It's only natural that the spreads on options will tighten over time. I would think that this would have a huge impact. is there any chance...
IB is a market maker, mostly in options. This is where the majority of their revenue comes from. The brokerage unit is secondary to this.
Valuations are merely what a security is worth. Market price is the most recent price that a buyer and seller agreed to. While valuations and...
What kind of a loss will overstock post for the first quarter? I'm saying the over/under is -$20MM. My only interest is discussing the...
Exactly. Nobody is stupid enough to short a company out of existence if the company is profitable. This would be suicide. I'm honestly...
I saw that too. I don't know much about market making, but is typical or is this unconventional?
how is this a planned destruction? the company loses money. the shares in this company are worthless. a company may experience a falling...
Overstock has: 1. Never turned a profit 2. Zero Revenue growth 3. Zero margin growth How can anyone justify owning this stock, even if it...
how much would the tightening of spreads on the options market effect their profit? i think it's only a matter of time before 5 and 10 cent...
IB is first and foremost a market maker their second line of business is their brokerage
yos, you're right as i forgot a zero. also i think the price goes down for more contracts
how long can overstock go on before it eventually goes under? I don't see them lasting another 4 years before they run out of cash. I think...
since i don't think there's ant SSF's farther than a year out, it would be short term capital gains. if it's capital gains than you'd be able to...
how much did overstock lose on their stock buyback?
does anybody know how this is treated with regards to taxes? is it short term capital gains or interest income?
I just don't see how this company can make it. Their massive marketing campaign didn't work. The only thing left is for a big change in their...
yes, turnover certainly is how you can make a business with low margins work. wal-mart is certainly the king of this business model. for '06...
shouldn't a company that deals with overstocks need to achieve an above average gross margin? it makes no sense to me how they can ever expect...
it sounds like they got burned on their stock buyback plan.
didn't overstock do a large stock buyback a few years ago when the shares were at their high?
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