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Well looks like I got snookered on my NA and BMO as they are both above my sells presently... and the shoes are close... YIKES...
Sold National bank (NA.TO)
66% cash... was down to 53%
EDIT; I'm Chicken... out BMO.. 72% CASH
Mostly CASH but solar Powered
Stopped out of my PSS.. for a nice profit but not eh best trade..
Out STM for a few tanks of gas..
Yeah have some thunking to do tonight...
Baby going out with the TSX bathwater ...
Added to RCI.B
EDIT: Evidently I'm too early... DRATS
EDIT EGAD... in for more RCI.B...
Funny Funny Me... Altered Images...
Mostly CASH but solar Powered
Stopped out of OIL.TO for a small loss..
Started a position VNP.TO Something a little different...
Well if I never rolled my Safari Van I figure a newer SUV is gonna be fine..
A big ass truck will just sit unless hauling... Cannot justify that expense... Those size vehicles I'm looking at all are fine for home depot runs, ski trips to the Laurentians .. just more flexible..
If the 4Runner doesn't pan out I may need a bigger SUV..
Also a truck cannot handle 4-5 passengers plus 2 dogs.. My requirements are a little stringent I guess :O)
With that truck you posted me.. I would likely just pull my house :O)
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Well I test drove a 2006 Explorer today. 17500 asking. OK to start negotiations.
Good news.. Drives really nicely.
Wife liked it and liked driving it.
Has traction control and hi and low AWD override instead of leaving it up to computer.
Nice inside for cockpit area. Superior comport by far than my Safari van.
Bad news.
Only one row of back seats.
Horrible news... Back seat are terribly uncomfortable..
Guess we are spoiled by nice seating in Safari Van for passengers. NO good for the long trips we plan.
Offered me an Aviator. Same chassis as Explorer. Lots of luxury.. Very comfy back seats.. DVD for kids.. Third row of seat.. not too easy to access ans only for two but that's OK.
Good News..
@1K and very negotiable..
Comfy back seat.
same tow capability as Explorer.
drives nice..
BAD news.. uses Super... so I pay a premium won a vehicle that will log lot of klics and it is less fuel efficient to boot.. WHY I wonder... really just an upscale explorer.. CRAP!!..
Pressure sales of course LOL..
Anyway I need to look @ the 4runner next.. Better mileage anyway.. If that does not work out.... I may need a big badass SUV after all LOL... Saw a Yukon hybrid LOL.. but > 70K YIKES...
Next major high school reunion is 2012... 40 years I shudder think about that.. 56 yech...
Added a few Novartis.. (NOV) and more RCI.B (Rogers Comm)
Had I been home to trade I would have let go a few of my PSS.. Some kind of rally into the close.. looked like the TSX went from -20 to + 20 in the last 30 seconds..
Yeah BMO has had it on the Investorline Main Page... reading the details ... it's almost too good to be true.. This almost makes up for Flaherty's screwing around with the income trusts... well it does for me since I had none at the time..
Interestingly (to me, arcane to you LOL)I recently found out that Flaherty is a Loyola boy like me.. about 10 years ahead of me.. :o)
Saw him in my alma mater's monthly alumni newsletter..
Loyola Boy ? What the hell is that ... Someone who attended high school here ... they subsidised rif raf like me if you did well on the entrance exam.. I fooled them LOL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyola_High_School_(Montreal)
Started a position in NOVARTIS. NOV. Just 100 shares.
Templeton fund likes it.
Well I don't really want a Big Ass truck if I can avoid it :O) and a separate .. pick-up is no go unless I buy a smallish SUV also.. plus I need a commuter car... plus my daughter will be getting her license this fall...
Looking @ maybe 2005-2006 4Runner-V8 or Explorer-V8 ... Both have 1500-2000lb hauling to spare with the trailer fully loaded.. and neither is too big for my wife to feel uncomfortable driving ..
Also would like a small AWD like the Subaru Impreza and one small urban car.. Honda Fit size.. geez.. that makes three LOL
I don't want to be driving the SUV all the time..
EDIT: Interestingly I looked at a Toyota Sequoia also but it's a bit big and although it hauls more the payload net net could actually be less than the other two by my calcs..
Yeah requires more research when you don't want a big ass truck :O) but two kids, two dogs and a wife make the pick-up unpractical..
Mostly CASH but solar Powered
I like energy LT but NG should be better regardless of US election results.. NG as transport fuel.. electric cars in the cities, distributed electric power etc etc It's coming.. faster than many think IMHO...
You are a daytrader.. :o)
Circumstances dictate that I am now shopping for two new vehicles :o(
Lost 700$ today.. I like my choices LT but I made a mistake overweighting MFC.. Called that one wrong... Waiting on my divvies :O)
I hear Harper is gonna push in the north ,,, but where are the armed icebreakers he talked about...
