Glenn McSpadden

Eight Reasons Bank of America Is Going to $20

Good stuff Jason. Here's an idea for a Leap call spread on Bank of America that is making some sense now... smarteasytrades.blogsp...

12 S&P 500 Stocks with Bullish Character in a Bearish Realm

Great call on Darden! Here is an idea for a Darden position with a hedge which is working well - smarteasytrades.blogsp...

A Simple Post on Gold

good stuff mebane. the GLD Jan10 100 Call is up 21% this week.....

At Least 43,000 New Obamaconomy Workers Freed Up

Good stuff Mark. HD up 5% today. Here's a bullish article with some insight.... smarteasytrades.blogsp...

Dennis Gartman on Gold, Oil, Government and the Economy

At least DG always gives a firm opinion. I found his 22 trading rules quite interesting (especially the one about the cockroach) here smarteasytrades.blogsp...

Inverse ETFs: How to Play Short by Going Long

good stuff jeff. I read a similar piece about using SH to go long the healthcare sector while shorting the rest of the market here smarteasytrades.blogsp...

Dennis Gartman on Gold, Oil, Government and the Economy

I'm a big DG fan. Thanks for publishing this....

Obama Provides More Tailwinds for LED Lighting Manufacturers

point taken. I give Bush full credit for the pentagon project.


On Jan 12 04:34 PM Universal Huckleberry wrote:

> Obama? Obama gives a speech and his name leads the headlines... but
> he can't really DO anything, yet. Meanwhile, it's the current Administration
> that actually implemented the energy efficiency measure at the Pentagon-
> the more accurate title to this article should be "Bush Provides
> More Tailwinds For LED Lighting Manufacturers"! I know about 500
> liberal investors probably just fought back a gag reflex, but let's
> give credit where it's due.
>
> It's a tough world for Green Conservatives!

Obama Provides More Tailwinds for LED Lighting Manufacturers

Pull up PHG's profile on Yahoo Finance and their address is Amsterdam.... See here finance.yahoo.com/q/pr...


On Jan 12 03:58 AM IU12 wrote:

> If you did any research at all before posting this, you'd see that
> Philips Lumileds is the company you are referencing (a subsidiary
> company of Philips Electronics) which is based in San Jose, California
> (USA!!!).

Happily Revisiting My Apple Covered Call

Great idea. I like your well-written, short articles with easy-to-follow ideas like this....

Costco: Wholesale Profits with an Option Combination

I like this covered call idea alot. It's a very good case you make about the low risk inherit because of the low-beta association and the practical situation that more and more people are going to do their shopping for the next year at low-cost retailers like costco. You've got way more guts than I do though to sell 10 puts with an expiration a whole year away. I would not do that part and I would caution your readers to strongly consider the downside inherit there.....

How Will Fortune Magazine's 10 Stock Picks for 2009 Fare?

I like POT and JNJ. Anything you buy in a grocery store or use to grow food makes the most sense now that most people are focusing more on their basic needs and crossing their fingers that they keep their jobs or get one if they've lost it...

Manufacturing Collapse Reminiscent of Great Depression's Beginning

Comparing the U.S. to Latvia? Be serious. You're discounting the massive wealth still being held by Americans (compared to countries like Latvia) that will be let out of the dam eventually. Countries like Latvia don't compare because of this....

Why Steel ETF Has Cautious But High Hopes

Good stuff Tom. Dennis Gartman has been talking about the coming bull in Steel and urging a strategy to go long SLX and short the overall market. See an article on the idea here - smarteasytrades.blogsp...

Laszlo Birinyi: S&P 750's the Bottom - Barron's Interview

yeah... one more expert calls a bottom... only 999 more before we see the next bull.... who's next?