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Take your paycheck and spend it. It helps the economy, and saving means you just give the crooks a means to steal it. If you buy 'stuff' with your money then all you need is a gun to protect it.

Spend spend spend -- and maybe the government will have a bailout for you !!!

Thanks Bill -- I hope you keep your views on the crooked markets front and center, even in 'good' (aka government and wall st. contrived ) times.

The whole thing really makes me sick.
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Take your paycheck and spend it. It helps the economy, and saving means you just give the crooks a means to steal it. If you buy 'stuff' with your money then all you need is a gun to protect it.

Spend spend spend -- and maybe the government will have a bailout for you !!!

Thanks Bill -- I hope you keep your views on the crooked markets front and center, even in 'good' (aka government and wall st. contrived ) times.

The whole thing really makes me sick.
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/87754-is-the-dollar-rallying-on-realigned-expectations?source=feed#comment-217761 217761
I have to take issue with your conclusion that $120 oil is acceptable - I dont think it is. The current 'shock' has yet to completely seep through to the consumer -- and we have heard quite a few companies talking about using the pricing power they have to jack up prices. Of course they are already engaged in the American past-time of just putting less content in each unit and saving costs on the margin.

In any case I think oil needs to be closer to $100, and /should/ be $85, tops at this point -- I guess Ill settle for $100 -- but $120 is still too high by far.

Take care.
]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:05:43 -0400
I have to take issue with your conclusion that $120 oil is acceptable - I dont think it is. The current 'shock' has yet to completely seep through to the consumer -- and we have heard quite a few companies talking about using the pricing power they have to jack up prices. Of course they are already engaged in the American past-time of just putting less content in each unit and saving costs on the margin.

In any case I think oil needs to be closer to $100, and /should/ be $85, tops at this point -- I guess Ill settle for $100 -- but $120 is still too high by far.

Take care.
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/86783-options-trader-thursday-outlook?source=feed#comment-213421 213421 ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:58:03 -0400 ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/86171-options-trader-tuesday-outlook?source=feed#comment-211671 211671
Seems to me you should be viewed as a hero...

The masses are asses I guess, eh ?
]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:55:52 -0400
Seems to me you should be viewed as a hero...

The masses are asses I guess, eh ?
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/85669-historic-financial-collapse-underway?source=feed#comment-209859 209859
That said, I think the number of perps...err... goldman sachs...err.. governemtn officials they are trotting out to tell us that we worry too much is another 'tell' that things are worse than normal.

It all hinges on housing. What breaks the downward spiral ? Its a degenerative feedback loop, and what breaks it -- especially as the government offshores our jobs and devalues our dollar so there will be fewer and fewer solvent families and individuals to sop up the excess inventory and stabilize prices ?

What breaks the cycle ?
]]> Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:22:15 -0400
That said, I think the number of perps...err... goldman sachs...err.. governemtn officials they are trotting out to tell us that we worry too much is another 'tell' that things are worse than normal.

It all hinges on housing. What breaks the downward spiral ? Its a degenerative feedback loop, and what breaks it -- especially as the government offshores our jobs and devalues our dollar so there will be fewer and fewer solvent families and individuals to sop up the excess inventory and stabilize prices ?

What breaks the cycle ?
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/85479-was-that-a-bottom-should-we-even-care?source=feed#comment-208255 208255
If you know the right people you'll get the support of the whole population !]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:28:57 -0400
If you know the right people you'll get the support of the whole population !]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/85504-a-letter-to-warren-buffett?source=feed#comment-208109 208109
Itd be real nice if the taxpayer even had a CHOICE !
]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:30:37 -0400
Itd be real nice if the taxpayer even had a CHOICE !
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/85479-was-that-a-bottom-should-we-even-care?source=feed#comment-208065 208065
The manipulators kill you in the short run -- the dollar inflators and government liars kill you in the long run.

Small investors dont know about hedge funds because they are not allowed to benefit from them.

I want a system where uncle sam bears my risk, and I get the profits.
]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:42:38 -0400
The manipulators kill you in the short run -- the dollar inflators and government liars kill you in the long run.

Small investors dont know about hedge funds because they are not allowed to benefit from them.

I want a system where uncle sam bears my risk, and I get the profits.
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/84617-options-trader-friday-outlook?source=feed#comment-203207 203207
Gimme a break.

We know the enemy -- the enemy is us.
]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:43:35 -0400
Gimme a break.

We know the enemy -- the enemy is us.
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/84281-options-trader-wednesday-outlook?source=feed#comment-201865 201865
Hey dont get me wrong - maybe since then you have put mechanisms into place for people to track your moves in real time (how do you actively buy and sell options on 40 or 50 positions in real time and keep it straight anyway?). Maybe now they can emulate your moves and everyone is making 300% per month !! woohoo !!

No wonder the market is tanking - Phils stock world is winning all the trades !

Please Phil... ur a smart guy - but get real.



]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:16:21 -0400
Hey dont get me wrong - maybe since then you have put mechanisms into place for people to track your moves in real time (how do you actively buy and sell options on 40 or 50 positions in real time and keep it straight anyway?). Maybe now they can emulate your moves and everyone is making 300% per month !! woohoo !!

No wonder the market is tanking - Phils stock world is winning all the trades !

Please Phil... ur a smart guy - but get real.



]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/84281-options-trader-wednesday-outlook?source=feed#comment-201846 201846
Geez dude at this rate you should be running the world by now.

I know.. ur doing it for the people... cuz you care.

]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:47:54 -0400
Geez dude at this rate you should be running the world by now.

I know.. ur doing it for the people... cuz you care.

