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Comment on Dead-Cat Bounce Will Become Food for Bears by Mike

Mike — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:52:20 +0000

Dave, How about that down trend line from 1:35 in the QQQ?

Comment on Dead-Cat Bounce Will Become Food for Bears by Mike

Mike — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:04:26 +0000

Sam and Dave,
Do a 15 minute solid candlestick chart of the QQQ for the last ten days…. See that down trend line from day one and the up trend line from about four days back? Interesting, aye? A decision point is coming up right on the forecast cycle bottom of today, 5/26…..

Comment on Does Alcatel-Lucent Have a Cisco Killer? by GoJuniper

GoJuniper — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:47:51 +0000

Nothing new. Competitors are always leap frogging each other with specs.

Comment on Broadcasters Sue Dish Over Ad-Skipping DVR by tom

tom — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:30:51 +0000

If I already pay for my shows to be seen in my house, why should I have to watch advertisements?

Comment on Does Alcatel-Lucent Have a Cisco Killer? by Sopheavong Chhim

Sopheavong Chhim — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:38:31 +0000

Cisco might be thinking buying Alu right now !

Comment on 7 Industrial Stocks Manufactured to Sell by utrifin

utrifin — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:01:00 +0000

Seriously ! I mistakenly click at your articles sometimes … and you never cease to amaze me ! Your tool can be quickly summarized as follows: sell which is going down (see ABB, SI, RIG) and buy which is going up (AAPL, GOOG). Nearly all of the above stocks are a buy. In fact, Berkshire just added to GD !

I should just probably unsubscribe from investors place rss feed.

Comment on Repairing AAPL Damage with Options by Kyle Woodley

Kyle Woodley — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:55:02 +0000

All,

We got banged up on this, and rightly so. This was botched on all ends, so we pulled this temporarily to get this figured out, and we have re-released now with the corrections made.

We apologize both on the editorial side, and the writer has sent along his apologies, too. We’re reviewing our options, but regardless of outcome, we will redouble our efforts to keep these trades clean and accurate.

Kyle

Comment on HP’s Latest Turnaround Is Doomed to Fail — Just Like All the Others by Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:47:53 +0000

Grammatic integrity aside, any defense of HP as an investment is laughable at this point. In the past 3 years, HP has lost you somewhere around 40% of your initial investment. IBM has almost doubled in that time. Apple is about 4 times its 2009 value. In an age where innovation and adaptation are key, HP is stalled out trying to make their books look better by slashing payroll and fabricating company value. There is nothing foward thinking or groundbreaking in what they offer. There is no future value proposition for the company and no reason any prudent investor would throw money away on this stock.

Comment on HP’s Latest Turnaround Is Doomed to Fail — Just Like All the Others by howard

howard — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:38:55 +0000

Obviously Ben is long and losing his ass

Comment on Thursday Apple Rumors: Apple Should Make iHub, Instead of TV Set by vlad

vlad — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:55:18 +0000

Apps are what is needed to make your smartphone smart and unique.Im fond of app creating and find it really helpful to use site like Snappii where i can build apps in minutes.

Comment on HP’s Latest Turnaround Is Doomed to Fail — Just Like All the Others by Dan

Dan — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:39:41 +0000

Not true. I think u guys don't get that 'u' is perfectly acceptable amongst the tech hipsters, etc. especially when being used in a quick response/online comment. (Certainly NOT in formal documentation, but when writing from a phone, it's pretty standard nowadays…)

Comment on Repairing AAPL Damage with Options by rock

rock — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:31:49 +0000

Very poor explaination. The risk with naked puts exposes quite a bit of risk and the margin requirements for $610 puts for 2 contract will be $24000. The best option would be to sell $450 jan'13 puts as the margin requirment would be only $4500 per contract but the return is about 40% if the stock trades above $450.00 on Jan 19th 2013.

Comment on HP’s Latest Turnaround Is Doomed to Fail — Just Like All the Others by cruzin95

cruzin95 — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:56:21 +0000

Anyone who uses "U" instead of simply typing "you" ,just can't possibly be taken serious.

Comment on Top 10 Dow Dividend Stocks by The Glueman

The Glueman — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:10:16 +0000

I would like to see a list of dividend paying stocks without all the gobblity gook you give. Just tell me the name of the stock, its' previous day's closing price and its quarterly dividend. I can go from there.

