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Mosaic Warns, Stock Is Up

Guess you need a new textbook.

Wednesday Options Update: CHK, SJM, SGP, GE, YHOO & RL

CHK Nov 30 calls reached as high as 1.35 - that's where I sold (half of) mine that were worthless yesterday. Gotta love options.

Some Crazy Deals, If You Have an Appetite for Risk

Could you help me understand under what scenario it is possible to lose all the money you put in? If ESLR is > 2.50 in Jan '10 you make the gain.

If ESLR is < 2.50 in Jan 10 you own the stock with your net at 0.58 per share.

If ESLR goes under, you lose the 0.58 per share -- is this basically what you mean? You lose the 0.58 per share, not the "entire amount you put in" because you already got 2.50 back from selling the call?

Video On Demand: The Real Threat To Netflix and Blockbuster?

For video on demand to really take off, these companies are going to have to offer HD movies. Many of them already can, others like Adelphia (recently acquired by Comcast) did not offer any "on demand" services in my area period. With so much talk about video on demand over the internet, I think you nailed where the real threat to BBI and NFLX will come from - video on demand via cable. As more people want/expect to view their movies in HD, internet VOD is going to struggle to keep up, but cable already has the bandwidth and the infrastructure in place to make this happen without having to download the movie overnight before you can watch it - a truly "on demand" service.