Thursday, August 27, 2009

PCP

It looks like PCP will get a pop up today because of the Boeing news. I think it is going to fly through the stop price.

Of course, the news from Boeing, we have heard before. They announce that the first flight of the 787 is scheduled for such and such a date, then they have to push it forward again. I am glad I didn't get in yesterday. Will re-evaluate to see if a short trade is still good on it.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Possible Shorts

Looking at PCP and BNI for shorting opportunities. These stocks hit resistance areas and are looking to reverse.
PCP
Current Price $86.75
Stop $88.76
Target $81.00

BNI
Current Price $83.32
Stop $84.91
Target $79.00

Looking for entry today. I will probably use JAN 2010 ATM options.

I will update if I enter any positions.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Cash for Clunkers to end on Monday

Cash for Clunkers program sold 457,000.

You know what I find amazing. This program cost $3 billion. GM plans to rehire 1300 of its workers back. So what does that equal; $2.3 million for each job saved. How about that for $3 billion well spent. So, for the government to save 10 million jobs we need to spend $23,000,000,000,000. Yes that is 23 trillion!!! Brilliant.

Also I find it amazing that we have taken people with no car payments and now have provided them with a $25,000 debt plus higher insurance costs. Isn't that wonderful.

To go with my previous post: "If you cannot enslave an individual by virtue of his own debts then enslave the entire population by casting their government into debt." This fills both sides of that quote.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Anonymous Quote

"If you cannot enslave an individual by virtue of his own debts then enslave the entire population by casting their government into debt."

Trading Update QID

I am still holding my position in QID that a purchased a few weeks ago. I am looking for a $33 target to sell.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

SRS Class Action Lawsuit filed 08/05/2009

This is an ETF that I trade regularly. It looks like we things are going to get ugly.

Labaton Sucharow LLP Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Proshares’ Ultrashort Real Estate Proshares Fund (SRS)

Labaton Sucharow LLP filed a class action lawsuit on August 5, 2009 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired shares in the UltraShort Real Estate ProShares fund (the “SRS Fund”), an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) offered by ProShares Trust (“ProShares”), pursuant or traceable to ProShares’ false and misleading Registration Statement, Prospectuses, and Statements of Additional Information (collectively, the “Registration Statement”) issued in connection with the SRS Fund’s shares (the “Class”). The Class is seeking to pursue remedies under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).

If you bought shares in the SRS Fund pursuant to the Registration Statement and would like to consider serving as lead plaintiff or have any questions about the lawsuit, please contact Stefanie J. Sundel, Esq. of Labaton Sucharow, at 800-321-0476 or (212) 907-0700, or via email at ssundel@labaton.com. Lead Plaintiff motion papers must be filed with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York no later than October 5, 2009. A Lead Plaintiff is a court-appointed representative for absent class members. You do not need to seek appointment as Lead Plaintiff to share in any class recovery in this action. If you are a class member and there is a recovery for the class, you can share in that recovery as an absent class member. You may retain counsel of your choice to represent you in this action.

If you are a member of this class you can view a copy of the complaint and join this class action online at http://www.labaton.com/en/cases/Newly-Filed-Cases.cfm

The complaint names ProShares; ProShare Advisors LLC, SEI Investments Distribution Co., Michael L. Sapir, Louis M. Mayberg, Russell S. Reynolds, III, Michael Wachs, and Simon D. Collier, as defendants (collectively, “Defendants”). ProShares sells its Ultra and UltraShort ETFs as “simple” directional plays. As marketed by ProShares, Ultra ETFs are designed to go up when markets go up; UltraShort ETFs are designed to go up when markets go down. The SRS Fund is one of ProShares’ UltraShort ETFs. The SRS Fund seeks investment results that correspond to twice the inverse (–200%) daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index (“DJREI”), which measures the performance of the real estate sector of the U.S. equity market. Accordingly, the SRS Fund is supposed to deliver double the inverse return of the DJREI, which fell approximately 39.2 percent from January 2, 2008 through December 17, 2008, ostensibly creating a profit for investors who anticipated a decline in the U.S. real estate market. In other words, the SRS Fund should have appreciated by 78.4 percent during this period. However, the SRS Fund actually fell approximately 48.2 percent during this period—the antithesis of a directional play.

The complaint alleges the Defendants violated the Securities Act by failing to disclose that the SRS Fund is altogether defective as a directional investment play. Defendants failed to disclose the following risks in the Registration Statement: (1) inverse correlation between the SRS Fund and the DJREI over time would only happen in the rarest of circumstances, and inadvertently if at all; (2) the extent to which performance of the SRS Fund would inevitably diverge from the performance of the DJREI—i.e., the probability, if not certainty, of spectacular tracking error; (3) the severe consequences of high market volatility on the SRS Fund’s investment objective and performance; (4) the severe consequences of inherent path dependency in periods of high market volatility on the SRS Fund’s performance; (5) the role the SRS Fund plays in increasing market volatility, particularly in the last hour of trading; (6) the consequences of the SRS Fund’s daily hedge adjustment always going in the same direction as the movement of the underlying index, notwithstanding that it is an inverse leveraged ETF; (7) the SRS Fund causes dislocations in the stock market; (8) the SRS Fund offers a seemingly straightforward way to obtain desired exposure, but such exposure is not attainable through the SRS Fund.

Plaintiff is represented by the law firm Labaton Sucharow LLP. Labaton Sucharow is one of the country’s premier national law firms that represent institutional and individual investors in class action, complex securities and corporate governance litigation. The firm has been a champion of investor rights for over 40 years and has been recognized for its reputation for excellence by the courts. More information about Labaton Sucharow is available at www.labaton.com.