chiggins's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/87990/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/70692-did-barron-s-really-pan-all-commodity-investing?source=feed#comment-134643 134643 Your a real a**hole if you think you really deserve the right to crowd energy futures pits elevating prices. I guess 9/11 means nothing to you since you ae spoon feeding those Saudis trillions. Ken Lay from Enron sponsored the bill that allowed you and hedge funds entry into that market. Bin Laden and Ken Lay...boy your in great company]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:56:24 -0400 Your a real a**hole if you think you really deserve the right to crowd energy futures pits elevating prices. I guess 9/11 means nothing to you since you ae spoon feeding those Saudis trillions. Ken Lay from Enron sponsored the bill that allowed you and hedge funds entry into that market. Bin Laden and Ken Lay...boy your in great company]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/49466-ceragon-networks-likely-to-continue-upward-trend?source=feed#comment-98369 98369 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:35:48 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/46121-why-are-hedge-funds-so-important-in-today-s-market?source=feed#comment-94877 94877 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:56:24 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/45141-vizio-leads-lcd-sales-syntax-brillian-remains-in-seventh-place?source=feed#comment-94229 94229 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:07:06 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/42274-syntax-brillian-short-interest-up-stock-price-down?source=feed#comment-92094 92094 ( financial.seekingalpha...;u=87990 ). Just ask David Rocker who had 1.4 billion in 2003, now evaporated to about 400 million. Or ask anyone listening to Street.com or Herb Greenberg telling you to sell Apple at 55 or Crox at 24 or Amazon at 40, 60, 70,.etc. Th fact is these bozos were short along the way.
This article and many like it are simply tools to scare people out of their stocks and cause selling and shorting to then give hedge funds a better crater effect to cover. With the help of a market maker a hedge fund can produce FTD's and naked short with abandon in essence counterfeit the certificates through the Electronic X Clearing between brokers. BRLC has a negative interest rate to shrt at 11% meaning it costs 11% a year interst to short the stock...legally that is. Now, back to what the writer here claims.
First, the writer sites Sony and cheap TV's they'll sell at competitive prices to Olevia. That is ridiculous since Sony's costs are so high that 17% margins are not enough for them. They need over 30%. By the way in 40 years Sony has never sold at the same prices as 2nd or 3rd tier TV's. Why start now?
Second, he says the company does not have the capital to support their sales guidance. I guess he overlooks $155 million they got in the secondary and the fact that their customers pay for the products, albeit slower in Asia. And third, he states insiders selling. Well, these are not founding members and are part of the company that was bought out. Kolin still owns 5.1 million and Kit still has 5.2 million shares. The real insiders have not sold and they cannot buy stock while in a quiet period. They cannot even defend themselves against the assertions of these short articles and the shorts know that.
The key is]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:15:48 -0400 ( financial.seekingalpha...;u=87990 ). Just ask David Rocker who had 1.4 billion in 2003, now evaporated to about 400 million. Or ask anyone listening to Street.com or Herb Greenberg telling you to sell Apple at 55 or Crox at 24 or Amazon at 40, 60, 70,.etc. Th fact is these bozos were short along the way.
This article and many like it are simply tools to scare people out of their stocks and cause selling and shorting to then give hedge funds a better crater effect to cover. With the help of a market maker a hedge fund can produce FTD's and naked short with abandon in essence counterfeit the certificates through the Electronic X Clearing between brokers. BRLC has a negative interest rate to shrt at 11% meaning it costs 11% a year interst to short the stock...legally that is. Now, back to what the writer here claims.
First, the writer sites Sony and cheap TV's they'll sell at competitive prices to Olevia. That is ridiculous since Sony's costs are so high that 17% margins are not enough for them. They need over 30%. By the way in 40 years Sony has never sold at the same prices as 2nd or 3rd tier TV's. Why start now?
Second, he says the company does not have the capital to support their sales guidance. I guess he overlooks $155 million they got in the secondary and the fact that their customers pay for the products, albeit slower in Asia. And third, he states insiders selling. Well, these are not founding members and are part of the company that was bought out. Kolin still owns 5.1 million and Kit still has 5.2 million shares. The real insiders have not sold and they cannot buy stock while in a quiet period. They cannot even defend themselves against the assertions of these short articles and the shorts know that.
The key is]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/39992-what-s-behind-the-u-s-dollar-s-decline?source=feed#comment-90420 90420

Here's Milton Friedman's stance:
Friedman believed that deficits would be corrected by free markets as floating currency rates rise or fall with time to encourage or discourage imports in favor of the exports, reversing again in favor of imports as the currency gains strength. A potential difficulty however is that currency markets in the real world are far from completely free, with government and central banks being major players, and this is unlikely to change within the foreseeable future.

