I recently wrote an article in which I analyzed insurance giant AIG . There was something about telling the story of AIG that gave me a sense of nostalgia for the good ole days of 2008 and 2009 when the economy was in a tailspin, the Dow Jones was in the process of plummeting 50%, big banks were…

In case you’ve been living under a rock and missed the hundreds of articles, discussions, and analyses of Apple‘s stock split yesterday, shareholders such as myself now have seven times as many AAPL shares in our accounts. Since I get the impression that many AAPL shareholders are inexperienced in trading stocks, I figured I would…

The past few months have not been pleasant for shareholders of Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ: MPEL). After Melco’s spectacular run from around $9 in July of 2012 to it’s all-time high of over $45 earlier this year, shareholders have endured a more than 27% pullback in the past several months. Despite the painful correction, there are still…

Last week I posted about the resistance Melco Crown Entertainment faced in its chart from an imminent overhead death cross. Here’s the chart I included in the article:   Here’s what I said about MPEL’s near-term prospects: MPEL’s death cross will be happening at around $35.75, within about 3% of the level the share price…

A while back, I wrote an article about why I’m holding shares of Dynavax. Since I published that post about four months ago, DVAX is down more than 25%. Despite the drop in share price, I’m still up 40% on my trade, but I must admit that Dynavax shareholders haven’t had much fun lately.  …

So I haven’t posted for a few days, and unfortunately it’s not because I’ve been on vacation. Analyzing AIG for Motley Fool got me thinking more and more about the financial crisis, and I decided to dig deeper into a recent article I read that Bill Ackman was buying shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.…