, nausea and vomiting. These flu-like side effects typically subside within several months."

That's some list!

Pir, you probably know where I'm going with all this: Stay away from Hemispherx.

 

[FavreCo]

He bashed DNDN in a similar fashion too before they flew.

VNDA also I beleive. He's a loser. It does however tell you how many lemmings follow The Street and Cramu.

 

[itriple]

slept in and it looks like it cost me dearly on PRGN and DRYS. Oh well. Bought 3,000 KERX at 1.06, 3,000 PRGN at 5.36.

BDI looks to be coming down, but won't hurt PRGNs 2nd quarter at all.

Baltic Supramax 1,832 (-1.29%)

Baltic Handysize 880 (+0.00%)

Baltic Dry 3,809 (-6.94%)

Baltic Capesize 6,812 (-9.91%)

Baltic Panamax 3,252 (-5.22%)

Dodds whats the thought on loading up on KERX? Hoping for a little bounce or a homerun?

 

[KGB]

In GNVC here @ .78

Ate through the sell of 25000 shares @.80 and off we go!

 

[Card Trader]

LOL, someone sold 3 shares of HEB at 3.23....hope they made some serious coin on that.

 

[The Z Machine]

I have buys slated for CRYS @ 7.02 and PRGN @ 5.36. Going to do some actual work now.

 

[analog_hiss]

HEB sinking again...

 

[Card Trader]

HEB sinking again...

If you plan on holding HEB until announcement, it's probably best to not watch the stock today until AH. Rollercoaster ride.

 

[analog_hiss]

HEB sinking again...

If you plan on holding HEB until announcement, it's probably best to not watch the stock today until AH. Rollercoaster ride.

ETA - It's either fiddle fart around with this or keep working on scanning photos from old albums for my wife. Last day of school here and I am a substitute teacher that isn't working today or an other day from now until August.

 

[KGB]

Screw it. I'm taking my 150% return on HEB and running.

Good luck. Hope it gets approved!

 

[David Dodds]

Dodds whats the thought on loading up on KERX? Hoping for a little bounce or a homerun?

There is just tons of Insider Trades on this thing. It has a very low market cap so it does not seem too risky to me. Yes I am looking for a homerun here.

 

[King of the Jungle]

Screw it. I'm taking my 150% return on HEB and running. Good luck. Hope it gets approved!

Out at $3.40. Will sleep better tonight.

 

[FavreCo]

Dodds whats the thought on loading up on KERX? Hoping for a little bounce or a homerun?

There is just tons of Insider Trades on this thing. It has a very low market cap so it does not seem too risky to me. Yes I am looking for a homerun here.

I see that. I find this interesting. Insiders buying at end of May pushes it from 0.37 to 0.70. Then on the 1st it rockets from 0.70 to an open of 1.32 on insane volume with no news. Coincidentally, The Street.com has an article dated that day with KERX listed but no mention about it as far as news or info. Dated the afternoon of the 1st. Check the stocks listed in the article. http://www.thestreet.com/story/10507856/1/...-realmoney.html

Then check the abnormal volume in most of them for that date. Maybe there is something about the 1st of the month, I don't know but more likely it's the Cramu lemmings.

 

[FavreCo]

I've left the PRGN table even. You are all free to ride a PRGN hot roll now.

 

[KGB]

I've left the PRGN table even. You are all free to ride a PRGN hot roll now.

Giddy up

 

[NajehHejan]

The market is absolutely nuts. I don’t know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I’m now down 22% and dropping. Of course I’m too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I’m doing that. I don’t think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don’t believe I’m capable of that at this point.

 

[KGB]

The market is absolutely nuts. I don’t know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I’m now down 22% and dropping. Of course I’m too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I’m doing that. I don’t think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don’t believe I’m capable of that at this point.

What are/were u in?

 

[FavreCo]

The market is absolutely nuts. I don’t know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I’m now down 22% and dropping. Of course I’m too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I’m doing that. I don’t think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don’t believe I’m capable of that at this point.

Not only can you not hold ETF's for more than a day, stocks are not held long anymore. Lock in those profits.

 

[Otis]

I'm loaded up on the shippers and decided I'm best off just holding for months and not looking at it. Looks to me these things are poised to double in 6 months, so why screw with it.

 

[FavreCo]

HEB super duper dumpfest in action. Last one out, turn off the lights. There are some angry people on the HEB yahoo board if you want some entertaining reading.