Friedman and other economists have also pointed out that a large trade deficit (importation of goods) signals that the country's currency is strong and desirable. To Friedman, a trade deficit simply meant that consumers had opportunity to purchase and enjoy more goods at lower prices; conversely, a trade surplus implied that a country was exporting goods its own citizens did not get to consume or enjoy, while paying high prices for the goods they actually received.

Perhaps most significantly, Friedman contended strongly that the current structure of the balance of payments is misleading. In an interview with Charlie Rose, he stated that "on the books" the US is a net borrower of funds, using those funds to pay for goods and services. He pointed to the income receipts and payments showing that the US pays almost the same amount as it receives: thus, U.S. citizens are paying lower prices than foreigners for capital assets to exchange roughly the same amount of income. The reasons why the U.S. (and UK) appear to earn a higher rate of return on their foreign assets than they pay on their foreign liabilities are not clearly understood.

Friedman presented his analysis of the balance of trade in Free to Choose, widely considered his most significant popular work]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:55:30 -0400

Here's Milton Friedman's stance:
Friedman believed that deficits would be corrected by free markets as floating currency rates rise or fall with time to encourage or discourage imports in favor of the exports, reversing again in favor of imports as the currency gains strength. A potential difficulty however is that currency markets in the real world are far from completely free, with government and central banks being major players, and this is unlikely to change within the foreseeable future.

Friedman and other economists have also pointed out that a large trade deficit (importation of goods) signals that the country's currency is strong and desirable. To Friedman, a trade deficit simply meant that consumers had opportunity to purchase and enjoy more goods at lower prices; conversely, a trade surplus implied that a country was exporting goods its own citizens did not get to consume or enjoy, while paying high prices for the goods they actually received.

Perhaps most significantly, Friedman contended strongly that the current structure of the balance of payments is misleading. In an interview with Charlie Rose, he stated that "on the books" the US is a net borrower of funds, using those funds to pay for goods and services. He pointed to the income receipts and payments showing that the US pays almost the same amount as it receives: thus, U.S. citizens are paying lower prices than foreigners for capital assets to exchange roughly the same amount of income. The reasons why the U.S. (and UK) appear to earn a higher rate of return on their foreign assets than they pay on their foreign liabilities are not clearly understood.

Friedman presented his analysis of the balance of trade in Free to Choose, widely considered his most significant popular work]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/38209-syntax-brillian-the-future-looks-bleak?source=feed#comment-88615 88615
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14-Jun-07
10:54 BRLC Syntax-Brillian: Research reveals a huge demand backlog for Olevia TVs and ample production capacity - Brean Murray (5.14 +0.58) -Update-

Brean Murray notes that over the past two days, concerns over Circuit City (CC) phasing out Olevia TVs and Sony's (SNE) plan of selling TVs into Wal-Mart (WMT) have pressured BRLC. However, the firm's research confirmed that CC is not only continuing but also expanding orders for Olevia TVs for the remainder of 2007. Further, though they are unsure of SNE's pricing strategy for its line of TVs for WMT, their latest market comparisons reveal that SNE currently prices its TVs at nearly a 100% premium to similarly equipped Olevia TVs.]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:09:53 -0400

14-Jun-07
10:54 BRLC Syntax-Brillian: Research reveals a huge demand backlog for Olevia TVs and ample production capacity - Brean Murray (5.14 +0.58) -Update-

Brean Murray notes that over the past two days, concerns over Circuit City (CC) phasing out Olevia TVs and Sony's (SNE) plan of selling TVs into Wal-Mart (WMT) have pressured BRLC. However, the firm's research confirmed that CC is not only continuing but also expanding orders for Olevia TVs for the remainder of 2007. Further, though they are unsure of SNE's pricing strategy for its line of TVs for WMT, their latest market comparisons reveal that SNE currently prices its TVs at nearly a 100% premium to similarly equipped Olevia TVs.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/38325-syntax-brillian-the-future-looks-crystal-clear?source=feed#comment-88583 88583

