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Good morning Chimaera1950 - I have done this with Scottrade in the past.
One way to do it is to log on to the Scottrade web site and click on the my account tab. On the left hand side click on deposits. Near the top of the page there is a section with the heading Wire Deposits and under it there will be all the information you need to take with you to the bank. Should look something like this:
To request a wire transfer into Scottrade, provide your bank with the following information:
* US Bank, 721 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO 63101
* ABA: 123123123
* Scottrade Account number: 321321321
Scottrade's Complete Mailing Address:P.O. Box 31759 St. Louis, MO 63131-0759
* Further Credit to: {Your Scottrade Account Number and Account title}
Note: When the funds have cleared, the Account Balance page will update and there will be an entry added to your Account History
Armed with this valuable information, proceed to the nearest branch office of the institution that holds your money. They or you will fill in some bank account information on a form, and the information you brought with you will be filled in as well. The bank employee will then enter the information into their system and wham - bam - boom the money flies into your Scottrade account. It took only 20 minutes for mine to show up in my trading account. I was able to time it because my bank is right across the street from where I work and immediately after the nice woman entered the information I got up, quickly said thanks and screamed across the street. I hit F5 over and over and in no time the cash was there.
I did call Scottrade first to ask them how to do it and they said it can actually take up to four hours to show up in your account, but nine times out of ten it is there in a half hour. In my case he was correct.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that my bank charged a $20 fee and that fee can vary.
I hope this helps!
-Neb
Happy Birthday Leitrim! Another year older, but another year wiser I trust!
The only holiday I truly enjoy celebrating is a birthday - a celebration of human success and survival - the most important day of all.
But every day is your birthday - just not a 365 day anniversary...
Good cheer and best wishes to you!
-Neb
See lifegear? I can learn!!
:)
-Neb
$37.15, and you are most welcome. Saved my portfolio from redness as well. Pretty funny that a 37 dollar trade litterally put my account at 0 gain/loss. I guess this weekend is starting out pretty well.
Have a great one all!!!
-Neb
Just slapped the ask for 100000 shares.
Your welcome.
I think I did it right this time...
-Neb
Oooo - and it rhymes as well!
-Neb
True enough. That is always the question - when do I jump in? I have missed the boat a bunch of times, and the scars of missed opportunity can last and last and last...
Greed destroys investors. Proven fact every day. Profit is profit no matter how small (I am getting whiffs of Horton Hears a Who...)
-Neb
It is sittin' on the watch list. We will see what happens - I'll keep my compound eyes on it...
-Neb
You get your spankings on that one in your own portfolio...
I jumped in and then jumped out for a small loss. I am watching them like a hawk, though, and if anything actually does go through I have a little sitting ready to swim. I don't have a whole lot of faith in that one though.
You can't pick 'em all, man, but the ones you throw out there are at least worth a look-see and for a guy like me who does not spend as much time looking for the gems as much as researching the ones that others find, I can do nothing but thank you for those you mention.
I'll even take the duds. Milk duds, preferably, but a stock dud from time to time is acceptable...
-Neb
True enough - somehow we ended up doing the work while you get to sit back and collect all the glory. Hmmm. All I can say is, "well played, my friend!"
Another Tom Sawyer moment in Neb's life...
Keep 'em comin' lowman!
-Neb
Another snopes fan! Right on dc_350!
Don't get me wrong - I dig the stories too, as many of them are either funny or they are carrying a good point or just have a smile involved, but when they say "true story" my fingers just naturally start typing www.snopes.com...
That story about the elevator is a great one, though - true to life for sure!
Have a great Friday dc_350 and you too lowman - I hope today is green for us all.
-Neb
Hey wing - I used to go there as a child to visit my grandparents. Since the travel required a plane trip there and a plane trip back, immediately after the return flight I could technically say I was "from" Florida. But only for an instant as after I was whisked to the car and we were on our way home I could only say I was "from" the airport. And then after that...
Does THAT count?
Oh, nevermind. Watching the bubbling share price as it brews makes me a little nuts.
No no, it doesn't GIVE me little nuts - it MAKES me a little nuts. Sheesh!
Go Spooz!!!!!!
-Neb
Other web sites that you might need to look at twice...
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=22103564
-Neb
There are a few more pictures of this event at this site:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/hunting/deerfish.asp
I always use this site to de-bunk any potential urban legends, and this looked too good to be true. However, snopes backs you up lowman, so I guess I can believe it now...
I am an animal lover, but I must say that one could get more than a couple fillets out of that one - not a bad catch...