Love these:

Weak hands just selling prior to weekend...

by moomoomoom... [21 second(s) ago]

Doon't be shaken, they are shorting.

by nitehauler [1 minute ago]

buy more. you might not see this price again

by osa266 [1 minute ago]

Enjoy the ride back up...all abord

by vinthetool... [2 minutes ago]

@#$%stain ruined this stock for now...

by palmcow1321 [9 minutes ago]

quit crying, your all weak

by dankster45 [10 minutes ago]

 

[NajehHejan]

The market is absolutely nuts. I don’t know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I’m now down 22% and dropping. Of course I’m too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I’m doing that. I don’t think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don’t believe I’m capable of that at this point.

What are/were u in?

AGEN and HEB are killing me. Since I've already lost 18% and 28% respectively I don't see why I should sell now. I can't go back in time and sell, they have to go back up, right?ETA: Overall I'm up 200% on AGEN and 75% on HEB

 

[KGB]

I wonder if PRGN is dumping shares. It keeps trying to go over 550 and all of the sudden there will be shares for sale at 447 etc

 

[KGB]

The market is absolutely nuts. I don’t know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I’m now down 22% and dropping. Of course I’m too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I’m doing that. I don’t think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don’t believe I’m capable of that at this point.

What are/were u in?

AGEN and HEB are killing me. Since I've already lost 18% and 28% respectively I don't see why I should sell now. I can't go back in time and sell, they have to go back up, right?ETA: Overall I'm up 200% on AGEN and 75% on HEB

Um. So you went up 75 and 200 percent in 5 days and there's a problem. I think the problem is in your head. Its just never enough.

 

[Boulder Toads]

I wonder if PRGN is dumping shares. It keeps trying to go over 550 and all of the sudden there will be shares for sale at 447 etc

Sorry, I admit I'm quite new to this, but how would/could one find something like this out? Overall volume seems pretty light on PRGN these last couple of days ...Still holding, looking to build further if it hits 5.30 again ...

 

[Card Trader]

In XOMA here...resistance at 1.07 but should it break through we could see big gains.

 

[NajehHejan]

The market is absolutely nuts. I don’t know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I’m now down 22% and dropping. Of course I’m too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I’m doing that. I don’t think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don’t believe I’m capable of that at this point.

What are/were u in?

AGEN and HEB are killing me. Since I've already lost 18% and 28% respectively I don't see why I should sell now. I can't go back in time and sell, they have to go back up, right?ETA: Overall I'm up 200% on AGEN and 75% on HEB

Um. So you went up 75 and 200 percent in 5 days and there's a problem. I think the problem is in your head. Its just never enough.

Good point. It's definitely mental mindfu*k at this point.

 

[McBokonon]

HEB super duper dumpfest in action. Last one out, turn off the lights. There are some angry people on the HEB yahoo board if you want some entertaining reading.Love these:Weak hands just selling prior to weekend... by moomoomoom... [21 second(s) ago] Doon't be shaken, they are shorting. by nitehauler [1 minute ago] buy more. you might not see this price again by osa266 [1 minute ago] Enjoy the ride back up...all abord by vinthetool... [2 minutes ago] @#$%stain ruined this stock for now... by palmcow1321 [9 minutes ago] quit crying, your all weak by dankster45 [10 minutes ago]

This looks exactly like the VNDA message board before the FDA shot them down the first time. I've discovered that the financial Yahoo and Google message boards are among the most useless wastes of space on the entire internets.

 

[FavreCo]

This looks exactly like the VNDA message board before the FDA shot them down the first time. I've discovered that the financial Yahoo and Google message boards are among the most useless wastes of space on the entire internets.

Yahoo is tops in uselessness but man is it funny.

 

[Revo]

The market is absolutely nuts. I don't know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I'm now down 22% and dropping. Of course I'm too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I'm doing that. I don't think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don't believe I'm capable of that at this point.

Both these stocks are pump and dumper delights. Neither have any earnings, both have had abysmal earnings growth over virtually any period. They're only up because of rumors. Using margin for stocks like these is a recipe for disaster. If you're down 22% in a day using your own cash, multiply that by 2 and you'd feel the pain of using margin on stocks like these.The stock market has very, very little to do with this. Buy quality companies in a momentum phase, and you can do very well. Buy pump and dumpers and you can get left holding a very big bag.

 

[KGB]

The market is absolutely nuts. I don't know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I'm now down 22% and dropping. Of course I'm too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I'm doing that. I don't think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don't believe I'm capable of that at this point.

