Roderick Baldwin

Still Too Early To Buy Stocks Battered By Credit Woes

LEND is being bought out at $15.10 by multi Billion Lone Star Group in Texas. They are in business.

Merger Arb Opportunity in Fieldstone

TENDER closes very soon. True.

When you brokerage accounts get the money is another matter.

Look at Lend.

Term used is "Management expects the deal to close in the third quarter." That was case on LEND, a buyout by Lone Star where tender ends 7/15.

I have not studied this one.

Can ETF Options Offer Cheap Leverage to Reliably Boost Returns?

I did this on CISCO leaps during the tech boom and made a lot of money. You have to be patient and in the end I did have to get out as market boom ended. Otherwise, it is a way to make easy money.

I have never found for Free a service that plots option prices. That would be nice. Also, you much know basics of options.

Rod Baldwin