Archive for June, 2007

Amazon’s Stock Price Target Price Raised By RBC Capital

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

by Das Brain

Today RBC Capital raised the price target of Amazon to $75. The stock today jumped up $1.80 or 2.64% to the currently traded stock price of $69.99.

Read the original article below:

Amazon target price raised by RBC Capital

With Amazon’s earnings report 22 business days away, I can see why RBC Capital is coming out with the raise in target stock price. I have already opened up positions in Amazon (AMZN) with ITM (In The Money) call options expiring in October, and strike price of $67.50.

Getting Into Coach Inc. (COH) With Some ITM Call Option Contracts

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

by Das Brain

Taking a look at the 60 day chart for Coach Inc, stock ticker COH it looks like Coach is now a good buy. I think right now is the time for me to get in, however I do recommend that you do your own research and read my disclaimer.

iPhone Frenzy Has Hit Fever Pitch On The Internet

Monday, June 18th, 2007

 

Steve Jobs in front of big Apple iPhone 

I was browsing Yahoo as usual and came across this article on people going nuts over the iPhone before its release on June 29th.  Seems like hundreds of people out there really want this new cell phone from Apple.

CROX Stock Split 2 to 1 Today

Friday, June 15th, 2007

by Das Brain

Crocs shoes sandels

Yesterday I was talking about the weakness in CROX shares, and that I will buy when it hit a certain level, but today the stock split 2 for 1. So it went from around $90 to the current trading stock price of $45.42.

Motorcycle Racing Legend – Valentino Rossi – Moto GP

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

by Das Brain 

Valentino Rossi profile pictureThis post is for any motorcycle racing fans that read my blog. If you are not interested in motorcycling who knows you may learn something or you could kill some time by watching this documentary on Valentino Rossi.

For hard core motorcycle racing or Moto GP fans, Valentino Rossi is a legend.  Valentino Rossi is an extremely talented young motorcycle racer that started his racing career at a young age with the help of his father.

CROX Stock Price Starting To Show Some Weakness

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

by Das Brain

Crocs shoes sandelsLooking at the chart for CROX, it looks like the stock price is showing some weakness. This company which makes those famous crocs shoes has been on my watch list for the last 2 months.

Deutsche Bank Buying Apple On The Dip

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

After my last post on taking an opening option position on Apple, I was scouring for news releases on Apple and found this one below:

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Deutsche Bank: Buy On Any Apple Weakness
Wednesday June 13

FP Trading Desk submits: Apple Inc. (NasdaqGS: AAPL – News) CEO Steve Jobs used the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference to preview its new Leopard operating system, which includes more than 300 new features, the Safari 3 Web browser for Windows, and the highly-anticipated iPhone, and market is watching progress for these products closely.

Apple Stock Price Slapped Almost 8 Percent Last 3 Days

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

by Das Brain
Steve Job holding iPhone at MacWorldThe stock price of Apple is taking it on the chin today, 2 days ago with about a 4% decline, yesterday it was flat, and then today the sell off continued with a 3.5% hit on the downside. In dollar value that is about a $10 decline from Apple most recent stock price high. Currently, Apple’s stock price is trading at $115.98 .

Another Day of Declines For Stock Market – 3 Days In A Row

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

by Das Brain

Looking at the major U.S stock market indices right now, it is all red.  Today makes the third day of declines for U.S stock markets.  Funny, as I was writing my post 2 days ago about “when is the stock market will correct“, the market started to decline.

Speculators Drive Up Share Price of Apple Above Analyst Estimates Over Hype Of iPhone

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

 

Apple iPhone HypeThis post is based on a video from TheStreet.com where Cramer mentions that the iPhone hype has driven up the price of Apple from $90 to $123 (today).  This is an extra ordinary increase in share price of Apple’s stock over the hype of the iPhone.  The phone hasn’t even been released yet and no one actually knows if it will be a success or a flop. He has suggested that if you own Apple you may want to take some money off the table, but leave some shares just in case there may be some upside movement.

When Is This Stock Market Going To Have A Correction? June,July or August 2007

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

by Das Brain

Stock Chart and compass

The U.S stock market over the last 3 months have been on a tear, since the first China stock market scare, the stock market just keeps going up, only slowing slightly for a small break downwards here and there, then proceeding upwards. The upward momentum is so strong that the second China / Shanghai stock market correction of almost 7% didn’t even derail its strong momentum upwards.