-Neb
Ahh, the memories. I had fun in Hurricane Dennis - I was in a rental on the outer banks of North Carolina in the "four wheel drive area". A beautiful Sunday to start the week, but the winds started to kick and the beach patrol ordered everyone out of the water, etc. By Sunday night seals came ashore to escape the storm. Eventually we evacuated due to the desires of the rest of the three man party (I was outvoted) and we had to drive for 8 miles along the beach stopping between waves as they washed the underside of our jeep.
Such fun indeed! Sorry the storm was not what it could have been...
-Neb
A good question, llocust.
Neb's "out in left field" thought: Could The Gleason Works have anything to do with their production? I think they may have some history together, but I am not certain. I can't imagine any kind of alliance there, but that is precisely what The Gleason Works does - and have been doing for 140 years or so. They make machines that make gears, so maybe they can either cut other parts for Torvec, or else make a machine to sell to Torvec to grind their own.
I agree that their currently announced increase in square footage may very well be used for office space, although I don't expect it to be ALL office space. If this is indeed the case, however, then just think of the implications of THAT! If you need that much office space, you are likely doing plenty of business. But I would think that there will be a combination of both office and engineering space of some kind. Don't forget there will be a testing ground on location therefore adjustments to components will likely be done as they test them and create alternate prototypes, etc. Part of that space could be used that way. Either way, the move is a great deal.
In reference to today's increase in share price, for all I - or anyone else who is posting here - knows, today's SP climb could be from an Eaton drive by or a bizarre shift in the solor vortex or it could have been caused by the warts on the back of my grandma's knees. All we can do is speculate, if we want to waste our brain space on it...although I guess it IS fun from time to time...
-Neb
I'm happy, newspeed, I try to keep it that way - on ALL fronts ;)...
Don't know what's up here, and I don't care. This is not about the day to day - it is all about the long term...which may not be so long anymore. I don't fret about the short term paper losses, and conversely I don't get excited by the short term paper gains. Don't get me wrong - I love to see green, but I won't get excited about it yet. Some actual volume was nice, though.
The new building, the many irons in the fire, and a grand shareholder spanking in the last PR - all leads to happiness in the bank account, from what I can gather.
I can then add it to my happy list.
Happily,
-Neb
I think NITE is playing with himself again...
(Sorry - I couldn't help it...)
-Neb
iblong2,
Thank you for sharing your journey with Ellen - you are both in my thoughts and I wish you only the most peaceful times ahead.
This is the kind of light that shines through just about anything. Thanks.
And yes, Dixie must be turning out to be a fine pup - she is smiling in your signature!
-Neb
I'll figure this out before long...
;)
-Neb
Next time, I guess. I literally spent my last 13 bucks in the account - no joke!!!! I was sitting and thinking what I could buy with the 13 bucks, as I hate to see any dollars just sitting there with no where to go...
-Neb
Wow - that was fast. I should have waited...
Sorry.
-Neb
Just bought 10000 at .0003 to bring us to even at the end of day. I hope it sticks...
You're welcome.
-Neb
My absolutely favorite weather site. I, like you, enjoy powerful storms and this site is a great tracker - I even went so far as to drop 10 bucks on an "ad free" membership. Now THAT'S dedication...
I never got a chance to say "thanks for all you are doing for the shareholders in MCCY and all the others".
So, um, thanks for all you are doing for the shareholders in MCCY and all the others!!!
Congrats to all owners of MCCY - big and small!
Enjoy the big wind, Joe, and I hope your pad doesn't end up like your last one did! See you on the back side of the storms, my friend - Dean AND MCCY!
-Neb
Remember these guys?
Oshkosh Finally Ready to Roll
By Melissa Davis
Senior Writer
8/17/2007 6:47 AM EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY -- For Oshkosh (OSK - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr - Rating), a heavyweight truck maker that has so far failed to secure a big order in the race to supply the government with blast-proof military vehicles, the third time just may be the charm.
After twice joining with low-profile partners for the original mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles competition, Oshkosh has joined forces with a heavy favorite under the even larger MRAP II program. This story is the third installment in TheStreet.com's five-part series examining the top players in the multibillion-dollar MRAP bidding.
Last month, Oshkosh announced that it is teaming up with Ceradyne (CRDN - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr - Rating) to produce a next-generation MRAP vehicle known as the Bull. The Bull, featuring breakthrough technology developed by military experts at Ideal Innovations, is considered uniquely capable of surviving hits by powerful "explosively formed penetrators."
"The lack of a large MRAP order has been somewhat disappointing," BMO Capital Markets analyst Charles Brady wrote earlier this month. "However, the solicitation for MRAP II is now out -- and we believe Oshkosh's partnership with I-3 and Ceradyne to produce the Bull provides Oshkosh with a very viable vehicle."
