Archive for May, 2006

Green Travel – Questionable

Travel in the modern world is going to have an impact on the environment, so I have a big problem with the concept of “Green Travel.”  Shouldn’t it be – “If you are Green, then don’t Travel”?  I would characterize this as the “Penny wise, pound foolish” aspect of being Green.  It seems to be [...]

Trading List for Wednesday, May 31

Testing a cool feature from stocktickr.com.

CNB: COLONIAL BANCGROUP INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Regional-Southeast Banks
New high on 2.24 times average volume: 1,118,033 vs. 498,719
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

COGO: COMTECH GROUP INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Diversified Commun Svcs
New high on 3.83 times average volume: 2,105,838 vs. 550,474
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

JCOM: J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Internet [...]

GOOD Magazine

Deep Pockets is how GOOD Magazine’s Blog titled an entry about our working with Carbonfund.org.  Great title, but shallow pockets.  But even better concept – GOOD Magazine is “a new voice in media” that “embraces this generation’s merger of capitalism and idealism.”  The first issue is not due until September 2006, but you can subscribe [...]

Trading List for Tuesday, May 30

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COGO: COMTECH GROUP INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Diversified Commun Svcs
New high on 3.83 times average volume: 2,105,838 vs. 550,474
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

JCOM: J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Internet Software and Svcs
New high on 1.87 times average volume: 2,102,511 vs. 1,124,570
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

ELN: ELAN CORPORATION PLC

Outlook: [...]

Treehugger Lovin’

Looks like Treehugger picked up on our efforts (working with Carbonfund.org) to get people excited about offsetting carbon emissions with a nice article “Blog Trades Carbon Offsets for Links“. For anyone visiting from Treehugger, just wanted to let you know that you can check the link count over at Technorati. Hmmm… Looks [...]

Trading List for Monday, May 29

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COGO: COMTECH GROUP INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Diversified Commun Svcs
New high on 3.83 times average volume: 2,105,838 vs. 550,474
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

JCOM: J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Internet Software and Svcs
New high on 1.87 times average volume: 2,102,511 vs. 1,124,570
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

ELN: ELAN CORPORATION PLC

Outlook: [...]

Trading List for Friday, May 26

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LIN: LINENS N THINGS INC

Outlook: Long
New high on times average volume: 1,524,500 vs. 0
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

BLI: BIG LOTS INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Discount Variety Stores
New high on 7.93 times average volume: 6,113,250 vs. 770,578
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

PSS: PAYLESS SHOESOURCE INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Apparel Stores
New high [...]

Trading List for Thursday, May 25

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ABI: APPLERA CORPORATION

Outlook: Long Industry: Scientific Tech Instrmnts
New high on 2.40 times average volume: 2,769,566 vs. 1,156,030
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

OMC: OMNICOM GROUP INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Advertising Agencies
New high on 2.23 times average volume: 2,362,966 vs. 1,060,769
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

FRGO: FARGO ELECTRONICS INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Business Software and [...]

Press Release regarding Carbonfund.org and DeepMarket

Just a brief note to point everyone to a press release announcing Carbonfund.org and DeepMarket working together. Here is an excerpt from the release:
According to the program, Deepmarket.com, which is already a supporter of Carbonfund.org and has offset its carbon footprint, will offset one ton of carbon dioxide emissions with Carbonfund.org for every blog [...]

Trading List for Wednesday, May 24

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FRGO: FARGO ELECTRONICS INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Business Software and Svcs
New high on 59.85 times average volume: 5,147,292 vs. 86,000
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

AZK: AURIZON MINES LTD

Outlook: Long Industry: Industrial Metals Mineral
New high on 7.32 times average volume: 2,818,633 vs. 385,078
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

HNZ: H.J. HEINZ COMPANY

Outlook: Long Industry: [...]

Work with Carbonfund.org and DeepMarket to help reduce Carbon Emissions

Concerned about climate change? Want to help reduce dependence on foriegn oil? Just want to make the world a little bit better? Link back to DeepMarket from your blog and we will offset one ton of carbon through our partnership with Carbonfund.org.
You can see who is linking back over at Technorati – keep checking for [...]

Trading List for Tuesday, May 23

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MED: MEDIFAST INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Specialty Retail Other
New high on 5.36 times average volume: 1,481,000 vs. 276,325
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

CPB: CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY

Outlook: Long Industry: Food – Major Diversified
New high on 4.36 times average volume: 4,303,133 vs. 986,662
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

HOM: HOME SOLUTIONS OF AMERICA INC

Outlook: [...]

Trading List for Monday, May 22

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LTD: LIMITED BRANDS INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Apparel Stores
New high on 2.44 times average volume: 4,805,300 vs. 1,969,285
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

EDMC: EDUCATION MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

Outlook: Long Industry: Education and Training Svcs
New high on 1.01 times average volume: 1,170,040 vs. 1,160,000
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

LTXX: LTX CORPORATION

Outlook: Long Industry: Semiconductor Equip [...]

Stock Trivia

Did you know the highest high for Microsoft was $53.44 in December of 1999?  Not surprising since that was at the height of the last stock bubble.  How about the largest number of Google shares traded in a day?  It was over 41 million shares on 20 Jan of 2006.  And you guessed it – [...]

