Archive for October, 2007
The Halloween Indicator
Happy Halloween! Here’s a post in the spirit of the day. We’ve all heard of the Superbowl Indicator and the whole “sell in May and go away” tenet. But, have you ever heard of the Halloween Indicator? Actually, the Halloween Indicator is actually the resolution of the “Sell in May and Go Away” strategy. It [...]
read more »Portfolio B: LUV Out, WFR In
I wrote up WFR in my blog on NestEggr. Little did I know it was likely one of my most prescient picks in a long time. Unfortunately, I didn’t set my buy until this morning and at that point the stock had already gapped up over 15%! No matter, this is just the catalyst that [...]
read more »Congratulations!
I know I haven’t written quite as much as I should have over the last week. But, the contest for a copy of Active Value Investing by Vitaliy Katsenelson was only supposed to be two weeks and it’s time to name a winner. It seems that two commenters were most prolific in their participation over [...]
read more »Investor’s Blog Network Festival – October 21, 2007
Apologies for the lack of activity lately. Life has been rough for The Curious Investor, but we don’t have to get into that. But, as a new member of the Investor’s Blog Network, I’ve compiled this new edition of the Investor’s Blog Network Festival which includes tons of great articles from member blogs of the [...]
read more »Whisper Numbers
Ever heard of whisper numbers? Whisper numbers are actually a bit hard to define. Traditionally, whisper numbers were earnings numbers which came out ahead of official earnings. These numbers used to circulate amongst financial professionals during earnings season and sometimes got to priority clients at big brokerages. Nowadays, these numbers are much more rare given [...]
read more »Earnings Season Strategies
Well, here we are at the start of another earnings season. Investors are at the edge of their seats wondering what to do hoping that earnings, or at least guidance, for the last quarter will soothe their fears of a slwoing economy and slowing consumer demand. So, what is one to do? If you’ve invested [...]
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