Initial Jobless Claims:584K, up 25K from a week ago (revised), and worse than the 575K consensus. Continuing claims fell 54K to 6.197M. [View news story]
Do not post bad news :) after all bulls claim jobless claims and unemployment numbers are lagging indicators; everything is fine :) (GS) is upgrading the market again
'Last Bear' Explains Why He's Become a Bull, For Now [View article]
Your article is a good reading but if you're the last bear now bull buying the market after almost 3000 points rally 6500 to 9100, we will be selling our longs to you
Should we be running for the exits? Mark Hulbert notes corporate insiders are at their most bearish in nearly two years, selling their companies' shares at a faster pace at any time since the top of the bull. [View news story]
in certain cases insiders can be a good indication, at least they're telling investors to take some profits of the table. Insiders are not buying the media story, they know more about their businesses than media used to pump/dump sentiment
Eminent economists Nouriel Roubini and Anna Schwartz square off on the NY Times' op-ed page over the reappointment of Fed chief Ben Bernanke. Schwartz contends Bernanke's over-accommodative policies will only increase the severity of the recession; Roubini says Bernanke's genius averted a second Great Depression. [View news story]
Barry Eichengreen Is Wrong: We Need to Pass a Bigger Stimulus [View article]
all we hear about these days is people asking for a second stimulus then they complain about stock market crashes. Those asking for second stimulus are similar to Greenspan, do you remember him? The Government has done what banks did in past and in the process offered you a candy
In a letter, Pimco's Bill Gross slams the fund industry for hefty fees on subpar performance: "I've never known any gold-capped tooth money managers, but without squinting very hard there is undoubtedly a strong resemblance between all of us 'managers' and the infamous Madame Rue selling Potion #9." [View news story]
"Since money market funds barely earn 38 basis points these days, much of the return winds up in the hands of investment managers," Gross said. "A mighty expensive potion indeed.", We do agree with Gross comments on this matter, investors should be cautious feeding investment managers, they should learn to do it themselves instead
The Treasury is running the government's financial rescue like disgraced investor Bernard Madoff, "actively obstructing" lawmakers and taxpayers from understanding the value and beneficiaries of the various TARP investments, lawmakers said at a hearing this morning. "The taxpayers now have a $700B spending program that's being run under the philosophy of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' " [View news story]
excellent comment; the FED as a private organization should be regulated. Can you believe most US citizens still believe FED is a government agency? Unbelievable!! Start informing citizens instead of negative TV show programs used to drive sentiment
be very afraid when you start seeing upgrades every day revising upside targets for stocks everytime they reach a previous target as it is happening now by US banks
Investor sentiment surged in July, with bulls now outnumbering bears on markets in Brazil, Italy, U.K., France, Mexico, Japan and Switzerland. U.S. sentiment hit 49.7, just 0.3 points short of the 50 midpoint. [View news story]
no surprise in investors sentiment numbers given the global rally in stock markets fueled by governments debt trying to attract investors to buy stocks....down the road a surprise is waiting for all them
Cha-Ching: Microsoft Pays Users to Search with Bing [View article]
That policy will have a positive short term impact and we believe (MSFT) has done it right this time to fight against (GOOG) however the long term outlook is uncertain. The best news is the consumer benefits from this competition.
Bank of America (BAC +3.8%) agrees to settle the SEC's charges for $33M without admitting or denying allegations that it made false statements about bonuses in its acquisition of Merrill Lynch. [View news story]
if you pay you're implicitly admitting allegations. period
Madoff trustee Irving Picard sues Ruth Madoff for at least $44.8M because she lived a "life of splendor" using proceeds from her husband's fraud. Madoff's lawyer calls the suit "perplexing and totally unjustified" since Ruth already forfeited "almost all" the assets named in the complaint. [View news story]
It's more than fair to sue Ruth Madoff for that reason. Do you really believe she did not know anything?
(ISRG) today reached $218 near our upside $225 We do not mind you sell short the stock. Our subscribers already made 75 points on the long side. We do not know what are you trying to prove here. The stock market (investors) proved us right. The article is named hidden gem and it was proven to be correct otherwise you would have not seen the stock shooting 75 points, the market cap of 8 billion came out AFTER the event
On Jul 24 09:08 AM LoveShorting wrote:
> Thanks to all for thoughtful discussion. For me, the clear argument > is > capital constraints. And since it just bounced higher, I'll consider > doing what my name implies. I get some of my best short ideas from > articles with names like "hidden gems".
Initial Jobless Claims: 584K, up 25K from a week ago (revised), and worse than the 575K consensus. Continuing claims fell 54K to 6.197M. [View news story]
'Last Bear' Explains Why He's Become a Bull, For Now [View article]
Should we be running for the exits? Mark Hulbert notes corporate insiders are at their most bearish in nearly two years, selling their companies' shares at a faster pace at any time since the top of the bull. [View news story]
Home sales "up" 11%? Floyd Norris says you could look at this as the worst June ever, by far. [View news story]
Eminent economists Nouriel Roubini and Anna Schwartz square off on the NY Times' op-ed page over the reappointment of Fed chief Ben Bernanke. Schwartz contends Bernanke's over-accommodative policies will only increase the severity of the recession; Roubini says Bernanke's genius averted a second Great Depression. [View news story]
Barry Eichengreen Is Wrong: We Need to Pass a Bigger Stimulus [View article]
In a letter, Pimco's Bill Gross slams the fund industry for hefty fees on subpar performance: "I've never known any gold-capped tooth money managers, but without squinting very hard there is undoubtedly a strong resemblance between all of us 'managers' and the infamous Madame Rue selling Potion #9." [View news story]
The Treasury is running the government's financial rescue like disgraced investor Bernard Madoff, "actively obstructing" lawmakers and taxpayers from understanding the value and beneficiaries of the various TARP investments, lawmakers said at a hearing this morning. "The taxpayers now have a $700B spending program that's being run under the philosophy of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' " [View news story]
The Market Bubble Is About to Pop [View article]
Investor sentiment surged in July, with bulls now outnumbering bears on markets in Brazil, Italy, U.K., France, Mexico, Japan and Switzerland. U.S. sentiment hit 49.7, just 0.3 points short of the 50 midpoint. [View news story]
Cha-Ching: Microsoft Pays Users to Search with Bing [View article]
Bank of America (BAC +3.8%) agrees to settle the SEC's charges for $33M without admitting or denying allegations that it made false statements about bonuses in its acquisition of Merrill Lynch. [View news story]
Madoff trustee Irving Picard sues Ruth Madoff for at least $44.8M because she lived a "life of splendor" using proceeds from her husband's fraud. Madoff's lawyer calls the suit "perplexing and totally unjustified" since Ruth already forfeited "almost all" the assets named in the complaint. [View news story]
China Green Agriculture: A Green Pearl? [View article]
On Jul 30 02:49 AM Alan Young wrote:
> This article appeared on SA after CGA closed at 10.73, having had
> 5 big run-up days. It was a good call at $7-8, for sure.
Intuitive Surgical: A Hidden Gem [View article]
(ISRG) today reached $218 near our upside $225
We do not mind you sell short the stock. Our subscribers already made 75 points on the long side. We do not know what are you trying to prove here. The stock market (investors) proved us right. The article is named hidden gem and it was proven to be correct otherwise you would have not seen the stock shooting 75 points, the market cap of 8 billion came out AFTER the event
On Jul 24 09:08 AM LoveShorting wrote:
> Thanks to all for thoughtful discussion. For me, the clear argument
> is
> capital constraints. And since it just bounced higher, I'll consider
> doing what my name implies. I get some of my best short ideas from
> articles with names like "hidden gems".