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Quite interesting with Kodak & MMR....
Maybe some developments down the road.
Lebed option play:
I am announcing the JPMorgan (JPM) September $20 puts, currently priced at $2.89, as my new put option play.
As you know... my previous JPM put option play, the March $40 puts, went from my October 2nd pick price of $3.95 up to a high of $25.04 for a gain of 534%.
JPM is not a stronger financial institution than C and BAC. The reason C and BAC are both single digits and JPM is still trading for $28, is because C and BAC had greater exposure to bad mortgages, which was the first wave of the financial crisis.
JPM's main exposure is their massive $190.3 billion credit card portfolio, which grew last year after acquiring Washington Mutual. Credit card defaults will be the next wave of the financial crisis and could wipe JPM out completely.
The average analyst is projecting JPM will earn a $1.47 per share profit in 2009 and $2.51 per share profit in 2010, but I believe huge losses are ahead for JPM once the credit card defaults begin.
JPM also has major off-balance sheet derivatives exposure, possibly the largest in the entire world.
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I picked up a 24% one day gain with a
limit order.
I bought and sold on the Australian casino
buyout rumor.
Thanks, Trail!
That's a gangbuster % ..Nice job Burp!
I picked up a 24% one day gain with a
limit order.
I bought and sold on the Australian casino
buyout rumor.
That's a gangbuster % ..Nice job Burp!
I picked up a 24% one day gain with a
limit order.
I bought and sold on the Australian casino
buyout rumor.
MGM up 33% this morning.
MGM up 33% this morning.
Never choke in a restaurant in the South
Two
hillbillies walk into a bar. While having a shot
of whisky, they talk about
their moonshine
operation.
Suddenly, a woman at a
nearby table, who is eating a sandwich, begins
to cough.
And, after a minute or so, it
becomes apparent that she is in real
distress.
One of the hillbillies looks at her
and says, 'Kin ya swallar?'
The woman
shakes her head no.
Then he asks,
'Kin ya breathe?'
The woman begins to
turn blue and shakes her head no.
The
hillbilly walks over to the woman, lifts up her
dress, yanks down her
drawers and quickly
gives her right butt cheek a lick with his
tongue. The
woman is so shocked that she has
a violent spasm and the obstruction flies
out
of her mouth. As she begins to breathe
again, the Hillbilly walks slowly back
to the
bar.
His partner says, 'Ya know, I'd
heerd of that there 'Hind Lick Maneuver' but
I
ain't niver seed nobody do
it!'
Never choke in a restaurant in the South
Two
hillbillies walk into a bar. While having a shot
of whisky, they talk about
their moonshine
operation.
Suddenly, a woman at a
nearby table, who is eating a sandwich, begins
to cough.
And, after a minute or so, it
becomes apparent that she is in real
distress.
One of the hillbillies looks at her
and says, 'Kin ya swallar?'
The woman
shakes her head no.
Then he asks,
'Kin ya breathe?'
The woman begins to
turn blue and shakes her head no.
The
hillbilly walks over to the woman, lifts up her
dress, yanks down her
drawers and quickly
gives her right butt cheek a lick with his
tongue. The
woman is so shocked that she has
a violent spasm and the obstruction flies
out
of her mouth. As she begins to breathe
again, the Hillbilly walks slowly back
to the
bar.
His partner says, 'Ya know, I'd
heerd of that there 'Hind Lick Maneuver' but
I
ain't niver seed nobody do
it!'
Check out LVS...moving up gangbusters!
I think MGM will have a nice "pop"
tomorrow morning with a gap-up at opening.
This tuesday through April 13 , I will be in Vegas, vacationing at the Bellagio ( an MGM property ) and also checking out what Perini Construction is doing at CityCenter.
Check out this news:
NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) - MGM Mirage (MGM.N) has hired Morgan Stanley (MS.N) to advise on selling a number of its casinos, and is talking to potential buyers about the assets, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
The No. 2 casino operator, controlled by billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, is grappling with weak consumer demand and reduced access to credit. The casino firm is hoping to raise money to meet debt payments and also to fund a troubled project it jointly owns with Dubai World [DBWLD.UL] called CityCenter, the source said.
