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When I bought SIRI in the beginning and XM was on the fast track (couldn't afford XM stock). Then once they started to build them into cars, said to myself this is not a flash in the pan. Why would they commit to such hardware in cars, if it was a lousy idea. Yes SIRI has hung sometimes by a thread, but look at the picture now, no real competition.
Eventually people want to hook up around the world. I know from experience the Europe looooves American music, actually anything American...lol.
The world is getting more and more Media directed, look at Apple. Pretty soon their computers will (if not already) be the secondary business.
Sirius hires the big stars and it is very interactive with their audience and up-to-date. People are curious and they want to know the latest. Who knows what deals they are making with other countries.....;o}
Sirius XM First Quarter Review
April 2, 2009 (7:07 am) Brandon Matthews
With the first quarter of 2009 in the books, Sirius XM investors can breathe a sigh of relief. It’s official. Sirius XM began the new year at .12 and closed the first quarter of 2009 up 199% to .35. That is no small task in an overall economic environment filled with fear and doubt. The last time the company’s stock closed out a quarter positively, was the third quarter of 2007.
As I’ve stated, I don’t think anyone expected positive subscriber growth to have resulted from an abysmal first quarter. The retail channel is stagnant as distribution switches from Directed Electronics to Audiovox and new car sales were the worst in history. The street is no longer looking at subscriber numbers but instead seems to be focusing its attention on the company’s bottom line. Promotional packages such as the “best of both” and increases to revenue through Internet streaming promise at the least, a decent first quarter for the company.
Yesterday’s “not as bad as thought” auto sales data however, brings with it new possibilities that Sirius XM may have avoided negative subscriber growth. I had been negative on the company’s first quarter, yet yesterdays auto sales results inspired me to take a more bullish look at some numbers.
Here is another link with pix
http://www.normsoft.com/kb/idx/55/292/article/
Good points:
SIRIUS XM : Signs of great things to come .........
1) Access to 7 million Iphone users = $$$$ (the new app release should be close).
2) Cost Saving Synergy's from the merger are still being realized.
3) Integrated in the Roku set top box.
4) Renogotiated Contracts.
5) Direct TV package deal.
6) Insiders will buy soon.
7) Baseball Season is starting (Hopefully will be included as part of "Best of XM" on Sirius anyday now).
8) The Mirge radio just came out (great radio to try either service out or both).
9) Internet advertising is everywhere.
10) Multiple tier pricing available.
11) 128k internet stream.
12) Just upgraded to .50 short term, $1.25 long term (More will follow).
13) Over 2.5 Billion in Revenue and growing.
14) Over 300 million positive EBITDA projected for 2009.
15) New Satellite to be launched on June 29,2009 for improved signal.
16) The "Best of" Sirius & Xm pkgs are doing well, which obviously increases revenue.
17) Better than expected car sales just announced.
18) Pocket Tunes will stream Sirius or Xm on the iphone for those who can't wait till the official app is released.
19) Pandora & Slacker battle in court over royalty payments.
20) Clear Channel possible Bankruptcy.
21) Uptick rule coming back, as well as M2M changes.
22) Over 19 million subscribers and growing.
WOW! WOW! WOW!
SO MANY POSITIVES
Some of SIRI's biggest Institutional holders, very interesting....;o}
Sirius XM Radio Inc.
NASDAQ-GS
Portfolio Description
Held By:
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
EXXON MOBIL CORP
MICROSOFT CORP
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
CHEVRON CORP NEW
WAL MART STORES INC
CISCO SYS INC
AT&T INC COM
APPLE INC COM
COCA COLA CO
HEWLETT PACKARD CO
INTEL CORP
PEPSICO INC
PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC
GOOGLE INC
ABBOTT LABS
ORACLE CORP
MCDONALDS CORP
PFIZER INC .........etc
Nice buy opportunity holding long term.
Thought so Thanks...;o]
Could this be true?
Found this on SIRI yahoo board
"I just LOCKED out all the shares in my account and my parents account from being borrowed to short by putting in a GTC 60 Days (E*Trade doesn't have just straight GTC anymore) SELL LIMIT at $5.01
LOCK OUT your shares, with a GTC at $5.01 or GT 60 Days at $5.01
If we all do this, the shorts will be burned.... "
This was interesting from there:
David Johnson says:
March 29, 2009 at 12:56 am
What confuses me about this stock is the same thing that confused me about Amazon when it was a $2 and now at $70, RIMM at $5 now (split adjusted) 250, and yahoo at $1 up 6000% at one point. All stock which I owned and made some decent money.
