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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
Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before postingJune 7 2,299
John Pitera's Market LaboratoryMay 28 516
CNBC -- critique.May 22 15
Apple Tankwatch May 20 41
Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSATMay 15 945
The New QUALCOMM - Coming Into Buy Range May 9 377
I LOVE TO FISHMay 6 129
Exxon Mobil (XOM)April 30 4
FarmingApril 18 264
The New Qualcomm - write what you like thread.March 30 748
Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM)March 24 5,921
Silicon Investor for Windows Phone 7/12/2012 1
CA power crisis7/12/2012 72
mirasol 6/6/2012 6
MediaFLO 2/4/2012 61
Nextwave Telecom Inc.7/20/2011 120
eBay - Superb Internet Business Model3/15/2011 1
Eastman Kodak (EK)1/4/2011 1
Geron Corp.11/29/2010 73
In-N-Out Burger Fan Club5/26/2010 13
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (KKD)11/25/2009 164
AFFYMETRIX (AFFX)10/22/2009 89
Swine Flu 8/16/2009 11
EntreMed (ENMD)2/28/2009 34
Globalstar Memorial Day Massacre2/4/2009 32
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annoying details : today's price and trading volume -- today's close on Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting4June 7
Re : "now inductively charged" -- I want Qualcomm to work on a systemQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting7May 28
WSJ -- Free-Cash Flow Falls at Big Companies ...................................John Pitera's Market LaboratoryMay 28
Re : "She's back" / EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes .................Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting5May 26
1:00 PM today / Sue Herera speaks : "and the dollar is getting hit" (iCNBC -- critique.2May 22
WSJ -- Apple Avoided Taxes on Overseas Billions, Senate Panel Finds ............Apple Tankwatch 2May 20
good stuff in here, in the pages after the boring lawyer stuff : apps.fcc.gov&Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT2May 15
WSJ / Red Jahncke -- The Federal Revenue Surge Won't Last ..................John Pitera's Market Laboratory1May 15
a little "o.t" : WSJ / Red Jahncke -- The Federal Revenue Surge WonQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before postingMay 15
WSJ -- Two Firms Amass Much of World's Copper Supply / Commodities Traders PJohn Pitera's Market Laboratory4May 9
NYT obituary on Ray Harryhausen, Animator and Special-Effects Wizard ...........The New QUALCOMM - Coming Into Buy Range May 9
SeekingAlpo is afraid their douche-bag-osity will be "on display." Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting2May 8
Re : "don't post articles from Seeking Alpha" -- do you mean becauQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting17May 7
(off topic) : Reuters -- They're back: 17-year cicadas to swarm from GeorgiaQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before postingMay 6
5/4/13 Barrons piece on the perils of rapid trading by computers ...............Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting2May 6
WSJ -- Standing Guard for the Sturgeon / Wisconsinites Come Out to Protect TheirI LOVE TO FISH1May 6
A few comments re : "try to manipulate the price by flooding ... market witQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting4May 2
details on today's Apple debt pricing (from WSJ) : The technology company waQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting2May 1
stegosaurus (?)  The New QUALCOMM - Coming Into Buy Range April 30
Bloomberg on latest BP earnings news ...........................................Exxon Mobil (XOM)April 30
interest rate paid on Apple bonds will be WAY under 4.5%  Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting5April 30
from 2011 : Hexagon is a new name for Qualcomm’s in-house DSP design. Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before postingApril 27
Silicon Investor Users See Irritating Hexagons. Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting3April 25
Elroy -- you spoke without saying SIMO ??? Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting2April 24
Q down $3.50 in AH / JUMP OUT THE (hexagonal (?)) WINDOW !!! Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting3April 24
cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $30.5 billion Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before postingApril 24
I hereby declare : we might get a 2 for 1 stock split today. Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting2April 24
Qualcomm Wed. 4/24/13 earnings release and conf. call ..........................Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting3April 23
New SI thread idea -- everyone post short, one liner jokes about benzene. Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting3April 22
Tuesday -- fasten your seatbelt. Or, if here, fasten your hexagon. Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before postingApril 21
Reuters -- One Boston bombing suspect dead, hunt on for second man .............Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting2April 19
WSJ piece on : Chinese customers (greatly) boost demand for U.S. grown peanuts .Farming1April 18
Lengthy white paper from Tero, Marc Cabi, Quentin Hardy, that Stanford professorQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting11April 18
anyone else dislike : "46 minutes ago" / "5 hours ago" / &qQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting3April 18
WSJ "flash" : Dish Launches $25.5 Billion Bid for Sprint .............Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting1April 15
hexagon Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting2April 11
EOM Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting3April 10
3/30/13 NYT / David Stockman piece ............................................John Pitera's Market Laboratory1April 9
(even more) off topic -- KFC to offer boneless SIMO (?) ........................Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting11April 5
off topic -- KFC to offer boneless chicken !!! .................................Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting2April 5
Re : “iRing” that will be placed on a user’s finger and act as a navigation poinQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting3April 3
This link (if it works) indicates that Globalstar bonds are at highest price in Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT1April 3
maybe if a bondholder complains, the company will offer a free handset and a &quGlobalstar Telecommunications Limited GSATApril 3
I think that Qualcomm earnings on a Wednesday in that week (late April / always Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting2April 2
WSJ on : environmentalists / pipeline leaks as compared to oil-hauling train deExxon Mobil (XOM)1April 1
This one (I am replying to) may have more "recs" than the "rec ifQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting3April 1
Washington Post -- Exxon Mobil pipeline leaks ‘a few thousand’ barrels of crude Exxon Mobil (XOM)March 31
AP news piece : former Amway guy / huge Ponzi scheme (finally) collapses .......The New Qualcomm - write what you like thread.March 30
Is "spaffs" a "swear word" ? ...............................Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM)March 24
Okay -- SoC is "system on chip" (not the ticker symbol for Superior OiQualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before postingMarch 20
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