MGM Mirage, which said in March that its banks had agreed to waive debt covenants through May 15, is also talking to lenders to refinance debt, the source said.
The company is in talks to sell its casinos outside Las Vegas including MGM Grand Detroit in Michigan and Biloxi's Beau Rivage in Mississippi, the source said.
It is talking to a number of potential buyers including rivals in the same industry and private equity bidders, the source said.
MGM Mirage and Morgan Stanley could not immediately be reached on Sunday for comment.
MGM Mirage reported in March a fourth-quarter loss of $1.15 billion as gambling demand declined, and it wrote down impaired assets. Earlier in the month, it warned that auditors had substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
The CityCenter project is a 67-acre residential, resort and retail complex on the Las Vegas Strip slated to open late this year. MGM Mirage last week made a $200 million payment to keep construction going on the project.
The Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Sunday that Australian gambling magnate James Packer is weighing a stake in CityCenter as part of an investment with Los Angeles-based private equity firm Colony Capital. However, Packer's casino firm Crown Ltd (CWN.AX) denied it was considering such an investment.
A source told Reuters last week that Colony is having early talks with CityCenter's owners about a potential investment in that project. (Additional reporting by Jonathan Standing in Sydney and Ilaina Jonas in New York; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
Good luck with those MGM calls...MGM up nicely
in AH last Friday. I think MGM will have a nice "pop"
tomorrow morning with a gap-up at opening.
This tuesday through April 13 , I will be in Vegas, vacationing at the Bellagio ( an MGM property ) and also checking out what Perini Construction is doing at CityCenter.
Check out this news:
NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) - MGM Mirage (MGM.N) has hired Morgan Stanley (MS.N) to advise on selling a number of its casinos, and is talking to potential buyers about the assets, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
The No. 2 casino operator, controlled by billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, is grappling with weak consumer demand and reduced access to credit. The casino firm is hoping to raise money to meet debt payments and also to fund a troubled project it jointly owns with Dubai World [DBWLD.UL] called CityCenter, the source said.
MGM Mirage, which said in March that its banks had agreed to waive debt covenants through May 15, is also talking to lenders to refinance debt, the source said.
The company is in talks to sell its casinos outside Las Vegas including MGM Grand Detroit in Michigan and Biloxi's Beau Rivage in Mississippi, the source said.
It is talking to a number of potential buyers including rivals in the same industry and private equity bidders, the source said.
MGM Mirage and Morgan Stanley could not immediately be reached on Sunday for comment.
MGM Mirage reported in March a fourth-quarter loss of $1.15 billion as gambling demand declined, and it wrote down impaired assets. Earlier in the month, it warned that auditors had substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
The CityCenter project is a 67-acre residential, resort and retail complex on the Las Vegas Strip slated to open late this year. MGM Mirage last week made a $200 million payment to keep construction going on the project.
The Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Sunday that Australian gambling magnate James Packer is weighing a stake in CityCenter as part of an investment with Los Angeles-based private equity firm Colony Capital. However, Packer's casino firm Crown Ltd (CWN.AX) denied it was considering such an investment.
A source told Reuters last week that Colony is having early talks with CityCenter's owners about a potential investment in that project. (Additional reporting by Jonathan Standing in Sydney and Ilaina Jonas in New York; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
Anybody from Microsoft or Google at the MMR dinner?
What companies or organizations are attending this dinner?
How many attendees?
"MMR hosting a dinner tonight for high rollers Mr. Gephardt featured guest. Somehow I was able to wangle an invitation to the dinner."
Looking forward to hearing your take
on the HIMSS show. Nice having two I-Hub
investors reporting back to this board.
I am eager to hear what Rain reports
back on any of the "LORSCH MARKETING"
that is taking place during the HIMSS
in Chicago ....
