Trader Mike

Josh sent this email to me this morning with an idea for donations to the victims of hurricane Katrina:

I am trying to get as many traders as I can to donate their profits for Tuesday, Sep. 6 to a charity of their choosing that is assisting disaster victims. Would you help me in this [...]

I’m sitting here listening to the Georgia Governor telling people to stay calm about the rising gas prices but I just came in from a short trip to the store and it’s getting hectic out there. I headed to the store at about 4:05 PM today and noticed that the station closest to my [...]

Here’s a ton of stuff that I just pulled out of my newsreader. Some good ’surfage’ for tomorrow’s expiration day. Enjoy…
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Very interesting article in the New York Times about how markets react to events like yesterday’s bombing — Initial Panic Selling Followed by a Numbing Business as Usual. Be sure to check out the multimedia features too. (via Big Picture)
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Here are some notes the Briefing.com posted about this morning’s explosions in London:
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I know the west coasters aren’t happy about this and count me as one east coaster who doesn’t like it either. I vote for shortening the trading day.

NYSE Considers Plan to Open Earlier, Thain Says
Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) — The New York Stock Exchange is considering a plan to open trading by as much [...]

The New York Times has an article which explores the acquisition interest in financial news sites of late.

Dow Jones won the bidding with a deal, expected to be completed today, for $519 million, about six times MarketWatch’s 2004 revenue. The four-way frenzy among the companies to own MarketWatch outright may be the strongest sign that [...]

Be sure to set your TiVos to catch Random Roger on Your World with Neil Cavuto (Friday) and Forbes on Fox (Saturday).
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Welcome to week 57 of the Carnival of the Capitalists. This is an exciting weekend for me, yesterday this blog was highlighted in Barron’s and today I get to host the carnival. I encourage all of my new visitors to visit the blogs listed below. You may be surprised at the high quality [...]

From Fast Company — The future is something to get excited about again. Here’s our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.