September 10, 2008
- Lehman, Wachovia, Washington Mutual… - which one is going to be next?
Which of the big banks is going to be next to fail and how many of them are going to be rescued?
It looks like US government is taking a bite it can't chew.
September 7, 2008
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailout is not funny.
The latest steps of US goverment trying to run, control & supervise US economy by bailing out financial institutions are anything but funny. They are as dubious as it gets. (…)
August 30, 2008
- Last week trading activity
Let's summarize my trading activity last week:
08/22/2008 15:42:03 Sold Short … PHM @ 13.68
08/26/2008 15:59:46 Bought … OIL @ 69.25
08/27/2008 16:08:03 Bought … VIXJX @ 2.5As you can see, I had a chance to get out with some profit within a few days of getting into positions, but I chose not to. (…)
August 22, 2008
- The Great OIL Trade Escape
Call it lucky, call it smart, but my OIL trade did pay off. To be completely fair, it caused me a few worrisome days and some strenuous moments with my husband and kids. (…)
August 18, 2008
- Rough trading times.
Ok, I must admit the last week-and-a-half was awful.
First, both boys got a virus and even though they recovered quickly, I managed to catch it as well. (…)
August 8, 2008
- OIL has dropped 20% - time to buy?
In the last year or so, I was contemplating an idea of buying oil. Why was I sitting on my hands, rather than acting on it? (…)
August 5, 2008
- Getting fed up with Fed.
When Ben Bernanke assumed his new position as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, finally replacing everlasting Alan Greenspan, I thought he would focus on economics instead of politics. (…)
August 4, 2008
- GM got "Hummered"
With the US economy slowing, even largest corporations get affected. An easy, but overlooked by me target was GM - General Motors Corp. (…)
August 1, 2008
- Is Wachovia out of whack?
As if it was not enough for us to pull money out of Wachovia, I also shorted its stock @ $17.05. (…)
July 28, 2008
- Buying alternative energy and short selling builders.
As you can guess, my trading activity in the last few weeks was rather unimpressive. (…)
July 18, 2008
- 5th Elliot wave went unnoticed on the cruise.
I am back from vacation.
We flew from Rome to LA to Tucson, spending just about 20 hours in between airports and planes. It was nice to hit the bed at the end of the trip. (…)
June 20, 2008
- DOW is at 3-month low.
Finally, my patience paid off. (…)
June 18, 2008
- Trading & Cooking or Cooking & Trading?
It is hard to say which one comes first. As a trader, I don't have much time to cook breakfast, but as a Mom, I can't say NO when kids ask me to make pancakes. (…)
June 17, 2008
- Buying NMX at $85 could have been an awesome trade!
If I wouldn't have sold it too early.
Yep, I got out of NMX yesterday (Monday, June 16th) at $88.17. Today it traded as high as $93.64. Oh, well. (…)
June 14, 2008
- The market is closed today.
The roofers are gone, kids are taking after-lunch nap and it is unusually quite. Even the smell of roofing tar doesn't bother me anymore. 5 days in a row, our home was rolling and rocking. (…)
June 12, 2008
- Trading nightmares.
I woke up in the morning from a dream that stock market closed up 296 points. Of course my first reaction was to run to the computer, as market had to open in a few minutes. (…)
May 30, 2008
- Announcing Trading Mom
Hi!
My name is Anjelina Belakovskaia and I am the "Trading Mom". (…)
