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Occupation/Title: private investor - Qualcomm fanatic. Also trade interest rate futures contracts
Age: 55 (as of May 2013)
Location: South Florida
College: You've definitely heard of them.
Degree: B.A. Economics, M.B.A. Finance
Favorite Stocks: Qualcomm, ExxonMobil
Investment Style: if you think you are correct, and nearly everyone else is wrong (on an investment), and you are willing to almost risk personal bankruptcy because your position is so large, ... that's my style
Investment Experience: have followed financial markets closely since December 1974
Interests and Hobbies: running, jigsaw puzzles, amateur hematologist
Quote: correlation does not imply causality
Additional Info: used to be options arbitrage trader on Wall Street; also involved extensively with commodity futures trading / brokerage for over 30 years
25 Most Recent SubjectsLast PostPosts
CNBC -- critique.05-22-13 01:23 PM 15
Apple Tankwatch 05-20-13 11:29 PM 41
Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT05-15-13 06:18 PM 945
John Pitera's Market Laboratory05-15-13 01:44 AM 515
Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting05-15-13 01:42 AM 2,296
The New QUALCOMM - Coming Into Buy Range 05-09-13 10:06 AM 377
I LOVE TO FISH05-06-13 12:49 AM 129
Exxon Mobil (XOM)04-30-13 01:52 PM 4
Farming04-18-13 06:53 PM 264
The New Qualcomm - write what you like thread.03-30-13 11:06 AM 748
Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM)03-24-13 12:24 PM 5,921
Silicon Investor for Windows Phone 07-12-12 10:15 AM 1
CA power crisis07-12-12 01:22 AM 72
mirasol 06-06-12 12:26 AM 6
MediaFLO 02-04-12 09:59 PM 61
Nextwave Telecom Inc.07-20-11 08:46 AM 120
eBay - Superb Internet Business Model03-15-11 11:51 AM 1
Eastman Kodak (EK)01-04-11 12:01 PM 1
Geron Corp.11-30-10 12:07 AM 73
In-N-Out Burger Fan Club05-26-10 03:06 PM 13
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (KKD)11-25-09 10:26 AM 164
AFFYMETRIX (AFFX)10-22-09 02:46 PM 89
Swine Flu 08-16-09 09:48 PM 11
EntreMed (ENMD)02-28-09 09:25 PM 34
Globalstar Memorial Day Massacre02-04-09 11:16 PM 32
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1:00 PM today / Sue Herera speaks : "and the dollar is getting hit" (it is not; CNBC -- critique.105/22/2013 01:23:29 PM
WSJ -- Apple Avoided Taxes on Overseas Billions, Senate Panel Finds ............Apple Tankwatch 205/20/2013 11:29:00 PM
good stuff in here, in the pages after the boring lawyer stuff : http://appGlobalstar Telecommunications Limited GS205/15/2013 06:18:58 PM
WSJ / Red Jahncke -- The Federal Revenue Surge Won't Last ......................John Pitera's Market Laboratory105/15/2013 01:44:06 AM
a little "o.t" : WSJ / Red Jahncke -- The Federal Revenue Surge Won't Last .....Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read  05/15/2013 01:42:43 AM
WSJ -- Two Firms Amass Much of World's Copper Supply / Commodities Traders Pay tJohn Pitera's Market Laboratory405/09/2013 10:24:32 PM
NYT obituary on Ray Harryhausen, Animator and Special-Effects Wizard ...........The New QUALCOMM - Coming Into Buy Range 05/09/2013 10:06:22 AM
SeekingAlpo is afraid their douche-bag-osity will be "on display." Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 205/08/2013 11:33:08 AM
Re : "don't post articles from Seeking Alpha" -- do you mean because they suck ?Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 1705/07/2013 11:26:33 PM
(off topic) : Reuters -- They're back: 17-year cicadas to swarm from Georgia to Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read  05/06/2013 10:57:00 PM
5/4/13 Barrons piece on the perils of rapid trading by computers ...............Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 205/06/2013 02:27:51 PM
WSJ -- Standing Guard for the Sturgeon / Wisconsinites Come Out to Protect TheirI LOVE TO FISH105/06/2013 12:49:47 AM
A few comments re : "try to manipulate the price by flooding ... market with selQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 305/02/2013 02:53:37 PM
details on today's Apple debt pricing (from WSJ) : The technology company was abQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 205/01/2013 12:04:11 AM
stegosaurus (?) The New QUALCOMM - Coming Into Buy Range 04/30/2013 03:48:24 PM
Bloomberg on latest BP earnings news ...........................................Exxon Mobil (XOM) 04/30/2013 01:52:41 PM
interest rate paid on Apple bonds will be WAY under 4.5% Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 504/30/2013 12:28:39 PM