If the company is able to push off bankruptcy, with just that the stock should be trading at around $5.00. Second, with the merger they can focus on cost effective growth in many areas and start to invest money into business development. Partnering with wireless device makers, wireless carriers, PC manufactures. licensing rights to the UK, Australia, etc. I can guarantee you there are 10M more people worldwide that would pay $5 a month US to listin to Howard Stern. That alone is $600M to the bottom line with no additional cost. It is a global world. RIMM has getting hammered due to slower sales in the US for a while; with the market totally discounting their sales over seas. US dollar gets devalued and their stock took off like a rocket.
SIRI is set for the same type of rocket ride. This is not about pennies or hopping this stock gets to $.70, I am talking about the stock getting back to $70.00 at some point. As long as they protect and pay for their unique content, which is the key, there is no end to their growth. So come out which Chinese content and sell this to 1 Billion people in China.
I would work for SIRI for free and do their Bus Dev for 5 years just for stock. As soon as they start to leverage relationships like the tech industry does, there is virtually no limit. How about new homes pre-wired with a subscription paid for 5 years as a new incentive. Sell 1 million homes over 10 years. Way to much upside here. Stock should at minimum be at $5.00 now.
I am longer than long for a long.
From
http://siriusbuzz.com/a-technical-perspective-of-siri.php
Thank you for the charts MKA
The World Revolves Around Sirius
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz
March 25, 2009
Things are going so well for Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) these days that it doesn't even have to say a word for positive things to happen. All it has to do is sit tight as those around it generate headlines favorable to the satellite-radio operator.
This week alone, we've seen a few nuggets that don't mention Sirius XM directly but have an indirect impact on the company and its fundamentals.
* Last.fm is scrapping its ad-based free model in all but three countries.
* DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) renewed its contract with the NFL at a much higher rate.
* Cox Radio's (NYSE: CXR) parent launched a tender offer to take the terrestrial radio operator private.
The implications may not seem obvious in all of these events, so let's break it down.
Last in line
Web radio specialist Last.fm announced that it will begin charging listeners the Euro equivalent of roughly $4 a month in countries outside the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Since the CBS (NYSE: CBS) music hub has found it tricky to ramp up ad sales outside those three regions -- and the music industry continues to bump royalty rates higher -- are the days of free Internet radio numbered?
Sirius XM and online radio appeared to have little in common a year or two ago. Satellite radio is mostly consumed in the car, on the road. Online radio is typically enjoyed in a Web-tethered home.
That's changing: 3G smartphones that hit the market last year have the ability to stream Internet radio on the go, and Chrysler began offering car-mounted Internet routers this past summer.
Convergence cuts both ways, though. Earlier this month, Sirius XM ramped up the bit-rate quality of its Internet streams and began charging monthly plan subscribers $2.99 a month for Web access. That seemed like a dicey value proposition, given the plethora of free ad-supported Web radio options, but if other companies begin to drift into subscriber-based models, as Last.fm is doing in many markets, it would clearly help Sirius XM.
More importantly, since Last.fm apparently believes there is a market for premium radio outside the United States, that may open the door for Sirius XM in cyberspace, where it's not limited to the reach of its North American satellites.
"Hike" means many things in the NFL
Poor DirecTV. The satellite-television leader was able to lock up several more years of NFL Sunday Ticket exclusivity, but at a steep ransom of $1 billion a year. It's currently paying just $700 million a year for the complete suite of NFL games, which have proved to be a big seller for DirecTV.
Maybe DirecTV can pass the cost on to its subscribers. Maybe it will be able to land more football fans to offset the higher fees. However, what's clear is that DirecTV probably had bidding competition for an extension from desperate rival DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) and perhaps even cable giant Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), despite the geographical limitations.
How can this be good news for Sirius XM when a money-hungry NFL steps up to renew its audio deal with Sirius? Well, whom is Sirius going to bid against? It isn't going to compete with its own XM for satellite-radio exclusivity. Don't even begin to pit Sirius XM against the fragmented terrestrial-radio market or the nascent Web market. DirecTV was probably competing against a hungry competitor in DISH Network, which shed net subscribers last year. Sirius XM will have much greater flexibility in dictating its content renewal terms across all deals.
Cox follows Clear Channel's lead
Wall Street hasn't been kind to terrestrial-radio operators, so it's no surprise to see Cox Enterprises looking to take Cox Radio private. Entercom's (NYSE: ETM) founder and his son have also been buying back stock, quite possibly to take that company private, too.
Going private doesn't mean a company goes away, of course. Clear Channel is still a juggernaut. However, being private does dry up the potential for raising funds through equity offerings or acquiring rival broadcasters in stock deals.
