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Amazon and Barnes & Noble: A Tale of Two Booksellers

I have been thinking about this, too. AMZN is so highly valued that I see no way it can deliver a reasonable return to the investor. BKS, on the other hand, pays a reasonable dividend, has the cashflow to maintain it, and you can write covered calls against and make reasonable money. I kind of like BKS.

Cramer's Mad Money - In the Treehouse (3/10/09)

Here is my problem, most of my money is in my self-directed IRA. I cannot write shorts directly. Short ETFs are a good vehicle for me to short the market in that format. I have used them to good effect. Why should I not have this tool available to me? The big boys certainly can and do short. All ETFs do is allow the little boys to take advantage of the same strategy.