ss_blog_claim=bf53c2c2a6b5e4b759eb9b46babec032 Stephen the dog: January 2009

Friday, January 23, 2009

Financial Friday #3


As I mentioned last week I have been watching Bank of America. BAC continued to drop Monday and Tuesday. I was not really sure what I wanted to do so I put in a buy limit order for $5.25. I figured owning BAC at $5.25 would not be a bad thing even if I had to hold it for a few days. I ended up buying 77 shares at $5.24 when the order triggered.

After I bought BAC continued to fall eventually hitting $5.02/share. It remember crossing my paws and thinking it has to come back it has to bounce off something. There was a ton of volume and there seemed to have been support around the $6 mark based on the charts.

I ended up holding BAC until almost market close. I considered carrying the position over the weekend but that would violate one of my trading rules so I didn’t do it. I dumped my BAC position just before market close for $6.28

Current balance $483


Disclaimer: I am a dog. I am not responsible for any investment decisions you make. Come on if you are reading a dog’s ODD to get ideas for you portfolio you have issues. I do not recommend using any of the information to make any investment decisions. Basically I am not responsible for your money. Do what you want but I have no responsibility here. Come on I am a dog. I don’t think you can even sue a dog. The information provided on this site is not financial advice and I am not a financial professional. This is a journal that details my investments, strategy, and analysis for personal use. Feel free to read at your own risk

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Financial Friday #2



Well it is Friday again. This was a tough week in the market. Last week I traded ABK I have been noticing that ABK seems to go up to around 1.70 and then drop to around 1 repeatedly . There was really nothing I was excited about buying this week so I decided to short ABK hoping it would follow the pattern I have been seeing

I shorted 240 shares of ABK at $1.40 This freaked me out a little bit, I knew the market momentum was down but I was not sure if this would pay off or not. I figured I would just watch and see what happens. On Thursday ABK dropped to $1.01 per share and started to bounce back up a little bit I was able to cover my short position at $1.07 and get out with a $73 profit. The move worked out well but I did add a little more gray hair.

With the market getting crushed at the end of this week next week I am looking for a rebound next week. I am looking closely at Bank of America (BAC). I have a feeling the market over reacted to the earnings call on Friday but you never know. Hopefully next week will be profitable. Even though this week worked out well I really don’t love playing shorts.

Fortunately ABK continues to follow a familiar trend and I was able to make a little money this week.




Account Balance: $409

Disclaimer: I am a dog. I am not responsible for any investment decisions you make. Come on if you are reading a dog’s ODD to get ideas for you portfolio you have issues. I do not recommend using any of the information to make any investment decisions. Basically I am not responsible for your money. Do what you want but I have no responsibility here. Come on I am a dog. I don’t think you can even sue a dog. The information provided on this site is not financial advice and I am not a financial professional. This is a journal that details my investments, strategy, and analysis for personal use. Feel free to read at your own risk

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

It is just not Possible


Stephen TheDog
7 Woof Lane
Barkington, DE 60027

Jan 13,2009


Kraft Foods Global Inc
Global Customer Relations
1 Kraft Court
Glenview, IL 60025


Dear Jelloteers,

I hope it is ok that I refer to you as Jelloteers. I would assume that working for the Jello food group of Kraft Foods is fun and that you guys go by some cool nicknames like Jelloteers. Please let me know if there a name such a Jigglers or The Great Gelatinous Guys that you would prefer.

Anyway my name is Stephen, I am a 3 yr old golden retriever poodle cross. Mom was a golden retriever and dad was a poodle. Kind of like West Side story but with Dogs, although they were from different sides of the tracks they were still great parents. My Mom raised me till I was 10 weeks old then I was adopted by my A and R and have been living with them ever since. They are pretty cool and really love Jello. Jello pudding pops are my A’s favorite. Yesterday my A made some orange Jello and let me tell you it was good. You guys make a fine product.

After enjoying the orange Jello I began to wonder about one of your marketing slogans “There’s always room for Jello”. I just don’t get it. How can there always be room for Jello? This seems like a pretty bold claim. There must be some circumstances where there is just no room for Jello.

