[nostradamus]

Thanks Allan that’s a nice article and I was already looking at several of those picks so now I feel I’m on the right track.

How do you feel about American auto makers? They have been getting slammed even without the subprime-related market mashings. They are pretty much all trading at or near their 5-year low and most people wouldn’t touch them. My crazy theory is that with Japanese auto makers opening manufacturing centers in the U.S. either domestic workers will become enriched with Japanese auto-maker skills or Japanese auto makers will merge/acquire U.S. companies. This is a totally off-the-cuff thought with no data whatsoever supporting it other than my experience with cars.

Another pick I like is Blockbuster (BBI) and other online movie rental businesses. Walt Disney really made it big during the great depression with his movies, showing that even in down times people need an escape (which we might call denial) so they go for movies and entertainment. BBI on Jan 9th announced an increased focus on digital media downloads, and I think they are in a better position than Netflix is because of BBI’s recent aquisition of Movielink. One big threat is Apple which has started providing movies thru their iTunes store (but they’re expensive). And now we can watch movies on our phones and iPods and so on.

Anyhow, those are some of the things I plan on scooping up on D-Day. JNJ has always been a great company and I look forward to grabbing some of that too.

[nostradamus]

Thanks Allan that’s a nice article and I was already looking at several of those picks so now I feel I’m on the right track.

How do you feel about American auto makers? They have been getting slammed even without the subprime-related market mashings. They are pretty much all trading at or near their 5-year low and most people wouldn’t touch them. My crazy theory is that with Japanese auto makers opening manufacturing centers in the U.S. either domestic workers will become enriched with Japanese auto-maker skills or Japanese auto makers will merge/acquire U.S. companies. This is a totally off-the-cuff thought with no data whatsoever supporting it other than my experience with cars.

Another pick I like is Blockbuster (BBI) and other online movie rental businesses. Walt Disney really made it big during the great depression with his movies, showing that even in down times people need an escape (which we might call denial) so they go for movies and entertainment. BBI on Jan 9th announced an increased focus on digital media downloads, and I think they are in a better position than Netflix is because of BBI’s recent aquisition of Movielink. One big threat is Apple which has started providing movies thru their iTunes store (but they’re expensive). And now we can watch movies on our phones and iPods and so on.

Anyhow, those are some of the things I plan on scooping up on D-Day. JNJ has always been a great company and I look forward to grabbing some of that too.

[nostradamus]

Thanks DaCounselor, I’ll take a look at those.

Stockstradr, I didn’t dump long-held stocks recently. I dumped them some time back and was lucky with the timing. I dabbled with some shorts (made a nice return off those), then gave up and pulled out of most positions (short or long) due to what I see as the irrationality of the markets. I think it would be logical to short the market as you say, but what scares me is things like BoA buying CFC and the latter shooting up 50% as we saw last week. So I have no more than $10k in stocks right now and the rest in CDs and so on.

The purpose of this thread is so I can get some ideas of stocks to buy when D-day arrives. A lot of decent companies are being battered so if I can get some good tips I’ll start doing my research now and be ready when the bloodletting begins. As Warren Buffet says (this guy is full of great quotes):

“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.”

[nostradamus]

Thanks DaCounselor, I’ll take a look at those.

Stockstradr, I didn’t dump long-held stocks recently. I dumped them some time back and was lucky with the timing. I dabbled with some shorts (made a nice return off those), then gave up and pulled out of most positions (short or long) due to what I see as the irrationality of the markets. I think it would be logical to short the market as you say, but what scares me is things like BoA buying CFC and the latter shooting up 50% as we saw last week. So I have no more than $10k in stocks right now and the rest in CDs and so on.

The purpose of this thread is so I can get some ideas of stocks to buy when D-day arrives. A lot of decent companies are being battered so if I can get some good tips I’ll start doing my research now and be ready when the bloodletting begins. As Warren Buffet says (this guy is full of great quotes):

“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.”

[nostradamus]

Thanks DaCounselor, I’ll take a look at those.

