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For a real rush try BGZ.
I run like hell now when someone pumps a 5 to 20 bagger. Ive learned it's better to be a little critical and cynical than to go crazy over a stock .....no matter how much you fall in love with it. Like yourself ive made many mistakes and have been wrong a lot too, but I will try diligently not to lead others astray by being a cheesehead over any stock pick.
Yep thats why im calling VBDG a V ery B ig D o G.
I want to wait and see how bad the EOD dump will be.Still has yet to hit new lows.VBDG can probably be scooped up closer to .05-.10 later on.
Any idea if rates will go back to pre-election numbers or maybe even some reduced recession figures?
Your word is good enough for me. Thanks for clearing that up. Obviously Raw failed to mention the context when he posted this orignally.
"...I think everyone is going to be very happy with when they see all where we are at at the end of Q3." ~~8/18/08
http://www.redchip.com/visibility/investor.asp?symbol=VBDG&daily=20080818&from=vbdg_ipage Sorry Raw, but there are just some trust issues here and I don't care if she is forecasting $100 billion in sales next year, it just doesnt float my boat. If you keep dangling these carrots in front of everyone long enough you may turn out right one day. Good luck to everyone in VBDG.So sorry for everyones loss. another lesson learned.
VBDG Rawnoc was last seen driving south towards the Mexican border in an old stationwagon filled with discounted My Places and Steambuddy's.
VBDG Rawnoc was last seen driving south towards the Mexican border in an old stationwagon filled with discounted My Places and Steambuddy's.
I think that someone should at least tell me how good it was. I like to hear that everytime after I get screwed bigtime.
Last day to dump or add. With other co.s earnings #s being disappointing I think many are getting doubtful here.
more news on their move to a better exchange would be great."SMKG SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc is a non-reporting company trading on the Pinksheets and continues to file its financials for transparency and to prepare to move to a higher exchange. Furthermore financials for the 1st Half of 2008 until June 30, 2008 will be available on our before the 15th of August 2008."http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080807/0423141.html
Yep. When they take it down in the last minute of the day on an order for $13.75 in order for it to appear to be down I would say that qualifies as looking suspicious.
What the heck is going on??. 21??? I thought earnings were supposed to be huge?
SMKG SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc is a non-reporting company trading on the Pinksheets and continues to file its financials for transparency and to prepare to move to a higher exchange. Furthermore financials for the 1st Half of 2008 until June 30, 2008 will be available on our before the 15th of August 2008."http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080807/0423141.html
Its being manipulated. someone should put in an order for .0001 just to watch it be snatched up and the value instantly lowered like 100% on like 1500 shares.Chances are it would happen.
smkg buys/435,833 sells/5000 hmmm accumulation???
SMKG SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SMKG) Continues Triple-Digit Growth in September 08 and Month Over Month Compared to Last Year
Oct 14, 2008 10:30:00 AM
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/14/08 -- SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc.(PINKSHEETS: SMKG) announced today that their Prepaid Card loading, Pin Debit and Payment processing volume increased in triple digits to $367,000 USD for the month of September 2008 over September 2007 and over last month, August 2008. The company posted a gain in card loading and payment processing for August upto 10 times larger than last year's August total and 226% greater than even last month, setting a new payment processing record for the company.
SMKG. almost positive EPS.http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=SMKG.PK >>>>>.006 pps now
it was int the works .........Posted by: MikeS97707 Date: Friday, May 30, 2008 9:01:37 AM
In reply to: Rawnoc who wrote msg# 2312 Post # of 3435
Raw is correct. Here is the relevant text from the 10-K: "Zynex expects to enter the European market through high quality and well-established local distributors after obtaining European Union ("EU") CE Marking. CE Marking is certification that a product meets the standards established by the 25 nations EU and qualifies for sale in the EU and 4-nation European Free Trade Association ("EFTA"). We are focusing much effort and significant resources on preparation of the CE application, and it is targeted for completion, submission and approval in 2008. In anticipation of such approval we have had discussions with, and received verbal or written distribution commitments from local distributors."
Mike
Been watching this forever. Looks like this going to breakout soon.
SMKG .007 not much left before it busts out into new high territory.Very thin at the top.
SMKG .007 near the breakout point. One to keep on radar.