]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/84281-options-trader-wednesday-outlook?source=feed#comment-201591 201591 ]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:33:15 -0400 ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/84281-options-trader-wednesday-outlook?source=feed#comment-201587 201587
Oh - and Boeing didnt tumble due to the tanker deal loss -- they tumbled due to GS saying they could lose 30% of their aircraft orders due to the economic downturn.

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Oh - and Boeing didnt tumble due to the tanker deal loss -- they tumbled due to GS saying they could lose 30% of their aircraft orders due to the economic downturn.

]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/83951-the-screws-tighten-on-apple-investors?source=feed#comment-200134 200134
*LOL* now thats funny !

AAPL products have always been overhyped -- they have also always been overpriced -- which means that they wont achieve the kind of penetration the aapl zealots contend.

Regardless of stock price, AAPL is completely overhyped -- and given that nobody /needs/ any of the stuff they sell I dont see how anyone (other than an aapl zealot, of which there are many) could even think aapl stock would thrive in an extended economic downturn.

Shoot tech in general has gotten /killed/ because tech spending, even at the corporate level is considered fairly discretionary by wall street -- yet a consumer tech company is gonna buck all that and go up while the market tanks ?

Ok im gonna sell all my PG and buy AAPL to protect me from the bear !]]> Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:22:46 -0400
*LOL* now thats funny !

AAPL products have always been overhyped -- they have also always been overpriced -- which means that they wont achieve the kind of penetration the aapl zealots contend.

Regardless of stock price, AAPL is completely overhyped -- and given that nobody /needs/ any of the stuff they sell I dont see how anyone (other than an aapl zealot, of which there are many) could even think aapl stock would thrive in an extended economic downturn.

Shoot tech in general has gotten /killed/ because tech spending, even at the corporate level is considered fairly discretionary by wall street -- yet a consumer tech company is gonna buck all that and go up while the market tanks ?

Ok im gonna sell all my PG and buy AAPL to protect me from the bear !]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/83052-time-to-start-buying-some-dogs?source=feed#comment-194838 194838
Gotta change with the times...

Oh - and whats all the venom goin on here ? I find most articles here quite interesting reading, regardless of typos. My God some of you need to disengage your hate and engage your higher thought processes.

Maybe learning how to hedge, and switching to decaf might help too !

]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:19:03 -0400
Gotta change with the times...

Oh - and whats all the venom goin on here ? I find most articles here quite interesting reading, regardless of typos. My God some of you need to disengage your hate and engage your higher thought processes.

Maybe learning how to hedge, and switching to decaf might help too !

]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/83014-options-trader-friday-outlook?source=feed#comment-194512 194512
Good luck on the financials in any case - Ive played some tight-support trades on em coming down and stopped out of every one.

I figure alotta consolidation is gonna happen in the financial sector... Yes, I think a prayer /is/ in order.

...And the Lord parted the seas, made oil come down and made financials go up wtih one mighty word...

Hope does spring eternal...
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Good luck on the financials in any case - Ive played some tight-support trades on em coming down and stopped out of every one.

I figure alotta consolidation is gonna happen in the financial sector... Yes, I think a prayer /is/ in order.

...And the Lord parted the seas, made oil come down and made financials go up wtih one mighty word...

Hope does spring eternal...
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/82034-so-is-capitalism-working-or-not?source=feed#comment-188868 188868
Otherwise greed and the lure of the big money will inevitably win the day (at the expense of the decade).
]]> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:37:16 -0400
Otherwise greed and the lure of the big money will inevitably win the day (at the expense of the decade).
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/78635-options-trader-friday-outlook?source=feed#comment-172966 172966
I dont much understand why prices have to skyrocket so so much more than demand. Im sorry but pricing for suspicion of future supply/demand problems doesnt get it for me. This stuff should be priced at a supply/demand rate that looks out only a fairly short time - pricing ih oil armagedon is not useful nor truthful at this point.

With the supply situation right now, /at least/ the front-month contracts should be around 95 /at most/ -- and I prefer $65 as closer to the truth for the front-month.

If hording is going on then perhaps there is truth in some of the what... 40% rise in oil in the last year, but Ill believe hording is going on if you can tell me theres been a marked increase in barrels actually being delivered.

Im glad we hit the breaking point. Congress crying, drivers staying home so they can afford to buy nice compact 36mpg vehicles with their cash (since no one will give em a loan)... it all means that oil is about to recede -- and if its true to its nature itll recede with a BANG as all the crooks get out of the trade to bring oil back down before the cops step in so they can play the game again sometime.

I think this time will be a little different in that when it does stabilize lower the dips will be bought pretty agressively, so it may not languish long as the second-strikers get their chance to get in.

Im tempted to play oil short -- Jack be nimble...
]]> Fri, 23 May 2008 19:23:34 -0400
I dont much understand why prices have to skyrocket so so much more than demand. Im sorry but pricing for suspicion of future supply/demand problems doesnt get it for me. This stuff should be priced at a supply/demand rate that looks out only a fairly short time - pricing ih oil armagedon is not useful nor truthful at this point.

With the supply situation right now, /at least/ the front-month contracts should be around 95 /at most/ -- and I prefer $65 as closer to the truth for the front-month.

If hording is going on then perhaps there is truth in some of the what... 40% rise in oil in the last year, but Ill believe hording is going on if you can tell me theres been a marked increase in barrels actually being delivered.

Im glad we hit the breaking point. Congress crying, drivers staying home so they can afford to buy nice compact 36mpg vehicles with their cash (since no one will give em a loan)... it all means that oil is about to recede -- and if its true to its nature itll recede with a BANG as all the crooks get out of the trade to bring oil back down before the cops step in so they can play the game again sometime.

I think this time will be a little different in that when it does stabilize lower the dips will be bought pretty agressively, so it may not languish long as the second-strikers get their chance to get in.

Im tempted to play oil short -- Jack be nimble...
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