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ParticipantI tried to lowball the CTX $40.00 Aug puts when the stock traded at $44 plus last Thurs. I wanted to pay .70, but the darn thing stayed around .80 and I didn’t budge. *POOF* 200%+ gain in 4 trading days gone.
Never let $10 a contract stand between you and a good bet. Greed kills.
Hope no one shorted the ultimate consumer-is-dead play, namely, Amazon. That would sting a bit.
ParticipantI tried to lowball the CTX $40.00 Aug puts when the stock traded at $44 plus last Thurs. I wanted to pay .70, but the darn thing stayed around .80 and I didn’t budge. *POOF* 200%+ gain in 4 trading days gone.
Never let $10 a contract stand between you and a good bet. Greed kills.
Hope no one shorted the ultimate consumer-is-dead play, namely, Amazon. That would sting a bit.
ParticipantThe “flight to quality” from CMO and junk bonds has increased demand for US Treasuries. Are mortgage rates decreasing in response? Is the “subprime slime” making mortgages more affordable?
ParticipantThe “flight to quality” from CMO and junk bonds has increased demand for US Treasuries. Are mortgage rates decreasing in response? Is the “subprime slime” making mortgages more affordable?
ParticipantSchiff has, through his comments, been short the US stock markets for some time now. I don’t know whether he placed bets to back his words, but it would not surprise me.
As for the rest of your comeents, I get it, you’re an Armageddonite. That’s just great, but I don’t see it, as long as the world economy is growing at 5% or so a year.
ParticipantSchiff has, through his comments, been short the US stock markets for some time now. I don’t know whether he placed bets to back his words, but it would not surprise me.
As for the rest of your comeents, I get it, you’re an Armageddonite. That’s just great, but I don’t see it, as long as the world economy is growing at 5% or so a year.
ParticipantBernanke is very sharp. Peter Schiff probably lost a few bucks on his shorts/puts on Thursday. I’m truly, deeply sympathetic, even if he did recover a bit on Friday. Really. No really.
ParticipantBernanke is very sharp. Peter Schiff probably lost a few bucks on his shorts/puts on Thursday. I’m truly, deeply sympathetic, even if he did recover a bit on Friday. Really. No really.
July 19, 2007 at 12:03 PM in reply to: Is the liquidity tide finally rushing out of Wall Street? #66497ParticipantDon’t know where the thing is really headed. but to me, if you go against the grain by shorting the entire market, it seems like you have way to many forces going against you. Shorting individual stocks probably works if you know what your doing. But shorting the entire markets with these new reverse indexes, I’m not so sure.
Couldn’t agree more. While the S&P shorts have lost value, the SRS ETF that shorts real estate has appreciated considerably (even though it’s down a little today).
July 19, 2007 at 12:03 PM in reply to: Is the liquidity tide finally rushing out of Wall Street? #66562ParticipantDon’t know where the thing is really headed. but to me, if you go against the grain by shorting the entire market, it seems like you have way to many forces going against you. Shorting individual stocks probably works if you know what your doing. But shorting the entire markets with these new reverse indexes, I’m not so sure.
Couldn’t agree more. While the S&P shorts have lost value, the SRS ETF that shorts real estate has appreciated considerably (even though it’s down a little today).
ParticipantThere’s definitely a bear market in housing, a lot of rich folks lost money betting on the prospect of mass indentured servitude, no doubt about that. I don’t see evidence of a recession though, at least not at this point.
Chris, I know you own CAT (sure wish I could say the same,) what are your thoughts heading into Friday? Is CAT going to run to 100, or was the UBS guy right?
ParticipantThere’s definitely a bear market in housing, a lot of rich folks lost money betting on the prospect of mass indentured servitude, no doubt about that. I don’t see evidence of a recession though, at least not at this point.
Chris, I know you own CAT (sure wish I could say the same,) what are your thoughts heading into Friday? Is CAT going to run to 100, or was the UBS guy right?
July 12, 2007 at 1:43 PM in reply to: Now back to our regularly scheduled programming on NOD’s #65502ParticipantJim and realtors,
Any data on the percentage of NOTs that become REOs? We usually assume that percentage to be around 100%, but SD Realtor had a recent post that cast doubt on that assumption. Are lenders trying to “work things out” with NOT properties?
July 12, 2007 at 1:43 PM in reply to: Now back to our regularly scheduled programming on NOD’s #65565ParticipantJim and realtors,
Any data on the percentage of NOTs that become REOs? We usually assume that percentage to be around 100%, but SD Realtor had a recent post that cast doubt on that assumption. Are lenders trying to “work things out” with NOT properties?
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