I'm not impressed with any of these stocks when I can buy American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC) for $32.00/ share and get a dividend of $1.25/ sh per quarter.

Comment on Repairing AAPL Damage with Options by Mike

Mike — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:36:04 +0000

It should be buy 1 Aug 570 call and sell 2 Aug 610 call when you has 100 shares of AAPL.

Comment on Former NFL Great Warren Sapp Files for Bankruptcy by Tom

Tom — Fri, 25 May 2012 05:09:24 +0000

He makes 100k per month, but he is used to living a high style of living, which probably costs 200K per month. That is why he is broke. Most Americans are broke because they spent more than they earned.

Comment on Repairing AAPL Damage with Options by Pete

Pete — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:46:57 +0000

Fire the editor

Comment on Home Prices Are Rising Fast in These 5 Places by pressurized walls

pressurized walls — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:34:48 +0000

Thanks for sharing my friend,.!

Comment on Best Buy CEO’s Tough Talk Rings Hollow by john

john — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:33:53 +0000

Goodbye best buy . Bunch of inept board members I have been in retail industry for over twenty years and with no prior CEO experience i could draft up a list of things to do that would turn this company around and could do it on half of there salary. All i can say is give me a call when your ready not to go out of business.

Comment on Repairing AAPL Damage with Options by fivemile

fivemile — Fri, 25 May 2012 01:17:46 +0000

Does anyone ever edit these articles. Bad mistakes after mistakes in most of them. Sell 2 Dec $610 Puts??????? If you don't have time to check what you write, then you sure are not qualified to give advice except for some amateur who is likely to get burned listening to people like you.

Comment on Sony Losses Continue to Climb by @VRSCF23

@VRSCF23 — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:21:53 +0000

Sony needs to stop relying on others. Their TVs are crap because they use Sharp panels. The PS3 is the best console hardware wise but they took far too long to advertise it. They should look close to Samsung for a good business plan. Sony has the ability to put out great hardware, they just need to start doing it and offer it at a decent price. That or put out complete garbage like Apple and Nintendo and pay the marketers to sell the crap out of it for ridiculous prices.

Comment on Sony, Samsung Try to Limit TV Discounts by @VRSCF23

@VRSCF23 — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:17:45 +0000

LG TVS are junk. Samsung has the best TVs out right now since Sony sold out to Sharp.

Comment on HP’s Latest Turnaround Is Doomed to Fail — Just Like All the Others by bluto5

bluto5 — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:48 +0000

I agree with both of u…

Comment on HP’s Latest Turnaround Is Doomed to Fail — Just Like All the Others by J. Smith

J. Smith — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:49:01 +0000

okay, Ben. You may have good points and be correct, but your credibility for me dived in the second paragraph andcontinued to sink. Your continual use of "u" and a few other errors did not impress me with your acumen. Spell check, reread, and reread again. And to think, you challenged the Editor of InvestorPlace.com with this piece, ridiculous.

Comment on Why the Postal Service Is Fixable by Guest

Guest — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:03:40 +0000

You think there are problems with missing mail, miss-deliveries, etc? Just watch out when you try to pay someone minimum wage to do this job.

They tried the going to HCR (Highway Contract Routes) at our office a few years ago. What a fiasco! They promptly did away with them.

Comment on Repairing AAPL Damage with Options by Traderdick

Traderdick — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:44:56 +0000

You state that "For instance, if AAPL closes at $600 on August expiration, you could sell the August 570 call for $25, ………." Couldn't you actually sell your August 570 call for very close to $30 a few minutes before expiration if AAPL was trading at $600 at that time?

Comment on Should I Buy Netflix Stock? 3 Pros, 3 Cons by King Ralph

King Ralph — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:32:18 +0000

The primary reason not to invest in Netflix right now is because it is in a downtrend so it is unclear how low it can go. If it ever turns around then it might be a buy.

Comment on BDCs = Mega-Dividends! by Richard Hahn

Richard Hahn — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:28:09 +0000

Yes, the overall bad economy is trying for the BDC environment; however, since it is unlikely that the current administration will be re-elected (the Bush 'replacement' got out-voted because of a bad 4 last years, so the same should hold true for Obama), these financial instruments should soar after November. Be sure to check-out the differing tax consequences for these investments (not all dividends paid are 'qualified' dividends). I like the management team at PSEC, but the author raises a good point to diversify within the class to limit the effects of a bad loan here and there.

