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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 09:44 AM Original message |
This is a bankruptcy bet on General Electric by the third week of June. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. What is 'The Bezzle'? |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. John Kenneth Galbraith came up with an ingenious concept he called 'the bezzle.' |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. Thanks |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Is there any site to go to for a plain english translation? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. It's bullshit scare tactics...ignore it |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. is GE going to be the next to blackmail us for some bailout? |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. The idea of helping a war mongering company that controls our news, views, and fills the world and |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Thank you |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. 5.2 million shares is only 0.05% of GE's outstanding # of shares |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I bought some last week |
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tibbiit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. me too |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. so your concence in clear then? |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Defense Contracting Fraud- Thanks for supporting GE |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. I'm paper trading the options. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. me too! nt |
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marketcrazy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. the cost of credit default swaps on GE |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. It's no different than charging a legitimate homebuyer double the going rate |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. Good. Maybe they will have to divest themselves from their MEdia outlets |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. That would be one of the last places they give up |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. Aren't they one of the corporations that doesn't pay taxes...most of the time? |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. They've paid income taxes each of the last 3 years |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thanks. I've always growled when I heard GE didn't pay...thanks for the update. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Maybe you should actually read their public filings |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Facts are generally a buzzkill when the lynch mob gets mobilized |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. GE has a lengthy record of criminal, civil, political and ethical transgressions, some of them shock |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Therefore, you think they'll be bankrupt by the third week in June?? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
14. This is the most ignorant article to appear in a long time |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. How about dumping the stock because they GE is a war machine? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Investors don't give a shit about that |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I'm speaking to YOU |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. when did I say I owned GE? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
18. Irresponsible pump and dump strategy...author is playing people for fools |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Just like Cramer did. More of the same. |
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marketcrazy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. you missed the whole point of the peice Dreamer Tatum, |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Thanks |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. I can show you open interest in ANY option chain that would raise flags |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
19. Bookmarking for revisting the 3rd week of June... |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Either behavior changes RIGHT NOW or the outcome will become inevitable. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Well, we'll see in about 12 weeks, won't we...nt |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. Cashing in on Crime |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. 20-reign of General Electric's CEO has been a golden era for shareholders |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. Now those options are worth .08 cents each. |
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marketcrazy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. with the proper hedge |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. She will also reduce potential gains. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
39. Couldn't happen to a nicer company. |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. GE's biggest asset has turned into a liability that puts the future of the entire company at risk. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
44. Uhh...they go in the money at $2.45, not $2.20 |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. Kick for the night crew...nt |
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