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Lewis sold December 110, 105, 100, 95, and 90 puts and was obviously assigned on his short puts. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/777001/000119312507271081/dsc13da.htm

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&newsId=20071220006121&ndmHsc=v2*A1198155600000*B1198219069000*DgroupByDate*J1*N1000837&newsLang=en&beanID=202776713&viewID=news_view

You have short-term capital gains treatment on the expired short-term call. If you hold your LEAP for 13 months, you will have a long-term capital gain or loss.

You need to find a broker that will do the following (not sure if this is done much anymore, but it was done a lot in the 1990s). 1. Sell your stock before it goes ex-dividend to the brokerage firm. Settle regular way. 2. Then buy the stock back from the broker at the price you sold it...

http://www.hsbc.com.hk/1/2/hk/banking/rmb

Once IB get's paid, you will get paid.

You cannot participate in "hot" IPOs.

You need to ask the question: Why did KKR and Goldman walk from the deal?

Down, but not out: "I'm not a real estate bum," Realtors say Brokers in Clearwater area waterfront property, that thin but rich slice of the real estate pie, were among the elite earners until about a year ago. Six-figure pay days were a matter of course as home prices, powered by speculative...

You cannot ask the holder of the Sep puts to exercise. He exercises when ever he wants to.

http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/accountProtection.php?ib_entity=llc

Read this. This is what happened to Delta Air (and others): http://www.optionsclearing.com/market/infomemos/2007/apr/22920.pdf

www.interactivebrokers.com

I totally agree, but they probably invested in a bunch of hedge funds that were seriously leveraged.

Dude, I am sure that a decent amount of pensions (normal 9 to 5 workers) and endowments lost $$$$, too.

Refinery margins have been falling.

The broker: "A covered call generates 2 commissions for me." "A naked put only generates 1 commission." "Thus, the covered call is a much better strategy." :D

Also, with futures you do not have to worry about borrowing the ETF (if short).

Legal. Bank of New England did a similiar thing a long, long time ago in the distant past (pulled their dividend after the record date had already passed).

On the other hand, this stuff from China is much more serious: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/05/toothpaste02.html http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/chinas-toxic-syrup-a-global-killer/2007/05/06/1178390145340.html