14-Jun-07
10:54 BRLC Syntax-Brillian: Research reveals a huge demand backlog for Olevia TVs and ample production capacity - Brean Murray (5.14 +0.58) -Update-

Brean Murray notes that over the past two days, concerns over Circuit City (CC) phasing out Olevia TVs and Sony's (SNE) plan of selling TVs into Wal-Mart (WMT) have pressured BRLC. However, the firm's research confirmed that CC is not only continuing but also expanding orders for Olevia TVs for the remainder of 2007. Further, though they are unsure of SNE's pricing strategy for its line of TVs for WMT, their latest market comparisons reveal that SNE currently prices its TVs at nearly a 100% premium to similarly equipped Olevia TVs.]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:07:29 -0400

14-Jun-07
10:54 BRLC Syntax-Brillian: Research reveals a huge demand backlog for Olevia TVs and ample production capacity - Brean Murray (5.14 +0.58) -Update-

Brean Murray notes that over the past two days, concerns over Circuit City (CC) phasing out Olevia TVs and Sony's (SNE) plan of selling TVs into Wal-Mart (WMT) have pressured BRLC. However, the firm's research confirmed that CC is not only continuing but also expanding orders for Olevia TVs for the remainder of 2007. Further, though they are unsure of SNE's pricing strategy for its line of TVs for WMT, their latest market comparisons reveal that SNE currently prices its TVs at nearly a 100% premium to similarly equipped Olevia TVs.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/38336-syntax-brillian-some-shareholders-are-smarter-than-others?source=feed#comment-88546 88546

14-Jun-07
08:56 BRLC Syntax-Brillian: Would be aggressive buyers on weakness- CIBC (4.56 )

CIBC reits their Outperform and $15 tgt following the significant share pressure in the past few days. The firm says the selloff is likely due to published reports that Olevia will soon be out of Circuit City (CC), while Sony's deal with Wal-Mart will impair Olevia demand. The firm believes both assertions are "way, way off". Firm notes the reports that Olevia was abandoning Circuit City in favor of Best Buy (BBY), although this would be great if true (BBY is larger, more successful), they say their checks at CC & BRLC totally contradict these assertions. Firm believes Monday's pressure was due to another competitor's suggestion that Sony's intent to sell entry-level LCD-TVs at Wal-Mart will likely damage Olevia's competitive position. They believe Sony's cost/markup structure will not compete with Olevia, nor is Wal-Mart a BRLC customer.]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:02:57 -0400

14-Jun-07
08:56 BRLC Syntax-Brillian: Would be aggressive buyers on weakness- CIBC (4.56 )

CIBC reits their Outperform and $15 tgt following the significant share pressure in the past few days. The firm says the selloff is likely due to published reports that Olevia will soon be out of Circuit City (CC), while Sony's deal with Wal-Mart will impair Olevia demand. The firm believes both assertions are "way, way off". Firm notes the reports that Olevia was abandoning Circuit City in favor of Best Buy (BBY), although this would be great if true (BBY is larger, more successful), they say their checks at CC & BRLC totally contradict these assertions. Firm believes Monday's pressure was due to another competitor's suggestion that Sony's intent to sell entry-level LCD-TVs at Wal-Mart will likely damage Olevia's competitive position. They believe Sony's cost/markup structure will not compete with Olevia, nor is Wal-Mart a BRLC customer.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/38209-syntax-brillian-the-future-looks-bleak?source=feed#comment-88515 88515
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to abolish longstanding rules that restrict short sales in declining markets and approved another change to tighten rules intended to curb manipulative short sales, including so-called "naked" short sales.

The first change ends decades-long restrictions by the SEC and U.S. markets on selling short as prices are falling. An experiment in lifting the rules for select stocks showed there was little justification for retaining restrictions such as the New York Stock Exchange's "tick" test, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said.

Elimination of SEC's short-sale price restrictions, and rules barring markets from using a "tick" or "bid" test to control short sales will take effect immediately after the rule change is published in the Federal Register, SEC staffers said.

A second change approved by the SEC modifies Regulation SHO, which the agency adopted in 2004 to curb abusive short sales. The change eliminates a controversial exception to the 2004 rule that shielded existing short positions from requirements to deliver hard-to-borrow shares within 13 days of settlement. Once the change takes effect, short positions previously protected by the grandfather clause must be closed out within 35 days.

