34CD77's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/37009/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/122577-four-stocks-whose-nationalization-wont-affect-stock-indexes-too-much?source=feed#comment-404608 404608 This is fraud ...and you as a writer are off my list no matter what you write.]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:04:10 -0500 This is fraud ...and you as a writer are off my list no matter what you write.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/122294-jpmorgan-cuts-dividend-which-bank-is-next?source=feed#comment-402756 402756 All banks that recieved TARP will reduce dividends]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:28:11 -0500 All banks that recieved TARP will reduce dividends]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/116368-thain-s-undoing-thinking-he-s-worth-it?source=feed#comment-366666 366666 As to the bonases, what do you think BofA bought. I'll tell you. They bought the smartest..best trained people in the world of finance. Don't you understand. This money was spent to keep them at Merrill. Much of the so called money was stock options which have no real value until the stock is higher.
And as far a BofA is concerned, to have this expense on Merrill's books is better than on Bof A books.
And sometime, all you smart people, think what would have happened if Merrill had not combined with BofA. ..Merrill stockholder's would have lost billions. Thank you John Thain. BofA has tried for years to buy Merrill. Now they have it and with any luck the future will improve and BofA will be the biggest and the best.It will take time
As to John Thain, he boarded a sinking ship. O'Neil had fed the appititte of the greed on Wall Street. When the good mortgages had been packaged and sold , Wall Street demanded more product and with the help of people like Rubin and Clinton, the standards were lowered to get all these people who hadn't saved a nickel into their dream homes. As well as to get everyone a credit card for every occasion. We all are to blame for the mess....not John Thain. Give him a break!]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:12:09 -0500 As to the bonases, what do you think BofA bought. I'll tell you. They bought the smartest..best trained people in the world of finance. Don't you understand. This money was spent to keep them at Merrill. Much of the so called money was stock options which have no real value until the stock is higher.
And as far a BofA is concerned, to have this expense on Merrill's books is better than on Bof A books.
And sometime, all you smart people, think what would have happened if Merrill had not combined with BofA. ..Merrill stockholder's would have lost billions. Thank you John Thain. BofA has tried for years to buy Merrill. Now they have it and with any luck the future will improve and BofA will be the biggest and the best.It will take time
As to John Thain, he boarded a sinking ship. O'Neil had fed the appititte of the greed on Wall Street. When the good mortgages had been packaged and sold , Wall Street demanded more product and with the help of people like Rubin and Clinton, the standards were lowered to get all these people who hadn't saved a nickel into their dream homes. As well as to get everyone a credit card for every occasion. We all are to blame for the mess....not John Thain. Give him a break!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/110553-american-corporate-brands-you-can-believe-in?source=feed#comment-329120 329120
I find that there are some problems with the basis for bonases.

As an example, look at the bonases that Stan O'Neil received by his investments in CMO s etc to ballon the Merril earning and get his incredible bonases. This was multiplies thousands of times by COs and managers and traders of evert financial firm. You can't use the stock price measure either because the investors were also hood-winked.
The only answer is to be paid a salary and be expected to run the company or do the job properly.....then come the totally neglilent Boards. They are "yes" members who are beholden to the COs etc. They are also the ones who should be written about and sued. Stockholders depend on them. And then there are the auditors......]]> Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:30:21 -0500
I find that there are some problems with the basis for bonases.

