iBankCoin
18 years in Wall Street, left after finding out it was all horseshit. Founder/ Master and Commander: iBankCoin, finance news and commentary from the future.
Joined Nov 10, 2007
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Open Thread

I will be busy until mid-afternoon, but will be checking in throughout the morning. Have at it and try to avoid stepping into egregious murderholes.

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77 comments

  1. alf44

    GLTY … Sir Fly !

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    • alf44

      How does wishing the guy “Good Luck” … get a thumbs down ?

      Too funny !

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  2. Prospectus

    Used to be that airplanes from JFK would land in the Hudson. Now the Hudson is going to fly through the air and land on JFK.

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  3. logicalthought

    >>I will be busy until mid-afternoon…<<

    Colonoscopy? (no homo)

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  4. j

    Been thinking about the Uncle Ben speech. Whatever he says in terms of actions or lack of is not as important as the way he frames the economic backdrop.

    If he turned around and said they were going to be vigilant about the economy but the Fed didn’t think the economy needed any further stimulus just yet, the market could accept that reasonably well. In fact that could even be better than saying something… like the economy is really very weak, we can’t see any light at the end of tunnel and we have to act to try and save it.

    ——

    Meanwhile Europe is cratering again because Greece looks like shit.

    The best bet for Europe is to throw Greece out of the union, perhaps Portugal too and then ring fence the rest through a closer fiscal union.

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  5. JTU

    Sino-Forest stockholders are super-fucked today!

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    • Green Machine

      So are RY holders…like me!

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      • drummerboy

        thats funny cause lumber is moving,has been for a few days now

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        • JakeGint

          Maybe their lumber is coming from Madagascar?

          Time to start stockpiling ammo, gents.

          _____________

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          • drummerboy

            gots my wrist rocket with 1/4 inch ball bearings.

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          • Yogi & Boo Boo

            Jake, That is the most bizarre article I have read in a long, long time. I had to double check that I wasn’t reading one of the Alien Abduction rags.

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          • drummerboy

            way too expensive

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          • drummerboy

            so jake,that very last paragraph was completely uncalled for. wsj sucks for that paragraph. so tell me,since i have been collecting snare drums that dont have serial #’s and have some vintage fender electrics, that they will start coming for me. this truly is nazi.no more, no less

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          • Yogi & Boo Boo

            @Drummerboy, I agree that the last graph was a completely uncalled for cheap shot. I also “collect” (if you can even call it that) vintage guitars and mandolins. There is no way any of them will ever leave the country after reading that article. It’s total malarkey. How do I know the origin of wood in an instrument made 50 or more years ago.

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    • drummerboy

      sounds like a james altucher story in the making. aside from talking to hookers and crack addicts @ 3:00am in nyc

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  6. SteveTheNeighbor
    SteveTheNeighbor

    I will watch your house while you are gone Neighbor Fly. The police are warning us Block Captains about looting and general mayhem. I will keep a close eye on your other neighbor, Old Man DeLuca. I know he has been eyeing your new solar lights, the blue radio in your garage, and your pasta maker. I invited your illegal Mexican gardeners over for a Hurricane party. Mrs.Steve has outdone herself with a nice brisket, homemade gefilte fish, and some matzoh ball soup. The illegals are bringing the tacos and tequila which will go with the Manischewitz wine.
    Stay safe and I will be up on the roof watching The Fly Homestead.

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  7. Testicules

    and what if the Beard just says : we will monitor the situation and evaluate week to week or month to month or “no specified time frame at all”?

    we will get more of this “chase the cheese” binge and purge

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  8. Bullish

    Get in the HOLE!

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  9. Trading_Nymph

    Random Thought, I wonder if the market ends up with very little movement in either direction at the end of the day? Bet a lot of Option Traders are going to try and play the wide swings on the Clams Speech..and would be a great trade if they all go down in flames…fwiw as we wait for speech

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  10. HalfBloodPope

    What time(EST) is the Bearded Clam’s eulogy?

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  11. Chango

    100 point drop in the Dow in 2 min. What’s up?

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  12. Trading_Nymph

    Oh, I am busy too…Hitting the Clam over his head with his Spine. Told you.

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  13. checklist

    No action…

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  14. Quint

    Big Wedgie formations everywhere in indicies and major stocks like AAPL, SINA, GOOG.

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  15. j

    That’s it. The economy isn’t serious enough to warrant any Fed action as yet, he suggests.

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    • Mike

      fucking pussy!!! now we got to sit here and eat shit until NEXT fucking month!!!

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      • j

        No it’s not. He says they will act and have other tools at their disposal if the economy turn further south, but they are expecting it to strengthen.

        Telegraphing intentions like this is extremely important as in some ways it performs the same function.

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  16. the man

    Ben pulls a Seinfeld, a show about nothing

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  17. Futures

    Well my prediction of an intraday range of 1199-1050 onn the SP cash was close 🙂

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  18. Dracula

    Fly , kind sir , do you have alucard’s
    email so that I can message him a huge thank you for his ERY .

    Made my year !!!!

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  19. Futures

    Futures takes a shwing and predicts we close up a couple hundy

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  20. Mike

    nerver mind JHole..WNR is SOLID!!

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  21. Barf

    SHE’S GONE FROM SUCK TO BLOW

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    • GoodAsGold

      Congrats Mang!!

      I have actually been looking to initiate a position in this sector. I feel like Uranium in 2011 is like Gold/Silver was in 2000.

      Any thoughts on DNN?

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      • go2mars

        I generally just stick with the Juniors. DNN is fine as a play on uranium price. Solid company. I’ve owned it in the past successfully, but it’s not as volatile or risky as I prefer. Go for it. I’ll let you know which micro-cap uranium I’m building a position in by the middle of next week.

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  22. drummerboy

    ben is gonna throw 50 k at everyone, says fuck the bankers,time to give some to the peeps,they will stimulate the economy. starbucks and mickey D’s for all

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  23. Inebriated

    Big Ben “stopped short” of signaling any further action………

    Reminds me of a funny clip on Seinfeld about stopping short.

    http://youtu.be/lxGRE2wpjsY

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  24. Prospectus

    WNR
    GSVC
    INDEUD

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  25. Richard Inya

    Jax Reemin’ology

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  26. alf44

    Seriously considering adding to my SHORT here !

    Very tempting indeed !

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  27. IRENE

    If I come to New York City cause major damage, put Wall Street under water and cost 100 billion – wouldn’t the market sell off?

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  28. drummerboy

    @ alf,you see a shit monday commin down?

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    • alf44

      … don’t really know about Monday … I’m just concerned with right now !

      And … what I see RIGHT NOW … is the S&P unable (so far at least) to get thru the 1180ish area !

      Which is where I added to my SHORT !

      I’m just trying to manage my position here and felt the 1180 area was a good place to take on some more SHORT exposure based on what I see on the charts !

      We shall see how it works out !

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  29. Largebill

    Fly,

    You started a position in MTG yesterday. It is up 9% today on no news. Do they have something going on or is it just recovering from being oversold?

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  30. Raise taxes, Cut spending
    Raise taxes, Cut spending

    Anyone know anything about Deswell Industries. A guy in the Globe and Mail is saying they should go up to $11.00.

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