DARK HORSE HEDGE – Any way the wind blows, doesn’t really matter
by ilene - September 1st, 2010 2:23 pm
Housing-keeping note: Thanks to WordPress’s destruction of Phil’s Favorites site (and replacement with an invite to sign up for its service!), I’ve been relocating my blog to TypePad. Benefits: it looks better, is very user friendly and offers an easy way to search archives for any topic. One unique feature is that while exploring the internet, I can simply click on a button to post an excerpt of an interesting article with a link to the full article. That ability allows me to post links to articles that are worth reading when I do not have reprinting permission, such as articles from major news sources.
The new Favorites site is here. I’ve also created a website for Dark Horse Hedge, here. - Ilene
DARK HORSE HEDGE – Any Way the Wind Blows, Doesn’t Really Matter
By Scott Brown at Sabrient & Ilene at Phil’s Stock World
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I’m just a poor boy (Poor boy)
I need no sympathy
Because I’m easy come, easy go
Little high, little low
Any way the wind blows
Doesn’t really matter to me, to me
*****
Ilene and I started the Dark Horse Hedge on July 1, 2010 with the goal of helping self-directed investors weather any storm, no matter which way the wind was blowing. Today completes the second month of publishing the Dark Horse Hedge and we thought it would be a good time to review.
Phil’s Favorites New Blog
by ilene - August 30th, 2010 2:16 pm
WordPress, without notice or warning, deactivated the "Phil’s Favorites" blog. I’m unable to reach anyone that might help me get the blog back. So, having little hope early on, I’ve been recreating my TypePad blog and importing Favorites files onto that site. I also created a sister blog for Dark Horse Hedge, the virtual portfolio Scott (at Sabrient) and I are managing using Sabrient’s research and Phil’s buy/write strategy.
Here’s a link to the new Phil’s Favorites: http://ilene.typepad.com/ourfavorites/
Here’s Dark Horse Hedge’s new website: http://ilene.typepad.com/dark_horse_hedge/
I’m not finished retrieving all the archives for the Favorites and DHH, as it’s been an amazing amount of work, but I like the appearance of these blogs better and they seem easier to manage. For example, category links on the right site of the page were set up automatically and clicking on a subject brings up posts that have been automatically selected for that category.
For anyone interested, Scott arranged an offer from OptionsXpress to fund new OptionsXpress accounts with $500 for those either trying out a Phil’s Stock World subscription and/or a Sabrient premium subscription.
Click here for details for Phil’s Stock World and here for Sabrient.
p.s. Rev Todd created a new blog for his work, and fortunately it’s a TypePad blog also, here’s the url: http://bloomingcactus.typepad.
Favorites’ backup site moving
by ilene - August 29th, 2010 9:10 am
WordPress, without any notice or warning, deactivated the "Phil’s Favorites" blog, and when someone there finally responded to my email, the reason he gave me was that I had too many interlinking links with Phil’s Stock World, and I’m using their tags. Never mind that PSW is also wordpress site… Okay, so anyway, I’ve resurrected another blog system I tried last year, TypePad, and am recreating the Favorites backup site there.
Here’s the new link: http://ilene.typepad.com/ourfavorites/
This will be a work in progress over the weekend….