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I agree MSFT is in some sense like MCD. A mature and stable company. However MSFT is a kind of unique (at least now). Almost all PCS except mac and Linux boxes use MSFT operating system. They have income from ad, search engine, cloud service, email account and many PC software. MCD does not have...

Yes I do live in US. I don't disagree on SS. many things might go away before MCD. I cannot time which one will go first.

You are right. Market is in all time high. What will happen if(when) there is a market correction? I am patient.

Remember MCD downtrend and eventually extinction is a "TREND" and not a one night incident.

Here is my bold prediction. AMZN will drop $50 AH. It will be traded at $425. Once again, I should say I dont trade AMZN.

If you followed my advice yesterday and bought ADI, well today it hit my target of $60. If I were you, I would take the profit. I don't say short it. Just leave it alone !!. By keeping it or shorting it, you may not make a quick profit. Free up your money and move on.

Anyway my 18 PUT 95 and one PUT 94.5 is going to expire worthless tomorrow so I can repeat the same thing next week :)

Now the Q profit was 1.23 and the dividend is 0.85 but the earning should deteriorate fast and if it drops below $1, they will think of cutting the dividend. If EPS drops below 0.85, paying that dividend would be funny. The reason for a short term spike is a little short covering and also some...

I don't think they will cut dividend.

I noticed that. After another miserable Q, the stock started to go up to almost $100 at 45K volume!! before market opens. I shorted a little more. The stock dropped when the market opened. When a stock goes down, the sales performance wont be a straight line. Their US sales for the next Q might...

It reminds of Enron calling the power stations and asking them to shut down. I emailed my district congressman and expressed my opinion. I know it wont have any effect but if 5000 people do that, they will under pressure to ask those in charge not to prolong this scam.

I am in big favor of buying gold now (preferably selling naked PUT for lower strike prices). Now everyone hates GLD and miners are not profitable anymore. I don't believe Gold will go to $1400 but we should have an upside move soon.

I used to live in NH and over there the gas is 2.45 per gallon now. I know CA taxes about 30 cents more so the price should be 2.80 per gallon and not $4.2. The reason is that they say one refinery caught fire!! and the other one has yearly maintenance shutdown!!!! and there is a strike in the...

Do you mean the bid/ask spread by spread? If yes, it means that the options are not very liquid but lets say the stock is at $110 and the call option for $100 strike is at $9/$11. I believe if you put an order to sell your options at $10.05, it should go through right away.

If you mean when the stock is available in your account when you have an ITM option , the answer is on Sunday afternoon or Saturday night on expiry day and you can sell it on Monday anytime (after 4AM ET for most stocks or 9:30 at regular trading hours). For ITM option which is at least 5 cents...

Do you want to exercise your ITM call before its expiry date? Why? You can just sell the option. Most probably the profit will be higher. If you do that you are also paying double commission. Buying ITM option in a very large volume and then exercising it is a trick that big guys might do it to...

I know my suggestion was funny but I play to call my congressman and complain. At least she knows some people are complaining. Not that she might care.

Q result is due tomorrow before market opens. I expect the stock to drop 2%.

Gas prices are between $3.9 to $4.7 in California. There should be a criminal investigation on that.

It might be a good idea to coat your portfolio with a thin layer of GLD. My strategy is to sell naked PUT 102 for 2 weeks from now.