Satellite radio gets stronger, by default, as terrestrial radio gets weaker.
Along the way, Sirius XM shares have grown sevenfold since bottoming out at last month. Sure, we're just talking about nickels here, but as the wide array of headlines show, being nickeled-and-dimed by small pieces of welcome news is not a bad way to get rich.
Some other Sirius stories:
* Sirius Black ... and Blue
* Sirius in 2012
* The Greatest Secret of All
SIRI is a Sat. company so is DirectTV, these guys at Liberty Media, knows exactly what they are doing and with AT&T who also is in bed with Apple already.......sounds both opportunistic as well as strategic to me. Sirius as I recall has 3 satellites constantly up in the sky and one or two ready to go if there is a snag, that should be plenty to take care of the radio part of it. I believe XM only had 2. They could use those for World wide wireless connections via Tel, Internet etc.....Just thinking out loud, because $530 Million is no small potato investment....;o}
After Hours Trades...wants to inch upward...:o}
Last: $ .375 After Hours
High: $ .38
After Hours
Volume: 131,400
After Hours
Low: $ .36
Sirius Xm Radio Inc vs. Peers
Company Market Cap YTD Price Performance
SIRI
Sirius XM Radio Inc 1.3B +175.0%
CBS
CBS Corporation 3.0B -46.0%
S
Sprint Nextel Corp. 10.6B +102.2%
VZ
Verizon Comm. Inc. 88.3B -8.3%
T
AT&T Inc. 158.6B -5.5%
See who is already on iPhone:The Howard Stern Show Headline News & Episode Recap 01/09/2009 Get the daily synopsis of all your favorite Howard Stern episodes and related headline news right on your iPhone.
Sirius is already connected with Apple/Mac
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/siriusmac.html
I am holding, how often do you get to own stock in a company with a monopopoly......:o}
Just a thought about the global possibilities.
All technologies are getting better and if they can beam Sat radio to for ex. Europe (I am from there), they loooove American music and because of the internet, the biggest portion of the Net is done in English, even talk radio will be interesting to everyone. Oprah started on the 3 of March....etc Just thinking out loud....lol
Wow it is already over .42 and 2.5 MIL premarket
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/ExtendedTradingTrades.aspx?selected=SIRI&mkttype=pre
8:48 AM
Pre-Market Trade Reporting
Pre-Market Charts | After Hours Charts
Pre-Market
Last: $ .3911 Pre-Market
High: $ .4025
Pre-Market
Volume: 1,976,366 Pre-Market
Low: $ .38
Found on Yahoo
WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S NEXT? 17-Mar-09 05:12 pm
I will tell you.
If you followed my previous post, I told you there was going to be a short panic once we broke through the .27c resistance. Shorts had a strong interest in protecting their postions at .28c. As I stated breaking through would create a "short squeeze" or panic sending the share price to .40c.
We didn't hit .40c for a simple reason. Shorts have a another postion at .40c. It is a logical fact that they are going to protect it as well. The market knows this and placed their sell orders just under where shorts were expected to fight. Most day traders will sell a couple of cents shy of the key resistance point. That happened today. A few retail shorts jumped on the opportunity as well and together this took out stops that had been set on the way up.
The GREAT NEWS for longs is that the market and a few BIG buyers are very optimistic about SIRI's future now. The stock has established strong support and some big orders are being placed at each support point. The trend is very clear.
So what's next?
.40c will be taken out and rather quickly now that a new floor is forming at the .33c range. Technicals are moving away from an oversold position, setting up for another strong move. The short positions at .40 (which is larger than the .28c postion) will unwind just as quick, if not quicker than what you witnessed today.
Target is .57c
Do yourself a favor and hold this time. The shorts are counting on you selling out again. If you do .55c will probably be where we stall.
If you want to truly see a "REAL" short squeeze...Buy more shares on the way up. It will break the cycle and you will see an extremely large short position cover at .69c.
The stock will move above $1.00 if that happens.
What makes this truly exciting? If the market indexes continue to rally....you could see it all happen yet THIS WEEK.
Good Luck
I'll do them after $1.14..lol
Predicting within 10 days $1.08-1.14
Let's see how good my Tarot cards do....;o} Won 2 times on horses with them, let's see if they work on stocks the same way.
The reasons-Sirius Satellite Radio To The Moon!
Post Date: March 16th, 2009
Submitted By: Alexander Nobles
Looks like the movement for Sirius Radio ( NASDAQ:SIRI ) is staying positive. The stock ( siri ) shot up 25% almost right after open, it does not look like it is on its way back down. The company has been in a scramble phase since it found out it was not going bankrupt anytime soon.
