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6/9/2006 4:48:32 PM

What's the best general method for researching stocks? What do you guys do to initially when you're looking for new stocks to invest in? And once you've identified any stocks that may be interesting, what websites might you use, what information to you search for and what criteria do you use as you're making the decision whether to invest in a particular security?

any specific advice would be greatly appreciated

6/9/2006 6:22:33 PM

buy buy buy, stop shorting and buy to go up, next week will be nice i bet. the booboo bernake wont get in my way

6/9/2006 9:04:52 PM

^ lets hope so

6/11/2006 9:35:26 PM

another new high for NLST

hope some of yall rode it up with me from 0.19

6/12/2006 11:17:43 AM

yes... great call scuba.... bring on some more

6/12/2006 12:52:12 PM

yeah, good call, but be careful nonetheless.


i got into many of the funds named here after about 2/3 of the slide had already occured

http://tinyurl.com/kjxsr

...i think we're near bottom




[Edited on June 12, 2006 at 1:05 PM. Reason : .]

6/12/2006 1:03:48 PM

To tell you the truth, I dont have alot of good calls right now. The markets so skiddish that anything that would be considered a good buy is being overridden by investor fears about inflation. My advice is too hold off and bargain shop:

My picks are

Wait for SIRI to slip into the threes, buy and dump at $4.30. Rinse, lather, repeat. SIRI is a good long term hold on paper, but volume wise it is one of the most traded stocks on NASDAQ each day. It is being driven down by shorts and large institutionals. I remember an analyst saying that Sirius really did its shareholders a disservice by issuing so many shares and diluting the value so much that it is much easier for manipulation. If you want a a good quick 10-15% return in a day, buy SIRI low and immediately put in a sell order for an intraday bounce.

BCSI is well undervalued and should be back in the the 20's by year end.

PEIX will make a comeback into the 30's. Ethanol consumption continues to grow daily.

SIFY should return to the mid teens

REDF has always been highly speculative, but its at a 50% discount from its March prices

Bookham (BKHM) was a Cramer pick awhile ago that has yet to produce, but has tons of potential and is attractively priced

The key for these stocks is to wait untill the outlook improves for the markets. There is still room for declines in these stocks, so it is good to hold off and look for bottom. These stocks will all pay off, it just takes patience.

6/12/2006 1:26:48 PM

Quote :

"another new high for NLST hope some of yall rode it up with me from 0.19"

yeah, i got in at .27

6/12/2006 1:31:35 PM

...i still haven't dabbled in NLST yet

6/12/2006 2:43:45 PM

just bought my NLST today. got in at 46, which isnt that bad.

6/12/2006 3:07:37 PM

that's kind of on the high end

6/12/2006 5:18:32 PM

interest rates will go up again at the end of june

6/12/2006 9:41:42 PM

but im liking how there's already a storm...

6/13/2006 2:17:05 AM

so if iraq was pumping out oil how much would that help toward world demand?

6/13/2006 2:35:14 AM

none. it would help world supply, possibly

6/13/2006 2:58:19 AM

oh we back!

...maybe

6/13/2006 9:53:46 AM

Want to invest in crude oil?

"The newest exchange-traded fund to hit the marketplace is the USO, the symbol for Victoria Bay Asset Management's United States Oil Fund (USO).

This fund is unique in the ETF oil patch in that, unlike those focused on energy company stocks, such as the Energy Select Sector Spider (XLE), the USO enables investors to speculate on the price movement of the underlying commodity--crude oil.

The ETF's benchmark is the spot price of West Texas Intermediate light, sweet crude oil delivered to Cushing, Okla., minus expenses. The USO will invest in energy futures contracts, cash-settled options and other instruments including short-term U.S. Treasury securities.

The USO's structure means that investors won't have to pursue such speculation on a contract-by-contract basis through the futures markets themselves. Instead, the USO creates a diversified pool of contracts and provides ease of entry and exit from one's position." (more at url)

http://biz.yahoo.com/special/etf06_article4.html

6/13/2006 9:58:31 AM

^ nice, i already own XLE

6/13/2006 10:34:08 AM

WTF is happening to TIE?!
*dies*

...perhaps a buy opportunity on TIE since it's now this low again?

6/13/2006 11:00:42 AM

everything is taking a jailhouse shower

6/13/2006 11:06:39 AM

OH THE HUMANITY

6/13/2006 11:16:55 AM

i bought a handful of TIE at 29.85 today and sold covered calls (which expire this friday) at $30 for $1.50 each.

6/13/2006 12:13:52 PM

who sells short? I am thinking about getting into, but from what I have read it is a bit more involved...right?

by the way how was Mr.B's speech last nite? Anyone listen to it?

[Edited on June 13, 2006 at 12:25 PM. Reason : .]

6/13/2006 12:25:10 PM

where did the tie and peix traders go to?

6/13/2006 1:30:21 PM

if they were smart, they got stopped out of their positions and are waiting to get back in.

There isn't a flight to value - every market and every industry is being hit. technical levels are being ignored. Analysts - as usual - are quiet and not willing to step in and make any predictions. Everyone is heading to the door and not looking back. In short, nobody knows what is going on.

