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18 years in Wall Street, left after finding out it was all horseshit. Founder/ Master and Commander: iBankCoin, finance news and commentary from the future.
Joined Nov 10, 2007
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Biggest Winners, YTD

Year to date data on biggest percentage gain winner, minimum market cap of 500mill

No. Ticker Industry Market Cap YTD Return
1 APKT Communication Equipment 1,532,534,057 138.27
2 NFLX Specialty Retail, Other 5,766,050,462 109.49
3 GSAT Wireless Communications 518,321,536 102.30
4 ZQK Textile – Apparel Clothing 510,351,851 100.00
5 ACAS Diversified Investments 1,473,998,106 96.05
6 CRUS Semiconductor – Specialized 875,864,017 95.89
7 WAL Diversified Investments 534,658,232 94.18
8 GSL Wireless Communications 3,889,799,086 92.36
9 OSIP Biotechnology 3,518,827,569 85.09
10 ME Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration 2,209,763,246 84.32
11 VCI Marketing Services 1,686,685,382 82.75
12 CSTR Business Equipment 1,600,126,484 81.79
13 ISLN Data Storage Devices 812,877,641 79.88
14 LCC Major Airlines 1,383,758,204 79.44
15 ZION Regional – Pacific Banks 3,609,081,909 78.08
16 NGD Gold 2,566,179,000 75.55
17 FRG Industrial Metals & Minerals 790,393,786 73.03
18 CROX Textile – Apparel Footwear & Accessories 817,616,849 72.74
19 DTG Rental & Leasing Services 1,261,510,474 71.77
20 ibankCoin First Tier blog 150,315,059,207 270.40
21 ODSY Long-Term Care Facilities 891,779,511 70.30
22 EVVV Medical Instruments & Supplies 2,519,413,779 69.72
23 TAL Rental & Leasing Services 645,505,366 69.36
24 AKAM Internet Information Providers 6,974,252,034 67.01
25 LCAPA Entertainment – Diversified 3,462,330,503 65.66
26 UAUA Major Airlines 3,496,749,451 65.30
27 IIJI Internet Service Providers 538,494,624 63.50
28 LVS Resorts & Casinos 15,821,677,491 63.19
29 BIDU Internet Information Providers 24,519,940,156 63.08
30 CMG Restaurants 4,468,501,700 62.62
31 NXTM Medical Appliances & Equipment 614,042,940 60.84
32 PPO Specialty Chemicals 841,573,987 59.24
33 VMW Technical & System Software 7,235,054,573 58.82
34 SIRI Broadcasting – Radio 3,807,923,736 58.67
35 THOR Medical Instruments & Supplies 2,426,123,330 58.54
36 SJT Diversified Investments 1,197,379,969 57.35
37 HBAN Regional – Midwest Banks 4,098,811,185 56.89
38 VTIV Management Services 842,190,555 53.99
39 FACT Biotechnology 677,765,090 53.85
40 PSYS Specialized Health Services 1,854,590,615 53.22
41 OPEN Internet Software & Services 791,253,861 53.10
42 FNSR Networking & Communication Devices 870,974,769 51.79
43 PWER Diversified Electronics 583,448,639 50.80
44 PEI REIT – Retail 552,046,675 50.73
45 BWS Specialty Retail, Other 633,072,654 49.90
46 WBS Regional – Northeast Banks 1,383,518,428 48.31
47 SY Application Software 5,588,627,218 48.04
48 CKR Restaurants 684,883,149 47.98
49 ANN Apparel Stores 1,164,103,321 47.87
50 DPZ Restaurants 715,472,048 47.86


UPDATE:
Fellow PPT Gentleman, Po Pimp, of the most distinguished cloth, conducted a study using PPT scores and upside/downside ETF’s. The results: nothing less than staggering.

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A Dramatic Encore

Investors, dressed in silk handkerchiefs and velvet pants, panicked all day, sashaying in and out of stocks with great ferocity. The news was good in the morning, but as you could imagine, woefully terrible in the afternoon. Traders interrupted their afternoon champagne parties, in exchange for a little “zero hedging.”

