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    • IndyMac: Not Just Another Subprime Mortgage Lender [view article]
      Ouch! Jul 26 12:28 AM
    • Crocs Crushes the Bottom Feeders [view article]
      Crocs are a piece of crap plastic shoe that looks ugly as hell to wear and are probably the easiest thing to pirate and sell for $3 a pair. International growth will be nil and people here in North America have finally realized how silly they look. Jul 25 09:20 AM
    • Will Tate Approve Radio Merger with $20 Million Fine? [view article]
      GIVE ME $20 FRICKEN MILLION DOLLARS AND I MIGHT VOTE FOR YOU.

      SICKENING.       Jul 24 09:30 AM
    • Amazon/Overstock Gamble May Pay Off [view article]
      I'm only halfway through my morning coffee....But what exactly is the gamble AMZN/OSTK are taking? Filing a lawsuit in New York? In the state that has the most lawyers per capita, that is not exactly a gamble. Lawsuits are as NY as the Yankees and Donald Trump. Jul 24 09:22 AM
    • Are Airlines Stocks a Contrarian Opportunity? [view article]
      I agree with you Fam62c. Dabbling in airline stocks now is speculation. Buy small amounts of a few airlines or buy one and let it ride, because it is betting. I wanted to get in with AMR a few months ago. Boy am I glad I didn't. These are stocks where you have a decent chance of losing everything. If you have a local casino closer to you, it might be the better thing to put all your money on black then to sit and wring your hands in the markets for 6 months waiting for your stock to rebound or go into BK. I like JBLU too. They have a good product, and a "better" business model than the big dinosaurs (AMR, DAL, NWA, LCC). Jun 29 04:40 PM
    • Cramer Doesn't Say What Radio Stockholders Want to Hear [view article]
      I'm here with my popcorn...this is great entertainment reading all the crackpots that come out and post to the SIRI threads. I have a small speculative play in SIRI. If I lose it fine I really don't care. If I get a 2 or 3 bagger, that'd be fine too. I love losingshirttosatellite... LOL!!! Jun 27 03:35 PM
    • When Crude Drops, AMR Will Fly [view article]
      AMR has a very reasonable chance of BK. HELLLLOOOO.... Big time speculative play. Buying AMR is as risky as buying oil right now. Have fun trying to catch the falling knife. Jun 20 01:01 PM
    • Real Prices for New Cars Keep Going Down [view article]
      Could the rise in gasoline prices and how it relates to the cost of a new car be the same thing as how higher interest rates lower housing prices? I'm a finance novice. I just recently found out about the relation between mortgage interest rates and housing prices. This made me think about all the really cheap pickup trucks that seemed to go for $25k + a few years ago but are now selling for $15-17k. This is just anecdotal evidence, but I realized that a person's monthly car payment could have easily doubled in the past few years if they got one of these pickup trucks or SUVs combined with a commute in from the 'burbs. Could the rapid rise in gasoline prices pinch dealerships' and the automakers' bottom line because people just can't afford a $299/month car loan plus the unplanned $300 for gas/month? Jun 16 04:52 PM
    • What’s Brewing at Starbucks? [view article]
      The cold beverage platform will sink. Packaged coffee and Ice cream is not what makes Starbucks...Starbucks. Its high quality good tasting coffee and atmosphere is what makes people come back again and again. Until SBUX figures that out the stock is going sideways to down. Look at MCD & YUM brands. They all finally figured out what people wanted. FAST FOOD...duhhh. What do people want at SBUX? Good coffee in an interesting atmosphere. Not novelty cold coffee, ice cream, smoothies, Italian ice and all the other junk they're still pitching. May 25 10:53 AM
    • The Oil Shortage, and Other Fairy Tales [view article]
      YunkYard et al - Please no more politics on SA. I'm getting sick of people posting their political manifestos and "It's all Bush's fault I lost my money" junk. Comment on the article please.

      Anyways - Awesome article! Great summary too...made me chuckle a little bit, because I'm the one standing by the poker table laughing at the fresh money morons sitting down about to be swindled. The news outlets are just sucking up viewership with this no more oil/ gas at $7/Gal by August B.S. I'm a believer in peak oil theory, but the short term run-up is just sickening.       May 22 10:54 AM
    • Starbucks: Will the Mermaid Mimic Ronald McDonald? [view article]
      My thoughts exactly. I posted a comment on another SBUX article here a few weeks ago about the similarities with MCD. SBUX will certainly fall more in the next few years; I'm looking at a bottoming out just under $10. Right now SBUX is experimenting with all sorts of silly ideas - most notably their movement into smoothies and Italian ice (yuk!) drinks. Once SBUX realizes that Americans can and will pay for a fast good cup of coffee is the time I begin to sink my money into this soon to be value stock. May 19 11:28 AM
    • Will Starbuck's New Menu Satifsfy Investors? [view article]
      Italian ice drinks and smoothies are making investors' mouths water??? Come on, and get REAL. This is not the answer to SBUX declining sales. Shultz's big plan is to bring SBUX back to their roots circa 1970s Pike's Place. His idea is pretty basic and has been done before by MCD and the like, but Italian ice and smoothies crap belongs somewhere else. It's as far away from coffee as you can get. SBUX will go lower...much lower, but in a few years they'll bounce back. Check out MCD charts for the past 20 yr. May 14 11:38 PM
    • Starbucks Cools Off - Fast Money Recap (4/24/08) [view article]
      I agree with the above poster. SBUX might never reach 40 again, but it is currently undervalued. They have an outstanding brand which isn't going to die anytime soon. They know what they did wrong, they're fixing it, but it's going to take some time to get back to the coffee basics. I'm waiting 2 quarters before I BUY. Apr 25 08:49 AM
    • Thornburg's a Huge Bargain After Monday's Crash [view article]
      TMA will never go above $2. It'll get eaten up by another financial once this mess/recession/subprim... is over with. Sell it. Believe me you'll feel much better, once it's out of your portfolio. Apr 04 01:10 PM
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