Trading List for Friday, May 19

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LTXX: LTX CORPORATION

Outlook: Long Industry: Semiconductor Equip Matrl
New high on 5.46 times average volume: 5,200,616 vs. 952,233
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

FSH: FISHER SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Scientific Tech Instrmnts
New high on 22.55 times average volume: 17,489,700 vs. 775,500
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

GDW: GOLDEN WEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Outlook: Long Industry: [...]

Stocks with Volume Tuesday, May 16

Here is a list of stocks that recently seen a large increase of volume as compared to normal. From stocktickr.com – check them out!

SAFT: SAFETY INSURANCE GROUP INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Prprty Casualty Insurance
New high on 18.93 times average volume: 1,470,036 vs. 77,656
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

TQNT: TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Semiconductor-Intgrtd Circ
New high [...]

Stocks with Volume Monday, May 15

Here is a list of stocks that recently seen a large increase of volume as compared to normal. From stocktickr.com – check them out!

IMCL: IMCLONE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

Outlook: Long Industry: Biotechnology
New high on 5.73 times average volume: 8,326,450 vs. 1,454,185
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

GLD: STREETTRACKS GOLD TRUST

Outlook: Long Industry: Indices ETFs – Broad Based
New high [...]

Stocks with Volume Friday, May 12

Here is a list of stocks that recently seen a large increase of volume as compared to normal. From stocktickr.com – check them out!

REMX: REMEDYTEMP INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Staffing Outsourcing Svcs
New high on 66.46 times average volume: 1,088,142 vs. 16,372
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

VVUS: VIVUS INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Medical Instruments Supls
New high on 27.08 [...]

If I Had a Supercomputer for 24 Hours

If you had a supercomputer for 24 hours, how would you use that computing time? Let’s not get into a deep discussion about what is and what is not a supercomputer – it is more of a question about what set of problems that exist that people feel can be solved with brute [...]

Technorati down?

What is the easiest way to bring down the seemingly infinite number of blogs?  Just hit Technorati.  This is classic “chop the head off the serpent” to shut down an entire segment of the web.  Because many (as I did, until about 5 minutes ago) bloggers have a little snippet of JavaScript in their blog [...]

Trading List for Thursday, May 11

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ACO: AMCOL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Outlook: Long Industry: General Building Matrials
New high on 4.79 times average volume: 1,075,766 vs. 224,418
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

CAU: CANYON RESOURCES CORPORATION

Outlook: Long
New high on 9.69 times average volume: 2,401,700 vs. 247,835
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

CUP: PERU COPPER INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Copper
New high on 9.64 [...]

Trading List for Wednesday, May 10

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UFPT: UFP TECHNOLOGIES INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Packaging and Containers
New high on 239.67 times average volume: 2,400,507 vs. 10,016
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

TMY: TRANSMERIDIAN EXPLORATION INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Oil and Gas Drilling Explor
New high on 9.96 times average volume: 4,457,133 vs. 447,519
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

IHR: MERISTAR HOTELS & [...]

Trading List for Tuesday, May 9

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FSH: FISHER SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Scientific Tech Instrmnts
New high on 22.55 times average volume: 17,489,700 vs. 775,500
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

GDW: GOLDEN WEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Outlook: Long Industry: Savings and Loans
New high on 17.47 times average volume: 22,590,300 vs. 1,292,905
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

CHU: CHINA UNICOM LTD

Outlook: [...]

From StockTickr – New Highs on Big Volume for Monday, May 8

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SGDE: SPORTSMANS GUIDE INC
Outlook: Long Industry: Catalog Mail Order Houses
New high on 30.61 times average volume: 1,111,748 vs. 36,319
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

RATE: BANKRATE INC
Outlook: Long Industry: Internet Info Providers
New high on 8.88 times average volume: 1,817,151 vs. 204,655
(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)

DIS: WALT DISNEY COMPANY
Outlook: Long Industry: Entertainment [...]

Link Leak Virus

No, this isn’t one of those many virii that disables your computer or menaces you.  The Link Leak Virus is one blogger’s attempt to encourage bloggers to link to each other more often.  Many people are concerned about Link Leakage – the irrational fear that links on their webpage will encourage people to leave their [...]

Meme Tree

Take a look at this Meme Tree experiment.  Also, read about Meme Tree maps

The passing of Louis Rukeyser

Basically, when Wall $treet Week With Louis Rukeyser left PBS and moved to CNBC (and renamed Louis Reukeyser’s Wall Street), I lost a lot of interest in the show.  That, plus Louis’ failing health pretty much ended a long running Friday evening tradition for me.  This week Louis Rukeyser passed away.  Wall Street Week was [...]

Reduce Carbon One Link at a Time with DeepMarket and Carbonfund

Thanks a Ton for the Link!
Concerned about climate change? Want to help reduce dependence on foriegn oil? Just want to make the world a little bit better? Link back to DeepMarket from your blog and we will offset one ton of carbon through our partnership with Carbonfund.org.
Here is more infomation at Carbonfund.org.
You can see who [...]