from 2011 : Hexagon is a new name for Qualcomm’s in-house DSP design.Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read  04/27/2013 11:01:29 AM
Silicon Investor Users See Irritating Hexagons. Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 304/25/2013 02:44:20 PM
Elroy -- you spoke without saying SIMO ??? Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 204/24/2013 04:24:02 PM
Q down $3.50 in AH / JUMP OUT THE (hexagonal (?)) WINDOW !!!Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 304/24/2013 04:04:34 PM
cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $30.5 billionQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read  04/24/2013 04:03:26 PM
I hereby declare : we might get a 2 for 1 stock split today.Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 204/24/2013 03:08:28 PM
Qualcomm Wed. 4/24/13 earnings release and conf. call ..........................Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 304/23/2013 01:29:47 PM
New SI thread idea -- everyone post short, one liner jokes about benzene.Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 304/22/2013 08:41:33 AM
Tuesday -- fasten your seatbelt. Or, if here, fasten your hexagon.Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read  04/21/2013 11:13:59 PM
Reuters -- One Boston bombing suspect dead, hunt on for second man .............Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 204/19/2013 08:24:16 AM
WSJ piece on : Chinese customers (greatly) boost demand for U.S. grown peanuts .Farming104/18/2013 06:53:21 PM
Lengthy white paper from Tero, Marc Cabi, Quentin Hardy, that Stanford professorQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 1104/18/2013 04:00:51 PM
anyone else dislike : "46 minutes ago" / "5 hours ago" / "yesterday" / etc. ? .Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 304/18/2013 10:41:10 AM
WSJ "flash" : Dish Launches $25.5 Billion Bid for Sprint .......................Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 104/15/2013 07:13:51 AM
hexagonQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 204/11/2013 06:14:22 PM
EOMQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 304/10/2013 01:29:39 PM
3/30/13 NYT / David Stockman piece ............................................John Pitera's Market Laboratory104/09/2013 12:37:27 AM
(even more) off topic -- KFC to offer boneless SIMO (?) ........................Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 1104/05/2013 01:45:26 PM
off topic -- KFC to offer boneless chicken !!! .................................Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 204/05/2013 09:15:54 AM
Re : “iRing” that will be placed on a user’s finger and act as a navigation poinQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 304/03/2013 04:22:22 PM
This link (if it works) indicates that Globalstar bonds are at highest price in Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GS104/03/2013 10:45:58 AM
maybe if a bondholder complains, the company will offer a free handset and a "goGlobalstar Telecommunications Limited GS 04/03/2013 10:29:26 AM
I think that Qualcomm earnings on a Wednesday in that week (late April / always Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 204/02/2013 04:47:34 PM
WSJ on : environmentalists / pipeline leaks as compared to oil-hauling train deExxon Mobil (XOM)104/01/2013 09:22:45 PM
This one (I am replying to) may have more "recs" than the "rec if you wear underQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 304/01/2013 08:52:36 AM
Washington Post -- Exxon Mobil pipeline leaks ‘a few thousand’ barrels of crude Exxon Mobil (XOM) 03/31/2013 06:26:43 PM
AP news piece : former Amway guy / huge Ponzi scheme (finally) collapses .......The New Qualcomm - write what you like t 03/30/2013 11:06:21 AM
Is "spaffs" a "swear word" ? ...................................................Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) 03/24/2013 12:24:17 PM
Okay -- SoC is "system on chip" (not the ticker symbol for Superior Oil Company)Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read  03/20/2013 11:18:03 AM
Parkervision (PRKR) is down in price since "debuting" in 1993, and appears to haQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read 303/19/2013 02:45:49 PM
! . . Apple Tankwatch  03/19/2013 02:34:11 PM
with S&P 500 @ 1552 / Meredith Whitney : This Is the Most Bullish I've Been In MJohn Pitera's Market Laboratory203/19/2013 01:39:54 PM
I wonder if Apple acted as if they were working on a toilet, if Samsung (and othApple Tankwatch  03/19/2013 12:01:45 PM

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