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  • GM Doesn’t Need Money

    AP reports that General Motor’s (GM) CFO says they don’t need $2billions as cost cutting is bearing fruits. Quite interesting, and possibly a good sign for GM’s survival. But I think more than cost cutting, they need to have cutting edge car models and this cutting edge doesn’t mean high tech, but the models that…

  • Outperformance Continues at OPNewsletter

    When compared with broader markets, Feb was an excellent month for OPNewsletter coupled with a few good learnings (kinda reinforcement, been there done that, but forget that). Overall, OPNewsletter for Feb closed up +5.6% x-commissions and +2.6% including commissions. Capital preservtion and thus allocation was higher priority vs missing an opportunity. These results doesn’t include…

  • Outperformance : OPNewsletter Feb’09 +5.85%(Open)

    An excellent month for OPNewsletter so far. Overall, OPNewsletter is up +8.87% x-commissions and +5.85% including commissions. We didn’t have to make any major adjustments to our portfolios except one which rolled partially to next month. We closed one portfolio for +17.17% gains and except any major disastrous events on Tuesday market open, remainder portfolios…

  • OPNewsletter (Feb’09) : +2.78% (X-commissions) and +0.1% (/w Comissions)

    Such is the bear market, it leaves no one. Those who thought that major price indexes had successfully tested the Nov’08 market lows and that move December onwards marked a new primary bull market, were taken by surprise and Jan closed on a negative note. Dow closing almost 9% down for the month and other…

  • Make or Break?

    Up, Up and then Doooown. That’s the simplest way I could define the stock market’s pattern these days. Should the markets attempt another move higher, which could be sparked by today’s release of the Nov. unemployment report, initial resistance should be at the Nov. 28 reaction high at 8831 for the DJIA, 896 for the…

  • American Express Beats on Earnings (AXP)

    American Express, AXP posted third quarter earnings of $0.74 per share, which is $0.15 better than consensus estimate of $0.59 per share. The company’s revenue totaled $7.16 billion vs. analysts’s estimates of $7.31 billion in revenue. Consolidated provisions for losses totaled $1.4 billion, up 51% from a year ago. The third quarter net loan write-off…