Comment on Repairing AAPL Damage with Options by King Ralph

King Ralph — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:27:44 +0000

Your strategy does not say to sell 2 August 650 calls. It says to buy one August 570 call and sell 2 December 610 puts. The next sentence refers to having sold 2 August 650 calls.

Comment on Repairing AAPL Damage with Options by Duane B

Duane B — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:25:42 +0000

Two mistakes are made in your outline here: 1) Your 'Furthermore' comment states that you Sold August 650 Calls when you never said that in the previous paragraph and your last paragrah says you purchased August 610 Calls that you never initially made?????

Comment on Repairing AAPL Damage with Options by Yael

Yael — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:22:18 +0000

Part 2

AAPL closed today at $565 (rounded).
Buy to open 1 Aug. 570 call=($36.30)
Sell to open 2 Aug. 650 calls=$10.10 x 2 = $20.20
Sell to open 2 Dec. 610 puts=Funny, AAPL does not have Dec. expiry. So, just for grins, let's sell the Jan. 2013 610 puts=$94.65 x 2 = $189.30.

Somehow, I don't think that's what you had in mind. Though the above is VERY juicy, it does not represent a "Stock Repair Strategy." Sorry. The margin requirement for the naked puts would be very onerous (about $11,500).
'Sides, you're talking to the 1% out there. Who in their right mind goes out and spends $66,000 for a measly 100 shares of stock and doesn't mitigate that cost somehow, either with a covered call, a collar or a naked put, or both? A one percenter!

Comment on Repairing AAPL Damage with Options by Yael

Yael — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:20:35 +0000

You seem to have forgotten a step in your narrative/explanation. In the paragraph that begins "When the dust settles," you refer to the two August 650 calls, but you do not say that you sold two calls – one on the 100 shares, and one to create a bull call spread with the 570 August call you purchased. Your Dec. 610 puts are naked, which is OK if you think AAPL will get back up there. Even if it does not, the erosion of time will produce some profit on those naked puts.

In short, if you own 100 shares of AAPL that are now worth less than what you paid for them, to follow your example, you would purchase one AAPL Aug. 570 call (the current market price for AAPL), and sell 2 August 650 calls, 1 to cover the 100 shares and 1 to cover the 570 call. So, let's run the numbers.

Comment on Repairing AAPL Damage with Options by confused

confused — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:20:32 +0000

Understand buying the August 570 CAll, but then you say to sell 2 Dec 610 PUTS, shoudn't that be CALS? Later you say or refer to sold August 650 calls. I am confused, or you have described this wrong, especiallly as your description of what happens all revolves around a price of 610 in August.

Comment on Repairing AAPL Damage with Options by Bubba

Bubba — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:13:32 +0000

You should repair your article before attempt to repair your stock position. Brutal .

Comment on Airlines Cut Early Boarding for Families by brown25

brown25 — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:24:29 +0000

unruly children should travel as checked baggage

Comment on Should I Buy Netflix Stock? 3 Pros, 3 Cons by SC47

SC47 — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:56:04 +0000

The main reason NOT to buy NETFLIX is the CEO. Everyone knows he is a nut case.

Comment on Why the Postal Service Is Fixable by J. Wolf

J. Wolf — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:50:53 +0000

Hey Jimmy Page if you know so much about USPS why are you so ingnorant to the fact that the USPS does
not pay employees for life and cover health care.They put a whopping 1% away for my retirement and match
my 401 contribution up to 5% and don't even talk about medical I pay 165.00 every two weeks for medical and
thats not dental or eyecare I get that from my wifes work insureance. As far as Unions they are needed as much today as anyother time in US history (early days it was for work conditions) today it is to preserve a livable wage to protct us against companies that amount to nothing more than sweat shops. I don't know if you or you father just work at or own the buisness or not ? But I'd bet if you do own it your daddy built the business and hands it over to you and the cycle continues low wages and benefits so the owner can live high on the hog and the employees struggle to make ends meet. This is why Unions are needed in todays world.

