December Stock Talk II
-banks are doubting coughing up cash for the SIV fund
-wholesale prices are through the roof...inventories down from the other day (check one of my earlier posts in this thread)...inventories down = prices higher...now combine that with a weaker dollar and the fed cutting rates and we have super duper inflation on our doorstep....
so the fed will be done with easing rates and probably have to hike up b/c inflation + housing mess = disaster...now add bitter election year politics and you have a huge mess that hopefully the taxpayers wont have to bail out
-banks are doubting coughing up cash for the SIV fund
-wholesale prices are through the roof...inventories down from the other day (check one of my earlier posts in this thread)...inventories down = prices higher...now combine that with a weaker dollar and the fed cutting rates and we have super duper inflation on our doorstep....
so the fed will be done with easing rates and probably have to hike up b/c inflation + housing mess = disaster...now add bitter election year politics and you have a huge mess that hopefully the taxpayers wont have to bail out
The FED is like an EMT who decided to revive a hert attack victim with unfortunately a couple of too low voltage paddles. They needed the full blast to get this patient back to consciousness, and gave him 25 watts instead.
Now one might criticize and say that such radical action would terrify the patient, which indeed it might, but at least the patient would be conscious (Indeed, to me, the public and the street needs to get a grip on the absolutely serious condition things are in, and react accordingly...they should be scared, and very very careful) The FED plan just confused people, as the USD pricing after the initial announcement showed.
They tried to do something the next day, but it only sent a mixed signal...and while it was better than doing nothing, not sure it is anything but a bad bake really...
The FED is like an EMT who decided to revive a hert attack victim with unfortunately a couple of too low voltage paddles. They needed the full blast to get this patient back to consciousness, and gave him 25 watts instead.
Now one might criticize and say that such radical action would terrify the patient, which indeed it might, but at least the patient would be conscious (Indeed, to me, the public and the street needs to get a grip on the absolutely serious condition things are in, and react accordingly...they should be scared, and very very careful) The FED plan just confused people, as the USD pricing after the initial announcement showed.
They tried to do something the next day, but it only sent a mixed signal...and while it was better than doing nothing, not sure it is anything but a bad bake really...
Good to see you!
I am ALSO still in IDMI, it has gone so low I am just going to ride it out. Trading at cash value is why I havent sold yet.
I also bot in IMB a long time ago..losing there too. Been a tough stretch but I do have a few good trades, but many bad ones too.
What has kept you away???
Good to see you!
I am ALSO still in IDMI, it has gone so low I am just going to ride it out. Trading at cash value is why I havent sold yet.
I also bot in IMB a long time ago..losing there too. Been a tough stretch but I do have a few good trades, but many bad ones too.
What has kept you away???
I see no reason to go long really either. The eseential problem has been unresolved:how much bad debt is there, and who owns it? If, as I think it was USB stated, it is "unknowable" by any entity, we are in for an extremely long period of uncertainty, and we all know what that means to any market.
I see no reason to go long really either. The eseential problem has been unresolved:how much bad debt is there, and who owns it? If, as I think it was USB stated, it is "unknowable" by any entity, we are in for an extremely long period of uncertainty, and we all know what that means to any market.
assume they paid low
now when the big banks write off billions due to this...what do they assume the price can be marked to...40 cents on the dollar? 50?
assume they paid low
now when the big banks write off billions due to this...what do they assume the price can be marked to...40 cents on the dollar? 50?
Grinder,
Good to see you!
I am ALSO still in IDMI, it has gone so low I am just going to ride it out. Trading at cash value is why I havent sold yet.
I also bot in IMB a long time ago..losing there too. Been a tough stretch but I do have a few good trades, but many bad ones too.
What has kept you away???
Man been away for a number of reasons but mostly I was working my ass as off as stockbroker errr I mean a customer service phone rep with a series 7 license. Job beat the shit out of me for over a year..hated it so much started chasing in the market trying to make a big score and lost a bunch of money. Had to work o.t. to get some back. Finally got a much better position as of a few weeks ago with no phones.....Im in on imb now, premiums look decent on jan 7.50 so might sell calls on half of shares.
Grinder,
Good to see you!
I am ALSO still in IDMI, it has gone so low I am just going to ride it out. Trading at cash value is why I havent sold yet.
I also bot in IMB a long time ago..losing there too. Been a tough stretch but I do have a few good trades, but many bad ones too.
What has kept you away???
Man been away for a number of reasons but mostly I was working my ass as off as stockbroker errr I mean a customer service phone rep with a series 7 license. Job beat the shit out of me for over a year..hated it so much started chasing in the market trying to make a big score and lost a bunch of money. Had to work o.t. to get some back. Finally got a much better position as of a few weeks ago with no phones.....Im in on imb now, premiums look decent on jan 7.50 so might sell calls on half of shares.
Being a customer service rep sucks period..I could never do that again..the pay could be double and it would still suck.
It could be worse though, I hear Vanguard treats its employees like total garbage.