Also, Best Buy announced good news, so it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to infer that consumer spending is strong.

[Edited on June 13, 2006 at 3:16 PM. Reason : asdg]

6/13/2006 3:15:11 PM

Since TIE is so low I'm considering dropping about half my GOOG to put into TIE.
Bought the GOOG at 343--any thoughts?

edit: Definitely should have tossed the GOOG when it got into the 440's a little while ago, back in April. Oh well...
Oh...and yeah it would be great if RMBS would go up too. Either I need to kill myself, or just buy a lot of stuff now since everything is so low.

[Edited on June 13, 2006 at 3:53 PM. Reason : ]

6/13/2006 3:51:31 PM

i've been unloading GOOG in the 400s...but its holding up right now while the rest of the market is taking it in the colon

i don't know what to tell you because i've been beaten up so bad in everything else

6/13/2006 8:21:06 PM

STOP THE BLEEDING
I shorted RHAT and that is the only pick that has been halfway decent.

[Edited on June 13, 2006 at 8:23 PM. Reason : hat]

6/13/2006 8:22:40 PM

hahaha i love you guys

gluttons for punishment you all

6/13/2006 8:31:01 PM

HDI jumped back up.

6/14/2006 4:00:55 PM

Two days in a row?

...fingers crossed...

6/15/2006 9:12:19 AM

is NLST listed as that? i dont see it coming up all i see is NLS and i know thats not it because the low wasnt as low as you all have quoted.

any updates on good ones to get into, i just came into a large paycheck and want to dabble in stocks big time.

6/15/2006 11:06:08 AM

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=akXt.U5pPxzE&refer=news_index

ethanol market crusiing for a glut?

6/15/2006 11:09:22 AM

Hmm markets way up today...

6/15/2006 5:14:20 PM

http://tinyurl.com/kdnzn

6/15/2006 5:45:23 PM

Spoke with the CFO of INNO yesterday. Just sold everything out of my portfolio and bought INNO. Before you say "the CFO is supposed to say good things about their company, etc, etc..", just trust me on this and buy it now!

Do a little research on who they just added to their board, debt levels, and demand of their products. BING BING.

6/16/2006 11:01:01 AM

^

Net Profit Margin: -18.13%
Operating Margin: -16.73%
Return on Average Assets: -64.35%
Return on Average Equity: -136.20%

....

also not really sure the recent CPI numbers make me want to look towards apparel

Quote :

"A. May 16, 2006. Innovo Group Inc. Completes Sale Of Private Label Business Innovo Group Inc. announced that it has completed the sale of the assets of its private label apparel division."

Okay they got cash this qtr, but sold off the only recognizable part of their business?
(I've never heard of Joe's Jeans or Azteca - I guess I'm just old)

EPS Growth for Most Recent Quarter (424.8)
EPS Growth for Trailing Twelve Months (437.5)

The fundamentals look terrible and the proxy voting results are misleading because subsidiaries own such a large portion of the shares.

This is definitely a beer money only buy.

6/16/2006 11:19:18 AM

Hate Hate Hate
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?dist=newsfinder&siteid=google&guid=%7B64DF646D-950F-4B84-AF2D-057BA9467678%7D&keyword=

6/16/2006 11:31:12 AM

Scud - Youve never heard of Joes Jeans? Thats a shame. Go to any high end department store or ask any girl who knows fashion. Their financials for this quarter will be released at the end of the month.

6/16/2006 11:33:37 AM

eh i date practical women with classical tastes

6/16/2006 11:37:55 AM

^^ eh, i don't know man, that's not the kind of due diligence i'm used to


^^^ yeah outside of David Faber and Joe Kernan's dialogue in the morning, CNBC has become a bit of a joke

CNBC World is bloody awesome and so is Bloomberg...i think if they want to be taken seriously, CNBC needs to become a finance channel again




[Edited on June 16, 2006 at 11:43 AM. Reason : ^]

6/16/2006 11:43:04 AM

practical women wear nice clothes.

6/16/2006 11:46:50 AM

Designer boutique brands come in and out of vogue very quickly. From an investment perspective, it's not a wise play until longevity and strong fundamentals are established.

Until then, you may as well drop that cash at a roulette table. At least there'll be hot girls to look at.

6/16/2006 11:52:45 AM

Bobby- Joes has been around for a while. They arent going anywhere.

6/16/2006 11:54:06 AM

i like Roulette

on each go, i usually play one of the colors plus two of the three rows...i'm up about 20% on roulette thus far

6/16/2006 11:59:40 AM

^^ If that's the case, what would make INNO suddenly blow up now? The fundamentals certainly aren't telling a good story. I mean, the stock could certainly fly, but what about INNO makes it anything other than a gamble?

6/16/2006 12:04:55 PM

i need to find a few good stocks in the 5 to 20 dollar range... any thoughts?

6/18/2006 11:33:17 PM

I've had ORCL forever and its treated me well.

6/19/2006 6:13:46 PM

^ i'll get back to you on that

6/21/2006 1:08:03 PM