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I think Cramer's take was that the average PE of both Yahoo and Ebay was a multiple 63 x earnings. If Google earns the expected $5 per share then do the math and you have a stock trading at $315. This is a very basic method to establish a price for the stock. There have to be a ton of...

All I am trying to say is that real estate is and always has been " a local situation". There have always been "booms" like the Florida land scam you speak of. But no one was running around with charts to show a nation wide panic of land sellers based on the NYSE stock prices??? Look at the...

Martin: You are making my point. The owner/occupant and the investor DO NOT buy the same property at the same price. No two pieces of real estate are the same!! Impossible as they occupy physical space. Unlike stock certificates. Real OldTrader's outline of how to buy single family...

Trying to compare single family home ownership to some kind of real estate investment property is simply nonsense. The only thing in common is they both require a Deed. There is no comparison. Never has been, never will be. The vast majority of "renters" are there as a matter of need, not...

LOL, you guys are a scream. If SF lost people they are probably the tenants and that is why rents are going down. Otherwise, the home prices would be declining as everyone flees town with their sofa on top of the car. That huge mass exodus of homeowners that has been predicted for several...

Martin. You guys are over thinking this. It is basic supply and demand at it's most fundamental level. There is a VERY STRONG desire to own one's HOME. There is no such desire to rent. Do not compare the two. They are very basic fundamental differences between them and they cannot be...

OK How many homes have been built in San Francisco in the last 5 years? This is the supply part. How many people want to live in San Francisco and own their home? This is the demand part. As interest rates have declined over the last 5 years MORE AND MORE people (demand) became...

The vast majority of people WANT to OWN their home. Most renters are there by circumstances. Low interest rates kill landlords as their clients buy a home. Investors buying a home to rent may get hurt. The tenant is smart enough to know he is paying for your investment, LOL The...

Actually I think that Morgan ruling will get overturned on appeal. The judge was very unfair and this is a STATE judge. Mostly not very bright people. IMHO SteveD

My take: Most people lose before they even start. The main reasons: totally undercapitalized, totally naive about market and absolutely no business plan. Look through a franchise magazine sometime and see how much CASH capital is required to be awarded a franchise. They then require you...

I have always taken the 2% rule to mean that one would never take more than a 2% of capital loss on any one trade. If you have $50,000 CASH in trading account then $1000 is maximum loss on any one trade. The theory being one would have to have 50 bad trades before you lose all of your capital...

In the first AP news release K. states that he was aware of the rumors and they decided to go ahead so as to clear up any uncertainty in the market as to his intentions. Passive investment or hostile takeover? He would be a "natural" to make some move because of his history and massive...

This news was discussed over the weekend about the possibility of Mr. K increasing his shares. To clear up the matter he went ahead and made an official tender offer. No surprise. No skullduggery. No "plots", LOL I think this is a good example for the people who claim that they only...

Exxon: Their earnings have increased substantially!!! Only a truly brain dead idiot would compare Exxon to the Dot.coms, LOL. One has a 100 year history of real earnings and the other was nothing more than a glorified business plan. My guess would be that Exxon's one year earnings...

In all seriousness folks, if one pays around $100,000 for a average 4 year degree from college it seems a little silly to balk at paying $2500 to learn how to make some real money. One good idea will return that $2500 in 5 days. What about IBD's trading course with Bill O'Neill? David...

If I am understanding what everyone is saying is that a large institution such as Goldman, Fidelity etc just hires a guy, gives him a trading account, shows him the computer screen and says to him "go get'm tiger"??? NO training here, who needs stinking training??? Same with lawyers...

I don't think anyone knows within a large % of how much oil is out there. The problem is not "how much" but "how much at what cost?". If it cost $15/bbl to get it and it is selling for $10?? Forget it. Move that price to $50/bbl and add years of new technology and suddenly there is a lot...

The sarcastic point I was trying to make is: Who do you think knows more about the oil business? A Goldman analysis or the CEO of the largest actual USER of the oil?? SteveD

I saw an interview with Lee Raymond and he said oil was unsustainable at the present price of $50/bbl. Do you know who he is??? Anyone? Anyone? SteveD

So when you sell your home just where do you move to at that point? You do understand that when you sell the buyer is going to require you to vacate the house unlike selling in the "dot-com bubble". So you and the family pack up and move exactly where?? Are there going to be thousands...