Market Summary
| Dow |
11619.51 |
+17.01 |
(+0.15%) |
| Nasdaq |
2315.40 |
+11.44 |
(+0.50%) |
| Russell 2K |
715.71 |
-1.11 |
(-0.15%) |
| S&P 500 |
1282.41 |
+5.41 |
(+0.42%) |
| S&P 100 |
590.92 |
+2.23 |
(+0.38%) |
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Current Targets and Stops
| Symbol |
Picked |
ST |
SSL |
| AAPL |
$93.00 |
$225.00 |
$175.00 |
| CPNE |
$0.50 |
$4.50 |
$1.45 |
| CREE |
$25.00 |
$50.00 |
$23.00 |
| EFSF |
$0.18 |
$0.50 |
$0.16 |
| NIHK |
$0.04 |
$0.13 |
$0.08 |
| PNWIF |
$1.80 |
$6.00 |
$3.00 |
| QID |
$38.67 |
$42.19 |
$35.00 |
| RIMM |
$115.00 |
$120.00 |
$112.00 |
| SPKL |
$0.69 |
$2.00 |
$0.90 |
| TCGD |
$0.87 |
$2.00 |
$0.65 |
| TTGL |
$0.84 |
$3.00 |
$1.73 |
ST Denotes Suggested Target.
SSL Denotes Suggested Stop Loss.
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July 2008
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July 17, 2008 : OTCJ: Spicy Pickle Notches #42
Spicy Pickle (OTC BB: SPKL) Notches #42 SPKL announced store #42 is now open for business. It is located in Michigan- Portage, Michigan to be precise. Michigan represents the 14th state for Spicy Pickle. The Michigan franchisee has committed to opening 10 stores in the Kalamazoo- Grand Rapids- Ann Arbor...
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June 2008
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June 30, 2008 : OTCJ: Platina Updates Production. And, Is the Pickle Bottoming?
Energy is just flat out getting goofy and technically, we don't see it coming back to reality anytime soon. $150 a barrel seems inevitable and $180 to $200 is not out of the question, not yet anyway. So, I hope many of you took our suggestion of playing the broader markets to the short side. Until proven...
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June 22, 2008 : Friday's Meltdown and Special Announcement
Special Announcement: Limited Service Until July 1st It's time for a little vacation. Normally, when I take a trip, it's somewhere there's an internet connection and I keep up to date on my notebook computer. Next week I won't have that option. I'll be out of touch with the electronic world temporarily...
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June 17, 2008 : OTCJ: Pickle Turns 41 and 13; The Short Reload
The Short Reload: We're There Here's an update for those of you who have been following my trade to make money by betting on what I believe is a corrective phase in the market. It's not complicated- it's simple. After a brutal January to March, the market simply steamed up the charts for two months...
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June 11, 2008 : Pickle Turns 40: Short Targets for NDX
Comments in the BLOG There are a couple of new BLOGs up for your review- yesterday, I posted a BLOG on my current open short trade on the NDX through QID and an update on eFoodSafety (OTC BB: EFSF)- which as we all know is making new all time lows. Check the BLOG to read my current thoughts. The BLOG...
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May 2008
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May 20, 2008 : OTCJ: Obese Market; Pickle Open #39
An Obese Market Oil cranked up through $130 today- the dollar is giving back some of its recent gains. The market is starting to give some ground. I moved back into the money on my short position in the market- as covered in the weekend edition. In case you missed it- here's today's idea for a trade...
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May 06, 2008 : Pickle Opens #38; Texas Expansion Continues
Pickle Opens #38- Texas Expansion Continues Despite the rather boring performance on the chart, Spicy Pickle has now gotten back on the new store opening bandwagon, and is announcing a second new store opening in as many weeks. Today, just after the market closed, SPKL announced its third Austin, Texas...
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April 2008
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April 22, 2008 : Spicy Hits Michigan
Spicy (OTC BB: SPKL) Hits Michigan Fresh off last week's first open forum conference call, Spicy Pickle is out with more substantive news. The stock has begun a rebound phase, but clearly is not ready to simply rocket up the charts. It's not that kind of market environment, so it's hardly surprising...
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April 16, 2008 : Pickle Delivers Surge In Same Store Sales
Pickle (OTC BB: SPKL) Delivers Surge In Same Store Sales Marc Geman, CEO of Spicy Pickle, will have something Spicy to discuss on today's conference call, which probably will have ended by the time you read this edition. As the company disclosed just at the close today, the revenues at Spicy Pickle...
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April 16, 2008 : Pickle Conference Call Reminder
The Pickle (OTC BB: SPKL) Call Reminder: Today at 4:15 Eastern; 1:15 Pacific As a reminder I encourage all investors interested in Spicy Pickle to tune in to today's conference call. It will begin 15 minutes after the market closes- that's 4:15 Eastern, 1:15 Pacific. This is the first conference call...
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April 12, 2008 : The Pickle Wants To Hear From You!
Comments in the BLOG RIMM-UGH- right idea, wrong security. Watching that stock fall apart on Friday and hitting $115, as I predicted it would, was painful in that I had been blown out of the short term puts I suggested for a high risk trade at a loss. For those of you who are still in the trade, a couple...
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March 2008
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March 17, 2008 : Pickle Shareholders Learning To Love Texas
Today, just post close, SPKL announced it has inked a seven store franchise agreement in San Antonio, Texas. In total, Texas is now accounting for 25 current and future Spicy Pickle locations, more than the 23 in home state Colorado. With the Dallas/Ft Worth area still to go, Texas is proving to be fertile...