Both these stocks are pump and dumper delights. Neither have any earnings, both have had abysmal earnings growth over virtually any period. They're only up because of rumors. Using margin for stocks like these is a recipe for disaster. If you're down 22% in a day using your own cash, multiply that by 2 and you'd feel the pain of using margin on stocks like these.The stock market has very, very little to do with this. Buy quality companies in a momentum phase, and you can do very well. Buy pump and dumpers and you can get left holding a very big bag.

Dude. He's up absolutly HUGE. And complaining. I bought AGEN @ .77 I think and posted it here. Its up 300% and its only been a week! I sold at 20% up and wish I didn't. He could win the lottery and he would complain about paying the taxes.

 

[NajehHejan]

The market is absolutely nuts. I don't know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I'm now down 22% and dropping. Of course I'm too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I'm doing that. I don't think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don't believe I'm capable of that at this point.

Both these stocks are pump and dumper delights. Neither have any earnings, both have had abysmal earnings growth over virtually any period. They're only up because of rumors. Using margin for stocks like these is a recipe for disaster. If you're down 22% in a day using your own cash, multiply that by 2 and you'd feel the pain of using margin on stocks like these.The stock market has very, very little to do with this. Buy quality companies in a momentum phase, and you can do very well. Buy pump and dumpers and you can get left holding a very big bag.

Dude. He's up absolutly HUGE. And complaining. I bought AGEN @ .77 I think and posted it here. Its up 300% and its only been a week! I sold at 20% up and wish I didn't. He could win the lottery and he would complain about paying the taxes.

Too funny. Yeah, I guess I should stop whining. Pretty pathetic to be up and complaining.

 

[Revo]

The market is absolutely nuts. I don't know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I'm now down 22% and dropping. Of course I'm too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I'm doing that. I don't think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don't believe I'm capable of that at this point.

Both these stocks are pump and dumper delights. Neither have any earnings, both have had abysmal earnings growth over virtually any period. They're only up because of rumors. Using margin for stocks like these is a recipe for disaster. If you're down 22% in a day using your own cash, multiply that by 2 and you'd feel the pain of using margin on stocks like these.The stock market has very, very little to do with this. Buy quality companies in a momentum phase, and you can do very well. Buy pump and dumpers and you can get left holding a very big bag.

Dude. He's up absolutly HUGE. And complaining. I bought AGEN @ .77 I think and posted it here. Its up 300% and its only been a week! I sold at 20% up and wish I didn't. He could win the lottery and he would complain about paying the taxes.

I hear you. I think everyone gets a sense of missing out on bigger gains because they failed to sell at the right time. Even though it's house money, you still want to walk away with as much as you can, considering the risk involved.But these kinds of stocks are not for newbies, and using margin to buy them certainly is not. I wanted to post last week about Joy Global (JOYG), but I got tied up and didn't. Even though it's up 7 points from where I was going to post, (now at $40) I think it's fairly valued in the $45-$50 range.Also, another quality company, if you want an oil services provider, is Atwood Oceanics (ATW). I picked up some today at $27. Its forward earnings growth, combined with low earnings yield, makes it very attractive in a sector that's bound to continue its upswing.

 

[NajehHejan]

In XOMA here...resistance at 1.07 but should it break through we could see big gains.

I hope so. Got in this morning.

 

[NYG Endzone]

The market is absolutely nuts. I don't know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I'm now down 22% and dropping. Of course I'm too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I'm doing that. I don't think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don't believe I'm capable of that at this point.

Both these stocks are pump and dumper delights. Neither have any earnings, both have had abysmal earnings growth over virtually any period. They're only up because of rumors. Using margin for stocks like these is a recipe for disaster. If you're down 22% in a day using your own cash, multiply that by 2 and you'd feel the pain of using margin on stocks like these.The stock market has very, very little to do with this. Buy quality companies in a momentum phase, and you can do very well. Buy pump and dumpers and you can get left holding a very big bag.

Can you go into a little more detail how you identity momentum phase comps?

 

[Revo]

The market is absolutely nuts. I don't know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I'm now down 22% and dropping. Of course I'm too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I'm doing that. I don't think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don't believe I'm capable of that at this point.

Both these stocks are pump and dumper delights. Neither have any earnings, both have had abysmal earnings growth over virtually any period. They're only up because of rumors. Using margin for stocks like these is a recipe for disaster. If you're down 22% in a day using your own cash, multiply that by 2 and you'd feel the pain of using margin on stocks like these.The stock market has very, very little to do with this. Buy quality companies in a momentum phase, and you can do very well. Buy pump and dumpers and you can get left holding a very big bag.