As an example, look at the bonases that Stan O'Neil received by his investments in CMO s etc to ballon the Merril earning and get his incredible bonases. This was multiplies thousands of times by COs and managers and traders of evert financial firm. You can't use the stock price measure either because the investors were also hood-winked.
The only answer is to be paid a salary and be expected to run the company or do the job properly.....then come the totally neglilent Boards. They are "yes" members who are beholden to the COs etc. They are also the ones who should be written about and sued. Stockholders depend on them. And then there are the auditors......]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/104006-dow-price-targets?source=feed#comment-298830 298830 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:09:33 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/99368-bofa-no-more-typical-wall-street-pay-at-merrill?source=feed#comment-279774 279774 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:50:22 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/99368-bofa-no-more-typical-wall-street-pay-at-merrill?source=feed#comment-279765 279765 Lastly, the best brokers have always gone to Merrill, and Goldman....because their clients insisted in haveing the best! This still applies.! ]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:38:40 -0400 Lastly, the best brokers have always gone to Merrill, and Goldman....because their clients insisted in haveing the best! This still applies.! ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/99437-prefer-a-yield-cramer-s-lightning-round-10-10-08?source=feed#comment-279740 279740 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:12:53 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/96711-is-the-u-s-government-trying-to-compete-with-geoeye?source=feed#comment-262458 262458 My question: I looked at purchasing your research anf two things bothered me and will keep me from doing it. First, when I got to the end of the subscription phase it says $99.00 per year, automatically renewed. No-way! I want the option to renew not the fight to get my money back after it has been taken. Second: There is no way to contact you directly if there is a problem. Without these two things, I am sorry to turn the offer down, even when I really like your style and thoughts.
If you want to reply to this.. leave your answer and email address as a comment here and I will contact you.

Chet]]> Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:43:36 -0400 My question: I looked at purchasing your research anf two things bothered me and will keep me from doing it. First, when I got to the end of the subscription phase it says $99.00 per year, automatically renewed. No-way! I want the option to renew not the fight to get my money back after it has been taken. Second: There is no way to contact you directly if there is a problem. Without these two things, I am sorry to turn the offer down, even when I really like your style and thoughts.
If you want to reply to this.. leave your answer and email address as a comment here and I will contact you.

Chet]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/96584-short-selling-ban-welcome?source=feed#comment-261505 261505 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:41:23 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/96450-preserving-u-s-economy-over-free-markets-short-sellers?source=feed#comment-260576 260576 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:28:49 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/96450-preserving-u-s-economy-over-free-markets-short-sellers?source=feed#comment-260570 260570 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:21:39 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/96369-options-trader-friday-outlook?source=feed#comment-260276 260276 Its time.]]> Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:03:26 -0400 Its time.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/96369-options-trader-friday-outlook?source=feed#comment-260270 260270 The above comment in Phillips interesting piece about the short sale rule that makes it illegal to make money when stocks go down. The old fashioned way was to sell the stock. When sellers out number buyers, the stock goes down. Then buy it back. Short selling the way it used to be before the extreme amount of cash was paid by the hedge funds to have the up-tick rule done away with. That added to the SEC that refused to make these same groups borrow stock to short , before shorting. Here is my picture. HF A says to HF B ,lets short the hell out of LEH today starting at 2:30. HF A and HF B each short 1MM shares at 2:30. They don't own it nor did they borrow it. !0-15 days later or sooner they buy it back. That is phantom stock. Of corse the reality is that when the public sees it , they panic and the shock goes lower. Each days this is done over and over again. ie LEH 40 to 3 .
The SEC is at fault. They must be replaced.
And in parting, for the government to perhaps spend 500B now is peanuts compared to what the total cost would have been if they hadn't!]]> Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:52:23 -0400 The above comment in Phillips interesting piece about the short sale rule that makes it illegal to make money when stocks go down. The old fashioned way was to sell the stock. When sellers out number buyers, the stock goes down. Then buy it back. Short selling the way it used to be before the extreme amount of cash was paid by the hedge funds to have the up-tick rule done away with. That added to the SEC that refused to make these same groups borrow stock to short , before shorting. Here is my picture. HF A says to HF B ,lets short the hell out of LEH today starting at 2:30. HF A and HF B each short 1MM shares at 2:30. They don't own it nor did they borrow it. !0-15 days later or sooner they buy it back. That is phantom stock. Of corse the reality is that when the public sees it , they panic and the shock goes lower. Each days this is done over and over again. ie LEH 40 to 3 .
The SEC is at fault. They must be replaced.
And in parting, for the government to perhaps spend 500B now is peanuts compared to what the total cost would have been if they hadn't!]]>