Archive for April, 2012

• I Wish I Had Learned to Trade This First
  Posted by Michael Bigger on April 30th, 2012 at 9:14 am, Comments: 0

  A while ago I wrote a blog post about Starting Over. There are a lot of things I wish I had known when I started my [...]

• What Does American Apparel Sell?
  Posted by Michael Bigger on April 26th, 2012 at 9:21 am, Comments: 0

  Yes, they do sell clothing but clothing is the steak. The sizzle in this life style brand ($APP) appears to be youthfullness and its discovery [...]

• How to Build a Spread Trading Playbook
  Posted by Michael Bigger on April 20th, 2012 at 10:16 am, Comments: 0

  In this video, Jennifer also reveals how I trade my Favorite Spread: 8 * $SPY – 13 * $IWM. .

• Why Do Customers Go Bananas For American Apparel?
  Posted by Michael Bigger on April 19th, 2012 at 2:07 pm, Comments: 0

  A few weeks ago, I met a friend at Jones Beach Parking Lot 6 (P6) for a kiteboarding session. We decided to do a downwinder; leave a car [...]

• Amazon Showrooms Are Everywhere
  Posted by Michael Bigger on April 17th, 2012 at 2:18 pm, Comments: 0

  We have heard recently about Best Buy’s ($BBY) poor performance due to the fact that consumers use $BBY retail stores as showrooms for ordering on [...]

• No Ordinary Joe – Followup
  Posted by Michael Bigger on April 15th, 2012 at 5:28 am, Comments: 0

  On March 20 we wrote a blog post about $JOEZ and the recent runup in the stock price. Yesterday the company reported another blowout quarter, with top [...]

• American Apparel +21% Gave Us the Green Light
  Posted by Michael Bigger on April 11th, 2012 at 8:38 am, Comments: 0

  American Apparel ($APP) just reported fantastic sales numbers for the quarter ended March 31.  Total sales were up 14% Q/Q and comparable store sales for [...]

• Darwin the Trader
  Posted by Michael Bigger on April 4th, 2012 at 3:05 pm, Comments: 0

  Charles Darwin is widely known as the man behind the Theory of Evolution.  He theorized that through evolution a species could adapt to different environmental [...]