Brady, who liked Oshkosh even before that new opportunity surfaced, has an outperform rating and a $75 price target on the company's stock. His firm has received compensation from Oshkosh for noninvestment banking services over the course of the past year. Oshkosh closed Thursday at $52.50.
The stock peaked this year at around $65 a share on July 9, when Oshkosh seemed poised to score a big MRAP award. The Australian media was reporting that Oshkosh would field an order for up to 1,500 Bushmasters -- a Category II MRAP vehicle made by Australia-based Thales and used by Australian forces participating in the global war on terror -- within a matter of days. Oshkosh had previously obtained a license to manufacture the Bushmaster in anticipation of U.S. sales.
By mid-July, however, industry experts reported that plans for the Bushmaster order had been canceled by the U.S. military.
"Despite an aggressive marketing campaign, Oshkosh has yet to secure any Bushmaster sales," Forecast International Defense Intelligence Newsletters reported late last month. "Although available evidence indicates that the current production-standard Bushmaster IMV lives up to the contractor's claims, the fact remains that the vehicle has only one minor export sale (to the Netherlands) under its belt."
Oshkosh suffered a major setback with its second MRAP offering, a Category I vehicle known as the Alpha, around this same time. Through a partnership with Protected Vehicles -- a private company run by the founder of leading MRAP supplier Force Protection (FRPT - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr - Rating) -- Oshkosh had secured an order for 100 Alphas with hopes of selling even more. However, Bloomberg reported last month, the Pentagon found serious problems with the Alpha and decided to reject the vehicle instead.
In a letter sent to Oshkosh warning of the problem, Bloomberg reported, the Marines urged Oshkosh to forge a new partnership and use its production capacity to build different MRAP vehicles. The same day that Bloomberg broke news of the Alpha failure, Oshkosh announced its new relationship with Ceradyne.
"We surmise OSK is unlikely to pursue further MRAP ... opportunities on its own," Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Al Kaschalk wrote a few days later. "Rather, we believe any forthcoming contract wins would be awarded based on available capacity to expeditiously manufacture high-quality chassis for third parties."
Kaschalk has a hold recommendation and a $67 price target on Oshkosh in the meantime. His firm makes a market in the company's securities.
Baird analyst Robert McCarthy feels more upbeat. He has an outperform rating and a $75 price target on Oshkosh 's stock. His firm has investment banking ties to the company.
"Oshkosh has not received an MRAP I order but said that it is discussing subcontracting opportunities with contract award winners and is positioning itself to win a prime role on subsequent MRAP-related contracts," McCarthy stressed this month. Even so, "FY08 guidance does not include any contribution from MRAP-type vehicles (but does include some minor expenses) -- leaving potential upside to our defense segment estimates if MRAP-related contracts materialize."
-Neb
I have 7K and am working up to 10K shares.
Oh, sorry, you wanted the IMPORTANT people... ;)
Just making fun, CCNCK, I know all investors are important. Let's not leave the little guy out, we all contribute to the overall health! But your sentiment is good, as I believe hearing about large holders that are nice and quiet in the background is a confidence builder. That is, of course, if what you post is true... ;)
Patience, all, there is a seriously strong light at the end of this short tunnel. Raphael is doing a fine job - things do not happen overnight. Blaming an MM for the share price is pretty weak - let the market do what it does.
It's kind of like injecting billions of dollars into the money markets to artificially boost the hedge funds or to drop short term rates to keep an artificial high from dropping like it naturally should. Now that we mess with the natural flow of up and down, we have changed the market from one of stability to one of dangerous swings and potential meltdown. Supply and Demand is a fundimental that needs to be the driving force - not artificial injections. We will get it in the end for these moves this week - not right away, but I am sure we will eventually.
Sorry - a bit OT.
-Neb
THERE you go - he he he!
Yeah, I know what it means - I was just laughing at the term - I have always found myself saying "if what?" every time I read it. Of course, I find myself saying lots of things, and when people catch me talking to the counter top I know it is time to take a break...
And my bag has already been given away - I ride this silly stock for free at the moment. Unless I hear something amazing, I will likely not be buying more. I am considering anything that comes of this company to be bonus money for me - gravy, if you will. Even if it goes to .0001 again, I still have a couple hundred dollars compliments of Mark and Frank.
That is, of course, only true if there is a buyer...
Good luck to us all in this one!
-Neb
800 shares traded so far today according to my Scottrade ticker. I hope they can handle all those certificates...
A quiet Friday in Pinkie Land - the rest of the markets are getting the attention today.
