GatorTrader's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/182974/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/129894-one-way-to-invest-in-social-unrest?source=feed#comment-456008 456008 OLN). A gun isn't worth much without ammunition to fire. OLN has several businesses but manufacturing ammunition is a significant one. It's up about 46% off its March low but may still have room to run back to Jan/Dec highs. ]]> Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:20:26 -0400 OLN). A gun isn't worth much without ammunition to fire. OLN has several businesses but manufacturing ammunition is a significant one. It's up about 46% off its March low but may still have room to run back to Jan/Dec highs. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/112127-cramer-is-right-about-ultrashort-etfs?source=feed#comment-337412 337412
Oh where have you gone Thomas Jefferson....

Take some ACCOUNTABILITY for your trading decisions. If you don't understand it, then don't trade it. At the same time, stop whining because someone else is smart enough to trade them profitably. SIMPLE....]]> Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:17:49 -0500
Oh where have you gone Thomas Jefferson....

Take some ACCOUNTABILITY for your trading decisions. If you don't understand it, then don't trade it. At the same time, stop whining because someone else is smart enough to trade them profitably. SIMPLE....]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/108371-thoughts-on-giving-thanks-a-trader-s-perspective?source=feed#comment-317183 317183
What's truly "worthless" are the comments by Stox2buy and the aptly named "BS...." So much hate and judgment of their fellow man, I don't know how they can be "thankful" for anything.....]]> Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:59:47 -0500
What's truly "worthless" are the comments by Stox2buy and the aptly named "BS...." So much hate and judgment of their fellow man, I don't know how they can be "thankful" for anything.....]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/95304-selling-short-america-and-the-rest-of-the-world?source=feed#comment-254010 254010 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:24:13 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/93690-option-arm-time-bomb-about-to-explode?source=feed#comment-244348 244348 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:46:16 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/93057-the-risk-of-a-run-on-the-banking-system?source=feed#comment-241752 241752 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:13:03 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/92995-adjusted-for-household-size-real-income-reached-an-all-time-high-in-2007?source=feed#comment-240719 240719 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:55:48 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/91960-contrarian-markets-can-often-be-tamed-with-etfs?source=feed#comment-235470 235470 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:42:22 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/91960-contrarian-markets-can-often-be-tamed-with-etfs?source=feed#comment-235469 235469 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:42:22 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/87191-risk-management-in-trending-markets?source=feed#comment-216122 216122 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:02:54 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/83376-the-politics-of-hurricane-insurance?source=feed#comment-197085 197085
Sorry YoungGolf, if you live on a peninsula (FL), you should EXPECT to pay significantly more than say someone who lives in OH or most any other place in the United States - sans Hawaii.....

Insurance is a business folks. It's built on the premise that losses are "predictable." After all, if an insurer can't predict a loss, then it becomes very expensive to insure because the insurance company is going to pass that unpredictability back to their insured.

Hurricanes are CASE IN POINT. These are extremely unpredictable AND they are high SEVERITY events. Additionally, there has been a significant increase in both the frequency and severity of these events over the past 10 years (compare the hurricane event data of the 70s and 80s to the 90s and so far this decade) as pointed to in the above. Certainly, rising water temps are a part of the issue as is coastal development, and population migration to the coast.

I think it's hysterical - and, frankly, sad - that the United States has cultivated this "victim" mentality expressed by YoungGolf and many others. The "evil insurance companies" can go right there with the "evil oil companies" and all the other punching bags for folks who don't understand basic economics.

DOZENS of insurance companies were BANKRUPTED after Hurricane Andrew (1992) AND the 2004/2005 storms. You must be ignorant to those facts. The largest insurance company in the United States - State Farm - paid out MORE in Hurricane Andrew than they collected in the state of FL from roughly 1948 through 1991 - as did the rest of the industry.

Would you also walk into the Mercedes Benz dealership and tell them that their product is "overpriced" and needs to be "regulated?" Come on.....

If you can't afford the insurance, then you have two options: live somewhere else where you CAN afford it OR don't carry insurance. Simple...]]> Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:02:59 -0400
Sorry YoungGolf, if you live on a peninsula (FL), you should EXPECT to pay significantly more than say someone who lives in OH or most any other place in the United States - sans Hawaii.....

Insurance is a business folks. It's built on the premise that losses are "predictable." After all, if an insurer can't predict a loss, then it becomes very expensive to insure because the insurance company is going to pass that unpredictability back to their insured.

Hurricanes are CASE IN POINT. These are extremely unpredictable AND they are high SEVERITY events. Additionally, there has been a significant increase in both the frequency and severity of these events over the past 10 years (compare the hurricane event data of the 70s and 80s to the 90s and so far this decade) as pointed to in the above. Certainly, rising water temps are a part of the issue as is coastal development, and population migration to the coast.

I think it's hysterical - and, frankly, sad - that the United States has cultivated this "victim" mentality expressed by YoungGolf and many others. The "evil insurance companies" can go right there with the "evil oil companies" and all the other punching bags for folks who don't understand basic economics.

DOZENS of insurance companies were BANKRUPTED after Hurricane Andrew (1992) AND the 2004/2005 storms. You must be ignorant to those facts. The largest insurance company in the United States - State Farm - paid out MORE in Hurricane Andrew than they collected in the state of FL from roughly 1948 through 1991 - as did the rest of the industry.

Would you also walk into the Mercedes Benz dealership and tell them that their product is "overpriced" and needs to be "regulated?" Come on.....

If you can't afford the insurance, then you have two options: live somewhere else where you CAN afford it OR don't carry insurance. Simple...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/82422-meet-mr-market-jim-cramer?source=feed#comment-191629 191629 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:35:49 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/82372-adventures-in-technical-analysis-jim-cramer-edition?source=feed#comment-191086 191086 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:02:16 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/80647-nationalizing-oil-well-intentioned-but-wrong?source=feed#comment-182467 182467 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:24:04 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/80676-trading-the-global-inflationary-storm?source=feed#comment-182425 182425 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:37:59 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/80568-preparing-for-the-fall-part-ii?source=feed#comment-182355 182355 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:43:12 -0400