QI gets upgraded BOOYAH .20 http://www.tradethenews.com/stock-news/Technology/Qimonda/QI
QI gets upgraded .20 http://www.tradethenews.com/stock-news/Technology/Qimonda/QI
QI .22 looks like it will run on news....Qimonda Announces Commercial Production of Its Breakthrough Buried Wordline DRAM Technology
Wednesday November 5, 4:00 am ET
MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qimonda AG (NYSE:QI - News), a leading global memory supplier, today announced the commencement of commercial production of DRAM chips using its new Buried Wordline technology. Qimonda’s revenues in October included the first sales of 1Gbit DDR2 chips using 65nm Buried Wordline technology. In addition, Qimonda has achieved first yields on the next generation 46nm Buried Wordline technology and has taped out what it believes is the worldwide smallest 2G DDR3 chip based on this technology. Qimonda’s innovative Buried Wordline DRAM technology combines high performance, low power consumption and small chip sizes to further advance the company’s product portfolio, which is now focused on DRAM for infrastructure and graphics applications.
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“With the start of commercial production of our 65nm Buried Wordline technology, we have achieved a major milestone on our new technology roadmap,” said Kin Wah Loh, President and CEO of Qimonda AG. “We have increased wafer starts for 65nm Buried wordline at our lead fab in Dresden to several hundred wafers per month and plan to convert additional capacities in the coming months. The 65nm process demonstrated high yields and we have received very positive feedback from the customers that had received samples, especially regarding the low power consumption feature of our new Buried Wordline technology. In addition we have achieved first yield on our next generation 46nm Buried Wordline technology ahead of schedule and are well on track to start mass production by mid 2009. Offering more than twice the number of bits compared to the 65nm technology, the introduction of our 46nm technology will be a major step towards our goal of technology leadership in manufacturing.”
Qimonda had introduced a new technology roadmap and first functional samples based on its innovative Buried Wordline architecture in February 2008. The Buried Wordline architecture combines the power-saving benefits of Qimonda’s historical trench technology with a standard stack capacitor widely used in the DRAM industry. Qimonda’s innovative Buried Wordline concept draws on Qimonda’s experience in etching and filling structures in the silicon wafer, and represents a breakthrough in the field of DRAM cell technology on the way to achieving fully vertical cells. In addition, Buried Wordline technology supports a cell size reduction down to only 4F2 (meaning a total chip surface area equal to only four times the size of the memory feature on the chip). The first generation 65nm Buried Wordline technology already reduces the cell size to 6F2 compared to 8F2 for the 75nm technology currently in volume production at Qimonda. Combined with the smaller feature size, the 65nm technology increases the number of bits per wafer by more than 40 percent compared to the 75nm trench technology. The 46nm technology with 6F2 cell sizes potentially offers more than twice the number of bits per wafer compared to the 65nm Buried Wordline technology – an improvement of 200 percent as compared with the 75nm node.
A part of the development of the Buried Wordline technology was supported within the scope of technology development by the EFRE fund of the European Community and by funding of the State Saxony of the Federal Republic of Germany.
About Qimonda
Qimonda AG (NYSE: QI - News) is a leading global memory supplier with a broad diversified DRAM product portfolio. The company generated net sales of Euro 3.61 billion in financial year 2007 and had approximately 13,500 employees worldwide prior to its recent announcement of a repositioning of its business. The company provides DRAM products for a wide variety of applications, including in the computing, infrastructure, graphics, mobile and consumer areas, using its power saving technologies and designs. Further information is available at www.qimonda.com.
QI .22 looks like it will run today on news
You lucky devil. I bet u feel dang proud of yourself, huh? Where will it open today. Premarket looks like a major selloff.Im taking what I can get now.On to greener fields.
GNW at least one a/h buy for 398,000 shares. Wow. Lotsa buying a/h.
could see another double today. Low float to boot. 69m? MOVT
MOVT taking off
MOVT looks like a monsta. Lots of buys at the EOD.Definately one to watch.
With the muni bond market for cities/counties /states all siezed up this clarification looks really sweet for ABK.
Treasury cautious on investments in insurers
Focus is on federally regulated financial institutions that lend: official
By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch
Last update: 1:45 p.m. EDT Oct. 27, 2008Comments: 4SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A Treasury Department official expressed caution Monday about government investments in insurers, stressing that the main focus is on stabilizing the banking system and encouraging more lending.
Insurers are among the many industries that have asked for help from the federal government, and an investment in the insurance sector is "something that we have to consider," David Nason, assistant secretary for financial institutions at the Treasury, told the cable news channel CNBC on Monday.
'There is considerable uncertainty about what [an insurance-sector assistance] program might look like and which companies might be eligible.'
— Jeffrey Schuman, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
However, Nason stressed that in deciding whether to invest in an institution, Treasury focuses on how important the company is to the financial system and whether such support would increase the supply of credit to the economy.