Good Friday to all!
-Neb
If what?
;)
-Neb
A gem, Sterling - a tear on my desk this morning. Thank you for that.
I agree whole heartedly with the sentiment from this post. Another one for the good side.
Make it a beautiful day everyone.
-Neb
Very nice, lowman! Amazing that the board members sitting around the table when deciding these things didn't see it...
Always like the chuckles - great board, Sir.
-Neb
I can just imagine what "dress down Friday" must be like in her department...
Hefty dresses.
Indeed!
-Neb
Whoops - the previous was .30 as well. Crap. $20 out the door for nothing...
OK, not for "nothing" per se, as I have just purchased 1000 shares of something that I think will be worth far more than .30 cents a share in due time.
Sorry - no post lunch log-on green for you.
-Neb
All right kids - I'm spankin it...
Stand by...
You will come back from lunch to green...
Watch 'em go....
-Neb
A fine sentiment indeed. I agree with you, lowman, 100% on the shorting concept. As useless as it has been for me, I do have a degree in economics and if remember 101 correctly, supply and demand took care of just about every balancing act this market required.
Cheaters have no place here, but they are everywhere. It is too bad. I got on my soap box about simply being nice once and a while on another board, but I could use the same post here modified for cheating. Just a shame all together. I used to have my own businesses - not public - but I know how hard it can be. This cheating, or shorting, just puts another hurdle in front of an industrious CEO that sometimes can not be overcome.
And the SEC? I love your analogy - dead on! (excuse the pun...)
I agree with you once again, lowman - throw 'em all in jail for a while. Let 'em see what it means to be naked and short...in prison! I think they will experience something that has little to do with finance...
Have a great green hump day!!
:P
-Neb
Nice one, Walnut Lips! How about a "cute waitress" alert for an added monitoring fee...?
-Neb
I am impressed at what I read and hear from this company. I am not sure why anyone could be unhappy. Things are unfolding before your eyes and you still throw stones. Very strange indeed. Some on this board are holding up this company like it is a fully reporting company traded on the NASDAQ! Can we not be happy that this very YOUNG corporation is progressing in such a manner? They ARE reporting to us, which is not very common here in PL, and they ARE giving us the information we have asked for. They are even using terms like EPS, which indicate future happiness to me.
Is this not enough? Should they be turning the control knobs on your trading software for you? Need they go into your bank account and magically increase the amount for you to be happy? Perhaps even THAT would not be enough for some - it would be the wrong combination of denominations or something...
*sigh*
Please don't forget there is a language barrier here that was evident in the conference call - no big deal, but sometimes one word can change the feeling of a PR. This is what people pick on. Don't let that sway you - read the INTENT of the PR. Only sleazy companies use the wording of their PRs to deceive potential buyers. Raphael is not sleazy. No deception in the PRs, just bad prose, perhaps.
As to the comments regarding their shipping dates, etc., how is it that we think they are not on top of their distribution channels? How could they have gotten this far without that? Some posters here act like the company is made up of infants that could not possible get the job done. I do not understand where this comes from. I am very doubtful that Raphael would announce a giant order (whether it is a direct order for a customer or simply setting the supply chain up to be successful doesn't matter) without the intention of paying for them, shipping them appropriately and having the shelf space or the customers lined up. Either way, they know what they are doing. I am sure they are aware of something as simple as shipping costs and logistics planning.
We as shareholders do not see the day to day workings of the company. Many on this board think that the PRs and the conference calls are the only things that guide their behavior and they are the only things that the COMPANY is going by to conduct their business. If anyone here has worked an actual job (no offense day traders - I envy your position every day...) and has been in a company that is building itself up, they would not be bashing and picking apart the meanings and implications of PRs and they would be congratulating a fine team on their achievements thus far. Shame on all who do not recognize a job well done and don't give credit to those who deserve it.
I have been in business for myself, and I know how hard this is. I have worked for other start-ups and I know how hard THAT is. I have worked for large corporations, and I know they did not start out that way - they worked their way up. Hurdles always surface, and the successful companies adjust and overcome them. Raphael and crew are doing just that. Handling success is harder than handling failure. This will be a bumpy ride, but the ending will be one of revenue for the company and a nice EPS figure for us, IMO.
*climbing on soapbox*
So what has happened to good old fashioned kindness - does that have no place in the world anymore? I know we think it has no place in finance, but don't forget finance only exist because people want to do business. And people run on kindness. If you want success from someone, point out what they are doing well and reinforce it. That encourages success. Success increases share price and consequently my bank account. That is why I am here to begin with.
