WTF MARKET?!?

So we have taken for quite a bit of a ride this election season. Everyone is pumping fear into the media so, obviously, the market goes all over. Truth be told, I’d much rather play blackjack online instead of feed into this nonsense. I can have a ball with some online slots instead of dumping money into spec stocks like Pavilion Energy (PVRE.) I bought a few thousand of this penny stock a few weeks ago to watch it tank a bit, even though Google (GOOG) is backing it for the wind farm project off the coast of New Jersey. If the project goes through, it will be a huge home run for anyone involved including local bonds on the east coast since it will save people money with cheap power. And saving citizens money equates to better returns on municipal bonds.

I still have my PVRE hopes up though. Hopefully it will take a swing up to the Caterpillar (CAT) range in the next few years (which if you recall, we gave CAT the thumbs up around $30 / share and they are currently sitting pretty at around $80 / share. 266% profit if you listened to your old friends here at WTF Market.)

If that doesn’t play out, there are tons of small caps and pennies to bet on in the alternative energy world right about now.  It’s probably just a roll of the dice to get some money out of it, unless the southern US starts believing in global warming the demand won’t be enough for everyone to succeed.  But still, some of the better ones can get a treasury grant and the others can get gobbled up by a giant like General Electric (GE) or First Solar (FSLR.)

It’s kind of like living in online casinos in a way, isn’t it?

So what do you do when you need some canvas printing done?  Do you go to the neighborhood store or shop, or do you check out some unknown online place?  I have always gone around the corner to some old Greek guy, who does a pretty great job but costs a fortune.  I’m starting to think that the best way to put photos onto a canvas is to go it online.

Canvas printing is definitely something that can be done on the cloud in 2010.  You can take a photo on your fancy digital camera, upload it to the cloud somewhere and order some square canvas prints online.  Seems like a pretty done deal.

Personally, though, I like a 3 panel canvas the best.  It just displays nicely when it’s finished.  It is a bit classier, in my opinion.

And that brings us now to the question of the day.  The million dollar question, if you will.  “What the F does this have to do with stocks?”  Relax, I’ll tell you.

This is a trend for the coming years (read: “long term investment”.)  Consumers are looking to do stuff like this for everything and there are companies popping up every day that help people get their lives on the cloud.  And what is a cloud?  Just another fancy word for server network.  Usually, provided by companies like Amazon (AMZM) and Akamai (AKAM) and connected with fiber optics provided by companies like Finisar (FNSR) on a system by Cisco (CSCO) running through ISP’s like AT&T (T).

Pick your winner out of the group.  Personally, I like Amazon because they are one of the most trusted online retailers and their AWS (Amazon Web Services) platform is enormously popular with web developers and system administrators alike.  I will have to pick them as the long term winner, but they are all a safe bet for a long hold.

How is after hour trading legal? Why not just keep it open 24/7 to make it fair for everyone. I swear it’s like the market is still open….

I’ve been looking at something I currently hold, Finisar (FNSR), to make a move after like 2 years. It’s fluctuated from -6% to -1% since close. At this rate my limit and stop orders may both be triggered by morning. I bet Schwab (SCHW) would love that. At least they lowered the trading cost.

8:1.  That’s not some appropriate payout on the Cowboys winning a home game this year, its the Finisar (FNSR) reverse split.  They wanted to spark some investor interest.  Sweet, me too since I love their products and would like to see them flourish.  So now this goes up like 550% in value.  Awesome number to see, this is true.  But why is it getting slammed?

I’m guessing this is because it has, as of yet, sparked zero interest in potential investors.  The  volume is total .  I’m sure the people who didn’t sell off last minute expected a dip, but this bad?  Maybe they could have done something else to spark some interest…

Perhaps they could have advertised how their company pretty much supplies the internet.  Their customers are the companies that are the major internet hubs.  Their fiber optics are getting more advanced then hardware can handle.  I’m guessing a few months of targeted advertising could have done much more then this reverse split in the long run, but we’ll never know.  Hell, it worked for the pig farmers after the swine flu (I’m not calling it H1N1, thats stupid… the pigs won’t’ be offended.)