Here are a few reasons the stock is jumping:
• The stock is jumping…
• The company is not going bankrupt.
• Synergies are being realized.
• The company continues an upward revenue trend even as auto sales fall off the face of the planet.
• Sirius just announced it will be releasing a free I-Phone application. We speculated this here, and were right.
• All of the NCAA tournament games will be broadcasted, meaning everyone from teachers to truckers to can obtain their fix in the next few weeks.
• Metallica gets there own station. BUT DO NOT COPY ANY MUSIC! They will come and slaughter you. This is obviously a joke, and I see it as a great addition to Sirius XM’s line up.
• Sirius Canada is expanding greatly after a deal with Live Nation. Sirius Canada’s listeners will get great deals on concert tickets while being able to listen to some Live Nation Concerts… Live. That is incredible.
This is the highest the stock has had since November of 2008 when bankruptcy issues loomed. At the rate of climb the stock could be at late August 2008 levels within a few weeks. Unless terrible news is announced, this seems like the growth stock everybody finally hoped for… after bankrupting everybody who invested at the beginning.
Institutional added and sold link
http://www.mffais.com/siri.html
All SIRI Institutional holders
http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/holdings.asp?symbol=SIRI&symbol=SPRL&selected=SIRI&FormType=Institutional
Market Scan FORBES 03/12/2009 3:59PM ET
Sirius Seeks New Paths Into Consumers' Heads
Melinda Peer, 03.12.09, 03:45 PM EDT
The company will offers its service to Apple device users and is talking with DirecTV regarding opportunities.
Sirius XM Radio Inc.
03/12/2009 3:59PM ET
With new-car sales down, Sirius XM Radio is desperately seeking new ways to infiltrate the airwaves. On Thursday, the company said it's planning a new service that can be streamed on Apple devices and confirmed that it's been discussing the possibility of bundling its service into DirecTV Group cable packages.
Shares of the satellite radio provider gained 3 cents, or 21.3%, to 19 cents during Thursday's afternoon trading session.
In a conference call following the release of its fourth-quarter results, Sirius XM Radio (nasdaq: SIRI - news - people ) declined to provide earnings or sales guidance because of uncertain macroeconomic conditions but said year-end earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization would exceed $300.0 million, which is in line with analysts' estimates.
Also during the call, the company said it has been evaluating several initiatives "to make the Sirius XM content and experience more ubiquitous."
Weakness in the U.S. auto industry has forced the company to expand beyond its primary strategy of luring subscriptions from new owners of cars with the system preinstalled. Sirius is currently working to have its receivers installed in more used cars, it said on Thursday and is also seeking to reach consumers outside of their vehicles. In its second quarter, Sirius will offer its service as an application available to users of the Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iPhone and iPod Touch. On Thursday, the company also confirmed talks with DirecTV Group (nasdaq: DTV - news - people ) regarding possible strategic opportunities, according to TradeTheNews.
Liberty Media, which holds a 48.0% controlling stake in DirecTV, recently agreed to take a 40.0% holding in Sirius after the company struggled to meet $1.0 billion in debt due this year and speculation swirled that the satellite-radio provider would have to file for bankruptcy protection. (See "Sirius' Serious Debt.")
The company reported its fourth-quarter results late Tuesday--a week early. (See "Sirius Tunes Up.") The quarter was its first as an integrated company following the close of its acquisition of XM Satellite Radio in July.
No I wasn't joking. I didn't see it, was working..;o{ Did anyone?
This Mon. either CNBC or it may be MSNBC there is all about Russia and oil.
Skriv mej tillbaka, ditt brev for bort...;o}Tack
Carvic-looks like it-Here is the stuff on Sandy
Feb-07
Investigative Reports
Amerossi EC, Inc. and Amerossi International Group, Inc. - A Pair of Ameross-Ain'ts
1/25/07 Amerossi EC, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ARSS) and Amerossi International Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets: AMSN) continue to have a good deal in common. The two penny stock companies have posted their financial statements for 2006 on Pink Sheets - and the picture is bleak. Between them these siblings have $235, no revenues and no business. Where are the touts now?
Investigative Reports (2 years ago)
November 28 2006
In “investment years,” it seems like a lifetime, but it has been barely a month since promoters were aggressively hawking shares of Amerossi EC, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ARSS) and Amerossi International Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets: AMSN). My, how times have changed. The buzz has dissipated – make that disappeared - and the touts are busy pumping another set of shaky companies.
