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That's why I said the "the stock" is looking weak. As an investment, 2015 isn't looking that great for shareholders. However, it does have a consistent trading range. If you have a lot of cash and can trade it, you can do well here.Quote:
Originally Posted by bdp.
Correct me if i am wrong but didn't the last time Midas suggest selling siri, the stock ran up .85?? How much $$ would you have lost if you actually took her advice? Just saying :devil:
Bdp....Fwiw i am going to give siri one more cc should be in late July. I have waited this long whats another 2.5 months for my core. Even then i will only sell half my core. I really believe siri will knock it out of the park this qrtr and finally kiss the 4.00 barrier goodbye. As far as trading it i have always said there are a thousand easier stocks out their to trade other than siri. But Sometimes the devil ya know is better than the one ya don't.
Then again you could always sell here at 3.80 and get back in at 2.75 :thumbup:
I thought it was so interesting when the analyst Vijay Jayant asked Maffei on last week's earnings call why doesn't Sirius start buying back Liberty Media shares as well as their own. And then Maffei said that was Malone's idea but Maffei thinks the same goal can be accomplished with Sirius buying its own shares and Liberty's stake increasing without spending anything.
To me that means a couple of things. Liberty is so high on Sirius that they intend to pull it in one way or another. And then Live Nation and Sirius will be very close to be combined, as well as what was said about Liberty wanting to do more with Lib Media with music related companies. Maybe they want to own a music label too? - Universal from Vivendi??? Who knows. But quite intriguing to say the least.
Also Maffei answering an international strategy question for Sirius with the connected car business future seemed very logical. Charter TWC rumors flying like crazy for Liberty Broadband. A lot of the call was about that. Good call. Very revealing.
@Muscle... what did you think about AT&T adding 638,000 connected car subscriptions last quarter? Pretty impressive if you ask me. Imagine if the trend stays or grows at this rate... over 2.4 million connected car subs a year!?! DAMN!!! YEAH BABY!!!
I think Sirius is doing business to business with connected cars and the car manufacturers will have their own white label. Like Nissan Connect already is. I expect the business in the near term for Sirius will be similar to GM's OnStar for all their manufacturers. In the longer term who knows where connected cars go........Although SXM17 may be a segment of that strategy.Quote:
Originally Posted by midas360
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_7166690.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by midas360
between this att 100 mill lawsuit for a racist ex prez and losing subs left and right they better do something.
@Muscle... Remember Sirius XM partnered with AT&T to provide the data connection for Nissan Connect. Do you remember?Quote:
Originally Posted by MUSCLE13
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pi...36750&mapcode=
I am wondering if AT&T's connected car totals includes this partnership?
Edit: Maybe AT&T will buy Sirius XM as part of their Every Device on their network strategy.
att better hope they partnered with siri...siri only thing that can save them.Quote:
Originally Posted by midas360
Who knows? Connected car business is in its nascent stages. I am glad it has international possibilities though. Takes pressure off Malone and Maffei trying to combine Sirius with music streamers that make no money. Terrible business. OnStar has great EBITDA margins. Pandora and Spotify have little or no EBITDA margins.Quote:
Originally Posted by midas360
It just find it all very interesting. I think AT&T is in a great position to provide connectivity to vehicles. It's nice to see them partnering with companies like Sirius XM. Imagine what AT&T is going to do with DirecTV when the merger is complete. DirecTV already offers television to vehicles. I could see this coming to all vehicles at a reasonable price very soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by MUSCLE13
I don't like the Sat TV business. Broadband has no content costs. None. Margins are infinitely better. I think Cable is going to kick Sat TV's ass with broadband.Quote:
Originally Posted by midas360
I think the landscape changes for DirecTV once AT&T gets a hold of it. We could see AT&T expand into new markets converting those SAT customers to U-Verse. Dish Network on the other hand is in deep trouble. AT&T will have a massive network covering the U.S.. Probably the largest.Quote:
Originally Posted by MUSCLE13
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Originally Posted by midas360
You think its nice to see att partnering with sirius?? Didn't you just post about an hour ago that sirius is looking "weak". Didn't you just post an hour ago "its time to find another investment (even tho you own 0 siri)." Didn't you just post and hour ago "siri is a dog"? :out: :out:
Am i missing something here? :confused:
Just think cable wins the broadband wars and eventually the wireless wars with Wi-Fi. I think cable will advance to speeds much higher than the overbuilders with much higher margins. I am invested in all the cable companies and none of the wireless or Sat TV companies.Quote:
Originally Posted by midas360
Wi-Fi is just one of many technologies to get data to the consumer. Just like the cable companies, the telco's have Wi-Fi networks installed everywhere. They have 3G, 4G/LTE, WiFI, Copper, Fiber, and soon to be satellite. I personally think the cable companies need to get in the wireless business. I think one of them should take Sprint or T-Mobile or both. It's a great way to acquire customers via bundling.Quote:
Originally Posted by MUSCLE13
They don't have to acquire wireless. They can use the wireless networks as a backup to the Wifi through their MVNO agreements with Verizon and Sprint in Comcast's case. Just like Liberty Global does in Europe with their MVNO and they sell Broadband Cable Phone and Mobile Wireless to their customers in a quad play instead of the triple play.Quote:
Originally Posted by midas360
nice tech bounce off 3.80
And its up damn near 20 % from when midas urged everyone to sell back in mid oct. :money:Quote:
Originally Posted by Faulkner_SA
What do you think about the Verizon and AOL merger news? Do you think Verizon is trying to get into the mobile ad and content business? It seems like an odd relationship if you ask me.Quote:
Originally Posted by MUSCLE13
AOL was worth Hundreds of Billions of dollars when it merged with Time Warner. It sold today for $4.4 billion. They bought it mostly for ad technology. In my opinion it closes the book on the biggest bubble of all time. Man did AOL mess up over the years. They could have been great.Quote:
Originally Posted by midas360