30 April 2007 – First of all, a quick correction to a typo in a previous blog entry. I mentioned in a previous blog that I was in GM June 25 Puts. That was a typo. I’m in GM June 30 puts. However from the price points I gave in the previous blog of 1.20 [...]

29 April 2007 – There’s a technique I call re-visiting the same stock that I’ve used many times to make easy 25% to 50% profits after taking triple-digit profits from the very same stock on my initial position. The way this technique works is that when I think that the stock starts looking toppy and [...]

27 April 2007 – Well today, when BIDU gapped up over 19% to $130 a share, I closed out the remaining BIDU May 100 Calls at 400% profits. Yesterday I took a little bit more off the table at 85% profits, and as you recall, I initially took 50% off the table at 50% profits. [...]

25 April 2007 – Normally I don’t speak much of option plays as my investment course, SmartKnowledgeU, focuses on long term plays that will yield phenomenal gains by identifying low risk- high reward opportunities. Occasionally, I will purchase options merely for the chance of supplementing the total returns of my portfolios when the same low [...]

23 April 2007 – Hello, just a quick note today about a change in the format of our newsletter. I noticed that some of you have signed up multiple times for our newsletter, probably thinking that you were not “signed up” when you did not receive your weekly newsletter. Instead of sending out a weekly [...]

23 April, 2007 – A big story that made the rounds in the financial media last month was Jim Cramer’s (of the Street.com) statement that some hedge fund managers spread false rumors about a company to large trading desks and the media to drive a stock price lower. Many people found this admission shocking, but [...]

20 April 2007 – Today, I’m sitting in for Kaeho, but have decided to keep the Friday theme of Zen and Martial Arts intact. This is perhaps one of the very best times for a blog entry about applying philosophies of Zen and the Art of War to investing. You must avoid the Art of [...]

19 April 2007 – Recently, there was an article on CNNMoney that spoke about the “secrets” of the elite rich in the United States. For an article that proclaimed to contain secrets about building wealth, it contained some of the most ridiculous, deceptive statements about building wealth that I’ve ever read. In turn, several articles [...]

April 17, 2007 – According to a recent study conducted by Charles Schwab, today’s teenagers in the United States have huge expectations about the type of wealth that they will build as young adults. Of the 1,000 teenagers that participated in the survey, boys on average expected to be earning $173,000 a year while girls [...]

April 15, 2007 – Given the demographics of The Underground Investor readers, this next series of blogs are going to be written more for the benefit of our readers that have high-school or college aged children. One of the membership levels, the Level I Membership, of our SmartKnowledgeU courses focuses on wealth literacy for young [...]

April 13, 2007 – Today in Kaeho’s Corner, I’m going to discuss the lessons that pop culture can teach investors. One can learn a lot about how to become a better investor by observing pop culture. Pop culture and investing share similarities in that both are prone to trends that influence millions of people all [...]

April 12, 2007 -To build wealth, you need to buy the right stocks in the right industries in the right countries at the right time. If you ever wonder why the Goldman Sachs or the Merrill Lynches of the world will tell you that timing the market is “impossible” and a “waste of time” or [...]

April 11, 2007 – It is very difficult to understand where and how to invest your money without understanding politics. I know, I know. At first your reaction will probably be the same as 99% of all other investors. “What are you talking about?” is what you are thinking right? But understanding politics will help [...]