Spam e-mails sparked interest in the dueling Amerossi (or would that be Amerossa?), but it was all hype and no substance. Amerossi EC says it wants to become a major player in the development of natural resources. Amerossi International claims to be in the oil and gas exploration business. When we first wrote about the two companies it did not appear that any entity was engaged in any meaningful operations. One month later that perception remains unchanged and confirmed by the woeful financial condition of both businesses. See, Amerossi EC, Inc. and Amerossi International Group, Inc. - Separated Before Birth.
As we noted in our earlier report, Amerossi EC and Amerossi International emerged from the same womb, a penny stock company called First Canadian American Holding Corp., and now known as Blackout Media Corp. (Pink Sheets: BKMP). First Canadian has served as an incubator of sorts, spinning off a series of tiny entities, most of which have boasted few assets and meager operations. The Amerossi companies are two of that progeny.
Despite their separation from First Canadian, the Amerossi retain some common bonds; they occupy offices near one another in Thailand and share the same fax number.
Three years following the dual spin-offs, the two companies continue to struggle – as evidenced by their most recent financial reports. On November 3, 2006, Amerossi EC filed a financial report with Pink Sheets for the period ended September 30, 2006. As of September 30th, Amerossi EC had exactly $235 in cash which, curiously, is precisely the same amount of cash it reported as of June 30, 2006 (and March 31, 2006, for that matter). How unusual do you suppose it is for a public company to have a static cash position for three consecutive reporting periods – while it claims to be pursuing business opportunities?
The Company claims that it has another $250,000 in “investments,” but does not identify the nature of those investments or say how they were obtained. Those investments first appeared on the Company’s June 30, 2006 financial report – also without explanation.
The September 30th financial report contains other information that is likely to distress any public investors who succumbed to the appeal of the spam promotional campaign. Amerossi had no revenues – and no expenses – between January 1, 2006 and September 30, 3006. If the Company was pursuing business opportunities it certainly was not expending any capital in support of that effort – not even the cherished $235 in its bank account.
Then again, compared to Amerossi International, Amerossi EC is flush with capital. On November 3, 2006, Amerossi International also filed a financial report with Pink Sheets for the period ended September 30, 2006. As of September 30th, Amerossi International had no money and no revenues. The Company did incur administrative expenses of $233,288 between January 1, 2006 and /September 30, 2006 – although it is difficult to see how those expenses were paid since the Company has not had any money since December 31, 2005.
Now that the promoters – or those who funded their effort – have sold (read that: “dumped”) their shares, Amerossi EC’s stock price has deflated and Amerossi International’s shares continue to languish. On October 16, 2006, as the spam campaign moved into full swing, Amerossi EC stock jumped to $4.60 a share. On November 28th, shares closed at 60 cents. Amerossi International shares, which reached a more modest price of $0.002 on October 13th, plunged to $0.0005 on November 28th.
What a difference $235 can make.
Richagain.....:o] Thanks!!! eom
I guess I don't know the lingo..lol Thanks
OK that's why I asked...;o}Thanks
Found this post on RB....any ideas of what this poster is talking about or is it suspect?
By: randyo725_
18 Oct 2008, 01:27 AM EDT
Msg. 26089 of 26092
Hey folks, it's your old pal Randy.
Sorry I haven't posted in a while but I've been really busy researchng Strat's activities. And let me tell you, what Sam has up his sleeves will knock your socks off. The upside potential of this company is truly phenomenal. Trust me when I say that this baby is about to fly - there truly has never been a better buying opportunity.
Sam obviously couldn't divulge exactly what his plans are but he did mention the words ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell in the same breath. Knowing what a financial genius and oilpatch geru Sam is, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he was orchestrating a takeover of one or both of these companies. With the recent market downturn he sees a fabulous opportunity to scoop up some of Strat's peers at hugely discounted prices. If anyone could pull it off it's our guy Sam. What a god. What an intellectual giant among men.
If I were you I'd back that truck up and fill her to the brim then reload again cause this baby is gonna rock you.
Gotta go, I see Sam's name on my caller display. I'll fill you in later on what He has to say. Gives me goose bumps just thinking about it.
With the
Capital stock issued and Outstanding.
Outstanding Shares (OS)
Interesting way to check on websites through Alexa and the Wayback machine.
Here is STRAT'S old websites:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/stratpetroleum.com
and
http://web.archive.org/web/*/oilcareers.com
Last year 1st Quarter earnings was reported on 05/09/2007, so this years should be close.
China, India and Russia hottest markets, per cnbc. eom