Can you go into a little more detail how you identity momentum phase comps?

Sure. I have a couple of screens that I use to weed out the chaff, and then I typically drop the low volume stocks off that list. I generally look for either a) companies with a high ROIC combined with a high earnings yield; or b) companies with a solid earnings growth over the last 5 yrs, combined with a low debt/capital ratio and a solid base of institutional investors. If a stock doesn't appear on this screen, I'd still buy it if the fundamentals were great and I wanted to play a hot sector (ATW fit that bill).Once I have that list, I watch for moving average crossovers, or if I missed a run-up, stocks that start to form bullish patterns, like a triple top (which JOYG formed last week). I've tracked Bollinger Band plays, but I haven't found that to work for me.

This combo of fundamental and technical analysis has done me pretty well this year, when I really started putting time and energy into my stock research.

In the future, I'll be more proactive about posting what I think could be a solid play. I'm sorry to have not posted about JOYG or Netease.com (NTES), both of which I found through these screens and have hit HRs with. But this board seems to like the pennies anyway.

Another stock that has a great ROIC and high earnings yield is Innophos Holdings (IPHS), and I took a small position in that one last week at a price similar to today's close. With a PE ratio of 1.55 and a Forward PE of under 9, it's still undervalued versus its peer group.

 

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Out of my EMIS position in afterhours. Hit a 1.40 bid in afterhours.

In an effort to let my winners ride...I have watched my NOC short position go from being in the black for more than a buck to watching it go against me today. Late in the session I got back into positive territory even though the stock finished up.

Argghhh.

 

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The market is absolutely nuts. I don't know why I even try to understand it. After three consecutive days of 10-15% gains, I'm now down 22% and dropping. Of course I'm too dumb and/or greedy to have locked in profits when I could have. This morning on my ride into work I was feely quite ducky and was actually thinking about applying to have my Ameritrade account turned into a margin account. After today, there is no way I'm doing that. I don't think I could handle the stress of margin calls. This market is definitely not for the faint of heart. I should let these stocks do their thing and not worry unless huge news comes out, however, I don't believe I'm capable of that at this point.

Both these stocks are pump and dumper delights. Neither have any earnings, both have had abysmal earnings growth over virtually any period. They're only up because of rumors. Using margin for stocks like these is a recipe for disaster. If you're down 22% in a day using your own cash, multiply that by 2 and you'd feel the pain of using margin on stocks like these.The stock market has very, very little to do with this. Buy quality companies in a momentum phase, and you can do very well. Buy pump and dumpers and you can get left holding a very big bag.

Can you go into a little more detail how you identity momentum phase comps?

Sure. I have a couple of screens that I use to weed out the chaff, and then I typically drop the low volume stocks off that list. I generally look for either a) companies with a high ROIC combined with a high earnings yield; or b) companies with a solid earnings growth over the last 5 yrs, combined with a low debt/capital ratio and a solid base of institutional investors. If a stock doesn't appear on this screen, I'd still buy it if the fundamentals were great and I wanted to play a hot sector (ATW fit that bill).Once I have that list, I watch for moving average crossovers, or if I missed a run-up, stocks that start to form bullish patterns, like a triple top (which JOYG formed last week). I've tracked Bollinger Band plays, but I haven't found that to work for me.

This combo of fundamental and technical analysis has done me pretty well this year, when I really started putting time and energy into my stock research.

In the future, I'll be more proactive about posting what I think could be a solid play. I'm sorry to have not posted about JOYG or Netease.com (NTES), both of which I found through these screens and have hit HRs with. But this board seems to like the pennies anyway.

Another stock that has a great ROIC and high earnings yield is Innophos Holdings (IPHS), and I took a small position in that one last week at a price similar to today's close. With a PE ratio of 1.55 and a Forward PE of under 9, it's still undervalued versus its peer group.

I really like your formula. This thread nudged me into talking with an adviser and I have start retirement accounts for my wife and I, as well as 529s for the kids...there are a few positions with which I am long. We just rolled over some CD's and purchased some equities in oil services along with aluminum and steel manufactureers...some of which were mentioned in this thread. But I don't post about that as I see this topic as a more "short term make money and get out" type of thread. I started with 7500, so of course I want to find bargains set to jump...which I post about.However, I would love to hear more about long positions in mid and large cap.