You see, earlier in the day, while hopped up on cocaine and other such drugs, they bought stock with vigor. They puffed up their chests and ate roast beef, rare, with their bare hands, while counting their easily made money. Then the drama settled in. People started to choke on the roast beef, as champagne flutes whizzed through the air. Hedge fund managers with large year to date losses sold short everything, just to do the opposite of what they were doing two weeks ago. Small pleb prop traders, circle jerked, buying and selling everything in sight, only to end up the day flat.

The people on CNBC threw hissy fits and slapped each other in the faces for stealing the last bag of dope.

While all of this happened, a certain space alien magician looked down on the market, from the perch of his fucking space rocket and left a message, only for his loyal people to see.

NOTE: I was UP on the day.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BioqIQhRJs0 616 500]

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Whipsawed

I read today’s move wrong. I should have been selling, not buying. Then again, the day isn’t over yet, is it? Nevertheless, all of my buys were at bad prices, for today. Perhaps in two weeks, those prints will look ingenious. However, for now, I’m feeling pretty fucktarded for allocating fresh capital to this stupid, motherfucker of a market.

The math all makes sense. Thanks to the market being controlled by computer trading programs, all you have to do is understand what the computer is, umm, computing. They do not like BP, APC and RIG getting raped, at the hands of the U.S. government no less. It makes no sense for Obama to talk down the share price of BP, BEFORE they have paid the U.S. government for damages. That market cap can be used for raising new capital, in order to pay off damages. Look, the Obama administration is AS DUMB AS IT GETS, folks. I thought Bush and co. were retarded. Boy, these fuckers make Bush look like someone who is qualified to rule the free world.

By the way, a BP bankruptcy will be catastrophic for the market. They are a monstrous company, with a very large r&d budget. Be careful for what you ask for, with regards to a BP bankruptcy, for it might end up raping you.

Also, the computers do not like the Yen trading up. Slap FXY on your 15 inch monitors. When that fuckers ticks up, hold your buy orders. And, as you know, we are all fixated on the Euro. If FXE goes lower, be careful.

Look, I made my call and I will give myself a few days to be proven wrong. Should things go against me, in an egregious way, I will simply pick up the pieces and make it all back. For now, my 30% cushion puts me leagues ahead of my so called competition.

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The Rally Has Only Yet to Begin

For most, fear morphs into foam mouthed optimism, and then greed, in a matter of minutes. The recent decline in equities brutally punished retail, and to a large degree institutional investors. Just one month ago, you fuckers were writing blogs and tweeting me about “how awesomely wrong Fly is for being long TLT and VXX, like OMG.” You fucking pussified bitches couldn’t trade your way out of a Chinese turtle market. Do you really need to embarrass yourselves here, on this masonic crown jewel, better known to the proletariat as iBankCoin?

My point is this: too many people, including that fat fuck from Fast Money (BEEKER or some shit) have been bearish on stocks, as if the world was about to end, AGAIN. I just like to fade stuff like that, since the crowd is often wrong.

As for today’s tape: too much momo to the upside. I’d be shocked to the point of castration if we gave back more than 30% of today’s gains. I can see a little give back, but not much. My guess, we close at the highs of the day, AND MORE.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcovWYE8JL4 616 500]

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Fly Buy: X, SHLD

I bought 20,000 X @ $42.75

UPDATE: I bought 10,000 SHLD @ $80.50ish.

Disclaimer: If you buy X because of this post, grubs will attack your bullshit lawn. And, you may lose money.

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Closers Don’t Trade Openings

Theoretically, we should storm higher. The stage is set. However, people are more focused on the pending ABK bankruptcy, issues in Fagland and potential apocalypse, thanks to the BP gusher. Personally, I don’t trade the open anymore. In the winter, I am at the gym. During the warmer weather, you can find me playing tennis outside. Either way, opening ticks are riddled with retarded buy/sell on open orders, issued by idiot money managers, on behalf of stupendously moronic pension fund managers.