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February 2008
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February 27, 2008 : Pickle's Purchase Brings 20 Fold Top Line Result
Comments in the BLOG I hope at least of few of you followed my weekend trade and took a shot at my suggested option trade on the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) calls. I bought first thing Monday morning, and closed out yesterday with a one day $1,000 profit on a $6500 investment. That's 15.3% in one day, or...
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February 20, 2008 : Spicy Pickle Inks Five New Locations
Comments in the BLOG There was one new BLOG posting for your review this week. Yesterday, about mid way through the trading day, I suggested those who were looking for a rebound in TTGLE on some long awaited positive developments should go ahead and consider trading out of their positions. Crazy stuff...
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February 04, 2008 : Pickle Powers Past The 125 Store Mark: Houston Will Have 10
Pickle Powers Past The 125 Store Mark: Houston Will Have 10 If you live in Texas, it is becoming more likely you will be seeing a number of these in your neighborhood at some point in the not too distant future. I'll make today's edition a quick read. SPKL continues to be the one company that doesn't...
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January 2008
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January 31, 2008 : Pickle Keeps Rolling: Company Store Expansion Accelerates
Comments in the BLOG There was a pretty ugly downside surprise out of Titan Global (OTC BB: TTGLE for now) this week, and I'm not quite sure what to make of it so far. I can't decide if this distressing turn of events is fully priced into the stock and there's upside, of if management's display of incompetence...
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January 16, 2008 : Pickle Invades Tinsel Town: Coming Attractions
Coming Attractions Recession? Little doubt the market now believes the US Economy is clearly going into recession. The market is now in the process of pricing equities for a major economic slow down, and stocks are simply getting killed across the board. After reviewing some of the data and commentary...
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January 08, 2008 : Pickle Invades City of Broad Shoulders: Chicago Gets Five More Stores
Pickle Invades City of Broad Shoulders: Chicago Gets Five More Stores 2007 is a wrap for Spicy Pickle, and the company ended up hitting the 36 opened stores mark at year's end. For those of you who might be disappointed by SPKL for not reaching the 40 store number forecast by management- not to worry...
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December 2007
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December 17, 2007 : Pickle Powers Into Michigan
Pickle (OTC BB: SPKL) Powers Into Michigan If you think Friday's two events were favorable- (the $6 million capital injection and the two new store openings), you have to love today's post close news. Here's what I want you to come away with regarding today's news- this evolution is a glimpse of what's...
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December 15, 2007 : Pickle Powers Up Company Owned Stores
Pickle (OTC BB: SPKL) Powers Up Company Owned Stores We've been getting a little sell off in Spicy Pickle of late as the company has been on the quiet side in a tough market. Like a duck on a pond, this bird appears to be crusing serenely- but the legs are paddling furiously below the surface- you just...
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November 2007
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November 27, 2007 : Spicy Delivers, Like Mailman, 2 More Stores; EFSF and NIHK BLOGS
In case you didn't catch it, eFoodSafety (OTC BB: EFSF) was out with very interesting news at the market open today. They expanded the news on the newly discovered application for Citroxin as a potential therapy for MRSA Staph. Despite the market's seeming disinterest, this could...
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November 13, 2007 : Pickle Unveils Three New Locations: PhotoChannel Breakout
Comments in the BLOG There is a new BLOG posting today on a major breakthrough from our friends at PhotoChannel (OTC BB: PNWIF). Those of you who follow the story know I started with this one at $1.80 in October of '06, and today the stock has broken out. As I write this, it is trading in the $4.50...
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November 10, 2007 : WOW
Wow I was up at 5:30AM Pacific on Friday morning. I couldn't sleep, so I got to work. I turned on CNBC, and the rhetoric was predictable. I watched for about two hours as the network went through its usual gyrations of interviewing fund managers, floor traders, and general know-it-alls. Art Cashin...
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October 2007
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October 22, 2007 : Spicy Pickle - Take the Hint, & Some Profits
When I presented Spicy Pickle to you on September 22nd, it was based on its investment potential. I really do think SPKL should eventually be worth at least $2.00 based on its foreseeable growth plans (or worth even more beyond those plans). However, the company hasn't actually reached that endpoint...
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October 09, 2007 : Spicy Pickle: 2 More Open, 12 To Go in '07
Comments in the BLOG CREE was in the news over the last several days. There was a absolutely awesome stop and reversal in the stock today. The shorts are getting killed in this one. Read today's BLOG for more information. I love this stock for $50 next year, but there are a lot of naysayers. The BLOG...
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September 2007
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September 27, 2007 : Spicy Pickle Goes Gator
Comments in the BLOG With all the excitement going on in new idea Spicy Pickle (OTC BB: SPKL) I don't want to be remiss with the other ideas I currently believe in as well. The last two months have been really good if you participated in some of my current ideas included Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) going through...
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September 22, 2007 : Spicy Pickle Franchising- An Intimate Look in a New Way
Spicy Pickle Franchising, Inc (OTC BB: SPKL): An Intimate Look You might be hearing about Spicy Pickle for the first time today, but I've been involved for two years, and I believe the best is yet to come. With the introduction of Spicy Pickle, I am moving the OTC Journal into the next generation microcap...
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Spicy Pickle (OTC BB: SPKL) Notches #42 SPKL announced store #42 is now open for business. It is located in Michigan- Portage, Michigan to be precise. Michigan represents the 14th state for Spicy Pickle. The Michigan franchisee has committed to opening 10 stores in the Kalamazoo- Grand Rapids- Ann Arbor...
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