buyitcheap's Comments buyitcheap's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/user/163134/comments Men's Wearhouse (MW) fires George Zimmer from his position as executive chairman and says it will postpone its annual meeting as it seeks new director candidates. For those curious, Zimmer is the guy from the Men's Wearhouse commercials with the personal guarantee. MW -6.6% premarket. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/1093352?source=feed#comment-20149322 20149322 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:36:01 -0400 Datawatch: Deeper Value For A Lower Price http://seekingalpha.com/article/1452591/comments?source=feed#comment-19107051 19107051 I bought when I actually used one of their programs at an SAP shop a couple of years ago and was really impressed. I would have thought it would have been bought by now. Would appreciate your thoughts in that regard. ]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 06:41:01 -0400 I bought when I actually used one of their programs at an SAP shop a couple of years ago and was really impressed. I would have thought it would have been bought by now. Would appreciate your thoughts in that regard. ]]> March Import/Export Prices: Import prices -0.5% vs. consensus of -0.5% and -0.6% prior. Export prices were -0.4% vs. consensus of -0.1% and +0.7% prior (revised). http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/937471?source=feed#comment-17486511 17486511 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:39:54 -0400 Banks and lobbyists got a look at the latest Fed minutes yesterday afternoon according to a list which shows the 150 e-mail addresses that received the release Tuesday. Among the big banks whose officials got the message: JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Nomura, and Citigroup.  http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/936621?source=feed#comment-17467111 17467111 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:00:57 -0400 Winner Takes All: The Super-Priority Status Of Derivatives http://seekingalpha.com/article/1330491/comments?source=feed#comment-17446841 17446841 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:39:41 -0400 These Companies Are Minting Debt To Buy Back Stock http://seekingalpha.com/article/1326111/comments?source=feed#comment-17347001 17347001 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:18:48 -0400 A Real Dividend Growth Machine: Q1 2013 Review http://seekingalpha.com/article/1326281/comments?source=feed#comment-17346831 17346831 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:16:51 -0400 Why Value Investors Are Going To Cash http://seekingalpha.com/article/1320921/comments?source=feed#comment-17220821 17220821
on the flipside, we are de facto fighting the Fed here and all the other central banks on a debasing race to the bottom.... :-)]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:21:42 -0400
on the flipside, we are de facto fighting the Fed here and all the other central banks on a debasing race to the bottom.... :-)]]> 14.5% Dividend Payer KKR Quadrupled Its Economic Net Income In 2012 - More Growth Ahead http://seekingalpha.com/article/1306031/comments?source=feed#comment-16940321 16940321 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:40:04 -0400 Stock futures slide, but are off the lows following news of Cyprus' proposal for a one-time tax on bank deposits as part of a Troika bailout. Dow -0.5%, S&P -0.8%, Nasdaq -0.95%. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/892941?source=feed#comment-16507861 16507861
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http://bit.ly/XnGk5E]]> Stock futures slide, but are off the lows following news of Cyprus' proposal for a one-time tax on bank deposits as part of a Troika bailout. Dow -0.5%, S&P -0.8%, Nasdaq -0.95%. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/892941?source=feed#comment-16496191 16496191
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I wonder if deposit (and IRA/401k) taxation will be coming to the US sometime soon....]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:04:56 -0400
I wonder if deposit (and IRA/401k) taxation will be coming to the US sometime soon....]]> War Dividends: Buy Lockheed Martin And General Dynamics On The Recent Pullback http://seekingalpha.com/article/1163481/comments?source=feed#comment-14948551 14948551 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:32:49 -0500 Novo Nordisk (NVO) shares plunge 11.85% premarket after the FDA unexpectedly rejected the company's Tresiba long-acting insulin and a related product called Ryzodeg. The FDA requested more data from a dedicated cardiovascular outcomes trial, which Novo doesn't expect to be able to provide this year. Tresiba and Ryzodeg are approved in Europe and Japan, and are forecast to generate billions of dollars of sales - assuming U.S. approval. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/817091?source=feed#comment-14849171 14849171 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:18:29 -0500 Attractively Valued Blue-Chip Dividend Champions For Your Retirement Portfolios http://seekingalpha.com/article/1129341/comments?source=feed#comment-14117201 14117201 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:32:32 -0500 Attractively Valued Blue-Chip Dividend Champions For Your Retirement Portfolios http://seekingalpha.com/article/1129341/comments?source=feed#comment-14117031 14117031 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:29:58 -0500 Celsion (CLSN) jumps 12.9% after signing a technology development agreement for its ThermoDox liver-cancer treatment with China's Hisun, which will pay $5M upfront and manufacture the drug. The deal is a precursor to a China licensing agreement that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Celsion, and comes ahead of the results of Phase III trials for ThermoDox. (PR) http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/772791?source=feed#comment-13999131 13999131 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:19:47 -0500 Celsion (CLSN) jumps 12.9% after signing a technology development agreement for its ThermoDox liver-cancer treatment with China's Hisun, which will pay $5M upfront and manufacture the drug. The deal is a precursor to a China licensing agreement that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Celsion, and comes ahead of the results