You have to buy into the fear, unless of course that fear is warranted, backed up by horrific events set to unfold. Without a doubt, should we double dip, and I think we will, the Dow is headed much lower. But, that remains to be seen. Before we can get to that, first, we need to deal with standard, run of the mill, stock market supply and demand. Right now, there is way too much pessimism. Stocks are being blown out, without regard for valuations. That, my friends, is patently absurd.

My top pick, into the rally that I see coming, is FLS. That fucker is good for another 15 points, despite being up 3 as you read this. If I am correct, we should see the market rally another 300 before settling in, which at that time my handy-dandy PPT algorithm will likely tell me to GTFO of stocks.

UPDATE: I covered my MET short, under $40. Now, I am completely unhedged long, with a 40% cash position.

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Mega Cap Carnage

Here is the most down list, year to date, for companies with caps above $50bill.

1 STD 73,402,680,000 -43.79
2 BP 116,337,809,114 -38.21
3 TEF 83,536,348,961 -32.21
4 TOT 106,273,587,543 -27.44
5 E 71,055,066,460 -26.27
6 BBD 55,615,850,340 -25.46
7 QCOM 57,909,258,901 -23.07
8 SNY 76,630,002,502 -22.88
9 GOOG 122,485,836,974 -21.81
10 PBR 158,185,636,026 -21.78
11 GSK 87,934,425,348 -18.68
12 BHP 166,873,946,239 -18.65
13 PFE 119,015,804,352 -18.28
14 GS 73,228,714,766 -18.02
15 HBC 157,718,353,291 -18.02
16 TMX 132,062,480,000 -17.46
17 MSFT 226,019,416,295 -16.99
18 TM 111,485,036,194 -16.88
19 STO 63,390,924,232 -15.64
20 WBK 53,642,857,685 -15.14
21 SLB 66,497,820,000 -14.06
22 VZ 76,915,389,638 -13.93
23 UN 82,125,602,256 -13.93
24 NVS 102,520,799,000 -13.62
25 ABT 71,822,082,195 -13.02

The Krullster on BP “oil spill”
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFE88ySdXvc&playnext_from=TL&videos=adruSZyfPro&feature=sub 616 500]

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Just Don’t Bet Against Me

Fuckface.

That’s all I have to say about that. Oh, by the way, I went looong another 10,000 TNA @ $37.90.

The PPT called this fucker, to the day, once again.

Off to melt down houses with my fucking space rocket.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDoSgC7E24k 616 500]

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WTF is Going on Here?

Gold at new highs (props to Jakegint). The Euro is up and the Yen is up. Stocks, for the most part, are sucking dick. We’ve been enduring some pretty wild intra-day swings, which in turn makes me very nervous. Some of you are questioning why I chose to cover hedges and nibble down here. My answer to such questions is “STFU, bitch.” Leave me be to my own devices. It’s not important to me to nail the very bottom or top of every range. I am making a conscious decision to “play the upcoming bounce” before you hear about it on the teevee. That’s what investing is all about, isn’t it?

Or, have you forgotten what this shit is all about? Are you a trend setter or a follower?

Granted, it’s not looking too good for my new thesis and I am losing money. I am prepared to lose money, lots of it. I might not like it; but it is expected.

I added two stocks to my portfolios: MWW and FLS.

I sold MWW north of $15 and $17 and FLS @ $98-102. Essentially, I am buying back old inventory at much lower prices. MWW has been smashed
due to the employment picture. However, they are still a prime takeover target. And, FLS is rifuckulously cheap and a great global growth play. I know, global growth is dead, yada, yada, yada. I am not here to vote in annual meetings. I am simply scalping.

UPDATE: I bought another 10,000 MWW @ $12.20

Again, keep the big picture in mind: my cash horse is upwards of 52% and I am short MET.

NOTE: My complete buylist, which is subject to change, is now post in The PPT.

NOTE II: CDS spreads are widening most for AXL, ARM, AGO and BC.

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Remember When I Said I Would Not Buy Stocks?

I lied.

I bought 10,000 FLS, south of $82.80 and 10,000 MWW @ $12.44.

Disclaimer: I have a proclivity to do an say crazy things. Should you follow me into trades, you may be following me to your very own death.

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