*climbing down wiping tomatoes from face*
Give these guys some time to achieve what is very difficult to do in a short period of time. Bask in what has been announced and what is currently in play. They have done so much already - let's show some love, people...
-Neb
OK, sorry this took so long, but this is a nice read to reinforce the concept that can be quite foreign here in the pinkies - integrity.
From the following post on Yahoo:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070710/20070710006137.html?.v=1
The article:
Spooz Applauds SEC Indictments of Penny Stock Spammers
Tuesday July 10, 1:09 pm ET
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spooz, Inc. (OTC:SPZI - News) applauds the actions of the SEC, Texas Attorney General and the Harris County District Attorney's office for indictments of fraudulent email spammers to whom Spooz had fallen prey in 2005. As part of the company's financing in 2005, recently indicted Darrel Uselton acquired free trading shares of Spooz, Inc. and launched a spam email campaign to pump the stock. The spam email campaign was perpetrated without the knowledge or consent of Spooz, Inc.
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"Spooz does not participate in nor condone spam email for any purpose," stated Darryl Dennis, CMO of Spooz. "We are happy to see that the SEC is addressing this type of fraudulent activity perpetrated against small public companies and their investors. We are glad to know the Useltons won't be harming other unsuspecting companies and their investors."
As part of the investigation into the Uselton spam campaign in July 2006, the SEC subpoenaed documentation from affected companies, including Spooz. Spooz notified both the SEC and the Department of Justice when Spooz learned of the spam campaign and provided complete and thorough documentation of the incident to the SEC including communications from Spooz to Darryl Uselton demanding that he immediately cease and desist from any and all email investor campaigns if, in fact, he was involved in such activities.
"During our history we have been approached by dozens of Investor Relations firms inviting us to participate in email campaigns," said Paul Strickland, Spooz, Inc.'s CEO. "Due to established policy, we have steadfastly resisted such tactics because we believe them to be unprofessional, damaging and manipulative. Spooz adopts policies that generally only exist in far larger public companies because that is where we are headed. Spooz will never compromise its principals and professionalism to artificially increase its share price."
After four years in development, Spooz is preparing to launch its flag-ship financial software SpoozToolz to a growing list of waiting customers. The company has had no further contact with the SEC regarding the Uselton matter and does not anticipate any further effect on Spooz moving forward with its transition to sales of its products.
About Spooz, Inc.
Spooz, Inc., (OTC:SPZI - News; www.Spooz.com) a publicly traded company based in Chicago, provides a suite of trading solutions designed to simplify financial analysis and order-entry for professional and active traders. Its flagship middleware product, SpoozToolz(TM) and its modules, add built-in trading capabilities to the popular Microsoft® Excel® software application, combining a customizable interface, streaming quotes, charts, technical analysis, back testing, and electronic trade execution into a simple add-in that becomes part of the Excel tool bar.
Contact:
Spooz, Inc.
Darryl Dennis
312-379-3166
Source: Spooz, Inc.
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-Neb
Very interesting, themetallurgist...
I wonder if that means, then, that I will have to have that set of china from my great great grandmother's collection appraised. I was given it by my Grandma before she died a few years ago, and I had no expenses imposed in any way - it came into my life through chance - she said I should take it when we moved her into the final nursing home. But when it was manufactured, it was worth very little, even in today's currency equivalent. But because it has some attachment to a company that became famous in the most recent days (don't ask me how - make your own story up...), it's value is high and I own it. Now, if I am reading this right, I must pay my 35% of it's estimated acquired value.
Kid catches ball flying through the air - cost kid ticket, cost team ball cost, and it is implied to be part of the game that home runs will be taken by fans as souvenirs.
Kid catches ball hit by record hitter in famous home run - ball value instantly increases some outrageous percentage once the hit is ruled a home run, which is at the moment the ball is in contact with something that is, well, in the area considered a home run - even a fan. Nothing on the ticket says that there will be taxes paid on certain balls that are caught in the park's "home run area". And it's not like the fan can not decide to not catch the ball once it makes contact with their glove, and it is after all self defense to catch something rather than let it potentially hit you in the shoulder or the chest or the face or anywhere else...
Uncle Sam needs the scratch - hits the kid with special "nice-grab" tax. The NG tax becomes a part of the new tax code.
OK, everyone, get out your antiques and let's get moving on this...
;)
-Neb
Most wonderful Friday morning read, dooglearchie. I am enjoying my coffee and my investment. I look forward to scratching out each item one by one in number 16...
Thanks for the fantastic summary.
Have a great green Friday everyone!!!!
-Neb
"Don't sweat the DOW - we're in PINKIE LAND!!"