of Phase III trials for ThermoDox. (PR) http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/772791?source=feed#comment-13998421 13998421 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:06:08 -0500 Shares of Intuitive Surgical (ISRG -2.2%) dip on a Citron Research report claiming the company has made "outrageous marketing claims" that leave it exposed to legal backlash. It goes on to accuse the robotic surgical device maker of failing to adequately disclose the number fatalities and injuries due to da Vinci procedures, and the actual reasons for "such adverse outcomes." http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/767861?source=feed#comment-13827981 13827981 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:26:33 -0500 Wait For Oil To Drop To $75 In 2013 Before Buying Chevron http://seekingalpha.com/article/1081961/comments?source=feed#comment-13027031 13027031 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:04:12 -0500 In the wake of the recent school tragedy in Connecticut, California Treasurer Bill Lockyer is proposing that CalPERS and CalSTRS, the state's two public pension funds, divest themselves of gun makers. "I want BlackRock (BLK), I want Credit Suisse (CS), I want everyone else to know that we're going to use our economic leverage if it's up to me, and I hope other private investors will do the same thing," Lockyer says. "They (the gun-makers) ought to feel the economic consequences of their bad behavior." http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/729661?source=feed#comment-12798681 12798681 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:05:24 -0500 3 Bullish Signs In A Sea Of Negativity http://seekingalpha.com/article/1033761/comments?source=feed#comment-12407141 12407141
Bring all rates down, eliminate dividend taxes (tax at personal rates) phase out exemptions and deductions, and offer a one time "buy out" of foreign earnings i.e. pay $10B to repatriate all foreign income and get a zero corporate tax rate and require a 10+% dividend payment. That will put money into the hands of investors, pensioners, grandma, spenders - the "C" in the GDP model which is about the only piece of the equation left with a coefficient over 1.0.]]> Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:36:22 -0500
Bring all rates down, eliminate dividend taxes (tax at personal rates) phase out exemptions and deductions, and offer a one time "buy out" of foreign earnings i.e. pay $10B to repatriate all foreign income and get a zero corporate tax rate and require a 10+% dividend payment. That will put money into the hands of investors, pensioners, grandma, spenders - the "C" in the GDP model which is about the only piece of the equation left with a coefficient over 1.0.]]> Auto-part manufacturer Wanxiang has won the bidding for the assets of bankrupt battery maker A123 Systems (AONE) auctioned this week, for a reported $250M-$260M. AONE filed for bankruptcy in October after a financing deal with Wanxiang fell through. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/708961?source=feed#comment-12404441 12404441 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:55:53 -0500 For Coal, The Worst Is Behind http://seekingalpha.com/article/1004211/comments?source=feed#comment-11564581 11564581 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:26:50 -0500 How To Avoid Being A Dividend Loser http://seekingalpha.com/article/931871/comments?source=feed#comment-10656751 10656751 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:25:40 -0400 Earnings Season Preview: Worst Outlook In 3 Years http://seekingalpha.com/article/910361/comments?source=feed#comment-10292041 10292041 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:32:44 -0400 The tentacles of creditors reach a long way as an Argentine naval vessel is seized in Ghana as  part of hedge fund Elliot Capital's attempt to collect on bonds which Buenos Aires defaulted on in 2001. "Vulture funds have crossed a new limit in their attacks on the Argentine republic," says the foreign ministry. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/571841?source=feed#comment-10175361 10175361
Sounds like Blackwater may have a new growth segment...


So what kind of hardware did the hedge fund require to seize the vessel against the sailors? That's pretty incredible...]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:28:13 -0400
Sounds like Blackwater may have a new growth segment...


So what kind of hardware did the hedge fund require to seize the vessel against the sailors? That's pretty incredible...]]> The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index hits a 3-month high of -36.9, up from last week's -40.8. 71% of respondents say now is a bad time to be buying things, the fewest since mid-July, but 7 points worse than the long-term average 84% still rate the economy as negative, 19 points more than average. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/570891?source=feed#comment-10174281 10174281 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:11:16 -0400 It Doesn't Matter Where Returns Come From: More Realistic Modeling Of Dividend Growth Investing http://seekingalpha.com/article/895581/comments?source=feed#comment-10005001 10005001
Seems if you're going to for a valuation based entry point rather than just buying over time, you might be better balancing with zeroes and TIPS, or gold maybe, at 20% allocation purely for a source of funds for that correction and then let the 80% be your DGI portfolio.]]> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:46:43 -0400
Seems if you're going to for a valuation based entry point rather than just buying over time, you might be better balancing with zeroes and TIPS, or gold maybe, at 20% allocation purely for a source of funds for that correction and then let the 80% be your DGI portfolio.]]> The end of the long road is finally in sight to see Hertz Global (HTZ) snap up Dollar Thrifty (DTG). In comments made at the Morgan Stanley Industrial and Auto Conference, execs note a FTC decision on the merger is expected by the end of October. Once all the dust settles, Hertz plans to grow its Dollar Thrifty business as an international discount-oriented brand. (webcast) http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/536831?source=feed#comment-9395701 9395701 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:50:21 -0400