Jello obviously takes up some space, it has to exists or else you would not be able to sell it. My Pal Drew keeps telling me I don’t understand marketing but I am pretty sure no matter how good your marketing campaign is you can’t sell nothing. Based on the fact that you are selling Jello it has to be something and thus it must take up space therefore there can not possibly always be room for Jello.

Don’t get me wrong I love your product but I just don't believe that "there is always room for Jello". Perhaps a better slogan would be “You can generally make room for Jello” or perhaps “There’s almost always room for Jello” I just feel the current statement is a little too bold for this litigious society.

Could you please have one of your Jelloteers explain how there can always be room for Jello. It just does not make sense to me and I would really like to understand the physics behind it.

I look forward to your response.

Thanks



Stephen

Stephen The “I love Jello” Dog


P.S. would it be possible to get an autographed photo of the Jelloteers?

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Financial Friday #1


Recently I sat down to figure out where I want to go in 2009. During this process I determined that I need to come up with better avenues for creating revenue in 2009. Ted Murphy and IZEA are not going to pay for my retirement.

As you probably remember last year Mr. Glenn Noland recognized my potential and wanted to offer me a job and a financial services rep. Unfortunately based on the fact that I have been unable to contact Mr. Noland I believe he meet with an untimely demise. Since I obviously must have some kind of potential in the finance area and I obviously need more money, I have decided to start Financial Friday’s with Stephen TheDog.

Basically I am going to take the $300 I have from Izea and day trade with it. As everyone knows there is better path to riches than Day Trading. The upside is phenomenal. So this Monday I opened an online brokerage account with my $300. Each Friday I am going to let you my reader knows what trades I made and how I did.


Knowing that I only have $300 I needed to buy a cheap stock that moves a lot. I decided to buy ABK. ABK is a large municipal bond insurer that had an all time high of $95 a share and is now trading in under $2/share. My A calls ABK a genius stock because it moves around so much. Lately ABK has been dropping to the low to mid $1 range and bouncing back up into the two’s. My A was able to make 75% gains on this stock a few times so I figure it would be a good start for me.

Monday I bought 190 shared of ABK at $1.44 for $274. Yes I put all my eggs in one basket but sometimes you have to take a risk. I don’t have a ton of capital to spread my risk out so I took a big one.

I was able to sell this on Thursday at $1.70 for $324 that is a profit of $50. I did have to pay commission but now I have $336 dollars in my brokerage account.

I am going to sell my positions every Friday and let you know how I am doing. Carrying positions over the weekend is way to risky since you get locked out of the market for 48 hours and so much can happen in that time.

Account Balance: $336

Disclaimer: I am a dog. I am not responsible for any investment decisions you make. Come on if you are reading a dog’s ODD to get ideas for you portfolio you have issues. I do not recommend using any of the information to make any investment decisions. Basically I am not responsible for your money. Do what you want but I have no responsibility here. Come on I am a dog. I don’t think you can even sue a dog.


The information provided on this site is not financial advice and I am not a financial professional. This is a journal that details my investments, strategy, and analysis for personal use. Feel free to read at your own risk

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Carmen Alvarez Saves Christmas


Stephen The Dog
121 Woof Way
Barkington DE

Jan 7, 2009

American Airlines Customer Relations
P.O. Box 619612 MD 2400
DFW Airport, TX 75261-9612



Dear Customer Relations People;

Hi,

My name is Stephen I am a 3 year old golden retrieve poodle cross. Yup I am a dog a very cute one in fact. I am pretty awesome in fact if I were looking to get a dog I would get me.

Anyway as a dog I don’t fly much, there is something about being treated like baggage that turns me off to flying. It is really not fair that those little dogs get to ride in crates under the seats. Would I be able to fly if I sat in a seat? I sit in the front seat of my A’s (that is the guy that feeds me and takes me places) truck all the time so I am sure I could handle an airline seat no problem. So what do you think if I buy a ticket can I ride up top with all the people instead of in the baggage hold? I know it will cost more but money is not really an object I will just put it on my A’s Amex.

