Martin Z.

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Review your portfolio and get rid of junk

Martin Z. posted an article on - Nov 25, 2009, 10:33 pm
When I realized recently how much I was ignoring my trading rules I used those last couple days working on getting back on track. I learned again, how important it is to have rules and follow them no ...
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ORS sold

Martin Z. posted an article on - Nov 24, 2009, 9:53 pm
It seems, somebody was lucky today morning when I decided to sell ORS. I was sold first thing in the morning: 11/24/2009    09:30:24   Sold  67  ...
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ORS removed from portfolio

Martin Z. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 10:40 pm
I decided to sell Orsus Xelent Technologies Inc.(ORS). This stock appears to me as a complete junk. It doesn’t fit almost none of my criteria, it doesn’t trend and I do not want to block m...
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CTL added to portfolio

Martin Z. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 9:20 am
Today I bought CenturyTel, Inc. (CTL): 11/23/2009    09:30:21   Bought  9  CTL  @  36.09 My portfolio is now invested, so n...
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CenturyTel CTL as a core of the portfolio

Martin Z. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 1:01 am
The whole Sunday I spent rereading and polishing my stock pick strategy. Recently I deviated from several rules I originally used. I thought I already remembered them all or I could outsmart the marke...
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Picks 11/16 - 11/20

Martin Z. posted an article on - Nov 21, 2009, 11:18 pm
New stock picks this week: Netezza Corp. (NZ) Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) JADE 34 3.22 -8.84 -7.47 MED 8 26.69 47.20 28.38 NZ 10 10.62 -5.00 -4.50 ORS 67 0.79 -20.0...
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STEC in consolidation

Martin Z. posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 10:55 pm
In my weekly Picks History post I mentioned STEC showing a reversal sign. Although I am losing my interest in this stock, because it doesn’t meet my picks criteria any more, I am just curious ho...
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Netezza (NZ) added to portfolio

Martin Z. posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 8:40 am
I decided to buy Netezza (NZ) this morning: 11/17/2009    09:30:16   Bought  10  NZ  @  11.12 This is a post from: Hello Su...
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Picks 11/09 - 11/13

Martin Z. posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 8:32 pm
New stock picks this week: none Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) JADE 34 3.28 -6.80 -5.75 MED 8 26.70 47.28 28.43 ORS 67 0.79 -20....
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Picks 11/02 - 11/06

Martin Z. posted an article on - Nov 6, 2009, 11:02 pm
New stock picks this week: none Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) JADE 34 3.28 -6.80 -5.75 MED 8 26.22 43.44 26.12 ORS 6 0.81 -18.7...
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Picks 10/26 - 10/30

Martin Z. posted an article on - Nov 1, 2009, 10:55 pm
New stock picks this week: Medifast, Inc. (MED) Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) JADE 34 3.19 -9.86 -8.33 MED 8 22.02 9.84 5.92 OR...
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Medifast bought back

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 8:43 am
Medifast (MED) beats expectations on earnings. The consensus estimate was 19 c per share, MED reported 23 c per share. So I bought MED back at the market opening: 10/29/2009    09...
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Medifast (MED) reporting earnings

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 10:20 pm
Medifast (MED) is going to report earnings tomorrow morning prior the market opening. The stock has been dumped by investors recently (maybe they were unloading prior reporting earnings) so I was stop...
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Visa beats expectations

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 11:19 pm
Visa (V) did better than expected, which makes me laugh. Not because I might be making more money holding this stock, but because I still have on my mind all those doomsday analysts predictions, analy...
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FUQI sold on stop loss

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 2:16 pm
FUQI was stopped out today, which I expected anyway. The stock doesn’t act as I wanted so I was going to sell it anyway: 10/27/2009    15:11:42    Sold&n...
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MED sold on stop loss @ 19.80

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 9:34 am
Today in the morning MED was sold: 10/27/2009    10:11:28    Sold  6  MED  @  19.80 This is a post from: Hello Suckers...
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Earnings calendar for my holdings

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 2:17 am
Stocks are heading down for the fifth time in seven sessions today, mostly dragged down by raising dollar and falling oil. Some stocks are also dumped before the companies issue their earnings reports...
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Picks 10/19 - 10/23

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 25, 2009, 2:37 pm
New stock picks this week: LJ International, Inc. (JADE) Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) FUQI 3 26.17 -8.49 -9.76 JADE 34 3.58 3.4...
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Pump & Dump

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 8:28 pm
ORS held its level for couple days since its huge move on 10/14/2009. Today, almost at the end of the day it went down like a rock on heavy volume. I am expecting being stopped out tomorrow with a los...
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JADE added

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 9:11 am
Today morning I opened new positions of JADE: 10/19/2009    09:30:12    Bought  34  JADE  @  3.48 This is a post from:...
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Is the US market heading up tomorrow?

