With all the crazy geopolitical issues (Russia), the eventual bounce in commodities, and the current technical aspects of the broader market, this week should be very volatile, and hence good for trading. I’ll be looking for some very short term trades for this week, but currently own the following:
GG - Gold got it’s ass kicked last week, there should be some short term upside here.
SKF - Also got it’s ass kicked, but things are too ugly with the financials. People are beginning to talk about credit card defaults, which would be a “very negative catalyst.”
GOOG - The Android phone OS is a flop, and it hasn’t even launched yet. But Google is the internet, and I love the internet.
IAR - I use Google, you use Google, but plenty of people still use the phonebook. Also, more importantly, plenty of small businesses spend their small marketing budgets on phone book ads.
ABK - Everyone thought S&P would kill them, but guess what!? They didn’t. This is purely a speculative play, I’ll either bank tons of coin, or not.
I’ll also be looking for oil plays, either up or down, via UAUA - because LCC kicked my ass last week. By the way, as everyone’s been saying, if you have $2 billion in cash, why dilute your few trusty shareholders to raise a couple hundred mil?
So it’s been four days, and my comment on Chris Daly’s blog hasn’t been approved. The post I was commenting on had to do with CW Nevius’ misunderstanding some events at the Rescue Zoo hearing.
The really funny thing, is in his header is the following:
Welcome to The Daly Blog! Here you will find my unedited, uncensored, unadulterated analysis of San Francisco politics. Check back regularly for the real deal — no holds barred!
But don’t dare try to analyze him! If you do, that will be edited, censored, and…adulterated? C’mon Mr. Daly, you don’t seem like the kind of person that would censor comments on his blog - especially a blog that is suppose to be the “real deal.”
So I thought June was a great trading month, little did I know July would be even better!
I entered the month with an account value of $12,687 and left with $19,768. $5,566.03 of profit was unreal! Oil breaking down + my love for trading US Air (LCC) = my most profitable trade at $2,020. My really big trades would’ve made July an even better month if they weren’t accompanied by some large losses. Airline shorts and longs, in addition to financial shorts and longs made up the bulk of my trades, with large loss and gains going in both directions.
93 trades were made in July, which comes to $119.69 of average profit per trade. Much better than June’s $53.24 per trade (after commission of course).
So far August has been miserable, the number one thing I need to work on is loss management! The majority of trades I enter are good, but when the bad ones come, I’m not jumping out when I should.
My trading spreadsheet can be seen here. Your viewing of that information is for your entertainment only, and should not be used to guide your personal trading and/or investment decisions. In addition to all that SEC disclosure stuff, no making fun of my sloppy trades! 
Cutting the public comment time down:
Railroading Carl Friedman:
I’ve posted the following comment to his blog:
# Anthony Brown (69.181.0.39) Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:29 pmThe real story that day was not only cutting public comment down, but railroading Carl Friedman.
The African American De-population is obviously a serious issue, but so is the zoo and the lively hood of its animals.
Question for you? If your proposal were to pass, how do you defend shipping our colony of Magellanic Penguins to other zoos and aquariums - where they will end up having a much lower quality of life than they have in San Francisco? Being the Penguin Keeper, I’ll focus on my own animals, but the case is present throughout the zoo.
Also, regarding how the “rescue zoo” concept eliminates our ability to run conservation breeding programs:
Breeding in captivity is a very complex process, with most breeding recommendations only existing for one or two sets of offspring, then zoos transfer animals around. Without AZA accreditation, we couldn’t be a part of the Species Survival Program, and we wouldn’t be able to transfer animals - which in turn would kill our ability to breed these critically endangered species.
I’m really not sure who put such a bad taste in your mouth about the zoo, but I really suggest you do some more fact searching, and find out how this stuff really works.
I’m proud to be a part of the world class care thats provided at our zoo.
It’s currently “awaiting moderation,” it’ll be interesting to see if it doesn’t get approved. Pre-moderating comments on blogs is ridiculous! If someone posts spam or garbage, then delete it, but if someones posting a comment that may disagree with your point of view, you should let it live. It’s how this whole blog thing is suppose to work.
I’d rather have him on my bed, than on my desk - although he tries.
Yesterday over a hundred zoo supporters and…well, non-zoo-supporters crammed into a hearing room at city hall, for the Board of Supervisors Rules Committee hearing. Everyone from senior management to teen volunteers came out to show their support, or at least that was the intent.
After two hours of other agenda items, item number 10 finally came up
(Ordinance adding Section 5.10 to the San Francisco Park Code to establish the San Francisco Zoo as a facility that primarily houses wildlife, domestic and exotic animals acquired from rescue situations, donations, and/or confiscations by law enforcement authorities; is committed to education and conservation, and makes animal welfare a priority; and to establish a Zoo Animal Welfare Oversight Advisory Committee appointed by the Board of Supervisors to advise the Board on policy priorities for ensuring that the needs of the animals are met.)
After introducing this next agenda item, Chris Daly used his power as the chair of the committee to reduce the amount of public comment to just 1 minute, from the standard 3 minutes. This public comment session was the only way for the zoo and it’s staff and supporters to vouch for what we do. Bevan Dufty refused to cut the time down, but Chris Daly bullied it through because Ammiono seemed to not care about this topic.
After this fiasco, and great model of democratic government for all the teens in room, we finally got going. To get this item rolling, Chris Daly asked for an update from Carl Friedman, who serves the city of San Francisco as the Director of Animal Care and Control. He’s been dispatched to the zoo by the Mayor’s office to help bridge the interests of the zoo and In Defense of Animals. Mr. Friedman only got a couple of minutes into his briefing, when Chris Daly decided to interrupt him abruptly, and told him to “just get to the point.” Multiple times Chris Daly said “I really don’t think I’ll be hearing anything I don’t know already, so lets just get this over with!” This was the tone of the entire meeting, and I look forward to getting the video from it on the internet.
Although this “Rescue Zoo” legislation sounds like it would be a good thing, it won’t. Currently the San Francisco Zoo “rescues” animals that were former pets, injured wildlife, etc. In addition to the current rescue capacity, we also participate in Species Survival Plans, Conservation Programs, and other Population Management Plans that help ensure our world’s bio-diversity, but with this legislation would have to stop. Passing this legislation will restrict what our zoo can do to save the worlds species, not expand that ability as it’s proponents think.
If you want to help the San Francisco Zoo, contact your district supervisor.
I brought the three chicks down to the island yesterday, and they are
lovin it! It’s so much fun watching young Penguins explore our
massive pool.