Mostly CASH but solar Powered
Y'know things like that .. give me hope for the future... The lights won't be gong out until the sun goes out... and by then we will be approaching the end of time as we experience it :O)
One more energy buy...
http://siliconinvestor.advfn.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=24879872
Yeah just because we're Canucks... does not mean we can't sound pompous between brews ;o)
Bought OIL 14.21
LOL... Marc Mobius of Templeton made that call a couple of months ago.. :O) I'm also watching CHN and poking around some energy.. Want one more dump but don't know if I'm gonna get.. :O)
I have no good feel for O&G here in the near term..
That's it for me... next orders are likely sells...
Mostly CASH but solar Powered
Yeah because AIG has fallen and can't get up :O) .. but that is business.. :o)
Bought some STM yesterday.. dunno if LT or not...
Bought some BNS just now.. Taking some on the chin here in some financials..
Added more PSS 13.02 Started SLF.TO 39.03..
Also looking at PPX.TO
Making the rounds on SI http://www.chrismartenson.com/peak_oil
Out my CLL at te open... Yesterday would have been better.. No energy positions long or short. It's all clear as mud to me ST..
re: Canadian financial stocks ... might be too early yet so not whole hog here either.. Next week should tell the tale I guess with earnings.. We get to see if they are baked into the cake already..
I kept my RSI :O)
I'm liking the comments on electricity by Bill Harris on BNN yesterday... One Pick covering Alternative energy also is Pristine energy... (more boring stuff for now) He also tossed out the names KHD and Boralex which I'm aware of..
PWT back over 13% ?? I dunno I still didn't see any despair causing me to back up he truck... I've been here before and I really do not know.. Missing is better than losing in my new mantra..
So you think electric rates are going up ? Harris thinks in the next few years they go up hard...
Added some Cheap shoes as traders also.. PSS
Hopefully LT. Good yield. MFC also a China/Asia play. MFC just made an acquisition in Taiwan.
I may be stepping in front of a train here with Bank earnings coming out next week.. but along with being a LT energy bull I think the Canadian financial sector is bottoming here and the yield is good.
I am overweight MFC per my new rules (too many traders) so some of those are on the bloc. Kind of limited buying wise here without breaking my high cash rule..
The Hibiscus are in bloom (winter hardy ones) :O)
I'd recognize that for a bottom... Marketwise methinks we've only had one cheek so far.. :O)
Bought NA.TO today... I know I know... BORING.....
I never pulled the trigger on HEU when I sold HED so I've mostly missed this rally except for some CLL..
Started a position in CLL
Mag got a pump on BNN last night as best of breed of teh small Potash companies..
Also started a BMO position this AM > 6% yield..
And added (averaged up slightly) KFS > 3% yield
just > 80% cash here.
Mostly CASH
Added some more shoes this AM PSS.
Tempted to re-enter HED this AM but did not.. as I was on the road. Would have been a good move... Too bad I did not take the pop in PSS but this thing keeps trying to bust upwards.. Anyway added some @ 14.18 near the close..
Out all my HED just now... going camping :O)
KFC You shouldn't post on an empty stomach ;o)
KFS pays a good yield and appears to be bottom of cycle.. Just learning to ride different waves :O) I count my blessing to have found the commodities run which masked a lot of my failings :O)
My strongest focus right now is KEEPING IT :O)
I'm staying cash heavy so I don't have a stroke :O)
Going away for the weekend, will be on the road Monday returning so I will lighten up before leaving..
Started a position in Kingsway Financial (KFS.TO) ... Like MFC I will see how it goes.. Again this yields over 3% keeping in my theme for now.. I may add some lower if seen. It's very thin though so I can't see buying a lot. JNJ (2% yield after the US gov takes its cut, I need too get rolling on a taxable account..) is flat for me but PSS is still behaving like a crazy net stock.. but it's making me money :O)
I'm waiting for a back up the truck moment in commodities...
Added a few MFC 37.42.. That should about do it.. Need to keep diversified is on my minds days...
This is such a tough seesaw market I find.. Could have done better on FSLR.. and now COW above some of my sells..
Convinces me to stay high cash for now...
Added HED.TO, JNJ, MFC.TO out of the gate..
HED on a tight leash...
EDIT still > 84% cash staying in tight range...
Mostly CASH
Yeah I was watching it.. a late bloomer though.. SU seems to have more pop..I was not impressed with action though in many cases considering the rally in the TSX into the close. Take a look at the 15 minute charts on a few biggies ... ECA was strong... SU popped .. faded a bit at 2:00PM and then basically flatlined.. A fair bit of selling to various degrees right around 2:00PM..
Anyway I'm short (HED) so you know what I expect to see ... but that won't be what I want LOL..
MFC worked out OK..