John Leszar's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/user/932716/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/1297191/comments?source=feed#comment-16859541 16859541 Why didn't you answer that question when I asked it last week instead of sending me to Elliottwavetrader.net? Posting a question there didn't work either so I dropped my trial subscription.
I enjoy reading your articles. But, with all due respect, if you won't share your fundamental index, I can't follow the concept. Why did you wait until today to add this important (but not totally defining) comment to your article:
"As an aside, I want to make sure everyone realizes that my levels in silver relate to silver mini-futures."
Great! We are making progress. But what the heck is YI? I'm not the only person that needs an answer...just one that is
not too insecure to ask.]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:04:00 -0400 Why didn't you answer that question when I asked it last week instead of sending me to Elliottwavetrader.net? Posting a question there didn't work either so I dropped my trial subscription.
I enjoy reading your articles. But, with all due respect, if you won't share your fundamental index, I can't follow the concept. Why did you wait until today to add this important (but not totally defining) comment to your article:
"As an aside, I want to make sure everyone realizes that my levels in silver relate to silver mini-futures."
Great! We are making progress. But what the heck is YI? I'm not the only person that needs an answer...just one that is
not too insecure to ask.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/1280591/comments?source=feed#comment-16461541 16461541 I really enjoy your articles and recently signed up for a trial subscription to elliotwavetrader.net. I'm like KSoze, having trouble understanding the levels that you refer to. Therefore, nothing makes sense. Specifically. what month future for silver? What the heck is a YI fut? I thought you were using April2013 and recently switched to May2013. Is that correct? If that is true, what will happen next month.....there is no June2013
future! Yikes! That's probably the dumbest question you've had all day.]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:38:35 -0400 I really enjoy your articles and recently signed up for a trial subscription to elliotwavetrader.net. I'm like KSoze, having trouble understanding the levels that you refer to. Therefore, nothing makes sense. Specifically. what month future for silver? What the heck is a YI fut? I thought you were using April2013 and recently switched to May2013. Is that correct? If that is true, what will happen next month.....there is no June2013
future! Yikes! That's probably the dumbest question you've had all day.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/873471?source=feed#comment-16040711 16040711 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:07:50 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/873471?source=feed#comment-15993291 15993291 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:30:24 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/873471?source=feed#comment-15993101 15993101
Apparently you have not been to the grocery store lately nor have you bought gas for your car. Geez, what a ridiculous thing to say.]]> Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:26:18 -0500
Apparently you have not been to the grocery store lately nor have you bought gas for your car. Geez, what a ridiculous thing to say.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/1111731/comments?source=feed#comment-13757881 13757881 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:35:21 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/746031?source=feed#comment-13327571 13327571
Quit trying to justify your decision to support infanticide based on false economics and try looking at the moral side for a change.]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:39:00 -0500
Quit trying to justify your decision to support infanticide based on false economics and try looking at the moral side for a change.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/1063051/comments?source=feed#comment-12758381 12758381 Not to make excuses for Bush, because he signed every spending bill the Democratic controlled Congress sent to him, but Obama wins the prize for spending with no end in sight. And the clowns are at it again: kick the can down the road regardless of which party they belong to. ]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:02:55 -0500 Not to make excuses for Bush, because he signed every spending bill the Democratic controlled Congress sent to him, but Obama wins the prize for spending with no end in sight. And the clowns are at it again: kick the can down the road regardless of which party they belong to. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/964921/comments?source=feed#comment-11091181 11091181 I have been on a slow learning curve with precious metals for the past couple of months. I've been reading everything I can so that I could be in a position to invest wisely. Your article was excellent! Thank you for such an in depth analysis. It really helped me understand why I need to get into this segment of the market. I jumped in today in a small way and will follow with more shortly. (My wife doesn't know it yet but she'll be investing in silver pretty soon too!)]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:11:47 -0400 I have been on a slow learning curve with precious metals for the past couple of months. I've been reading everything I can so that I could be in a position to invest wisely. Your article was excellent! Thank you for such an in depth analysis. It really helped me understand why I need to get into this segment of the market. I jumped in today in a small way and will follow with more shortly. (My wife doesn't know it yet but she'll be investing in silver pretty soon too!)]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/801331/comments?source=feed#comment-8409491 8409491
I'm fairly certain this has not been done with the banks because many of them would be undercapitalized. The banks would be forced to close. The FDIC doesn't have enough money to protect all of the depositors or coerce another bank to buy them. The government has simply propped up the banks by giving them free funds. In Oregon, many of the banks have used this cash infusion to build more branches.

So the BDC's were treated unfairly through the FASB rule and the banks have been treated with kid gloves. A little off topic maybe, but your FASB comment got me thinking. ]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:16:08 -0400
I'm fairly certain this has not been done with the banks because many of them would be undercapitalized. The banks would be forced to close. The FDIC doesn't have enough money to protect all of the depositors or coerce another bank to buy them. The government has simply propped up the banks by giving them free funds. In Oregon, many of the banks have used this cash infusion to build more branches.

