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The tale of the tape: COF down 7% - 8%. MA up a buck and change.

+1 Absolutely right.

Which means your time is just about up.

You're exactly the sort of useless asshole who should have his IP address banned from ET. So the guy blew his account. Your tough-guy, jerkoff trash talk provides no insight and offers absolutely nothing of value. It's not even entertaining. You probably blew out your $5k account and are...

Okay, thanks, mb. COF still is cheaper on a p/s basis than AXP, DFS, BAC and WFC. Maybe it's cheaper because the others are perceived as higher status brands. Or maybe their balance sheet completely stinks compared to the others. :confused:

This thing has the lowest price-to-sales ratio in their industry, lowest p/e, and they don't have any more exposure to the big credit fart via their bank and ABS sales than anyone else. I don't understand why MA seems to get all the attention as the shrewd credit card vendor and COF is the bald...

No shit there's an underlying problem but if you think the motives behind how and when these stories are being reported are pure as the driven snow you're kidding yourself.

Thurgood, look at the timestamp on my opening post and then look at when the news hit. Did I call it or did I call it? Let's hope. :D

If for any reason the market is up around 2% tomorrow, be prepared for another "AMBAC/MBIA are about to get downgraded!" spook story to be applied to the rally with extreme prejudice. I'm not a conspiracy nut but it's been happening too often and in too finely timed a fashion to be purely...

Sad but true. It's not as if this hasn't already been a major concern for well over a year but, hey, "let's ignore and maybe it'll go away."

Pilotboy, I think I tweaked you back a little too hard with my posts. I hear what you're saying about the futures and you're right. Sorry, man.

Good stuff, Landis. I don't mean to state the obvious but if we get through 1383 there's huge resistance at around 1410.

LMAO

I don't recall anyone blaming Doug Kass. Or anyone denying the monolines are screwed. I'm just saying the timing of some of these stories seems a bit shady.

Have a nice day, professor.

Right on schedule...http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=116323 We can't have those shorts getting dinged too badly. :D

Timestamped 4:07pm but it hit the wire at 3:50pm. LOL, too funny. http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSWNA816220080131 FGIC loses "AAA" rating from S&P, MBIA may be cut Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:07pm NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's on Thursday cut its "AAA" ratings on...

And no need to lecture someone for shooting the shit about the futures...unless you like lecturing, of course, which it appears you do.

LOL, yep. I'm not a conspiracy freak but, c'mon, there are some powerful shorts using the media and the monoline insurers story to work the market like a $10 whore. This is ridiculous.

We're up a couple percent...Charlie must be getting orders from Ackman as we speak..."Charlie, you've got go on the air and talk about how you've got bad gas and that means Citigroup will declare bankruptcy." :D