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 2:34 am
The European stock markets opened strong on Monday morning so we may expect the US markets rise higher too. By Steve Goldstein (MarketWatch.com) UK:NEX UK:SGC CH:NESN LONDON — European stock...
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Picks 10/12 - 10/16

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 16, 2009, 3:49 pm
New stock picks this week: Orsus Xelent Technolgies Inc. (ORS) Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) FUQI 3 25.30 -11.00 -12.76 MED 6 23...
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DFS sold

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 16, 2009, 3:32 pm
I didn’t like how DFS performed and decided to get rid of this stock. I sold it today: 10/16/2009    14:31:26    Sold  6  DFS &n...
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ORS added to portfolio

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 7:57 pm
Today I added an ORS play to my portfolio. Is this stock going to be another FUQI, RINO or STEC? Today the stock shot up on heavy volume (almost three times the average). I decided to take the risk an...
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Picks 10/05 - 10/09

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 10, 2009, 12:38 pm
New stock picks this week: Discover Financial Services (DFS) RINO International Corp (RINO) Visa (V) Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(...
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STEC sold, DFS added

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 2:35 pm
I do not like how (STEC) is acting, struggling to move higher, so I decided to sell it. Instead I have bought some shares of Discover Financial Services (DFS) 10/08/2009   15:25:50&nbs...
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RINO added to portfolio

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 6, 2009, 1:45 pm
Today I have bought RINO shares to my portfolio. However this trade extended my risk exposure over the limit. I will have to add more cash to the portfolio or sell some other stocks. FUQI and STEC do ...
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Visa bought back

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 9:22 am
Well, I decided today morning to buy Visa back. So I did. 10/05/2009    10:14:46   Bought  11  V  @  68.4394 This is a post...
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Picks 09/28 - 10/02

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 3, 2009, 11:28 pm
New stock picks this week: none Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) FUQI 3 26.33 -8.01 -9.21 MED 6 19.42 6.49 5.90 STEC 3 26.77 -15.0...
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Stocks hit ahead of jobs report

Martin Z. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 8:52 pm
Today stocks got hit hard while awaiting jobs report due tomorrow. I do not like how my stocks are behaving so I decided to tighten my stop loss and I am expecting to be stopped out if the report gets...
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Visa added to portfolio

Martin Z. posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 7:10 pm
Today I have bought more shares of Visa (V) as much as my money management allowed to add. Per the plan I had (1) position to open available, so I decided to follow Visa and add more if the price tur...
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Picks 09/21 - 09/25

Martin Z. posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 9:10 pm
New stock picks this week: STEC Inc. Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) FUQI 3 28.83 -0.51 -0.59 MED 6 19.54 7.21 6.55 STEC 3 29.48 ...
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New position opened STEC

Martin Z. posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 9:13 am
Today morning I have bought STEC back on its reversal. 09/23/2009   09:30:47   Bought  3  STEC  @  31.799 This is a post from: H...
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STEC trailing down

Martin Z. posted an article on - Sep 21, 2009, 7:16 pm
Today’s trading of STEC ended up lower than on Friday, but most of the day the trading was a side way direction. I moved my trailing buy order lower to a new price at $31.55 per share. This is ...
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STEC ready to buy back

Martin Z. posted an article on - Sep 21, 2009, 1:42 am
As I said in my weekly stock picks review I still think STEC is a great investment, which has been driven down by a panic without any solid base and it will potentially go back to the levels around $4...
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Silent Night

Martin Z. posted an article on - Sep 19, 2009, 3:44 pm
Silent Night is an excellent war drama with great acting of Linda Hamilton (playing Elisabeth Vincken) and Matthew Harbour playing her young 10 year old son Fritz Vincken. It is set in west Germany on...
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Picks 09/14 - 09/18

Martin Z. posted an article on - Sep 19, 2009, 1:15 am
New stock picks this week: none Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) FUQI 3 28.34 -1.98 -2.28 MED 6 20.45 12.67 11.52 V 7 73.79 66.78 ...
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STEC sold at stop loss

Martin Z. posted an article on - Sep 18, 2009, 3:25 pm
Today, after huge drop of price, STEC has been sold at stop loss: 09/18/2009    12:28:16   Sold  3  STEC  @  30.0106 This i...
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Picks 09/08 - 09/11

Martin Z. posted an article on - Sep 13, 2009, 9:46 pm
New stock picks this week: Medifast Inc (MED) Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) FUQI 3 30.35 4.05 4.66 MED 6 19.44 6.61 6.01 STEC 3...
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Medifast Inc. (MED) position added

Martin Z. posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 1:12 am
Yesterday I moved my stop loss orders for FUQI (FUQI) and Visa (V) higher so my total capital exposure of the portfolio decreased to -2.34% and I was allowed to open another new position. I was think...
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Picks 08/31 - 09/04

Martin Z. posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 8:23 pm
New stock picks this week: no new positions Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) FUQI 3 27.57 -4.29 -4.93 STEC 3 39.50 14.13 13.54 V 7...
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Picks 08/24 - 08/28

Martin Z. posted an article on - Aug 29, 2009, 12:06 pm
New stock picks this week: no new positions Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) FUQI 3 26.27 -8.19 -9.41 STEC 3 39.90 15.33 14.69 V 7...
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A money management in investing I.

Martin Z. posted an article on - Aug 29, 2009, 9:39 am
In my post “How to create the best investment strategy” I wrote about how to start saving and investing money with small account, with small amount of money saved every month. I practice i...
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Picks 08/17 - 08/21

Martin Z. posted an article on - Aug 23, 2009, 11:13 pm
New stock picks this week: STEC Inc (STEC) Existing & new holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) FUQI 3 24.83 -12.51 -14.38 STEC 3 34.97 0.54 0.52 V 7 ...
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New position opened (STEC)

Martin Z. posted an article on - Aug 21, 2009, 10:44 am
I have opened a new position of STEC yesterday: 08/20/2009    Bought  3  STEC  @  34.7894 This is a post from: Hello Suckers .... If you w...
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Picks 08/10 - 08/14

Martin Z. posted an article on - Aug 15, 2009, 3:01 pm

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