Short selling involves sales of borrowed securities, producing profits when prices decline. The practice is legal, but the SEC's Regulation SHO sought to prevent "naked" short sales, in which short sellers don't borrow securities they sell.

SEC officials said delivery failures have declined about 35% overall since Regulation SHO took effect and have fallen about 53% for hard-to-borrow stocks defined as "threshold" securities.

Longstanding, persistent delivery failures seem to be due to the grandfather protections and a shield for short positions held by option market makers, Cox said. He said delivery failures hurt investors and companies, and may be a sign of naked short selling.

"It continues to be a problem, particularly in the microcap space," Cox told reporters after the SEC meeting.

More public data on delivery failures is in the works, as the SEC plans to make Depository Trust Co. data available on the SEC Web site shortly. SEC officials plan to remove certain confidential information from the data feed already supplied by the DTC before posting it online.

The SEC abandoned earlier plans to narrow the exception for option market makers and voted Wednesday to seek comment on eliminating the exception altogether, or adopting alternative approaches.

In addition, the SEC deferred action on a fourth rule that would have tightened short-sales in connection with public offerings, but Cox said it plans to take up the matter shortly, perhaps later this month.

- By Judith Burns, Dow Jones Newswires, 202-862-6692; Judith.Burns@ dowjones.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires
06-13-071236ET
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WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to abolish longstanding rules that restrict short sales in declining markets and approved another change to tighten rules intended to curb manipulative short sales, including so-called "naked" short sales.

The first change ends decades-long restrictions by the SEC and U.S. markets on selling short as prices are falling. An experiment in lifting the rules for select stocks showed there was little justification for retaining restrictions such as the New York Stock Exchange's "tick" test, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said.

Elimination of SEC's short-sale price restrictions, and rules barring markets from using a "tick" or "bid" test to control short sales will take effect immediately after the rule change is published in the Federal Register, SEC staffers said.

A second change approved by the SEC modifies Regulation SHO, which the agency adopted in 2004 to curb abusive short sales. The change eliminates a controversial exception to the 2004 rule that shielded existing short positions from requirements to deliver hard-to-borrow shares within 13 days of settlement. Once the change takes effect, short positions previously protected by the grandfather clause must be closed out within 35 days.

Short selling involves sales of borrowed securities, producing profits when prices decline. The practice is legal, but the SEC's Regulation SHO sought to prevent "naked" short sales, in which short sellers don't borrow securities they sell.

SEC officials said delivery failures have declined about 35% overall since Regulation SHO took effect and have fallen about 53% for hard-to-borrow stocks defined as "threshold" securities.

Longstanding, persistent delivery failures seem to be due to the grandfather protections and a shield for short positions held by option market makers, Cox said. He said delivery failures hurt investors and companies, and may be a sign of naked short selling.

"It continues to be a problem, particularly in the microcap space," Cox told reporters after the SEC meeting.

More public data on delivery failures is in the works, as the SEC plans to make Depository Trust Co. data available on the SEC Web site shortly. SEC officials plan to remove certain confidential information from the data feed already supplied by the DTC before posting it online.

The SEC abandoned earlier plans to narrow the exception for option market makers and voted Wednesday to seek comment on eliminating the exception altogether, or adopting alternative approaches.

In addition, the SEC deferred action on a fourth rule that would have tightened short-sales in connection with public offerings, but Cox said it plans to take up the matter shortly, perhaps later this month.

- By Judith Burns, Dow Jones Newswires, 202-862-6692; Judith.Burns@ dowjones.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires
06-13-071236ET
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Sentiment : Strong Buy
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Re: Reason is down (Not rated) 38 minutes ago I RETRACT that ARTICLE and reget writing it now!

See, I just had to cover, you understand!
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Don't judge our crooked actions until you know what it's like (Not rated) 13-Jun-07 01:51 pm Being short millions of shares on the day we knew the CIBC conference positive news was coming!

We know how to time Blogs, now don't we just?

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Don't judge our crooked actions until you know what it's like (Not rated) 13-Jun-07 01:51 pm Being short millions of shares on the day we knew the CIBC conference positive news was coming!

We know how to time Blogs, now don't we just?

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