<p>I don’t know.</p>
<p>That would be an awful lot of work.</p>
<p>Here is where my money is going…</p>
<p>[Forget</a> Cyprus, Nobody Is Stealing from Depositors More than Bernanke | Daily Ticker - Yahoo! Finance](<a href=“Forget Cyprus, Nobody Is Stealing from Depositors More than Bernanke”>Forget Cyprus, Nobody Is Stealing from Depositors More than Bernanke)</p>
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<p>I guess if you’re illegally occupying part of a country, it gives you the right to do this.</p>
<p>This may actually work,</p>
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<p>dstark, I have a feeling people on this board benefit from FED not hurt.</p>
<p>An increase in supply would be nice…</p>
<p>[Finally:</a> Supply of Homes for Sale Begins to Rise - Yahoo! Finance](<a href=“http://finance.yahoo.com/news/finally-supply-homes-sale-begins-163617470.html;_ylt=AiivTnmsH0Sz_ZjgzU0ri36iuYdG;_ylu=X3oDMTQ4czFvajdsBG1pdANDTkJDIFRvcCBTdG9yaWVzBHBrZwNhNGVmY2YxOC0xZDhhLTNlMDAtYmMwYS1kNDZiYjgyMzg1MzgEcG9zAzMEc2VjA01lZGlhQkxpc3RNaXhlZExQQ0FUZW1wBHZlcgNjNjY4Nzc3MC05MjQ1LTExZTItYWVmZC02NmFjYzIwMmRmM2U-;_ylg=X3oDMTFpNzk0NjhtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3]Finally:”>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/finally-supply-homes-sale-begins-163617470.html;_ylt=AiivTnmsH0Sz_ZjgzU0ri36iuYdG;_ylu=X3oDMTQ4czFvajdsBG1pdANDTkJDIFRvcCBTdG9yaWVzBHBrZwNhNGVmY2YxOC0xZDhhLTNlMDAtYmMwYS1kNDZiYjgyMzg1MzgEcG9zAzMEc2VjA01lZGlhQkxpc3RNaXhlZExQQ0FUZW1wBHZlcgNjNjY4Nzc3MC05MjQ1LTExZTItYWVmZC02NmFjYzIwMmRmM2U-;_ylg=X3oDMTFpNzk0NjhtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3)</p>
<p>There are actually places for sale in my town. I think 5 or 6 which is up from zero. My guess is most will sell very quickly.</p>
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<p>Its a clever article, with a theme I hadn’t thought of. Instead of complaining that low rates transfer from savers to borrowers, it asserts that the transfer is to bank shareholders. That may be the conservative populist key to slapping the fed to some sense.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I hear Peter Schiff the other day assert that banks will fail if rates are normalized. I haven’t been running a lot of numbers on banks, since I stay away from them as investments, but he may be right.</p>
<p>I think Peter Schiff is right on this…</p>
<p>Of course we don’t have normalized rates…</p>
<p>The Fed knows who is benefitting from incredibly low rates and who isn’t. The fed isn’t going to change policy.</p>
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<p>Doct, great link. Anything stand out to you? There were a few things that stood out for me.</p>
<p>So I check an email confirm last night and learn that the AAPL call I sold is for 10 shares only, not 100!! WT heck? I had heard there were new 10 share options for high priced stocks, but did they automatically switch over and only trade 10 share options? Do I have a choice? I feel like a dope for not knowing this, but it is annoying. </p>
<p>When I collected unemployment in NJ suburban NYC very high cost area I was getting something like $420/week which was the max. The max varies ridiculously from state to state not correlated with col.</p>
<p>ok, going back to the Schwab trade input tool, I see they actually do give me a choice. Every option is listed twice, the one with a * next to it states the multiplier is 10. Too bad I didn’t even notice that yesterday, and selected the 10 share option without even noticing. Now… to sell 9 more or to buy back the 1 and sell 1 big one… think I will sell 9 more.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen those 10 share options on my Schwab screen and I don’t want to see them. What was the commission on those 10 share options?</p>
<p>Doct, what ever happened with the spy div issue at Schwab?</p>
<p>I sold a few of the 445 puts that expire in aapl today. Not the 10 share crap…</p>
<p>[Raskin</a> Says Fed Policy Can?t Fix All Issues for Low-Paid Workers - Bloomberg](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>
