Not really anything related to what I do here, but I saw Becky Quick ask the BVLGARI CEO about their new store opening in Japan. “Why Ginza?“, Quick says. The BVLGARI CEO smirked and kinda laughed then explained that anyone who is anyone in fine goods has to be in Ginza as it is the [...]

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So Tim Sykes sent me a pre-lim copy of his new book, An American Hedge Fund. It was released October 1st, I received it in September, but since everyone was posting their review on the 1st of October, I thought I’d help him out and give a little hype once the big boom of press [...]

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It looks like the site went down sometime yesterday. I had no access to the site because I was in the hospital all weekend. It looks like everything is up and running now though.

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You might not have noticed, but I have removed the default “nofollow” on comments to encourage more commenting by everyone including other stock bloggers. This means that search engines will follow the links in your name/website field when you comment.
*If your comment is complete trash and contains spam just for the purpose of receiving a [...]

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I was considering opening up a stock forum here at StockRake where we can just have stock/investment ideas free flowing. Let me know if there you think it would be useful by commenting to this post and I’ll get it setup if there is enough interest.

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9 for 9 with the UFC picks. I gotta put some money on this stuff.

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I’m late in posting this because of server issues. The PPV just started, no fights yet. I know its delayed, but I haven’t looked at results yet.
I’m taking Randy Couture over Gabe Gonzaga, but its going to be a good close fight.
I’m taking George Rush St. Pierre over Josh Koscheck. I’m big fans of both [...]

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I often check out the message boards on Yahoo for stocks I’m interested in, just purchased, or currently own. You can often find out some useful info from some of that stocks message board gurus. However, you more than once will have to ignore complete and utter garbage as well, but as you become experienced [...]

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You know a few days back I bought MPZ. After buying it wrong and then seeing it go down hard on an intraday basis thought I was forcing a trade so I sold it for a 15% loss.
Now MPZ hit a high today of 1.5. Just 13 days later than my sell date the stock [...]

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My predictions went 5-4.
The big fight was a loser. Rampage won it. I’m a fan of both these guys so it didn’t matter as long as the fight was good. Chuck got caught with lazy looping hook that dropped him and then got some shots to the chin while on his back knocking him out.
Karo [...]

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Well for a diversion from stock picks today I’m going to post my predictions for UFC 71. I’m a huge MMA fan and have been since UFC 1. So here they are.
Chuck “The Iceman” Lidell over Quinton “Rampage” Jackson - Alot of people are picking Jackson to stop Chuck’s reign, but I think Chuck will [...]

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Over the weekend I changed the look of StockRake.com. I thought the old design was too compact and hard to get at the content. I feel this look opens things up a bit.
Let me know if you hate it or like it or whatever.

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I read this short piece by Rich Kiyosaki over at Yahoo Personal Finance. Its pretty good for reinforcing what the smart trader already knows. The comments contain some other good info as well. The article is not brainy or filled with a bunch of BS economics, just simple, buy low sell high stuff.

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Yeh it has nothing to do with stocks, but if you do well in the stock market and you’re not a vegetarian, you might be in for one of these.
Although not on the list of world’s most expensive steaks, this place is pretty good too for about $125, located in Kobe, Japan.
Chef Ari Rosenson seasons [...]

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