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Selling the Short Sellers Short: Another Sign of Trouble [view article]
I too agree w/ the comments of .I understand the other has a right to his opinion, but it's complete bunk! And the fact that such skewed nonsense is posted on SA is not only reflective (in part) of what's wrong with the sytem, but makes me wonder why I keep coming back to reading SA -- I guess it's because the folks of E*Trade haven't provided a better, less-biased, source.
*sigh* Moving on now... Reply
Selling the Short Sellers Short: Another Sign of Trouble [view article]
The uptick rule was introduced in 1932, the bottom of all bear markets.The stock market worked perfectly after wards.
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Selling the Short Sellers Short: Another Sign of Trouble [view article]
I won't retype them, but I ditto all 4 points made by apppro. There have been some small companies driven almost bk due to naked shorting. Shorting is fine with REAL borrowed shares. Naked shorting serves no purpose except to steal money from the markets. The new rules should apply to all stocks, not just the financials. Wake up SEC!!! ReplySelling the Short Sellers Short: Another Sign of Trouble [view article]
The shorts are typical sour grapes at this point. They are obviously hurting playing a leveraged game - the very same risk that banks took which the got them into the trouble that they are in now. Don't they know that short selling is a derived position - a position they are allowed to hold only on the dispensation of shareholders of the company. Now they are crying foul, that the SEC changed rules blah blah blah. Come on, wake up, shorting is dangerous, so eat your losses. What hypocrites! ReplySelling the Short Sellers Short: Another Sign of Trouble [view article]
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Selling the Short Sellers Short: Another Sign of Trouble [view article]
and oh,4. the gang-shorting by hedge funds. Even Cramer (whom I dislike) has been screaming for this measure. Reply
Selling the Short Sellers Short: Another Sign of Trouble [view article]
"The SEC went so far this week as to make it nearly impossible for small traders to short any of the big financial stocks."this statement is nonsense.
It has always been against the rules to make a naked short sale
and small investors have never been able to do this,
only the big boys can get away with such a practise.
The SEC's action did nothing whatever to change anything,
all they did was hype, to try to change people's perceptions.
Guess they fooled you, huh?
I'm still short ... Reply
Selling the Short Sellers Short: Another Sign of Trouble [view article]
And that's why we need MORE SEC action on other fronts. I'm really tired of hearing the 'dog ate my homework' argument from the shorts; and for that matter the so-called oil speculators too.Yes the shorts caused this financial meltdown and yes there are oil speculators that caused the rediculous run up.
1. reinstate the up-tick rule
2. Crack down on naked shorting for ALL stocks
3. BIG crackdown on what is said on National TV and in the press Reply
Investing in Dividend Paying Companies [view article]
Hello,Is USX corp. (X) expected to have volatility on the upside soon? Reply
Confident in Wal-Mart - Contrary to Market Pessimism [view article]
Good article. Walmart's is in the right place at the right time for the current economic conditions. Of course, they have been in the same place for almost 50 years. Recently, stores have been improved, employee benefits and practices have improved, and they are still setting the benchmark for logistics excellence.They are opening new Supercenters in Michigan, Illinois, and the industrial north that were previously hostile territory. Even California is slowing opening up to Walmart. Union Supermarket tuff has fought Walmart with everything but armed resistance. Industrial jobs can be exported when unions destroy a company's competitiveness, retail and service unions are the only ones that can potentially survive. It is hard to export grocery store jobs to China, no matter how high you drive up the cost of food to the public.
In the part of the country where unions control the labor and hence the cost of operating food stores, the prices were quite high. The average citizen has responded positively to big drops in food prices when Walmart comes to town.
Walmart has continued growth opportunities in North America. Meanwhile, the international operations are booming with double-digit growth.
Yeah, I think they will be around for a while and make more money every year for the next 50 years. Reply
Investing in Dividend Paying Companies [view article]
quick..be careful. You are probably walking into a value trap, with many of the that ETFs holdings cutting their dividends. ReplyInvesting in Dividend Paying Companies [view article]
What about PGF: the PowerShares Financial Preferred ETF? This thing yields about 8% and is only down about 1.2% ytd, compared to -30% or so for XLF. I just discovered it today and I'm looking into it for my IRA, if anyone has any opinions on PGF, please feel free to share. ReplyInvesting in Dividend Paying Companies [view article]
First, interesting to see that names of companies like Westinghouse, Philip Morris, and Union Carbide had to be explained. Sheesh, I guess I am getting old, as these are as familiar as Google to me. More directly, I sometimes wonder "what is the true value of a stock." As the market value varies so greatly, the "present value of future cash flows." people surely must think that cash flow is not too clear! Dividends really help me see the value -- compared with bonds or most treasuries these company payouts provide real inflation protection. Thanks for an article weighted to something other than tomorrow! ReplyWal-Mart Looks Slightly Overvalued [view article]
Check out the monthly Same Store Sales of Walmart during the last Recession 1991-1993. While numerous other retailers were posting flat,negative SSS, Walmart SSS were in the double digit increase, one month Walmart SSS were up 32%. Walmart SSS during this new recession are no where near the Walmart SSS of the early 1990s recession.That is because Walmart today is not the Walmart of last century. Todays Walmart is a shell of itself from the invincible Walmart of last century.
Watch for Walmart shares to drop into the lower 30s within 2 years, if not sooner when the artifical sales spur from Government rebate checks end this week Reply
Wal-Mart Looks Slightly Overvalued [view article]
A few years ago, the stock had a P/E of over 40 and was selling for over $60. I'm not so sure that $56 a share with a P/E of under 20 is over-valued. Reply