"the best company is the one no one has ever heard of."
You can bet that most of the 4B stimulus
dollars will be spent on hiring officers
in scores of cities in our country.
It appears there will not be many dollars
left to spend on this or dozens of other
technoligies competing for the same dollar.
Actually this hottie would like to
give you a pat on the back...LMAO.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=36630658
WTF! ....Nice volume today as well!(LOL)....I hope you guys make out here..will be watching this one.
For anyone interested in the oil sector:
Valero(VLO) is an excellent trading stock.
I did very well in 2007 with this refining company, and am trading VLO once again.
15 - refineries into the "sour crude" w/ larger margins.
You know what has happened in the ethanol market, but look what
VLO has done in buying bankrupt Vera Sun Ethanol.....very good move in my opinion...
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idAFN026398620090402?rpc=44
Valero(VLO) is an excellent trading stock.
I did very well in 2007 with this refining company, and am trading VLO once again.
15 - refineries into the "sour crude" w/ larger margins.
You know what has happened in the ethanol market, but look what
VLO has done in buying bankrupt Vera Sun Ethanol.....very good move in my opinion...
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idAFN026398620090402?rpc=44
Nice gap up w/PBR this morning, and good
sale on your part. I still have my shares, but
placed a sell-limit order this afternoon at $34.10
Maybe attorney Robert Shipiro will do a combo
Legalzoom & MMR - Safedeposit box TV add.
FVRL PR's are really solid this week.
Nice move up in volume today with the solid
PR release. Nice GREEN close.
The last two PR's have brought out a lot of
new investors here.
FVRL is a great $$$$$ opportunity.
"We plan to file our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 by April 15, 2009."...Lorsch
While THE REFRIGERATOR was a student at Clemson, he would
head over to the local Burger King and down 6+ Whoppers.
Then he would head back to campus to the aquatic pool training center and do belly-flops into the olympic size pool.
On each occassion, it was nothing for him to draw a crowd of several hundred spectators to see this whale create a huge tidal wave of water overflowing the pool...so now you know where to find The Frig..at BK's.....LOL.
Check out FVRL, especially the DD
and weekly charts ...closed .28 today.
Stimulus money and excellent marketing
HUGE UPSIDE!
FVRL board is moderated by RAINMAKER and is one of the
best investment boards on I-hub.
Once you are there, check out the weekly chart of FVRL,
...it is beautiful.
Anyone read this book?
I am thinking of buying a copy.
"Game Over: How You Can Prosper in a Shattered Economy"
http://www.financialsense.com/Experts/2009/Leeb.html
You already know about the devastating recession we're in. Jobs are being cut by the tens of thousands. Real estate values are plummeting. Retirement plans and 401ks are going up in smoke. And then there's rising inflation. And whether we like it or not, higher gasoline prices again are right around the corner.
Then there's the ever-present confusion and dips in the stock market, and, whether we want to admit it or not, the fact that the world is finally beginning to run out of essential raw materials, such as silver, titanium, and, of course, oil.
Yes, the economy is definitely a wreck. Even worse, according to most experts, our problems are not going away soon. We're going to be in serious financial trouble for a long time.
So . . . are you ready for some good news? As you will discover in GAME OVER, bestselling author and investment advisor Dr. Stephen Leeb shows you how to not only survive in the current economic maelstrom but actually find a way to thrive.
Dr. Leeb first tells you just how bad things are by exposing the basic suppositions of our institutions, and how quickly outdated they've become. Warning bells are sounding especially for Americans looking forward to a relaxing retirement and living off their savings, investments, Social Security, and Medicare. The time to sit up and take action is now.
Dr. Leeb provides a clear-cut and well-crafted financial road map to protect every investor in the years to come. Specifically, he reveals which key investments will steadily rise . . . the best ways to hedge surging inflation . . . and which sectors will boom.
Many will lose their savings, watch their investments shrink, and never fulfill their financial dreams. But with Dr. Leeb's advice, you can make sure yours come true.
