Financial Services

Dec 29 2009

Buying VALU - Value Line, Inc.

Why Are We Buying Value Line?

Value Line is a fundamentally sound company that has taken a beating due to the recent stress on the financial sector. Since Value Line is a service provider it carries no inventory. It has no debt on its books and is currently priced at attractive levels compared to its past performance...

Shorting GS - Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Goldman - We Don't Want Your Money!

So Goldman recently decided to return all of its government TARP funds. Why, you ask? Maybe because they saw the taxpayer pressure on AIG to return its bonus money. No more thousand dollar shower curtains, corporate jets, and private island vacations. Goldman doesn't want to lose all that just yet. Their problem is, taxpayers are watching them not solely because of their money tied up in government funds, but because of their money tied up in commercial real estate and other assets. Things are going to get significantly worse before they get better...

Buying QID - UltraShort QQQ ProShares (ETF)

Why Are we Buying QID?

UltraShort QQQ ProShares (an ETF) (QID) seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, which correspond to the inverse of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 index. The fund normally invests 80% of assets to financial instruments with economic characteristics that should be inverse to those of the index...