And to tag with Big Ben and Relmor. When the short interest numbers came out, the overall short to the markets went up another 1% of total market. Bear Trap indeed.
Just sold my block of 5000 that I purchased at .2311 for .3801.....Thanks for the advice! We'll see what happens. A penny either way is only $50, so I am comfortable with that...Now I can get back to real work.
Ben,
I agree that it is going to take time for housing to fully recover but it is underway now. Pay close attention to what is happening in California and Florida. Florida has posted 6 straight months of year-to-year increases in sales. Existing homes in February 09 are up 16.7% over January 09. Condos sold in Feb 09 are up 25.1% over Jan 09. I beleive that as housing recovers so will other market sectors. Is it all up from here? Of course not. MSM needs to paint a rosy picture so that institutions can take your money as your confidence builds. After the retail investors are beat down and MSM is again painting the gloom and doom picture the institutions will swoop back in and buy low again. Same game a lot of people reading here are playing. The advantage that we have over a lot of other retail investors is that we KNOW when MSM is saying one thing that we need to start looking hard in the other direction.
As far as my Siri shares are concerned I'm not pulling the first trigger until .42. Hopefully that will happen before 1st Q info. From there I'll wait to see what the 1st Q info is and how the market responds. If it goes up I'll start planning my next sell. If it goes down I'll start looking for my new buy in point. If it drops back into the 20's before reaching .42 I'll just keep drinking Patron until someone gives up my damn money.
I have been working the phone banks very hard the last three days. This is what I can share with you, but I have to be careful how I relay what I have found out. Please don't ask me where I got this info because the answer will be no.
There are three exchanges under investigation for stock manipulation. One of the three are under investigation for "criminal" stock manipulation.
SiriusXM will not be selling itself. Once credit eases and vehicles are bought SiriusXM will become, as many have said, a cash cow. Over the next 5 years, SiriusXM will be a "acquirer" of companies. With a long term plan of owning Clear Channel. Pay back is a bitch.