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    • What's So Special About RadioShack? - Barron's [view article]
      The name says it all...."Shack&quo... Aug 25 08:23 AM
    • Meet the Latest Quant ‘Newbie’ [view article]
      Is the Post anything more than entertainment? Or the "Star" on steroids.... Aug 25 08:20 AM
    • Why I Finally Bought Fannie Mae [view article]
      The equity is worthless- Aug 21 08:23 AM
    • IAC/InterActive Corp Is Finally Breaking Up [view article]
      You forgot to mention TREE, The lending and mortgage side of IAC's internet business, they must be happy to unload that division. The sum of the parts in this case will be worth more than the whole as the laggards and drags get jettisoned- Aug 21 08:21 AM
    • Why I'm Buying Amylin Now [view article]
      Fair enough, but what about ELN, which released news that everbody knew with regards to a brain infection and BIIB inconjunction with the same? Isn't there better risk reward in those names? Aug 20 09:16 PM
    • Tuesday Options Update: XLF, RKH, XLE, DIA, COF, TASR, GEOY [view article]
      Frankfurt/Hessen, these option summaries have been great, are you lost? Your comment is abuse, why bother-
      Andrew keep up the good work.
      Aug 20 08:43 AM
    • A Blockbuster Arbitrage Opportunity [view article]
      This arbitrage is/was similar to VIA and VIA.B Shares, everyonce in a while they come along, the only downside is lost opp. value while watching the paint dry. There are many Arbitrage ops in options vs. equity that are much more expediant. Take a look at crox options, the Theoretical value is far below the premiun on long term leaps, vs. front month options and selling the equity. Aug 16 08:51 PM
    • AIG: Willumstad's Hard Choice [view article]
      AIG is a Sell, o one likes uncertainity, and as for un-realized, does that mean not real? This stock is a teenager in the next few months Aug 08 08:00 AM
    • Options Activity Suggests Likely Suitor for EMC [view article]
      The best way to play this with limited risk is writing a put spread. Buy the August 14 Put and sell the August 15 Put, this strategy gives you a protection down to 14.09 on the downside and approx $400 in profit per 10 lot if the stock closes anywhere at 15 or above. With limited margin this strategy can be implemented in size Aug 05 08:23 AM
    • Mother of All Short Squeezes? [view article]
      Naked shorting Legal?? What? Crazzzyyy....It has nothing to do with the "free markets", essentially people could sell short more shares in a company than actually exsist...Thats not good for anyone in the "free markets". shorting is a good, naked shorting = bad. Jul 20 10:45 PM
    • Short Sales: SEC Turns Back the Clock to 1931 [view article]
      Naked Short Selling as it is called has always been illegal, this will be a BOOM for clearing firms Stock Locate Dept. with borrowing stocks short interest premiums. A hard locate simply means that the "shorter" has to now have the shares of a stock they are shorting, solidly borrowed with interest paid to the lender of the shares, rather than a "best effort" with no interest paid to the specific shareholder. The interesting things are that the Bank Shares have NOT eliminated there dividend as expected and many people shorting at the currently low multiples and share prices also have to pay the dividend to the lending shareholder, and eventual deterent- Jul 20 07:21 PM
    • Barron's Goes Bullish on Banks, Again [view article]
      Barrons Loved GM, The Housing Sector and Now Banking? They Will go 3 for 3 with this pick, 3 for 3 to the downside that is.....Maybe there is still a little pop left after last weeks huge run, but the banks are a long way from being outright buys- Jul 20 10:22 AM
    • Well-Capitalized Regional Banks: The Bottom Is In [view article]
      Foreclosures aren't anywhere close to being done yet, commercial re coming to the party, heating oil prices in the North this winter will break the averge person, why buy bottoms, buy good co's on the way up- Jul 15 08:28 AM
    • Why I Bought Financials (Despite the Mess) [view article]
      Your article title should be "How I lost it All in Financials"(Despi... being advised not to), why try to pick bottoms....buy strength on dips not weakness- Jul 15 08:23 AM
    • Housing: Barron's Calls a Bottom [view article]
      Barrons did a great job calling GM going much higher in the 20's- Lol, A great SELL Indicator, Sheep following wolves into the forest- Jul 14 12:32 AM
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