<p>“Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin said low borrowing costs, while spurring the economic expansion, can’t create the higher-quality jobs needed by low- and moderate-income workers. The central bank has fueled job growth by keeping the main interest rate near zero since December 2008, Raskin said today in a speech in Washington. Still, the Fed has “little effect on the types of jobs that are created” over the longer term.”</p>
<p>I was a bit curious about this speech so I looked for articles on it. I’m glad the Fed is acknowledging their limits.</p>
<p>Good link.</p>
<p>Open interest in aapl options that expire today is low. </p>
<p>BCEagle91, any thoughts on nke?</p>
<p>I was going to go through their report tonight or tomorrow. They made a lot of operational and marketing changes on the last year and it looks like it had produced results.</p>
<p>I sold 9 more of those mini 10 share AAPL 460 3/28 calls at 5.00</p>
<p>commission on the 1 lot was $9.70 and it looks like commish on the 9 lot was $15.85</p>
<p>The commission on the 1 lot is onerous.</p>
<p>You lose a buck so if a trader sells something for 5… The trade gets 4. Then if the trader covers he loses another buck. If the trader is assigned instead, he loses close to a buck on premium. </p>
<p>This product is awful and a rip off in many cases.</p>
<p>Where is the price break on these 10 share options compared to 100 share options?</p>
<p>I didn’t realize NKE was up so much this morning.</p>
<p>I’m a Nike customer and like their products and also follow what they are doing with tennis marketing. Last Spring, they made a lot of changes in the tennis world. Basically they dumped a lot of sponsored players, even in the top ten. There are now many more smaller clothing players in tennis - brands that I’ve never heard of. It may be that Adidas did the same thing. If you look at the #1 player, Djokovic, he left Sergio Tacchini to go with Uniglo. Anyone ever heard of Uniglo? Actually, many people probably aren’t familiar with Sergio Tacchini either but he’s been big in tennis for many decades.</p>
<p>Nike has Federer and Nadal. Adidas has Murray. Why didn’t Nike or Adidas pick up Djokovic? Djokovic isn’t as personable as Federer and Nadal and doesn’t draw the same fan intensity. I also think that the European problems have caused more problems for Adidas because that’s their home market. So Nike trimmed their tennis marketing dollars which I think was wise - carpet-bombing a sport which brings in a given amount of revenue is smart stuff. I read that they moved more money into golf. At any rate, they were willing to make some fairly large changes last year and they are working out.</p>
<p>I also shop for Nike in discount stores (TJX) and they have been hard to find there. Good bargains have been hard to find in my local Nike Store too. There are past-season discounts but less of the deep discounting that I had found in previous years.</p>
<p>Do I like Nike right now? I’d need to go through the earnings report, conference call and the chart to make that determination. It’s usually not a good idea to buy the flagpole on the earnings report - as it will generally turn into a flag or pennant before continuing a move up.</p>
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yes, that’s why I was soooo annoyed when I saw the confirm and realized I sold 1 mini option on 10 shares! sold 1 at 4.20 and I netted $32.29 after $9.71 commission!!! I got Cyprused!</p>
<p>I wear Asics mostly, not much Nike.</p>
<p>Nike signed Rory McIllroy who may become one of the all time best golfers. Rory is number 1 in the world but right now he is in a tiny slump. He is having less success since he switched to Nike golf clubs. </p>
<p>I don’t like to spend that much money on clothes so I rarely buy Nike. Outlet stores aren’t close enough to just run over and check out the merchandise. </p>
<p>I prefer new balance shoes over Nike . Having said this, the stock is running. Obviously people like Nike. </p>
<p>Interesting report on nike and tennis. I liked reading your post.</p>