Recent Content by Ultracruncher

  1. Why do central banks hold gold? Bernanke: Tradition

    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 14, 2011 in forum: Economics

  2. Stock Personified

    This is what RIMM would look like if it was a person.
    Thread by: Ultracruncher, Jul 13, 2011, 0 replies, in forum: Chit Chat

  3. Fed say QE3 coming

    :) It's funny 'cause its true...
    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 13, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  4. Thoughts on Research In Motion (RIMM)

    For what its worth I've gone long 30/35/40/100 Jan 13 calls on RIMM. Now if they would just pull their heads outta their butts...
    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 8, 2011 in forum: Stocks

  5. Just released. "Smartest guys in the room" at Goldman took biggest bailout loan.

    Indeed! 15B at 0.01%...you just don't say no to that. At the very least you buy T-Bills with it and pat each other on the back.
    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 7, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  6. Which Elite Trader forgot their ATM Receipt?

    It's my wife's stolen credit card...never reported it stolen...thief spends less than my wife!
    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 6, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  7. The Critical Masses

    APPL should of course read AAPL.
    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 5, 2011 in forum: Journals

  8. The Critical Masses

    So the various pairs trades picked by Fred are looking OK. Overall up 6.72% for the week due to the PSMT/WMT pair being up by 8.46%. Only one...
    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 5, 2011 in forum: Journals

  9. What strategies do you guys use?

    I'm afraid it doesn't make interesting reading...I've had some'' home runs'' ( F being the most recent )and I've had some catastrophic failures...
    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 4, 2011 in forum: Options

  10. What strategies do you guys use?

    I have indeed, going back to my very first option purchase of long ENE calls!
    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 4, 2011 in forum: Options

  11. What strategies do you guys use?

    Long LEAPS in beat up stock of ''good'' companies. In a nutshell.
    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 4, 2011 in forum: Options

  12. Accusations fly as Bank of Moscow gets record bailout

    I suppose, in these very strange economic times, it's just very naive of me to want businesses, large or small, to be held financially...
    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 4, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  13. Accusations fly as Bank of Moscow gets record bailout

    Imagine Citi Group, America's 3rd biggest bank, with a 27% stake held by the government, went hostlile and took over Goldman, Americas 5th biggest...
    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 4, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  14. Accusations fly as Bank of Moscow gets record bailout

    Also... So much for the Russian ''stress test '' done this May. One third of Russian banks failed...the other two thirds probably lied!
    Post by: Ultracruncher, Jul 3, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News