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  • Buying Dividends: Next Week's Ex-Div Stocks [View article]
    Would you care to share what stocks you buy/sell for dividend exclusion?


    On Oct 06 11:29 PM THofler wrote:

    > The author does have a point about a rising bull market having a
    > positive impact on this technique, but...
    >
    > Over most of 2007 I had played the monthly dividend payout for Canetic
    > Resources, a high dividend CanRoy trust stock. But, I played it by
    > SELLING ahead of the ex-div, and re-purchasing afterwards and profiting
    > from an oversized drop. I had one miss, but several profitable hits.
    > Why did this work? I don't know except to assume that too many fools
    > were trying to "buy the dividend."
    >
    > More recently, I notice that one of my high div. MLPs experienced
    > a very large drop after the ex-div. date. I did a 4 year study of
    > this stock looking at the 5 trading days ahead of ex-div. and 10
    > trading days after ex-div.
    >
    > One month ago the share price drop was 7.6 times larger than the
    > dividend amount. On a 4 year average, the share price drop was 3.8
    > times larger than the div. amount. The smallest drop was 1.26X. The
    > three largest drops in the 4 year period were 11.9X, 9.5X, and 8.8X.
    >
    >
    > So... yes, anything is possible. But I believe dividend exclusion
    > is generally a better bet than dividend capture. Both techniques
    > rely on making two very good trades in a row, which is tough to do
    > repeatably and consistently.
    Oct 07 10:33 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Why I'm Short So Many Financials [View article]
    Gee Reggie! how can you short all of these stocks? You must have a pile of dough. Good luck.
    Sep 17 14:04 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • 3 Income Generating Strategies Using Index ETFs and Options  [View article]
    IF THE POSITION IS ASSIGNED, DO YOU RECOUP THE COST OF THE LONG OPTION YOU BOUGHT? WHAT ABOUT THE TIME PREMIUM?
    Jul 26 14:46 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • How Can the Stimulus Bill Alleviate Unemployment? [View article]
    REPUBLICAN TALKING POINTS. The economy was failing when the rich people were given tax breaks and allowed to keep their monies and indeed we see what a mess we have.


    On Jul 17 09:02 AM Barbarous Relic wrote:

    > Let's let people keep more of their own money and let the market
    > work. Let the market decide which ventures to support and which ventures
    > to let fail. Only then will we return to a healthy economy. Stop
    > punishing the taxpayer!
    Jul 18 11:18 am |Rating: 0 -1 |Link to Comment
  • CIT: A Win-Win Trade Idea [View article]
    Where do I pick the bonds up?


    On Jul 17 07:10 PM RiskReturnOptimizer wrote:

    > Buy CIT bonds at 30-50 cents, short common against it as hedge.
    Jul 18 11:06 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Madoff sentenced to 150 years.  [View news story]



    On Jun 29 12:08 PM klarsolo wrote:

    > I'm glad we don't have mob rule anymore. But you're right in that
    > it is a waste to keep him in prison all this time. At the least he
    > should work for his keep, maybe out in the fields. Send him to Angola.
    >
    HE WILL GO TO CLUB FED AND LIVE LARGE THEREAFTER.
    Jun 29 12:56 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • How to Profit from Possible U.S. Credit Downgrade [View article]
    What is this got yo do with CHK?
    May 26 12:20 pm |Rating: +1 -2 |Link to Comment
  • Buying Dividends: Stocks Going Ex-Dividend in Last Half of May [View article]
    SURE LOOKS LIKE IT TO ME TO GET CHEAP ADVERTISING.


    On May 16 08:17 AM mangiamillie wrote:

    > This article is a veiled commercial for WSNN.com. Click on the recommended
    > web sites and you'll see what I mean. This diminishes Seeking Alpha.
    May 16 20:43 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Sun Micro: Put Spreads to Play Merger Arb? [View article]
    What April puts are you talking about?


    On Apr 01 08:35 AM Amit Kumar wrote:

    > Yes. April puts. Thanks
    Apr 01 08:54 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • How Do You Recapitalize $1.8 Trillion in Bank Loan Losses? [View article]
    PIMP OUT THE WIFE FIRST. EXACTLY!


    On Jan 22 09:31 AM James Wilson wrote:

    > You take a really close look at who wrote the mortages that are now
    > bad. Then you pulll all those loans and check 5 % of them for accuracy
    > then put the lenders who wrote them in jail for breaking the RICO
    > ACT.
    >
    > Then you take all their money, sell their homes, cars, pimp out the
    > wife and find all the offshore property claim it and sell it.
    Jan 23 09:07 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • 11 New Shorting Opportunities for 2009 [View article]
    IS THIS BLOG AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR YOUR SUBSCIPTION SERVICE? IF SO, THEN SAY IT IS.
    Jan 04 10:40 am |Rating: +6 -2 |Link to Comment
  • Taking Advantage of the January Effect [View article]
    YOU SEEM TO HAVE GREAT INSIGHTS. DO YOU MIND SHARING YOUR SCREEN CRITERIA WITH OTHERS?


    On Dec 25 09:44 AM bowater wrote:

    > I agree with your general theory of the "january effect". ETF's are
    > good.
    >
    > More money can be made with individual stocks. More work, more profit.
    >
    >
    > I don't think any ETF will be up 100% by January 15th,2009
    >
    > But some stocks in the ETF will.
    >
    > you must find those stocks.
    >
    > here is how I proceed:
    > 1) find a company that will not go out of business in the next 2
    > years.
    > 2) make sure that the stock of this company was shorted at high prices
    > during 2008.
    > 3) this stock must be able to double from the current price and not
    >
    > reach 50% of the 2008 high to be a candidate.
    >
    > if you find ones that meets this criteria, you will have winners.
    >
    >
    >
    > these are your big winners. the reason is simple: no tax loss selling
    > in
    > January (selling pressure lifted) the shorts will cover because no
    > taxes til
    > April of 2010.
    >
    > I have been doing this since 1972.
    >
    >
    Dec 25 11:32 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • More Fun with Levered ETFs [View article]
    WHAT IS A LEVERAGE ETF?
    Dec 13 09:18 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • The Turkey Effect on Today's Markets [View article]



    On Nov 28 11:17 AM veryold wrote:

    > But, how can one learn how to do options?

    TRY WWW.CBOE.COM
    Nov 28 11:58 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • The Turkey Effect on Today's Markets [View article]



    On Nov 28 11:17 AM veryold wrote:

    > But, how can one learn how to do options?

    YOU MIGHT TRY WWW.CBOE.COM
    Nov 28 11:57 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
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