I would sell the 7.50s when the stock runs hard one day, which it will...but I think selling CCs will get you called out and you could miss out on bigger returns longer term.
Working OT..yeah I know what that means..you get 1.5 time and some bonus if you work enough extra right?
I feel for you...but what options do you have, without wealthy connections the brokerage industry just flat out sucks.
Being a customer service rep sucks period..I could never do that again..the pay could be double and it would still suck.
It could be worse though, I hear Vanguard treats its employees like total garbage.
I would sell the 7.50s when the stock runs hard one day, which it will...but I think selling CCs will get you called out and you could miss out on bigger returns longer term.
Working OT..yeah I know what that means..you get 1.5 time and some bonus if you work enough extra right?
I feel for you...but what options do you have, without wealthy connections the brokerage industry just flat out sucks.
vermeer - citadel paid 27 cents on the dollar for etrade's crap
assume they paid low
now when the big banks write off billions due to this...what do they assume the price can be marked to...40 cents on the dollar? 50?
I do not know, but were I the Fed, the Treasury, and more than a few central banks, I would have a very very strong reason to determine it ASAP, if it can be determined. Let us think that, with enough (impartial) auditors/analysts, a reasonably close guess could be made...it would behoove them to do so.It would have been smart to at least attempt to gather a serious group together in such an effort, months ago.
Now if it literally cannot even be guesstimated, one can just simply count of continued turmoil, and really serious recessionary conditions, and you can call Jimmy Carter to come run the country again, so he can explain again how stagflation is simply a collective "malaise."
vermeer - citadel paid 27 cents on the dollar for etrade's crap
assume they paid low
now when the big banks write off billions due to this...what do they assume the price can be marked to...40 cents on the dollar? 50?
I do not know, but were I the Fed, the Treasury, and more than a few central banks, I would have a very very strong reason to determine it ASAP, if it can be determined. Let us think that, with enough (impartial) auditors/analysts, a reasonably close guess could be made...it would behoove them to do so.It would have been smart to at least attempt to gather a serious group together in such an effort, months ago.
Now if it literally cannot even be guesstimated, one can just simply count of continued turmoil, and really serious recessionary conditions, and you can call Jimmy Carter to come run the country again, so he can explain again how stagflation is simply a collective "malaise."
I have a friend who worked with me at FIDO, I got out and he is still in..now with ETrade, floated around from place to place.
Being a customer service rep sucks period..I could never do that again..the pay could be double and it would still suck.
It could be worse though, I hear Vanguard treats its employees like total garbage.
I would sell the 7.50s when the stock runs hard one day, which it will...but I think selling CCs will get you called out and you could miss out on bigger returns longer term.
Working OT..yeah I know what that means..you get 1.5 time and some bonus if you work enough extra right?
I feel for you...but what options do you have, without wealthy connections the brokerage industry just flat out sucks.
Amen to that last sentence WSC, I saw it all play out...nothing sounds like it has changed except I am sure the reptiles at the top are even worse...
I have a friend who worked with me at FIDO, I got out and he is still in..now with ETrade, floated around from place to place.
Being a customer service rep sucks period..I could never do that again..the pay could be double and it would still suck.
It could be worse though, I hear Vanguard treats its employees like total garbage.
I would sell the 7.50s when the stock runs hard one day, which it will...but I think selling CCs will get you called out and you could miss out on bigger returns longer term.
Working OT..yeah I know what that means..you get 1.5 time and some bonus if you work enough extra right?
I feel for you...but what options do you have, without wealthy connections the brokerage industry just flat out sucks.
Amen to that last sentence WSC, I saw it all play out...nothing sounds like it has changed except I am sure the reptiles at the top are even worse...
Yep..thats how it has always been. The brokerage industry is all about getting money and very little to do with any assistance to the investor.
Sounds rough but that is really the case.
DNDN has been moving on this case thing lately which I think is a crock to be honest..I dont buy it and I dont think they get what they want. PLUS and this bothers me the most, but Provenge isnt a cancer vaccine as many think and as many say on tv..Provenge extends life of those with severe cancer conditions..it is an immune system booster and nothing else, but people claim cancer help and it just isnt true. The real market for Provenge isnt that great..let them run it up..I would love another chance to short this myth of a stock.
Grinder, FSLR seems worthy of a lotto ticket purchase..on any strong dips of a few days i would go out and get some Jan calls..but on dips..
Yep..thats how it has always been. The brokerage industry is all about getting money and very little to do with any assistance to the investor.
Sounds rough but that is really the case.
DNDN has been moving on this case thing lately which I think is a crock to be honest..I dont buy it and I dont think they get what they want. PLUS and this bothers me the most, but Provenge isnt a cancer vaccine as many think and as many say on tv..Provenge extends life of those with severe cancer conditions..it is an immune system booster and nothing else, but people claim cancer help and it just isnt true. The real market for Provenge isnt that great..let them run it up..I would love another chance to short this myth of a stock.
Grinder, FSLR seems worthy of a lotto ticket purchase..on any strong dips of a few days i would go out and get some Jan calls..but on dips..
