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re: BP Stocks are falling like a lead balloon

Posted on 6/1/10 at 4:28 pm to
Posted by adono
River Ridge
Member since Sep 2003
7307 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 4:28 pm to
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some things are lost on idiots.


You are, without a question, a dumb-arse.
Now, go look that up!
Posted by TheHiddenFlask
The Welsh red light district
Member since Jul 2008
18384 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 4:52 pm to
I don't dispute the arse part, but if you would like to call me dumb, I suggest that you debunk the notion of my post concerning the efficient flow of capital in free markets.

I recently read a study on the matter, so it is possible. I, however, doubt you will.
Posted by jennBN
Member since Jun 2010
3242 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 5:13 pm to
I am with you...I could possibly hedge my losses of property value with BP shares. I considered buying at $40 but today it went to $36. What do you think the low will be?
Posted by Douglas Quaid
Mars
Member since Mar 2010
4120 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 5:20 pm to
Quotes or GTFO!!!
Posted by jennBN
Member since Jun 2010
3242 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 5:27 pm to
quote:

Quotes or GTFO!!!


take this crap to the OT please
Posted by Tiger JJ
Member since Aug 2010
545 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 5:31 pm to
quote:

BP Stocks are falling like a lead balloon


How many stocks do they have?
Posted by TheHiddenFlask
The Welsh red light district
Member since Jul 2008
18384 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 5:33 pm to
quote:

I am with you...I could possibly hedge my losses of property value with BP shares. I considered buying at $40 but today it went to $36. What do you think the low will be?


I said it at the beginning and I still say it now, but until that well is plugged, BP equity is something I am not touching.

I think that it is at a good value right now, but that doesn't mean I don't think it will go lower. I did, however, close my put positions on the stock today. Ridiculous amounts of profit from buying deep out of the money puts were the easiest money I have made since flipping shares of bear stearns in 2007.

I am thinking about buying into some out of the money calls on BP, but one again, I think holding the equity is playing with fire.
Posted by jennBN
Member since Jun 2010
3242 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 5:41 pm to
I am not good with puts and calls. My husband said I am a bottomfeeder! What do you think of DO and SLB?
Posted by Douglas Quaid
Mars
Member since Mar 2010
4120 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 5:49 pm to
quote:

take this crap to the OT please


Is it not a reasonable request given the thread title?
Posted by TheHiddenFlask
The Welsh red light district
Member since Jul 2008
18384 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 6:03 pm to
Not around a computer, but if you take that to the money talk board, you will probably get some good feedback.
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
41794 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 6:03 pm to
What was the price before this situation?
Posted by TheHiddenFlask
The Welsh red light district
Member since Jul 2008
18384 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 6:34 pm to
About 60 bucks
Posted by Schwaaz
Member since Sep 2009
7375 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 7:27 pm to
quote:

Could soon be a good time to buy


Buy it and add a put for some insurance.
Posted by Kramer26
St. George, LA
Member since Jan 2005
6485 posts
Posted on 6/1/10 at 7:49 pm to
I wouldn't touch that stock until the well is capped.
Posted by JonTheTigerFan
Central, LA
Member since Nov 2003
7059 posts
Posted on 6/2/10 at 9:37 am to
quote:


Bunch of oil related stocks are falling like stones.......Check out NOV @ $36 I absolutely love it this low.




I have Exxon stock through work and it's dropped about $10 a share in the last month and a half. It's not just BP.
Posted by geauxgiacomo
Member since Nov 2007
931 posts
Posted on 6/2/10 at 10:02 am to
I remember thinking Citigroup was a great buy at $28 down from a 52 week high near 50 in '07.

LINK
Posted by Rantavious
Bossier ''get down'' City
Member since Jan 2007
2120 posts
Posted on 6/2/10 at 10:53 am to
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Implied point was the efficiency of capital markets will never allow a protest on equity ownership of a company to have an effect.


I can well understand that there is money to be made from any movement of a stock price...and I can appreciate your position that personal sentiments should not enter into a technical analysis of equity prices. But you are essentially saying that consumer sentiments, moral sensitivities, and deplorabe circumstances have no effect on the price of equitites. Just because you do not have some greek letter that represents personal sentiment and/or external shocks to plug into your calculus doesn't mean that there is no quantifiable effect on stock prices from these factors. Elusive to quantify?, of course. But it is there.

So don't hijack a thread with a drunken and reckless assertion from the grail of academia....take it to the money board where there is more competition for you.
Posted by CharlesLSU
Member since Jan 2007
33258 posts
Posted on 6/2/10 at 11:21 am to
quote:

How many stocks do they have?



smartass
Posted by CharlesLSU
Member since Jan 2007
33258 posts
Posted on 6/2/10 at 11:22 am to
quote:

I wouldn't touch that stock until the well is capped.


this....but, the roulette wheel is spinning from that point.
Posted by alange
Island hoppin
Member since Feb 2009
4820 posts
Posted on 6/2/10 at 11:26 am to
quote:

efficiency of capital markets

you spent too long sucking up that bullshite you heard in CEBA.
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