{"id":57,"date":"2014-03-31T04:25:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T04:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/money\/?p=57"},"modified":"2014-03-31T04:25:10","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T04:25:10","slug":"weekend-thoughts-33014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/money\/stocks-2\/weekend-thoughts-33014\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Thoughts 3\/30\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t updated my blog in a while but I have been really busy in my other two money streams (EBay and Website Design), but that is another story. The good news is I have a new infusion of cash ready and I think the market is in a good buying position. Most of the headlines in the news lately have been about how we are pointed down. On a chart level I can see that, but I am feeling a bit contrarian these days and I think the short interest lately has been a bit over played. I have been tracking unemployment numbers and they are starting to look good. Also, I see strong housing numbers which tell me people are starting to build. I think the cold might have slowed the eastern seaboard a bit, but now as we turn to Spring I am feeling not just a turn in the weather but a bit in the markets.<\/p>\n<p>This weeks plays:<\/p>\n<p>$PLUG (Plug Power Inc.) Cost Per Share: $7.33 Current Price: $6.90<\/p>\n<p>What can I say this stock is all over the place! It&#8217;s up, it&#8217;s down, it&#8217;s anything but boring. I am a bit down in my current position, but I don&#8217;t really care because I got a feeling this is going to get good really soon. Lots of speculation on Marsh&#8217;s &#8220;news&#8221;. It is really anyone&#8217;s guess at this point. My GUESS is Azure for Asia news (noticed today the RSS feed was down) and Hyundai for automotive, but again that is just a guess. My current sell order is at 11.15, just in case a short needs to cover (I am here for you).<\/p>\n<p>$HYSR (Hypersolar Inc.) Cost Per Share: $.07 Current Price: $.0055<\/p>\n<p>I got stopped out of this stock recently at .08 and then rebought some more between .06-.07. After making 500% on that last trade I just couldn&#8217;t resist trying again.<\/p>\n<p>$CNSL (Consolidated Communications) Cost Per Share: $20.76 Current Price: $19.65<\/p>\n<p>Just slowly accumulating this stock. I love the idea of receiving a dividend off this stock. I have this crazy idea that I am going to get enough dividend so I can spin the profits into small cap investments.<\/p>\n<p>$FREE (Freeseas INC.) Cost Per Share: $1.87 Current Price: $1.61<\/p>\n<p>Buying this stock must be a physical manifestation of my masochistic side. Why else would I for the second time buy a company that has 2 of 7 ships in operation?! Lost money at this point<\/p>\n<p>$IDN (Intelli-Check Inc.) Cost Per Share: $1.07 Current Price: $.9035<\/p>\n<p>I just recently got a ready pass card for my passport. Every time I go south to the border I notice that there are more ID checks. Every government building I go to has more ID card machines. This sector is getting hot and this is a great entry price. I will be buying all the way to $1.25.<\/p>\n<p>$PAL (North America Palladium Ltd.) Cost Per Share: $.48 Current Price: $.4680<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t sure about this stock. I was pretty much set on it going down to .42 a share. So I tested it by putting in some really low orders, but it didn&#8217;t budge. I thought for sure it would go to .41 on Friday, but it didn&#8217;t. Showing such strong support at .45 was key to my decision in buying. TP for me is .75 (do I dare attempt a $1??)<\/p>\n<p>$RNN (Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Inc.) Cost Per Share: $1.31 Current Price: $1.14<\/p>\n<p>I will be buying more this week. Short interest is high right now due to speculation of a reverse stock split. I don&#8217;t think it is going to happen, but I will be more than happy to take the temporary discount to average down my shares. I am still holding out till June on expected trial updates.<\/p>\n<p>$UQM (UQM Technologies Inc.) Cost Per Share: $3.11 Current Price: $2.52<\/p>\n<p>What can I say, lost money. Luckily I have very few shares at this point and I don&#8217;t need the cash soon. Maybe if some big automotive news comes out we could see some life here, but not likely.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t updated my blog in a while but I have been really busy in my other two money streams (EBay and Website Design), but that is another story. 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