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Feline Financial Expertise

February 21, 2013 By: Sparkle Cat36 Comments

I am ready to be your financial advisor!

Did you know we kitties are good at the stock market? It is true! There was even a study that proved it. It turns out that we cats are better at picking stocks than so-called financial experts!

Yes, I am actually reading it upside down - it makes more sense that way.
The study claims the cat was picking stocks randomly, which only shows how clueless researching humans are. We kitties actually give a lot of thought about which stocks to pick! The researchers just did not understand the cat’s highly scientific methods.

It's a good thing she only paper trades!
Binga and I have very different approaches to trading stocks. I don’t like her ideas much. She likes high flying stocks, but she spends too much time chasing them after they have already peaked. I prefer buying high-volume ETFs in sectors that are currently in favor, then selling them when the momentum starts to flag and other sectors rise in popularity. Yes, it is a conservative approach, but I like to keep my cat food money.

My human got a little depressed when she saw this chart.
Too bad my human does not listen to me. Look at this stock, Oracle (ORCL). She heard it was good, so she bought it. But she lost it when she did something called a “covered call” and it got called away! I could have told her she needed to be more careful selling calls against tech stocks. She made a few dollars, but nothing like what she could have if she had just held onto the stock without messing with it.

I would hire myself out as a financial advisor, but apparently they don’t give licenses to kitties, which is a sorry oversight, if you ask me.

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Comments

  1. L says

    February 23, 2013 at 10:41 am

    Ohh, you sounds like quite an expert Sparkle! 😉

    Reply
  2. Katnip Lounge says

    February 22, 2013 at 1:24 pm

    pffft! Who needs a license when you’re a Cat? Stupid Humans. But we repeat ourselves.

    Reply
  3. FuzzMother says

    February 22, 2013 at 12:28 pm

    Sparkle, you and Charlie Rascal are right on the money about humans. My broker could learn a thing or two from feline financial analysts.

    Reply
  4. Fisher says

    February 22, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    Wow, Sparkle. If I ever get some extra pennies, and you can predict penny stock, please notify us!
    P.S. Green papers are very scarce, but I have a jar of pennies.

    Reply
  5. Kjelle Bus aka Charlie rascal says

    February 22, 2013 at 9:21 am

    What are we cat´s NOT better on than humans ??!!

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  6. E. H. Benoit says

    February 22, 2013 at 5:55 am

    I definitely need to hire you. My portfolio is in need of your help these days.

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  7. Penelope says

    February 21, 2013 at 8:39 pm

    Wow! Me had to ask Mommy what yous said and she did not has a clue either. Me thinks its good we has no green papers.
    Kisses
    Nellie

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  8. Cathy Keisha says

    February 21, 2013 at 7:26 pm

    All that stuff is foreign to me and even more foreign to TW. We’ll never get rich since she relies on the lottery. MOL

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  9. Maxwell, Faraday & Allie says

    February 21, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    *wide eyed look* Mowzers, Sparkle. Our dad agrees with you on ETFs by the way. Mom OTOH just dived into GOOG and AMZN. *shakes head* Tech stocks. We hope she knows what she’s doing!

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  10. Fraidy Cats! says

    February 21, 2013 at 4:33 pm

    Bummer that you couldn’t get a license Sparkle. You’d have a client in our mom too 🙂

    Pip, Smidgen, Minnie, Hollie

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  11. BeadedTail says

    February 21, 2013 at 4:16 pm

    We’d hire you Sparkle! We’d love to have consistent money to make sure we have consistent treats!

    Reply
  12. Emma and Buster says

    February 21, 2013 at 3:50 pm

    we leave the stocks to the humans 🙂 as long as our food stock is never empty.

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  13. Eric and Flynn says

    February 21, 2013 at 3:00 pm

    We would hire you Sparkle, but we will leave the food stock to mum.

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  14. Abby says

    February 21, 2013 at 2:59 pm

    We know…we know Sparkle. If only they would listen to us.