So the BDC's were treated unfairly through the FASB rule and the banks have been treated with kid gloves. A little off topic maybe, but your FASB comment got me thinking. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/801331/comments?source=feed#comment-8398101 8398101
It is my opinion that the government is complicit in delaying the inevitable write-down of loans that they encouraged everybody to make and/or obtain.

Of course, how can we trust a government that buys 61% of the Treasury debt with money they don't have? (Yes, I realize that the FED is not the government but just a private club.)]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:30:50 -0400
It is my opinion that the government is complicit in delaying the inevitable write-down of loans that they encouraged everybody to make and/or obtain.

Of course, how can we trust a government that buys 61% of the Treasury debt with money they don't have? (Yes, I realize that the FED is not the government but just a private club.)]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/792751/comments?source=feed#comment-8271551 8271551 Thanks for your comments regarding Jonk. You appear to have a lot of followers who are quick to come to your defense. I didn't see any "rude" comments that Jonk made nor do I think he should be banned as one of your supporters suggested. Perhaps they should be lighten up a little bit. I sense that they have long-festering issues with him. I really don't care. I'm here to expand my education and comments are sometimes more beneficial than the article. I thought Jonk's comments made a lot of sense and they helped me understand AGNC and NLY a little more. So did your article. Good job.]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:08:47 -0400 Thanks for your comments regarding Jonk. You appear to have a lot of followers who are quick to come to your defense. I didn't see any "rude" comments that Jonk made nor do I think he should be banned as one of your supporters suggested. Perhaps they should be lighten up a little bit. I sense that they have long-festering issues with him. I really don't care. I'm here to expand my education and comments are sometimes more beneficial than the article. I thought Jonk's comments made a lot of sense and they helped me understand AGNC and NLY a little more. So did your article. Good job.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/724811/comments?source=feed#comment-7485271 7485271 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:42:05 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/696861/comments?source=feed#comment-7143131 7143131 In any event, I agree with you that MO has been a great stock. It may continue to be in the future. But I also think Richjoy is correct by saying not to ever, ever, ever fall in love with a stock. Emotions can get a guy into trouble in the stock market. Analytics can too, but at least they are based on facts.
I like tangible things, like the money I made off of my MO holdings when I sold them. I loved the dividends but the numbers were starting to make me nervous. I felt the party was over...at least for a while.]]> Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:44:31 -0400 In any event, I agree with you that MO has been a great stock. It may continue to be in the future. But I also think Richjoy is correct by saying not to ever, ever, ever fall in love with a stock. Emotions can get a guy into trouble in the stock market. Analytics can too, but at least they are based on facts.
I like tangible things, like the money I made off of my MO holdings when I sold them. I loved the dividends but the numbers were starting to make me nervous. I felt the party was over...at least for a while.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/696861/comments?source=feed#comment-7112221 7112221 You are a millionaire.
You drive a Ferrari.
You've made a ton of money from your investments.

I wonder if you ever think how these types of statements come across and how irrelevant they are?
Richjoy403, on the other hand, sticks to the facts.]]> Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:44:49 -0400 You are a millionaire.
You drive a Ferrari.
You've made a ton of money from your investments.

