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“Mistakes are the portals of discovery”

“Mistakes are the portals of discovery”         ~James Joyce, writer   Don’t Fight the Fed If you have been an investor for any length of time, I am sure you have heard the phrase, ”Don’t Fight the Fed.” It simply implies that the Bernanke+ Co are in control of monetary policy and it would...

Boston IBD Meet Up tonight @MIT

“Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class.” ~Hong Hi Choi, founder of Taekwondo   Tonight, February 21st, I will be leading the IBD Meet Up in Cambridge. We are starting the IBD Series of 13 Lessons again. IBD Lesson 2: How to Spot Market Bottoms If you are...

“Courage is being scared to death – and saddling up anyway.”

“Courage is being scared to death – and saddling up anyway.” ~ John Wayne, actor   Last week, I did a radio interview with Amy Smith and Matt Galgani on Investor’s Business Daily Radio. Amy is the writer of a new book, How to Make Money in Stocks Success Stories, which I am profiled in.  ...

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength but by perseverance.”

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength but by perseverance.” ~H. Jackson Brown Author of Life’s Little Instruction Book     Market commentary We recently saw a powerful indicator that I have heard called a Blast-Off Indicator. It is designed to trigger rarely, and only...

On the air with Gabe Wisdom

” Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.” ~ Chinese Proverb   Yesterday at 2:20 EST, I was a guest on the Gabe Wisdom business radio show. We discussed how I was profiled in Amy Smith’s new book How to Make Money in Stocks Success Stories. The link is: http://www.businesstalkradio.net/weekday_host/Archives/gw.shtml and click...

Where’s Waldo?

“Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.” Rita Mae Brown Writer   Where’s Waldo You  might remember the children’s books created by Martin Handford called Where’s Waldo .Readers are challenged to find a character named Waldo hidden amongst dozens of people doing a variety of amusing activities. Wally’s distinctive red...

December IBD Meetup Boston

Tomorrow on Thursday, December 6th, at 7pm I will be leading the IBD Meetup in Cambridge. I’ll be breaking down and analyzing some past winners like Baidu, Xerox and Sea Container. Studying past winners is the best way to learn how to find great opportunities in the future. Everyone is welcome to attend so please...

On Air with Ken Shreve

On 10/25,  Kier was on Breakout Investing with Ken Shreve discussing the general market and ARM Holdings (AMRH) , Apple Inc (AAPL), Facebook (FB) and LinkedIn (LNKD). Follow the link to a recording of the show www.tigeruniversity.com/mp3/BOI102512.mp3 – (about halfway through the recording, at the 28th minute is Kier’s segment)

“My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.”

“My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” ~ Miles Davis, musician Market Commentary – Monday October 22, 2012   The general market indices have been experiencing some heavy selling/distribution of late. We have seen a number of days where the market opens...

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.”

 ”As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say.  I just watch what they do.” ~ Andrew Carnegie, industrialist   The Fed last week decided that it was time to go “All In”. They basically said that they will keep interest rates low as long as necessary to bump up GDP and lower...

On the air with Ken Shreve

Yesterday afternoon Kier was on Breakout Investing with Ken Shreve discussing: LinkedIn (LNKD) , Michael Kors (KORS) ,Zillow(Z), Equinix(EQIX) and Amazon(AMZN). Follow the link to the show; http://www.tfnn.com/tiger-tv/01-tfnn-live-feed.php   or http://www.tfnn.com/watch.php

On the air with Kate Stalter at TFFN Radio

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~ Truman Capote, writer I did a radio show today with Kate Stalter on TFFN and we discussed some recent Initial Public Offerings (IPO’s). We cover the following companies: Michael Kors (KORS), The Fresh Market (TFM), Linkedin (LNKD), Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and Five Below (FIVE). Here is...