For many years, Stephen Leeb has been one of the nation's leading experts on finance, investing, and Wall Street trends. Always ahead of the curve, he has predicted the bursting of the tech bubble, the growing scarcity of natural resources, and the consequences of the collapse in housing prices--at the same time pioneering investment strategies through such difficult times. A graduate of the Wharton School of Business with a master's degree in mathematics and a doctorate in psychology, Dr. Leeb is a regular contributor to all major financial TV networks, including CNN, CNBC, FOX Business, and Bloomberg, as well as all major financial radio stations. He lives in New York City.
Yup! Many Nasdaq & NYSE stocks started
just like MMR. Not every equity started
as an IPO.
It's a "beast" allright Berry. No bail-out money here.
No government interference....We are not like those investor/traders holding GM ( Government Motors ) or AIG stock.
Obama and Geitner can't come in and fire Lorsch.
The stimulus money is definitely a good thing that will
enable MMR grow, and also create jobs.
Can you imaginge when we hit $5.00/share how many mutual funds will be loading up this stock and taking us to that 2B market cap.
Same here!...I have some business associates
and cousins that have bought in several weeks
ago.....all of them are up 100%+ and holding.
I have a ton of shares and am up 200%+ and holding
long term.
I believe the exposure from the Chicago show will
bring million+ volume days and a chance of hitting .40+/share
by mid-April.
FVRL is a great $$$$$ opportunity.
OT: Political Correctness & The Horse Community
The horse world is dreadfully guilty of political incorrectness. Budgetthis, we can fix this!
From now on, the rider who came in 128th out of 127 competitors isn’t a major loser; he’s ribbon-deprived.
We’ll refer to awful jumpers as potential dressage horses and horrid dressage horses will be called event prospects (oh, wait, we’ve been doing that for years anyway).
Prominent horsepeople who go to jail for tax evasion are, um, ethically challenged.
Judges who make stupid decisions are myopically magnificent.
A twitch is a lip tourniquet.
Instructors, refrain from telling any student that she has a bad seat. Instead, tell this rider that she has astronomical potential for butt improvement.
A horse that always crashes through the jumps is merely in touch with his personal sense of gravity. Likewise, a bad mover isn’t an eggbeater with legs --- he’s kinetically challenged.
A horse who won’t go forward is a whoa-overachiever.
Waterlogged showgrounds are humidity super-enriched.
He has been suspended by I-Hub until 2011.
Fast Growing Health Information Mgmt. Field
The Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that jobs for the medical record and health information technology field are exptected to increase 29% through 2014.
Rewarding Salary Potential
According to The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the median annual salary for entry level medical records and health information management specialists was $48,000 in 2008.
http://www.allhealthcaredegrees.com/him.htm
E-mail alert from NEWS BLAZE on MMR, also Triangle Business Journal as well as a myriad of other press releases this weekend
on MMR & NPP press release....the word is getting around very fast
Take that medical file portability
to the next step....Professional Sports, especially
with free agency. Look how often MLBB, NBA, NFL, players move
from one team to the next.
Maybe Lorsch will market MMR to the NFL as the sole provider
of digital medical records, and PHR for each player.
Not a bad idea epecially with 100's of injurys each
season, ....plus each player will have his digital records when he retires from the league.
20% of the gross...what a solid return on investment..
......FVRL is a great $$$$$ opportunity.
"FVRL gets 20% of the gross income, not net, but gross. This 20% figure was given to me by Ted Wycech who runs the MMR-Australia organization."
Obama's Dog Blog .............
http://www.obama-dog.com/
If Lorsch lands the "First Dog"
in an MMR PHR account, this would be
a good marketing blog in discussing
pet health records....and some nice
recognition for MMR.
Obama's Dog Blog .............
http://www.obama-dog.com/
If Lorsch lands the "First Dog"
in an MMR PHR account, this would be
a good marketing blog in discussing
pet health records....and some nice
recognition for MMR.
I love that weekly chart...seem to say that
almost every weekend.