I wonder if you ever think how these types of statements come across and how irrelevant they are?
Richjoy403, on the other hand, sticks to the facts.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/688831/comments?source=feed#comment-7011361 7011361 I really appreciate the time that you took to respond. This is a whole new side of investing for me and I am grateful for your series of articles.
I'm going to follow your advice and test out options by playing with some paper trades. My biggest hang-up was grasping that there was someone on the other side of the transaction. It may sound silly, but that alone (along with the "buy to close") clarified things a lot.
By the way, there is nothing wrong with being ignorant. That just means a person hasn't learned about something yet. I'm ignorant of a lot of things. Stupid, on the other hand, is not ignorance. Stupid I'm not!.
Thanks again for your help.
John]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:44:33 -0400 I really appreciate the time that you took to respond. This is a whole new side of investing for me and I am grateful for your series of articles.
I'm going to follow your advice and test out options by playing with some paper trades. My biggest hang-up was grasping that there was someone on the other side of the transaction. It may sound silly, but that alone (along with the "buy to close") clarified things a lot.
By the way, there is nothing wrong with being ignorant. That just means a person hasn't learned about something yet. I'm ignorant of a lot of things. Stupid, on the other hand, is not ignorance. Stupid I'm not!.
Thanks again for your help.
John]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/693821/comments?source=feed#comment-6984241 6984241 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:25:40 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/688831/comments?source=feed#comment-6906911 6906911 I am trying to follow your articles and after spending 42 years in the banking industry, learning everything I could, I'm having trouble understanding these simple transactions.
Since you started your articles, I found the "options" tab at Yahoo finance, woo, woo....so I'm really making progress! Until today's article! Now are you buying back your original put options or are you just replacing them? Is this really like buying stocks or does the original put option purchase magically get matched with the put option sold? I'm sorry for being so ignorant but my head is starting to ache.
Other than that, I love all of your articles!
John
PS I wouldn't blame you if you didn't answer me!!! I'm just pathetic. Can you believe I once arranged, underwrote and obtained approval for multi-million dollar loans?]]> Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:41:06 -0400 I am trying to follow your articles and after spending 42 years in the banking industry, learning everything I could, I'm having trouble understanding these simple transactions.
Since you started your articles, I found the "options" tab at Yahoo finance, woo, woo....so I'm really making progress! Until today's article! Now are you buying back your original put options or are you just replacing them? Is this really like buying stocks or does the original put option purchase magically get matched with the put option sold? I'm sorry for being so ignorant but my head is starting to ache.
Other than that, I love all of your articles!
John
PS I wouldn't blame you if you didn't answer me!!! I'm just pathetic. Can you believe I once arranged, underwrote and obtained approval for multi-million dollar loans?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/565181/comments?source=feed#comment-5277141 5277141 I used to own AGNC but am now only long NLY.]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 18:20:24 -0400 I used to own AGNC but am now only long NLY.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/535331/comments?source=feed#comment-4875871 4875871 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:16:44 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/478681/comments?source=feed#comment-4189551 4189551
But the "trust fund" was raided and spent by the government. Sure they gave us Treasury notes in exchange. Would you like to collect on that? Good luck, because it is part of the $15.5 Trillion National Debt. To make matters worse, it appears the only way out of this mess is for the taxpayer to be taxed again for the SS taxes
that
were 'borrowed'.

Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme that has ever been perpetuated on our citizens. You may believe there are surplus monies in the Social Security program, but I don't.
]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:26:18 -0400
But the "trust fund" was raided and spent by the government. Sure they gave us Treasury notes in exchange. Would you like to collect on that? Good luck, because it is part of the $15.5 Trillion National Debt. To make matters worse, it appears the only way out of this mess is for the taxpayer to be taxed again for the SS taxes
that
were 'borrowed'.

Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme that has ever been perpetuated on our citizens. You may believe there are surplus monies in the Social Security program, but I don't.
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/478681/comments?source=feed#comment-4188661 4188661 I hope I didn't start anything!
John]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:40:29 -0400 I hope I didn't start anything!
John]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/478681/comments?source=feed#comment-4185631 4185631 "(CBS News) The National Debt has now increased more during President Obama's three years and two months in office than it did during 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency.
The Debt rose $4.899 trillion during the two terms of the Bush presidency. It has now gone up $4.939 trillion since President Obama took office."
Worse yet, there is no relief in sight and the national debt is expected to hit $16.3 trillion during 2012.

I do like your retirement portfolio suggestion though........

John]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:59:01 -0400 "(CBS News) The National Debt has now increased more during President Obama's three years and two months in office than it did during 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency.
The Debt rose $4.899 trillion during the two terms of the Bush presidency. It has now gone up $4.939 trillion since President Obama took office."
Worse yet, there is no relief in sight and the national debt is expected to hit $16.3 trillion during 2012.

I do like your retirement portfolio suggestion though........

John]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/478681/comments?source=feed#comment-4185191 4185191 BTW, current law allows a retiring employee to purchase COBRA for the 36 months prior to their 65th birthday. ]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:46:40 -0400 BTW, current law allows a retiring employee to purchase COBRA for the 36 months prior to their 65th birthday. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/460931/comments?source=feed#comment-3929561 3929561 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:45:41 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/451491/comments?source=feed#comment-3767101 3767101 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:27:27 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/376321/comments?source=feed#comment-2820581 2820581 Also, you will learn a lot by reading the articles AND the comments on the Seeking Alpha site. Good luck to you.]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:21:32 -0500 Also, you will learn a lot by reading the articles AND the comments on the Seeking Alpha site. Good luck to you.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/369151/comments?source=feed#comment-2736521 2736521 John]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:16:49 -0500 John]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/369151/comments?source=feed#comment-2710371 2710371
I really enjoy your articles and appreciate your efforts in helping guys like me understand how stock options work and your general philosophy about investing. I'm a retired banker and am pretty cautious with my retirement funds.]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:38:19 -0500
I really enjoy your articles and appreciate your efforts in helping guys like me understand how stock options work and your general philosophy about investing. I'm a retired banker and am pretty cautious with my retirement funds.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/302264/comments?source=feed#comment-1999520 1999520 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:58:15 -0400