Comment on Future Rallies Likely to Fall Short by Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:16:26 +0000

Dave,
Rollin, rollin rollin keep those dogies rollin, Rawhide! (whip last in the background for effect). The herd is being pushed into a lower pasture by the sellers. Soon, maybe tomorrow, they are going to stampede back to the higher pasture and the sweet clover, until it is gone, then they will plunge back to lower levels where there is more grass…. Imagine the market as a huge independent herd, which, with hard work (and Sam's guidance) we can anticipate and profit by…..

Comment on Future Rallies Likely to Fall Short by Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:02:39 +0000

Mike,

I think you've been watching too many Rawhide reruns. I was more of a Gunsmoke and Bonanza fan.

Comment on Future Rallies Likely to Fall Short by Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:47:41 +0000

Dave,
Check out that down trend line on the 3 minute candle stick chart on the QQQ for today!….. Wahoo!..:)

Comment on 2008 TARP Funds — Where Are They Now? by Ironic1

Ironic1 — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:05:06 +0000

Let's see, 2008 – Obama oath of office was in January 2009.

With the economy in freefall after July 2008 I am amazed we are not in worse shape. When you give away your source of income (jobs for the middle class) it is hard to stop the fall. Ross Perot was right about that "sucking sound".

Comment on Why the Postal Service Is Fixable by Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:01:06 +0000

I am a life long Direct Mailer. My father was a life long direct mailer. I have spent a lifetime working with the USPS and know a lot about the USPS…. IMPO The problem with the USPS is crystal clear. The UNIONS will not allow them to layoff the 100,000++ employess they DO NOT need … and to compound the problem , the USPS pays employees DOUBLE what they could make doing the same job in private sector , AND to add to problem , the USPS then pays these people for LIFE and covers medical and pension FOR LIFE. This is a broken business model. Pensions and Unions DO NOT work in todays world., This is NOT 1950 were Unions were needed to protect employess and help employees earn a decent wage. Back then Unions were critical to employees, but now today, 2012 , if an employer the size of USPS is doing wrong , harming employees, not paying employes fairly etc.. the News , Tv, Internet blogs would crush them within weeks.. In todays society here in the USA Unions are NOT needed , they are forcing companies like the USPS (and public schools) into insolvency and bankruptcy.

Comment on Future Rallies Likely to Fall Short by Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:56:13 +0000

Dave,
I don't know how much faith to put into these cycles, but some of them do come on schedule… A site I have followed calls for bottom 5/26, rally to 6/2, fall into 6/15, rally into 7/27(with a lower top than the April high), then stair step down into a lower low into the end of the year around 12/7… We'll see, aye?…

Comment on Man Faces Prison For Spending $70K Wells Fargo Error by Bernie

Bernie — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:21:22 +0000

Wow … not the legal or morally right thing to do as person; however with some truth, but as a joke, he should have Reported this matter to Congress – No legal fees, jail time, and I believe a bonus is in order for bad investment decisions.

Comment on Future Rallies Likely to Fall Short by Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:10:04 +0000

Mike,

Yes, I read your post from yesterday where you exited SQQQ around 1PM. I agree that we could rally around around Memorial day. Interestingly, One of the services I follow shows a strong historically bullish period from May 26th thru June 5th with a bearish period to follow. It will be interesting to see where we top out.

Good trading,

Dave

Comment on Future Rallies Likely to Fall Short by Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:06:53 +0000

Joe,
Actually, the TQQQ and SQQQ trades have been very profitable in the short to intermediate range….. I prefer the Q's over the leveraged ETF's on IWM and the SOXX because of the size of the QQQ market and the reduced volatility compared to those other two markets ….. Check out TQQQ from November to 1May and SQQQ from 1 May until the present when you have a minute….

Comment on Facebook Unfriends Zynga, Groupon and other Social Stocks by jean

jean — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:50:34 +0000

Felt left out. Now. Not so much! I earn money the old fashioned way. Work

Comment on For First Time, Majority of U.S. Births Are Nonwhite by @DBCOOPA

@DBCOOPA — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:40:58 +0000

It's the second time in American history —-> Native Americans.
Racist media…

Comment on Gold, Silver Fall as Euro Leaders Set to Meet by GOLDYLOCK

GOLDYLOCK — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:40:37 +0000

EVERYTHING IN GOLD SECTOR WENT UP ON 5/23/12 ? ?

Comment on Vanguard Explorer Value Fund VEVFX Unimpressive Out of the Box by kat

kat — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:19:45 +0000

seems so