jimmysmith

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    • SEC Considering 'Market-Wide' Short Sale Rule [view article]
      its about time. enforcing the law, gee what a concept. everybody knows that the hedge funds control the sec and gov. at this point. they are huge pools of unregulated captial that can do anything the want. buy off pols in washington (you better believe it!), pile on small caps and destroy companies. you bet, its called "death by short". not enforcing the naked shorting rule is yet another example of how the gov looks out for the big guys against the little ones.

      but but wait, if the companies didn't have probs already, then the shorts wouldn't be there. look: all companies have probs from time to time. naked shorting causes moral to drop, employees to leave, customers to scratch their heads and say "hmm, i better hold off buying from these guys, they might not be around much long..." etc.       Aug 21 03:17 PM
    • Dividends in Danger at Regional Banks? [view article]
      also, USB said they will likely raise their dividend. i guess you can take them off your list.

      USB's earnings increased last Q. they were down from 2007, but the were positive unlike a lot of other banks, like WFC. the company grew its asset base and shareholder equity.       Jul 16 09:59 AM
    • Tempting Buffett [view article]
      also, if you think Buffett will buy Lehman or Merrill you don't know Buffett very well. he was burned once and won't likely be back. he hates, HATES, Wall St.! Jul 03 10:05 AM
    • GE: More Bad News to Come? [view article]
      don't forget international sales. the Arabs and Chinese will be buying planes, trains, energy and infrastructure for the next 20 years - GE will be a major provider.

      also, note that any real estate write downs are paper losses only. when the market improves (which it will eventually!) they will have to be written back up.

      we should thus focus on operating results. all the other stuff is accounting b.s. in fact, new accounting rules are part of the problem we are now facing across the board!       Jun 17 08:57 AM
    • Are Glorious Days Ahead for Microsoft? [view article]
      i think the point with MSFT is that it is deeply undervalued right now.

      you're looking at the difference between a company and its stock. you can have a great company (AAPL) but whose stock is already pricing in perfection, and thus does not offer a very good future expected return.

      MSFT is, right now, +30% undervalued. you add in the dividend and the growth (15% for 2009) and you have an excellent expected return.


      Jun 12 10:37 AM
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