NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NMX)

[goofyfoot]

It was a good day!

Didn't see this coming, though. Sold about half of my position on Friday, for an average of $117.50/share. Wish I would have waited, because I turned around and bought NYX with the proceeds, almost immediately. NYX went down today, over a dollar from where I bought it. Damnit.

I had heard that December 1st was the last day that you could claim a loss on stock trades on your tax return. Wasn't sure if this was true, and even did some research, but it really wasn't clear if this was the case. Still, I went ahead and sold. And bought.

Wish I had a crystal ball, but with the Dutch Bourse voting to merge with NYX on the 19th, so maybe it'll all work out.

I did find this, though (shhhh!): http://agoros.com