I have a question when you let cats fly on planes, what do you do if someone on the plane is allergic to cats. It does not seem fair to me that you let cat fly in the cabin without asking all the other people on the plane if they are allergic. I imagine nasal allergies at 30k feet are not fun. I think all the passengers should get to vote whether or not they want a cat in the main cabin and that cat would have to win unanimously. It is not fair to torture someone with cat allergies for hours without their consent. It is hard enough to sit in those little seats for hours never mind if you have to deal with cat allergies. Of course I would have no issue sitting in that nice comfortable seat for hours or days on end. In my case the seat is a huge upgrade over riding in the dark next to some army guy’s stinky duffle bag.

I digress while I am certainly interested in whether or not I would be allowed to fly in the main cabin if I had a seat and your cat policies that is not the reason for this letter. I know you are thinking oh no here it comes. This is the part when you tell us how bad your flight experience was or what we have done to wrong you our beloved customer. I understand that is what you are thinking especially since the last 20 letter you read probably were to that effect. Fear not this letter is different and not simply because it was written by a dog. No this letter is positive! Yes I know, wow a positive letter but really stick with me it is positive. Really American Airlines is getting a positive letter from a dog. Mark this day on your calendar in fact take a min look up from your desk and smile as I am sure it is not everyday you get to a read complementary letter from a dog and a golden doodle no less.

As you know Christmas was a few weeks ago. I am sure you probably don’t know that my A and R decided to take a vacation to St Croix without me. Yeah that is right they left me, I am still a little miffed but I have my A’s AMEX and spare time so I am sure he will make it up to me.

Well my A and R were scheduled to come back from St Croix on 20th. Well on Dec 20th it snowed in the North East, in fact I snowed a lot flights were cancelled airports closed etc. I know because I was here and not in St Croix. My A and R managed to get to Puerto Rico from St Croix but their flight home was seriously delayed. This was not good as I really wanted my A and R home, sure I was mad at them for leaving me but I also missed them. It really looked like they were going to get stuck in Puerto Rico because of all the cancelled flights. I am sure you remember, in fact I bet you still have complaint letter from that day rolling in. My A told me he saw a ton of really unhappy people at the airport.

Obviously weather makes the airlines job a lot harder. Being stuck in Puerto Rico my A decided to go and talk to your customer service people and see how long the delay was going to be. My A ended up speaking to Carmen Alvarez, remember that name I have a feeling she is going places. Anyway Carmen said the flight was going to be delayed more than the 4 hours showing on the boards and that if he came back in ½ hour she would be able to provide him with more details.

After 30min my A and R went back to ask Carmen what was going on. Carmen calmly explained that their flight was severely delayed and the plane was still on the ground in Barkington with a schedule de-icing in 2 hours. This was not good my A and R were going to be stuck in Puerto Rico. Oh no they are going to miss Christmas. I know Santa finds people when they are away but unfortunately I think dogs are not Santa’s top priority, we tend to eat the cookies that get left out for him.

Well you know what Carmen Alvarez managed to get my A and R on a flight to Miami and then to Barkington. Would you believe it they get in only 4 hours late and their baggage even makes it. My A has been raving about what a great job Carmen did for days now.

I just want to say thanks to American Airlines and especially Carmen Alvarez in Puerto Rico for pulling off a Christmas miracle and bring my A and R home close to on time. Even though they were late they managed to get home in time for Santa to come and drop off all my Christmas loot. I was really good this year. Please pass on my sincere thanks to Carmen. Carmen was able to take care of my A and R when I was not there for them and I really appreciate it.


Thanks again. When flying I know I have a choice and as long as Carmen Alvarez works for American Airlines I will choose to fly American.



Stephen


P.S. Would it be possible to get an autographed photo of Carmen for my wall of fame. Her picture would go right above my autographed photo of the channel 5 weatherman.


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