Tag Archives: GigOptix

Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2015

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Tom Trimbath

It is time for my regular exercise and I am already sweating. That has much to do with the house being at 80F during one of the hottest and driest Junes for Seattle. Yes, we do get sunshine, and it … Continue reading →

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A Sad Reverse Split For AMSC

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Tom Trimbath

Do stock splits confuse you, as if they don’t make any sense? Yet another company finds their stock sliding and tries to make it better by splitting the number of shares to raise the price, as if the price was … Continue reading →

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Passionate Hope

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Tom Trimbath

Seven billion people can’t all be right or wrong. If we were all right about the same thing at the same time it would be spooky. Of course, maybe that’s what a common cosmic consciousness would be like. If we … Continue reading →

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A Quiet Graduation Day For GigOptix

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Tom Trimbath

Did you ever have a party, and had no one show up? I’ve almost had that happen. Did you ever have something to celebrate, and find yourself in a crowd of strangers? That’s happened more than once. GigOptix hit a … Continue reading →

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Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Happy Invoice Day, EOY Stock Report Day, and Backup All Your Files Day. Oh yes, and evidently many people will use this time for celebrating the new year, or in many cases, having survived the old year. Pop that cork. … Continue reading →

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Weeks End Evenings

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

“Have a nice weekend.” The person behind the cash register was more sincere than you may expect because this is an island and the small towns are our rural equivalent of the big city. It’s Friday night, after I post … Continue reading →

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ASTY Spins Off And Up

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

I got something for nothing, at least according to my bookkeeping of my portfolio. One stock, GERN, spun off another stock, ASTY; which didn’t seem to cost anything and almost makes my portfolio look like it is more diversified. Yes. … Continue reading →

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News Here Movement There

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Believe it or not, I do own stock that isn’t MVIS. MicroVision (MVIS) is a good story, but they don’t have much relevant financial data. GigOptix, that partly embodies a spinoff from MicroVision called Lumera, has better data, reported it, … Continue reading →

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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2014

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

An encouraging characteristic of good habits, rituals, and regular exercises is that their descriptions and rationales don’t change. Welcome to my semi-annual review of my stocks, and an introduction that hasn’t changed much so copy and paste helps me balance … Continue reading →

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Geron Ouch And Yet

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Great ideas rarely run smooth. Geron, a biotech with disruptive ideas that could redefine medicine and health, is probably years from proving itself, except that it suddenly looked like it would, just as suddenly looks like it won’t, and yet … Continue reading →

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