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Up, up and away

January 23, 2008 by Ryan Barr

Well, well, well… That was a pleasant surprise closing in the markets today.
Let me update you on the paper money portfolio.
This morning, right after the opening when things were in the toilet I was filled on all five of my positions. Of course, having a great broker I received price improvement all every last [...]

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And we’re done…

December 31, 2007 by Ryan Barr

2007 has come to a close. The Santa Claus rally didn’t really do much this year and we ended on a down note.
The RUT closed the year at $766.03 down ($5.73) for the day. All of the other major indexes shared similar performance for the lackluster close of the year.
Overall, 2007 was a [...]

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google google google

February 1, 2006 by Ryan Barr

Google drives me nuts! I love the company, love the software and lose money in the option chains! So with a miss in earnings today, I decided that once again I’ll throw out some cash and see what happens.  Luckily this time it panned out!
Here is the story: Last night
Google (
GOOG) announced their [...]

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