Mad Money Machine

by Paul Douglas Boyer

Cramer on NPR

Didja catch NPR this morning? Nice feature on Cramer’s Mad Money. Check it out! Lots of extra links there to check out.

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Fri, January 13 2006 » Uncategorized » Comments Off on Cramer on NPR

Swaps Today NBR for ENG, CTRN for GME

Sold 1190 Englobal (ENG) at $11.13 and bought 168 Nabors (NBR) for $78.78 at 10:30 as promised. Sold 314 GameStop (GME) at $39.98 and bought 288 Citi Trends (CTRN) for $42.51 at 10:30. You’ll see it on the Portfolio page tonight.

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Thu, January 12 2006 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment

ENG Downgraded, IBD Free

The MMM Cramer 2006 portfolio slipped today while the ETF posted a small gain, slightly narrowing the gap. Mostly due to an analyst downgrade from Buy to Neutral of Englobal (ENG). We’ll see how that works out. Let’s take half off the table tomorrow at 10:30. Might swap that half into Nabors (NBR), but I […]

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Wed, January 11 2006 » Uncategorized » Comments Off on ENG Downgraded, IBD Free

10.3%

Dude, 6% return on your money is OK, right? 8% return in a year is pretty good. 10% these days is really nice. Well, after 6 trading days the MMM Cramer 2006 portfolio is up 10.3% already! Pretty fantastic for a diversified portfolio! As I mentioned previously, I swapped out of Cynosure (CYNO) today and […]

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Tue, January 10 2006 » Uncategorized » Comments Off on 10.3%

Adjustments

Swapping CYNO for PMTI in the 2006 portfolio. JNJ is no longer common.

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Tue, January 10 2006 » Uncategorized » Comments Off on Adjustments

Me, the fan. Without the plug.

I’m mentioned briefly in an article about Jim Cramer’s Mad Money show. I told the reporter about my (at the time upcoming) website and podcast too, but sadly it didn’t get a mention. At least she got my quote right! But I think I also mentioned something about investing being a normally dry topic and […]

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Sun, January 8 2006 » Uncategorized » Comments Off on Me, the fan. Without the plug.

Party like its 1999!

A market that acts like this makes one giddy. Ah memories of 1999 all over again. I’m liking 2006 already. MMM Cramer portfolio up 6.7%, ETF portfolio up 4.0%.

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Fri, January 6 2006 » Uncategorized » Comments Off on Party like its 1999!

No Stoppin’ GameStop

Holy Cow! Whatta move today for GME. up 11.5% for the day and 17.3% since the 12/30 close. December comp same store sales up 8.7%. Lots of other good news there. Should we RING THE REGISTER NOW? or let ‘er ride??? Perhaps a trader would sell now and buy it back again slightly lower, but […]

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Thu, January 5 2006 » Uncategorized » Comments Off on No Stoppin’ GameStop

Love days like today

Oh my, what a great day to be in the market. Kinda makes you wish you didn’t have anything at all in cash. Have a look at how well the MMM Cramer portfolio did compared with the ETF portfolio today. Nice energy spike, huh? Hey, while I’m here I have a favor to ask: would […]

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Wed, January 4 2006 » Uncategorized » Comments Off on Love days like today

Overwhelming Response, Thanks!

The first Mad Money Machine podcast is only 48 hours old now, but the response has been absolutely overwhelming! I am flabbergasted by the amount of attention this thing is getting and so soon. We addicts are finding a community I can tell. I will work my hardest to keep improving both the quality of […]

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Wed, December 21 2005 » Uncategorized » 2 Comments