oldie383's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/40801/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/139318-trading-the-gm-bankruptcy?source=feed#comment-516243 516243 In ten years when Oliver Stone does the movie, people will continue to argue about it. I think it just shows how inept the journalists and lawmakers are. I agree to hold the $25 bonds and wait for the inevitable "extension of the tender period" which has already been hinted at by the CFO on TV. For six cents on the dollar the feds could offer cash for the lot and save the day, but no, they have something else in mind. This worked thrice for me in the past: UIS and PCR and F]]> Sun, 24 May 2009 14:52:21 -0400 In ten years when Oliver Stone does the movie, people will continue to argue about it. I think it just shows how inept the journalists and lawmakers are. I agree to hold the $25 bonds and wait for the inevitable "extension of the tender period" which has already been hinted at by the CFO on TV. For six cents on the dollar the feds could offer cash for the lot and save the day, but no, they have something else in mind. This worked thrice for me in the past: UIS and PCR and F]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/137162-what-to-expect-if-gm-doesn-t-learn-from-chrysler?source=feed#comment-500170 500170 Tue, 12 May 2009 09:05:10 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/40688-gm-ford-confuse-investors-with-the-turnaround-dance?source=feed#comment-471276 471276

On Jul 11 01:56 PM gratianus wrote:

> For the life of me, I can't understand why anyone would take the
> Ford coversion offer, since the premium you receive over the conversion
> rate stipulated in the convertibles is $14.25 in Ford common, and
> for that "premium" you forfeit the $3.25 annual distribution, which
> works out to 22.8% on the "premium." Can someone explain to me why
> Ford thinks anyone would jump at this opportunity.]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:15:17 -0400

On Jul 11 01:56 PM gratianus wrote:

> For the life of me, I can't understand why anyone would take the
> Ford coversion offer, since the premium you receive over the conversion
> rate stipulated in the convertibles is $14.25 in Ford common, and
> for that "premium" you forfeit the $3.25 annual distribution, which
> works out to 22.8% on the "premium." Can someone explain to me why
> Ford thinks anyone would jump at this opportunity.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/125145-ford-convertible-trust-not-preferred?source=feed#comment-469461 469461 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:58:20 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/69862-if-thornburg-gets-its-funding-i-ll-take-preferred-over-equity?source=feed#comment-131751 131751 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:00:10 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/67104-thornburg-s-a-huge-bargain-after-monday-s-crash?source=feed#comment-121877 121877 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:10:29 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/66733-ebay-bares-its-ugly-new-face?source=feed#comment-121428 121428 Has anyone mentioned the other idiot factor?, USPS? those lame bastiches have almost killed selling low priced items on EBAY by raising the typical shipping cost from $4.50 to $7. The USPS has a strange anti-american policy of running the post office like a business.
Postal service is supposed to be one of your benefits and rights. The government operates the military as a non-profit money losing mechanism, ditto the insanely stupid Corps of Engineers, so why screw the citizen further by having them spend countless hours and money to raise postage one penny on letters?
I think the reply will be "it's Congress's fault. ]]> Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:47:46 -0500 Has anyone mentioned the other idiot factor?, USPS? those lame bastiches have almost killed selling low priced items on EBAY by raising the typical shipping cost from $4.50 to $7. The USPS has a strange anti-american policy of running the post office like a business.
Postal service is supposed to be one of your benefits and rights. The government operates the military as a non-profit money losing mechanism, ditto the insanely stupid Corps of Engineers, so why screw the citizen further by having them spend countless hours and money to raise postage one penny on letters?
I think the reply will be "it's Congress's fault. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/63063-e-trade-superbowl-ads-as-sell-signals?source=feed#comment-114617 114617 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:55:29 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/60673-e-trade-will-recover?source=feed#comment-111709 111709 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:36:30 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/28468-february-light-vehicle-sales-it-s-all-relative-or-is-it?source=feed#comment-81964 81964 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:20:35 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/25898-investing-in-climate-change-three-key-opportunities?source=feed#comment-80965 80965 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:16:39 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/24960-market-reaction-to-spr-news-overblown?source=feed#comment-80491 80491 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:30:14 -0500