Archive for May, 2012

• Why I’m Long Starbucks, and Where to Enter by Zack Raicik
  Posted by scheplick on May 30th, 2012 at 12:59 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits This is a guest post from Zack Raick, a student at Bentley University, and Research and Development Intern at Travelers Insurance. In [...]

• What is a Value Trap?
  Posted by scheplick on May 27th, 2012 at 3:44 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits Be aware of the value trap in today’s market. Many bulls argue that the market is cheap, and that there are undervalued [...]

• What To Expect From StockTwits U Blog Posts
  Posted by scheplick on May 22nd, 2012 at 2:13 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits From here on, each blog post from StockTwits U will come from the archives of the StockTwits blog network. The goal is [...]

• StockTwits U: For Students of The Market
  Posted by scheplick on May 20th, 2012 at 7:32 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits I. Name a. StockTwits U, which stands for StockTwits University. II. Mission Statement a. StockTwits U has two goals: (1) Connect student [...]

• 5 Questions with Jon Hewson, President, The Trading Pitt
  Posted by scheplick on May 16th, 2012 at 9:54 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits This is an interview with Jon Hewson, the president of The Trading Pitt, a student club at the University of Pittsburgh. This [...]

• Pairs Trades, Index and Merger Arbitrage Lessons from Kid Dynamite
  Posted by scheplick on May 15th, 2012 at 10:17 am, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits I picked this up while reading a post from Kid Dynamite on the mega-fail trade by the London Whales over at $JPM’s [...]

• Great Books for New Investors and Traders
  Posted by scheplick on May 13th, 2012 at 8:31 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits The Education of a Speculator By Victor Niederhoffer I read this book in the fall of 2008. Changed my life. I picked [...]

• Two Strategies from Gregg Killpack
  Posted by scheplick on May 10th, 2012 at 11:10 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits This is a post by Greg Killpack, a Trading Strategist in TopStepTrader. In this post Killpack talks about Seasonality and Market Correlation. For [...]

• Investment Advice from Peter Thiel
  Posted by scheplick on May 6th, 2012 at 9:23 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits Peter Thiel is an asset manager and venture capitalist. He started his career as a founder of PayPal and has been on [...]

• Schools of Thought: Saltwater and Freshwater Economics
  Posted by scheplick on May 2nd, 2012 at 11:33 am, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits When it comes to government intervention and policy in macroeconomics, two schools of thought are at the center of the debate. During [...]