Economics and Investing

[RatherOpinionated]

BobS and others who think NOW is the time to short and buy puts on Citi (and other financials, builders, etc). Thank you! Thank you for helping to confirm the bottom. It’s called CROWD SENTIMENT and when lay investors such as yourself come out of the wordwork to short or buy puts, it is a pretty darn good contrarian indicator that perhaps the worst is behind us. Thanks for the confirmation and best of luck!

Sincerely,
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[Anonymous]

Bob, do a search for the “profit opportunity #1” thread and you’ll see a good history of the big time gains you missed out on.

For the most part the ship has sailed on many of those shorting opportunities. I also don’t see any great opportunities for Put options anymore. However, don’t let RO scare you off, there is still a long way to go down for a lot of these stocks. I too am heavily invested in SKF and SRS. Look to pick them up during one of the market rallys like we saw this week. Then I recommend you sell off some portion (maybe 50%) when they approach their 52 week high.

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Bob, do a search for the “profit opportunity #1” thread and you’ll see a good history of the big time gains you missed out on.

For the most part the ship has sailed on many of those shorting opportunities. I also don’t see any great opportunities for Put options anymore. However, don’t let RO scare you off, there is still a long way to go down for a lot of these stocks. I too am heavily invested in SKF and SRS. Look to pick them up during one of the market rallys like we saw this week. Then I recommend you sell off some portion (maybe 50%) when they approach their 52 week high.

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Bob, do a search for the “profit opportunity #1” thread and you’ll see a good history of the big time gains you missed out on.

For the most part the ship has sailed on many of those shorting opportunities. I also don’t see any great opportunities for Put options anymore. However, don’t let RO scare you off, there is still a long way to go down for a lot of these stocks. I too am heavily invested in SKF and SRS. Look to pick them up during one of the market rallys like we saw this week. Then I recommend you sell off some portion (maybe 50%) when they approach their 52 week high.

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Bob, do a search for the “profit opportunity #1” thread and you’ll see a good history of the big time gains you missed out on.

For the most part the ship has sailed on many of those shorting opportunities. I also don’t see any great opportunities for Put options anymore. However, don’t let RO scare you off, there is still a long way to go down for a lot of these stocks. I too am heavily invested in SKF and SRS. Look to pick them up during one of the market rallys like we saw this week. Then I recommend you sell off some portion (maybe 50%) when they approach their 52 week high.

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Bob, do a search for the “profit opportunity #1” thread and you’ll see a good history of the big time gains you missed out on.

For the most part the ship has sailed on many of those shorting opportunities. I also don’t see any great opportunities for Put options anymore. However, don’t let RO scare you off, there is still a long way to go down for a lot of these stocks. I too am heavily invested in SKF and SRS. Look to pick them up during one of the market rallys like we saw this week. Then I recommend you sell off some portion (maybe 50%) when they approach their 52 week high.

Good luck.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

For the most part the ship has sailed on many of those shorting opportunities.

I think I agree with that. But I don;t think it’s time to be long-term bullish either (as RO suggests). The lenders, builders and other related stocks will be very volatile going forward. Probably an opportunity to make money on the volatility if you are into short-term trading. But short-term timing is tricky and not my cup of tea. Some of these companies will eventually come out OK, others will not. They will either get bought out at pennies on the dollar (relative to 2 years ago) or go BK. A minority will likely even prove to be a great investment at today’s prices. But, selecting the right choices today is definitely no gimme.

If anyone think it’s a bottom in these kinds of stocks, please post suggestions of those stocks here. We can revisit every month to track where they are.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

For the most part the ship has sailed on many of those shorting opportunities.

I think I agree with that. But I don;t think it’s time to be long-term bullish either (as RO suggests). The lenders, builders and other related stocks will be very volatile going forward. Probably an opportunity to make money on the volatility if you are into short-term trading. But short-term timing is tricky and not my cup of tea. Some of these companies will eventually come out OK, others will not. They will either get bought out at pennies on the dollar (relative to 2 years ago) or go BK. A minority will likely even prove to be a great investment at today’s prices. But, selecting the right choices today is definitely no gimme.

If anyone think it’s a bottom in these kinds of stocks, please post suggestions of those stocks here. We can revisit every month to track where they are.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

For the most part the ship has sailed on many of those shorting opportunities.

I think I agree with that. But I don;t think it’s time to be long-term bullish either (as RO suggests). The lenders, builders and other related stocks will be very volatile going forward. Probably an opportunity to make money on the volatility if you are into short-term trading. But short-term timing is tricky and not my cup of tea. Some of these companies will eventually come out OK, others will not. They will either get bought out at pennies on the dollar (relative to 2 years ago) or go BK. A minority will likely even prove to be a great investment at today’s prices. But, selecting the right choices today is definitely no gimme.

If anyone think it’s a bottom in these kinds of stocks, please post suggestions of those stocks here. We can revisit every month to track where they are.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

For the most part the ship has sailed on many of those shorting opportunities.

I think I agree with that. But I don;t think it’s time to be long-term bullish either (as RO suggests). The lenders, builders and other related stocks will be very volatile going forward. Probably an opportunity to make money on the volatility if you are into short-term trading. But short-term timing is tricky and not my cup of tea. Some of these companies will eventually come out OK, others will not. They will either get bought out at pennies on the dollar (relative to 2 years ago) or go BK. A minority will likely even prove to be a great investment at today’s prices. But, selecting the right choices today is definitely no gimme.

If anyone think it’s a bottom in these kinds of stocks, please post suggestions of those stocks here. We can revisit every month to track where they are.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

For the most part the ship has sailed on many of those shorting opportunities.

I think I agree with that. But I don;t think it’s time to be long-term bullish either (as RO suggests). The lenders, builders and other related stocks will be very volatile going forward. Probably an opportunity to make money on the volatility if you are into short-term trading. But short-term timing is tricky and not my cup of tea. Some of these companies will eventually come out OK, others will not. They will either get bought out at pennies on the dollar (relative to 2 years ago) or go BK. A minority will likely even prove to be a great investment at today’s prices. But, selecting the right choices today is definitely no gimme.

If anyone think it’s a bottom in these kinds of stocks, please post suggestions of those stocks here. We can revisit every month to track where they are.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

It’s called CROWD SENTIMENT and when lay investors such as yourself come out of the wordwork to short or buy puts, it is a pretty darn good contrarian indicator that perhaps the worst is behind us. Thanks for the confirmation and best of luck!

The problem with this argument is that the “CROWD SENTIMENT” on this board has always been this negative.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

It’s called CROWD SENTIMENT and when lay investors such as yourself come out of the wordwork to short or buy puts, it is a pretty darn good contrarian indicator that perhaps the worst is behind us. Thanks for the confirmation and best of luck!

The problem with this argument is that the “CROWD SENTIMENT” on this board has always been this negative.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

It’s called CROWD SENTIMENT and when lay investors such as yourself come out of the wordwork to short or buy puts, it is a pretty darn good contrarian indicator that perhaps the worst is behind us. Thanks for the confirmation and best of luck!

The problem with this argument is that the “CROWD SENTIMENT” on this board has always been this negative.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

It’s called CROWD SENTIMENT and when lay investors such as yourself come out of the wordwork to short or buy puts, it is a pretty darn good contrarian indicator that perhaps the worst is behind us. Thanks for the confirmation and best of luck!

The problem with this argument is that the “CROWD SENTIMENT” on this board has always been this negative.

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