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- Marathon Energy, Valero: Keep An Eye on These Energy Co's
- Stephen Frankola submits: It has been over a month since my last post... I've missed out on commenting on a very noteworthy month of market activity. Taken from Marketwatch.com: The Dow rallied a whopping 11.3% for the week, even as it plunged 14.1% for the month,...
- External links 2008-11-03
- First Solar: Why I'd Never Go Long
- Stephen Frankola submits: Barron's wrote about First Solar's FSLR weaknesses and competitive threats this past weekend (Reuters coverage of Barron's commentary here), and an analyst, FBR Capital Markets, followed up Barron's with a downgrade on Tuesday morning.The FBR analyst, who slapped an "underperform" rating on FSLR, mused that by...
- External links 2009-05-28
- Kindle - Good Device, Impractical Pricing
- Stephen Frankola submits: I have enjoyed writing about the Kindle and Amazon.com AMZN on multiple occasions over the past few weeks, so I decided that I'd try to bring everything together in one last post on this topic.Both the Kindle 2 and the Kindle DX are attractive devices that...
- External links 2009-05-25
- Amazon Still Looks Overvalued
- Stephen Frankola submits: Though I myself didn't short shares of Amazon.com AMZN despite all of my recent negatively-slanted pieces, I am glad to report that shares are sitting lower than they were on every date that I published anything about them.AMZN's recent decline can be attributed to the general...
- External links 2009-05-14
- E-Trade's Encouraging Monthly Statistics
- Stephen Frankola submits: Today, E*Trade ETFC released its monthly customer statistics, and the statistics were pleasantly surprising.The full run-down of statistics can be found here, but I'll summarize some important stuff below: by Stephen Frankola
- External links 2009-05-14
- Why I Think It's Time to Short Chipotle
- Stephen Frankola submits: How's this for a nice throwback - Short Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG.On my blog, I have written plenty about CMG's ridiculous valuation in late 2007 and early 2008. I was never actually able to short CMG shares, as I could never find any available, but that...
- External links 2009-05-10
- Amazon's 'Kindle DX': Unmerited Buzz, Shorting Opportunity
- Stephen Frankola submits: Originally published at The No Buy List:Amazon AMZN is holding a press conference at a New York University today to probably announce what many optimistic investors had been waiting for: a Kindle with a bigger screen. by Stephen Frankola
- External links 2009-05-06
- Amazon's Kindle 2.5 Doesn't Seem Worth the Buzz
- Stephen Frankola submits: Amazon AMZN is holding a press conference at a New York university today Wednesday to probably announce what many optimistic investors had been waiting for: a Kindle with a bigger screen.Much of the reason for the press conference seems lost as the important info has been...
- External links 2009-05-05
- Buying BGZ to Profit Off Overdue Market Correction
- Stephen Frankola submits: My portfolio is made up of plenty of high-beta stocks with questionable futures - I am proud to hold 1000+ shares of [[ETFC]]. Other winners (note to reader: that's typed sarcastically) include [[AIG]]. Rounding out some other holdings are Penn Gaming PENN and US Steel X.To...
- External links 2009-05-04
- Why I Wouldn't Buy Amazon
- Stephen Frankola submits: Amazon.com AMZN began as an internet book retailer and has expanded into sales of goods of all kinds. A consumer can now buy everything from groceries to the latest G-Unit CD on Amazon. Amazon's product offerings only continue to grow as they add more products to...
- External links 2009-04-23
- Amazon Shares Are Overvalued
- Stephen Frankola submits: Amazon.com AMZN began as an internet book retailer and has expanded into sales of goods of all kinds. A consumer can now buy everything from groceries to the latest G-Unit CD on Amazon. Amazon's product offerings only continue to grow as they add more products to...
- External links 2009-04-23
- Amazon.com Remains Strong Despite Offending Gay Community
- Stephen Frankola submits: Amazon.com AMZN will likely take some heat today as it has become known that they apparently have been systematically "hiding" books deemed to be about non-heterosexual topics by changing classifications and making them ineligible for their ranking systems. A reasonably-thorough article is available here, but expect...
- External links 2009-04-13
- E*Trade: More Good News
- Stephen Frankola submits: Since I wrote about E*Trade ETFC last week, shares have crept up from $.66 to $1 (in pre-market action this morning; last night's close was $.91).The Wall Street Journal put out a little article this Tuesday morning discussing a few monthly updates that ETFC released today....
- External links 2009-03-18
- E*Trade: A Bet Worth Making
- Stephen Frankola submits: E*Trade ETFC shares have suffered one of the greatest declines of all (non-bankrupt) financial service companies - a whopping 97% from pre-meltdown levels. (From the start of 2006 through the first half of 2007, ETFC was a $20+ stock.)The verdict remains out on ETFC. Obviously the...
- External links 2009-03-13
- Transcontinental Pipelines - My First Options Trade in Months
- Stephen Frankola submits: I have followed Transcontinental Pipelines TCLP, a pipeline trust, for a very long time now.Under normal market conditions it was a very stable stock (as it is in a widows-and-orphans industry), but during the last six months the stock has been effected by increased volatility as...
- External links 2009-02-20
- Amazon's Kindle 2: Worth All the Hype?
- Stephen Frankola submits: Amazon AMZN shocked the street recently when its holiday quarter numbers held up as the wider retail industry suffered through a horrible holiday season. Analysts and investors digested Amazon's reasonably strong performance favorably and tried to assess why they are succeeding while others are struggling.As that...
- External links 2009-02-12
- Why Is Vonage Up 500% in 5 days?
- Stephen Frankola submits: As I begin this, Vonage VG is trading at over $2.40 in the aftermarket.Vonage was trading below $.40 just five days ago. by Stephen Frankola
- External links 2009-08-26
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- Electronic Arts: Still Wining and Dining Take-Two
- Stephen Frankola submits: According to a Reuters press release after-hours, Electronic Arts ERTS and Take-Two TTWO have now entered into confidential discussions regarding a potential merger. This is the latest development in a soap-opera-like courtship that has disappointed TTWO investors, as the share price has...
- External links 2008-08-26
- Why I'm Backing Up the Take-Two Truck
- Stephen Frankola submits: I closed my last post, which was about Take-Two TTWO and Electronic Arts ERTS entering into a confidentiality agreement, with a cautious sentiment. I said that I was planning on maintaining my disclosed position, TTWO Sept $27.5 and $30 calls, or selling contracts as premiums rose....
- External links 2008-08-29
- It's D-Day For Take-Two Interactive
- Stephen Frankola submits: Yesterday's session featured some strange exchanging of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO shares, just one day before the company is set to release earnings. There was no news released, though Barron's later said that the price decline was due to rumors about Electronic Arts Inc....
- External links 2008-09-04
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