week of 26 thru 30 april 2010

[dg]

Here is this week's lineup:

horse	rider	entry	last	% change	rank
HGT long	blyghme	18.75	last	% change	rank
GS short	sd	156.72	last	% change	rank
BAMM long	spiderman	8.33	last	% change	rank
ODP long	dg	8.77	last	% change	rank
SYK long	realdeal	59.13	last	% change	rank
POT	ira	110.29	last	% change	rank
QQQQ long	(mkt)	50.57	last	% change	rank

GOOD LUCK!

[dg]

STANDINGS as of day 1:

horse	rider	entry	last	% change	rank
HGT long	blyghme	18.75	18.88	0.69	3
GS short	sd	156.72	152.03	2.99	1
BAMM long	spiderman	8.33	8.18	-1.80	7
ODP long	dg	8.77	8.95	2.05	2
SYK long	realdeal	59.13	58.81	-0.54	5
POT	ira	110.29	109.64	-0.59	6
QQQQ long	(mkt)	50.57	50.41	-0.32	4

GOOD LUCK!

[sd]

At least GS- For 1 day- Fullfilled the destiny I have expected the prior week! And the Market interpreted accordingly. SD

[dg]

STANDINGS as of day 2:

horse	rider	entry	last	% change	rank
HGT long	blyghme	18.75	18.78	0.16	2
GS short	sd	156.72	153.04	2.35	1
BAMM long	spiderman	8.33	7.85	-5.76	6
ODP long	dg	8.77	7.06	-19.50	7
SYK long	realdeal	59.13	57.54	-2.69	4
POT	ira	110.29	106.84	-3.13	5
QQQQ long	(mkt)	50.57	49.34	-2.43	3

sd was first out the gates and continues to hold his lead!

[sd]

Watching Lloyd Blankfein - CEO of GS - for the last hour or 2 this pm live being questioned by the Senate.
I'm impressed - The testimony I have seen him give is honest, and sincere. At times he seems to struggle with educating the senators, but I believe he is succeeding . He is consistent in his defense of GS being able to both sell a long position and cover it by holding a short-.
The Senate is pissed that GS shifted- all the while selling mortgage back securities from being long those securities to shifting to take the short side of those securities.
In today's market sell-off, GS selling was minimal -
Will likely rally with the market. -!!!
SD

[dg]

STANDINGS as of day 3:

horse	rider	entry	last	% change	rank
HGT long	blyghme	18.75	18.58	-0.91	2
GS short	sd	156.72	157.01	-0.19	1
BAMM long	spiderman	8.33	7.74	-7.08	6
ODP long	dg	8.77	6.87	-21.66	7
SYK long	realdeal	59.13	58.08	-1.78	4
POT	ira	110.29	109.01	-1.16	3
QQQQ long	(mkt)	50.57	49.37	-2.37	5

sd continues to lead, but blygh and ira are starting to challenge his weakened position! Racers are cautioned to watch out for dg as he attempts to clear what's left of his horse from the track. Best folks can tell, ODP suicide bombed itself.

[dg]

STANDINGS as of day 4:

horse	rider	entry	last	% change	rank
HGT long	blyghme	18.75	18.88	0.69	1
GS short	sd	156.72	160.24	-2.25	5
BAMM long	spiderman	8.33	7.75	-6.96	6
ODP long	dg	8.77	7.04	-19.73	7
SYK long	realdeal	59.13	58.60	-0.90	4
POT	ira	110.29	110.61	0.29	2
QQQQ long	(mkt)	50.57	50.23	-0.67	3

lead change! now blyghme is first with ira chasing.

[dg]

AND THE WINNER IS:

horse	rider	entry	last	% change	rank
HGT long	blyghme	18.75	18.88	0.69	2
GS short	sd	156.72	145.20	7.35	1
BAMM long	spiderman	8.33	7.40	-11.16	6
ODP long	dg	8.77	6.86	-21.78	7
SYK long	realdeal	59.13	57.41	-2.86	5
POT	ira	110.29	110.50	0.19	3
QQQQ long	(mkt)	50.57	49.24	-2.63	4

CONGRATS! sd.

[dg]

Four months gone, and I don't have a single win to show for it.

dg

[sd]

Don't feel bad, - Had i taken the short side of my trades, I'm sure I'd have a few wins in there.....I'm glad to squeak this win out- It took 2 weeks for the market and my presumption to get aligned. - Week 1 it was shrugged off,
and almost this week as well.
I was ready to toss in my short seeing Blankfein handle himself so well with the senate witch hunt.
However, the Greek bailout, the GS issue here, makes me think the financials will stay in trouble next week.
And what about that ongoing oil spill with RIG and BP on the hook?
Instead of continuing with GS this week, I want to short the bounce in a SA financial- BBD-

Good Luck ! SD

[bankedout]

Nice win sd!

dg, 4 months is nothing. I don't think I have won in a year or so....

I'll try YUII short next week (which probably means you should buy it)

[Spiderman]

Congrats SD,

I'll ride MTG long this week.

Spiderman

[realdeal]

Great Win SD! It got scary there for a few days with that dead cat bounce off of 150 support. Friday’s tankage erased a few days of gains just like that.

I am going with GS short

[dg]

I will ride JAG long.

dg

[blygh]

Nice pick SD - I'll ride vvus long
Blygh