Obama has been using the EPA to put the hammer down on utility companies that use coal - which added to why coal got crushed. (Romney could...
The BI story is a pretty simplistic way of looking at things. They had huge goodwill on the balance sheet since forever. How's that new ? Who...
Last month bad news was good cause that meant an inch closer to QE... At some point in the future we'll call what's going to happen next the...
GM #1 again due to Govt financing at 0% ... isn't this the same thing we complain about with Chinese companies ? GM didn't make money when the...
I think MCP is too hard to figure - (I have owned it and made some money via CC's, but was happy to get called away.) I think you'd be better...
China news = bad (slowing growth which is probably much worse then official numbers) Euro news = rioting in streets Japan = can't figure...
As a noob you are better off with covered calls - I know the experts will disagree with me, but they're wrong. New investors can easily make...
Depends on your account size and broker - As far as OLBs for us small guys I think only IB and Schwab offer some kind of return when they lend...
m22au - What do you make of the recent reports ? The market today didn't seem to like it for BBVA & SAN ~ I've been under the thinking that...
Pop today didn't last long ....... buyback news is good, but it'd be nice to see mgmt step up and buy back some of those shares they dumped......
Israel can't be seen as the aggressor ... I think they're hoping Iran will attack first.
I think they'd wait for Spain to ask for a bailout which seems likely, and then look at the pieces of deal. Bailout happening should be more...
Black Swan needs a catalyst ... Spain asking for bailout might do it ... or Iran/Israel ~ I would love a 10% down move ... doesn't have to be...
I also like sub 1$ stocks. If you like EXM you might like PRGN ~ others that I own or trade JAG, CXZ, SSN, URRE (out of these ATM) CPST...
Were you trading Sept expiration ?
Just a thought for you guys convinced it's going back to 50$ ... you can buy the Oct 40-42 call spread for like .20 cents (@29.50) - 10 contracts...
Problem with these 20x revenue companies is they have alot of air that can get let out if anything bad happens. It was 20x revenues yesterday -...
I really thought the companies statement would get the stock higher after the halt ... was surprised at lack of pop. I'm long Sept & Oct Put...
Housing starts are still like 70% off the 2007 numbers... so 30% up over last year ain't saying much. More then jobs data ... I think we'll see...
I do better w 4-7 months out puts - if a stock goes higher I can add another put or a higher strike or another maturity. The Euros are going to...
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