Nason also said that Treasury relies on federal regulators to let the government know how strong financial institutions are and how much capital they may need. "With other industries, we don't have that benefit, so that's a significant challenge," Nason added, during the televised interview.
The U.S. insurance industry is regulated by states, not by the federal government. However, some insurers are federally regulated, while others have subsidiaries that submit to federal oversight.
"There is considerable uncertainty about what any such program might look like and which companies might be eligible," Jeffrey Schuman, a life-insurance analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, wrote in a Monday note to clients.
Under the current rules of the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, institutions must own federally regulated entities, such as thrifts, to be eligible, Schuman noted. "If this rule is maintained, we believe it could be fairly restrictive for the life industry," he wrote.
Big life-insurance stocks declined Monday on such concerns. MetLife Inc. (MET:metlife inc com
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MET 27.70, -2.10, -7.0%) lost 6% to $28.10, Hartford Financial Services (HIG:hartford finl svcs group inc com
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HIG 20.20, -4.10, -16.9%) dropped 11% to $21.71 and Genworth Financial (GNW:genworth finl inc com cl a
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GNW 4.35, -0.79, -15.4%) slumped 12% to $4.52.
Principal Financial, another life insurer, dropped 2.5% to $19.13, while Prudential Financial (PRU:prudential finl inc com
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PRU 33.60, -0.86, -2.5%) gained 9 cents to $34.51.
Prudential owns Prudential Bank & Trust, a federal savings bank, so the insurer may be considered a savings and loan. It's also subject to annual examination and regulation by the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Treasury, Randy Binner, an analyst at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, said in a note to investors.
"Prudential could be the largest beneficiary of government action in our coverage group," he added.
'If balance sheets are in bad shape on a relative basis, Treasury has demonstrated they have no interest in throwing a lifeline.'
— John Nadel, Sterne Agee
MetLife could also qualify for government investment because it became a bank holding company in 2001 when it was acquired by a federally chartered commercial bank and came under the regulatory umbrella of the Federal Reserve, Binner explained.
Still, government money may not help all insurers.
"If balance sheets are in bad shape on a relative basis, Treasury has demonstrated they have no interest in throwing a lifeline, if all it does is prolong the ultimate drowning," John Nadel, an analyst at Sterne Agee, wrote in a note to investors. "It is safe to assume the same will hold true for life insurers, if they are afforded participation."
Nadel expects MetLife and Prudential to be "clear winners" from any government intervention in the sector, he said.
Hartford and Lincoln National (LNC:Lincoln National Corporation
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LNC 19.50, -1.49, -7.1%) may also be included, but it's less clear whether this would help them.
"Principal Financial is a tougher call as well," Nadel said. "Thereafter, we suspect none of our life names would be included."
Alistair Barr is a reporter for MarketWatch in San Francisco.http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/treasury-cautious-about-investing-insurers/story.aspx?guid=%7BCD9E01A0%2DD3D6%2D410A%2D82B2%2D1A03211B662D%7D&siteid=yhoof
Wait until bailout news pops ABK passed $5, then u will REALLY feel stupid.
I doubled down at 1.80.Dont blame you for waiting too. With news on the horizon it makes it a little bit trickier.
I will hold all my shares until the expected news hits. If they cant get a financial backstop then preferred shares and warrants for Uncle Sam will be fine with me.But you got to know something is in the works with the city,county/state muni credit market frozen solid.
looks like it may run today.I hope they get the financial backstop. If not then preferred shares and warrants just like the banks got would be fine too.I think some kind of a deal is almost certain.
Every time I look its fallen somemore. Makes me wonder if we will see the teens before earnings.
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U.S. Treasury mulling insurer aid program-sources
10.24.08, 12:01 PM ET
United States - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department is closely studying how it could give relief to bond and mortgage insurance companies under a $700 billion financial services rescue package, two sources familiar with the deliberations said Friday.
The Troubled Asset Relief Program established by Congress early this month has been seen mainly as a way to recapitalize banks and take bad assets off their books to help support creaking credit markets.
Last week, the Treasury tried to squash rumors the government was preparing to give monoline insurance companies a capital injection, but senior officials are considering how the Treasury might be able to aid state-regulated insurance companies, the sources said.
A leading financial trade group on Friday sent a letter to the Treasury asking that the government interpret its newly won powers broadly in a way that would leave the door open to aid for insurers, automakers and subsidiaries of foreign banks or companies. (Reporting by Patrick Rucker and Karey Wutkowski; Editing by Tom Hals)
http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/10/24/2008-10-24T160151Z_01_WAT010391_RTRIDST_0_FINANCIAL-USA-INSURERS-URGENT.html