Mister Finance
Financial insights, commentary, and advice.


May 19, 2008 Stock Market Recap
Posted on May 19th, 2008 on Trader Mike
As I see it today was nothing but a battle over control of the 200-day moving averages on the indices. The S&P 500 and Dow popped over th...

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Watchlist for April 16, 2008
Posted on April 16th, 2008 on Trader Mike
Things are looking good for the bulls this morning. Intel had a good earnings report last night and this morning’s CPI seems to be a ...

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Watchlist for April 1, 2008
Posted on April 1st, 2008 on Trader Mike
We’ve got some strength this morning thanks to folks taking the news of even more write-offs in the financial sector as a bullish sign. G...

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February 22, 2008 Stock Market Recap
Posted on February 24th, 2008 on Trader Mike
Skittish. Confused. Insane. One or maybe all of those words describes the current market environment. For days now we’ve had mini-rallies sp...

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February 5, 2008 Stock Market Recap
Posted on February 5th, 2008 on Trader Mike
The ISM Services report really threw the market for a loop today. When services make up some 90% of the economy you really don’t want to...

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Watchlist for January 30, 2008
Posted on January 30th, 2008 on Trader Mike
There’s not much to say right now. We’ve just got to wait & see how the market reacts to the Fed decision this afternoon. ...

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Watchlist for January 23, 2008
Posted on January 23rd, 2008 on Trader Mike
Here we go again. The futures are getting clocked thanks to Apple and another round of rumors & worries about bank write-offs. I figured ye...

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November 9th Recap and ChartFest
Posted on November 11th, 2007 on Trader Mike
Note: I have an appointment in the morning so there won’t be watchlist for Monday. Obviously last week was bad for the bulls. Ther...

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November 6, 2007 Stock Market Recap
Posted on November 6th, 2007 on Trader Mike
After a couple of dicey, back & forth days, the bulls are reasserting themselves. The tech-heavy Nasdaq continues to lead the way. I...

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Chart Request: Interactive Brokers Group
Posted on October 1st, 2007 on Trader Mike
Here’s a chart of Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IBKR) for Matt: As I’ve mentioned several times over the years, I love to catch recent IPOs ...

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Chart Request: Whirlpool Corporation (WHR)
Posted on July 12th, 2007 on Trader Mike
Jon wanted me to take a look at Whirlpool’s chart. This one is kinda tricky. It had a huge breakout in late April and then basically fl...

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