I'm packing about 20 cans of my favorite dessert for the trip home.

Lawrence Strauss wrote about David Rocker in Barron's this week:

But don't forget, Rocker Partners LP was down 35.6% in 2003. The article mentions that Rocker's short positions include AAII, KKD, OVTI, and COCO, which have all (eventually) turned into big winners.

What I don't get about professional short sellers is why they don't employ a trend-following system (like my Fuzzy)? Analysts are good at identifying the junk businesses, which is great, but why not wait for the tide to turn before getting short the stocks?

The coil scanner picked up APOL. It's mighty quiet out there... when the market gets this thin, you have to be very careful... it's a good time to step away and take a break.

We are travelling to the US tomorrow, and will be away until early next week. I'll still post a few things tomorrow morning, including the Unusual Suspects, before I go.

APOL, 15-min. Chart

I ran a scan of the biggest dogs in my stock universe and Netopia (NTPA) came out on "top." This puppy went from a high this year of $20.15 to a low of $1.72 last Wednesday -- when it changed symbol to NTPAE (facing delisting) and dropped out of my universe. Fuzzy handled it pretty well, as you can see from the color-coded chart.

Netopia (NTPA), Weekly Chart

Veteran traders shift from signals to clicks, by Mark Skertic:

"Bravado" is Spanish for "overconfidence bias."

Schwab Announces Sale of Schwab Soundview Capital Markets (press release):

You can find the Unusual Suspects from yesterday on the Unusual Suspects page.