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Any bounce from here is going to be short lived. TA is only good for short-term analysis (statistical analysis). Fundamentals trump technicals long-term and right now, there is NOTHING in the macro-economics of the economy right now pointing to an upside. "Wishing" the market up is not going...

XP will support multiple cores but the reality is that the OS is "patched" to support more than 1 core. When XP was designed, it was architected with 1 core in mind. To be able to take advantage of more than 1 core, Microsoft had to essentially hack in the support, so it is definitely not...

Why do I feel deja vu? I highly suspect that this is another alias for a poster here who already pumps these stocks on a daily basis.

First...yes market makers make money. Think about it, they are dealing with millions of shares that are trading. Those "penny" spreads add up pretty quickly. Second, no...there is no sure fire way to quantitively price stocks. The price is the price. With an understanding of how to read...

You can't compare them with the S&P (or Chem) because the volatilities are much different. You need to risk adjust the restaurant index to get a more clear comparison. I don't have time right now to explain it. I'll follow up later tonight.

You're putting up a chart comparing the restaurant industry to the S&P 500?. jeez...why don't you compare the energy industry to the financial industry...after all, it shouldn't matter whether their volatility and correlations are completely different....right? Restaurant stocks have much...

Yeah...and management should be able to line their pockets since they've done such a good job. 75% of that "lining" has been performance based. A real rarity in the business. As for the insiders, there hasn't been an insider purchase since Jan 06 when the stock price was in the low 40's. So...

Wrong...restaurants are fairly recession proof. Eating out and entertainment are fairly stable entities in any market. While their overall sales will come down as they will in every industry, overall, the restaurant business can hold it's own with a decent amount of strength in a bad economy.

CMG isn't close to being a comparison to CROX. CROX was a fad, CMG actually has a solid business model. A strong and unique product in a saturated fast food market. Good profits, growing earnings, no debt and no cash problems. As long as they continue to grow building stores and have no...

I just don't understand why anybody would buy stock in this company? I've said this multiple times here on ET. Their debt/equity is 1.76. Their retained earnings defecit is over 3 billion and has lost 10 times it value in the last 4 quarters. They have no long term investments (which means...

Ok...that I have to agree with. :)

Well, the Fed does expect to get paid back, but I have to disagree about the Fed looking for a return. The Fed has no incentive nor any goals of making a profit. I mean, if you think about it, it's an oxymoron to even think in terms of gains or losses for the Fed. Since the Fed controls the...

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your post...but the Fed has no desire to get "returns" for providing the liquidity. The Fed is there to keep the clock wound up...that's it.

What the hell does the Nasdaq 100 have to do with huge gains? The Nasdaq 100 is highly correlated with the entire market as a whole, which means roughly 11% annualized...(although, going forward it will be considerably lower than that most likely). What don't you understand about this? The...

btw stock_trad3r...I've seen your knowledge of the markets demonstrated around here. Your knowledge and understanding of economics and finance amount to the same education that a 7th grader has. Nothing more.

lol..you are clueless. You think Intel, Microsoft, Google are representative of the tech industry as a whole? You think the other 99% of tech companies have monopolies that give them cash flowing out of their ears? Welcome to the real world where only a very few companies in the tech world...

Tech only emerges after a bull-run is in ful swing. Kind of hard to "fund" the tech industry when banks aren't lending. Tech won't shoot up until after the financials are well on the way to recovery. The financials are the first to every bull market party.

Yep...nothing unethical about it. That's one of the reasons they are called "market makers".

If you just planned on buying without ever selling, then you'd be better off just taking your 1000 a month and buying on the exact same day each month. Your average cost would probably be virtually the same as your plan and would cost far less in commissions. Basically what you're describing...

Ok, so if I'm understanding this right, the stock is still technically on IB's books then...ie...it's a liability to me. So if IB were to go under, theoretically I could lose that asset. But, with it being insured by the SIPC, is it highly unlikely that I would lose my assets unless IB has...