As for the pound, I have absolutely no clue, but would like to hear your reasoning behind shorting it Buddy. I have been bearish on the USD all year, and have not really thought a great deal about the pound.
I have a bad, very bad feeling for 2008. But, that said, I think I will take a taste of Eagle Rare Single Barrel bourbon, and warm up..Cheers!!
As for the pound, I have absolutely no clue, but would like to hear your reasoning behind shorting it Buddy. I have been bearish on the USD all year, and have not really thought a great deal about the pound.
I have a bad, very bad feeling for 2008. But, that said, I think I will take a taste of Eagle Rare Single Barrel bourbon, and warm up..Cheers!!
Appearing before the Commons Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development last year, Carleton University paleoclimatologist Professor Tim Patterson testified, "There is no meaningful correlation between CO2 levels and Earth's temperature over this [geologic] time frame. In fact, when CO2 levels were over ten times higher than they are now, about 450 million years ago, the planet was in the depths of the absolute coldest period in the last half billion years." Patterson asked the committee, "On the basis of this evidence, how could anyone still believe that the recent relatively small increase in CO2 levels would be the major cause of the past century's modest warming?"
Patterson concluded his testimony by explaining what his research and "hundreds of other studies" reveal: on all time scales, there is very good correlation between Earth's temperature and natural celestial phenomena such changes in the brightness of the Sun.
Appearing before the Commons Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development last year, Carleton University paleoclimatologist Professor Tim Patterson testified, "There is no meaningful correlation between CO2 levels and Earth's temperature over this [geologic] time frame. In fact, when CO2 levels were over ten times higher than they are now, about 450 million years ago, the planet was in the depths of the absolute coldest period in the last half billion years." Patterson asked the committee, "On the basis of this evidence, how could anyone still believe that the recent relatively small increase in CO2 levels would be the major cause of the past century's modest warming?"
Patterson concluded his testimony by explaining what his research and "hundreds of other studies" reveal: on all time scales, there is very good correlation between Earth's temperature and natural celestial phenomena such changes in the brightness of the Sun.
Man I forget that people actually watch what I buy and sell..haha
I bot the HLIT at 9.99 or somthing wacko, I sold it at 10.75, it was battering against resistance and it just wasnt impressing me at all..so I took a small gain and went on.
Another thing that bothered me was DISH and Comcast said some really bad stuff about growth, plus the housing issues..and HLIT makes some of the GUTS of cable boxes and sat boxes..and I have been in and out of this stock for 7 plus yrs and I know when the cable industry slows it hits the equipment makers hard and I think CSCO will be able to take the hit pricing wise if things slow and take contracts from HLIT (CSCO bot the largest set top box maker last year, Scientific Atlanta) so HLIT could be vulnerable.
That said, it would be an OK buy right here..this area and have a 40 cent stop on it..see how it goes. I would take a profit though if I had it..
Man I forget that people actually watch what I buy and sell..haha
I bot the HLIT at 9.99 or somthing wacko, I sold it at 10.75, it was battering against resistance and it just wasnt impressing me at all..so I took a small gain and went on.
Another thing that bothered me was DISH and Comcast said some really bad stuff about growth, plus the housing issues..and HLIT makes some of the GUTS of cable boxes and sat boxes..and I have been in and out of this stock for 7 plus yrs and I know when the cable industry slows it hits the equipment makers hard and I think CSCO will be able to take the hit pricing wise if things slow and take contracts from HLIT (CSCO bot the largest set top box maker last year, Scientific Atlanta) so HLIT could be vulnerable.
That said, it would be an OK buy right here..this area and have a 40 cent stop on it..see how it goes. I would take a profit though if I had it..
I know you couldnt give two shits about my opinion so I will keep it brief.
If you have a long enough time horizon, that wager against the pound sounds fine..that or the Euro, I might lean towards the Euro. I had a client who went long the Euro and it took almost 4 yrs to work out..so if you are ok to add funds in case of margin calls you will make out on that trade at some point for sure.
I know you couldnt give two shits about my opinion so I will keep it brief.
If you have a long enough time horizon, that wager against the pound sounds fine..that or the Euro, I might lean towards the Euro. I had a client who went long the Euro and it took almost 4 yrs to work out..so if you are ok to add funds in case of margin calls you will make out on that trade at some point for sure.
Hot Forum Topics
- 🤢🥴💩_ Fubah's risky baseball bets _🥶😲🥵 456,254
- Thursday 10/01/2026 754
- PART DEUX 210
- Steelers vs Browns in-game live TNF 2,106
- Cleveland Bettors 2,601
- NFL LOCKED IN! 103,206
- The MLB Playoffs are here. 12,127
- NCAA FOOTBALL. 151 30,010
- Happening just recently . . . 36,844
- We have picked a terrible time to have the stupidest president ever 30,585
Warning - External Link
Report User
This post is spam
Delete Post
Remove Thread
Scan Results
Login/Register
Accounts are free and easy to create.
Search
