My cost basis is around $2.30, so I am not exactly enthralled with the stock. Nonetheless, with funding out of the way for 2010 and natural gas prices on the mend, there is a chance little old Flotek Industries, Inc. (FTK: 1.37 -5.52%) can get their act together and offer shareholders a reason to [...]
Here’s the bear case for Vulcan Materials Company (VMC: 45.48 +0.49%) :
The company is a producer of asphalt, concrete and cement in a depressed U.S. construction environment.
Major inputs include diesel fuel and liquid asphalt. Both have soared in recent months.
In addition, the company levered up into a downturn and acquired Florida Rock (think Florida real [...]
Our resident hurricane watcher is hoping “Dolly will suck the pants off America,” via horrendous winds and “ball busting precipitation.”
Inside sources tell me “Dolly” will enter the Gulf of Mexico and punch the mustaches off of many oil rigs.
My personal weatherman says “Dolly is a dumb broad with fake nails and tits, ova here.” He [...]
I just blew out of these positions for an egregious percentage gain.
“The Fly” wins again, even when most people think he is losing badly.
“The Fly” wins again, even when he appears to be losing badly.
Idiocy.
CapitalSource prices its offering of 30.0 mln common shares at $11.00/share
On the matter of idiocy, (CSE: 5.89 +0.68%) is trying to close on a deal to buy Fremont General in bankruptcy. Who is Fremont General, you ask? An egregious underwriter of mortgages in the God forsaken state of California. So, after the stock knifes lower [...]
