http://cody.blogs.foxbusiness.com Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:08:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the themes of this blog and of Happy Hour that we covered extensively with Mort Zuckerman on our Wall Street block party last week is that investors should often just focus on the individual stocks and not the broader market. And indeed, I still maintain that caution ... http://cody.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/07/02/flip-the-flip-it-buy-aapl-and-another-tech-name-or-two/ GM (GM) is either going outright bankrupt or these stocks are screaming buys right now. The biggest problem for this company isn't their lack of fuel-efficient vehicles or the exhausted consumer... the biggest problem is the same problem the financials have -- nobody believes anything on the balance ... http://cody.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/24/binary-outcome-gm-is-either-going-bankrupt-or-its-a-screaming-buy-right-now/ Being in charge of running security for much of lower New York state isn't all glamour and rock n roll, not even for The City CattleDog himself, lemme tell ya'. I had to spend hours on Sunday, for example, patrolling the perimeter of the Hudson Hidden Valley site...I ... http://cody.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/24/lobo-business-alert-bipartisan-pyramid-worshipers-pass-plan-to-help-troubled-doghouse-owners/ 1. C, GS, MS: Penny Stocks? 2. McCain’s $300 Million Battery Theft 3. Liars at Broadcom (and Apple) To Get Theirs 1. I used to wonder on this show all the time if the financials would eventually face the same fate the telecoms did after the tech bubble burst...Still ... http://cody.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/23/big_three_penny_stocks_mccains_million_battery_liars/ 1. A Bubbling Cauldron of Noise 2. I’ll Illuminate the Illuminati Endlessly 3. Fight Poverty: Try My Big Tip Theory 1. In case you didn't hear, today was quadruple witching. Traders and pundits love to talk about technical catalysts like options expirations as if their impact on ... http://cody.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/20/the-big-3-mind-the-bs-thieves-in-the-night-put-your-tip-where-your-mouth-is/ I've been a bit of a Steve Ballmer apologist since I first turned bullish on Softee back in May of 2006. I mean, I've called the guy out for the Zune disaster from the start and what not...but I figure anybody who's built the most powerful and valuable company ... http://cody.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/20/i-give-up-because-ballmer-gives-up-msft-we-dont-have-to-dominate/ 1.  The Red Cross Is Broke. 2.  Contrary to the Contrarian… 3.  i Is for Illuminati. 1.  I mentioned yesterday that the floods in the midwest would cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars in losses and rebuilding efforts.  Turns out, the floods have already depleted the entire national Red Cross disaster ... http://cody.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/19/the-big-3-help-the-help-longing-to-short-and-goldman-gobbles-up-the-stragglers/ An' though the rules of the road have been lodged It's only people's games that you got to dodge And it's alright, Ma, I can make it. -- Bob Dylan Last night at the delicious restaurant in NoLiTa, Peasant, I munched on six different dishes -- Octopus, mozzarella, prosciutto, roasted ... http://cody.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/18/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-stock-market-crashes/ Mike Jerrick Andrew Martin, Good Deed Foundation Scott Rothbort, Lakeview Asset Management Guy Johnson, Johnson Capital CEO Michael Eckhardt, American Council on Renewable Energy Peter Duprey, Acciona CEO Father Johnathan Morris http://cody.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/17/happy-hour-guests-for-the-17th-of-june/ Emotion is the enemy to the trader. As a stock picker, you've got to set aside personal judgments about a company if you want to maximize your performance. Clearly, the way to generate the highest returns is to focus on generating the highest returns...not by focusing on whether ... http://cody.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/17/the-business-model-is-evil-but-pfizer-is-a-buy-below-18-a-share/