Stockstradr, I didn’t dump long-held stocks recently. I dumped them some time back and was lucky with the timing. I dabbled with some shorts (made a nice return off those), then gave up and pulled out of most positions (short or long) due to what I see as the irrationality of the markets. I think it would be logical to short the market as you say, but what scares me is things like BoA buying CFC and the latter shooting up 50% as we saw last week. So I have no more than $10k in stocks right now and the rest in CDs and so on.

The purpose of this thread is so I can get some ideas of stocks to buy when D-day arrives. A lot of decent companies are being battered so if I can get some good tips I’ll start doing my research now and be ready when the bloodletting begins. As Warren Buffet says (this guy is full of great quotes):

“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.”

[nostradamus]

Thanks DaCounselor, I’ll take a look at those.

Stockstradr, I didn’t dump long-held stocks recently. I dumped them some time back and was lucky with the timing. I dabbled with some shorts (made a nice return off those), then gave up and pulled out of most positions (short or long) due to what I see as the irrationality of the markets. I think it would be logical to short the market as you say, but what scares me is things like BoA buying CFC and the latter shooting up 50% as we saw last week. So I have no more than $10k in stocks right now and the rest in CDs and so on.

The purpose of this thread is so I can get some ideas of stocks to buy when D-day arrives. A lot of decent companies are being battered so if I can get some good tips I’ll start doing my research now and be ready when the bloodletting begins. As Warren Buffet says (this guy is full of great quotes):

“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.”

[nostradamus]

Thanks DaCounselor, I’ll take a look at those.

Stockstradr, I didn’t dump long-held stocks recently. I dumped them some time back and was lucky with the timing. I dabbled with some shorts (made a nice return off those), then gave up and pulled out of most positions (short or long) due to what I see as the irrationality of the markets. I think it would be logical to short the market as you say, but what scares me is things like BoA buying CFC and the latter shooting up 50% as we saw last week. So I have no more than $10k in stocks right now and the rest in CDs and so on.

The purpose of this thread is so I can get some ideas of stocks to buy when D-day arrives. A lot of decent companies are being battered so if I can get some good tips I’ll start doing my research now and be ready when the bloodletting begins. As Warren Buffet says (this guy is full of great quotes):

“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.”

[nostradamus]

I just hope the refs aren’t as bad as they were in this colts game (first half anyway). Chargers being denied a clear touchdown and getting call after call against them while the Colts don’t get called for any of their false starts and other flagrant violations was incredible.

[nostradamus]

I just hope the refs aren’t as bad as they were in this colts game (first half anyway). Chargers being denied a clear touchdown and getting call after call against them while the Colts don’t get called for any of their false starts and other flagrant violations was incredible.

[nostradamus]

I just hope the refs aren’t as bad as they were in this colts game (first half anyway). Chargers being denied a clear touchdown and getting call after call against them while the Colts don’t get called for any of their false starts and other flagrant violations was incredible.

[nostradamus]

I just hope the refs aren’t as bad as they were in this colts game (first half anyway). Chargers being denied a clear touchdown and getting call after call against them while the Colts don’t get called for any of their false starts and other flagrant violations was incredible.

[nostradamus]

I just hope the refs aren’t as bad as they were in this colts game (first half anyway). Chargers being denied a clear touchdown and getting call after call against them while the Colts don’t get called for any of their false starts and other flagrant violations was incredible.

[nostradamus]

FLU why do you care if they’re tracking who sends their garbage back? I do it all the time with my address/name/barcode clearly visible. It has reduced my junk mail drastically. I just write “no thanks” in big letters on the form and send it back in their prepaid envelope.

[nostradamus]

FLU why do you care if they’re tracking who sends their garbage back? I do it all the time with my address/name/barcode clearly visible. It has reduced my junk mail drastically. I just write “no thanks” in big letters on the form and send it back in their prepaid envelope.

[nostradamus]

FLU why do you care if they’re tracking who sends their garbage back? I do it all the time with my address/name/barcode clearly visible. It has reduced my junk mail drastically. I just write “no thanks” in big letters on the form and send it back in their prepaid envelope.

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