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  15. CATachresis says

    February 21, 2013 at 2:05 pm

    Sparkle, It’s a good job you are financially savvy! Your human would be advised to listen to you! I get my stock from the supermarket!! 😉

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  16. Jacqueline says

    February 21, 2013 at 12:25 pm

    You are brilliant and beautiful, girls!!…BTW, also LOVED the Wordless Wednesday post yesterday= so adorable!!…Happy Thursday, sweet friends…xoxo…Calle, Halle, Sukki

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  17. Ginger Jasper says

    February 21, 2013 at 12:16 pm

    dad says he needs you to look at his stocks because he needs them to go up.. Hugs GJ xx

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  18. Marilia says

    February 21, 2013 at 11:18 am

    Great instincts Sparkle!

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  19. the Cat Street Boyz says

    February 21, 2013 at 10:13 am

    The only stock we have is fencing……Mom isn’t even lucky with the scratch off lottery!=^Y^=

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  20. The Poupounette Gang says

    February 21, 2013 at 9:51 am

    As an ex-financial analyst, #1 says she would trust a kitty over an “expert” any day of the week, Sparkle!

    Purrs.
    The Chans

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  21. Layla Morgan Wilde says

    February 21, 2013 at 9:34 am

    Sparkle, your instincts are good. Our crystal ball says investments in the pet industry look bullish.

    Reply
  22. Texas, a cat in New York says

    February 21, 2013 at 7:59 am

    My human says she wants to hire you.
    Me? Well, she had me choose the lottery numbers once and she didn’t win anything, so she thinks I’m better at napping. Hmpf.
    Purrs

    Reply
  23. Madi and Mom says

    February 21, 2013 at 7:57 am

    Hey Sparkle….too funny Mom says we own stock in Fancy Feast and Tidy Cat Litter
    could you check them for me?
    hugs madi your bfff

    Reply
    • Sparkle says

      February 21, 2013 at 8:28 am

      Actually the company that owns Tidy Cat and Fancy Feast, Purina is not a publicly traded company… but its parent company, Nestlé (NSRGY) is! It is an international company and pays a dividend once a year. If you had bought NSRGY in May of last year, you would be up over $12 per share today! Of course, this has no bearing on how it will do in the future.

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  24. Selina says

    February 21, 2013 at 7:11 am

    Well of course we’re better at this. MomKatt saw that piece too. And I agree with William: we don’t need no stinkin’ license! MOL

    Bonks,
    Selina

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  25. William says

    February 21, 2013 at 7:08 am

    License? We don’t need no stinkin’ license!

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  26. Katie Bella says

    February 21, 2013 at 7:02 am

    Spakle…send us some advice via pee mail…no one will know that you’re not licensed then. xoxox

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  27. Brian says

    February 21, 2013 at 6:06 am

    With 7 of us here I am starting to think we need stock in cat food and litter companies!

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  28. The Florida Furkids says

    February 21, 2013 at 5:26 am

    We should hire you!! Maybe we could double our treat $$$!

    The Florida Furkids

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  29. Hannah and Lucy says

    February 21, 2013 at 4:57 am

    The only stocks we care about are our food stocks – we make sure Mum keeps them safe.
    Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

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  30. The Island Cats says

    February 21, 2013 at 4:18 am

    Our mom thinks we are pretty lucky and wants us to buy lottery tickets for her. As for stocks…well, we’ll leave that stuff for the humans, though you’re right, Sparkle, we’d be pretty good at that too.

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  31. Marg says

    February 21, 2013 at 3:38 am

    Sparkle, those are way too many big words for us.We don’t do stocks. We would lose what little we have. But glad you know what you are doing. Let us know when you make your first big bunch of money. Take care.

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  32. The Kitties of Purring Pines says

    February 21, 2013 at 3:14 am

    Our mommy always regrets not listening to us … Purrsonally, we deal only in chicken, turkey, & fish stocks!

    Reply
  33. Karen and Gerard says

    February 21, 2013 at 2:57 am

    We would hire you!

    Reply
  34. prancer pie says

    February 21, 2013 at 2:54 am

    Kittehz make great weather forecasters, too. Much better than the idiot we have! HaHaMeow! Happy Thursday Sparkle!

    Reply
  35. Mr Puddy says

    February 21, 2013 at 2:02 am

    Stock ? Your stock looks so different from mine !
    I only do chicken stock ..tee..heh

    Reply

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