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January 17, 2011, 1:13 am, 811062
A post in the Options forum gives an educational summary of Chapter 5 on naked call writing from McMillan's Options As A Strategic Investment:

Chapter 5: Naked Call Writing

OTM calls are less risky because you are more likely to collect your premium and they have a lower delta, however, the premium you collect ...


January 17, 2011, 1:13 am, 811065

Marvin Rounick, President and CEO of Deb Shops (DEBS) -- or Scrooge McDuck, as he likes to refer to himself on conference calls -- has shockingly announced a $6 special dividend.  When you're sitting on $175 M in the bank and have only very modest expansion plans to invest the ...


January 17, 2011, 1:13 am, 811064

While it is certainly no secret that Microsoft (MSFT) has "borrowed" a few design ideas here and there from Apple (AAPL), I'm don't think that telling the media this is the greatest idea:

The Xbox is intentionally designed to look like an Apple product, J. Allard, founding member of the ...


January 17, 2011, 1:13 am, 811063

If you had any lingering doubts, cast them aside:

It feels as if Playboy's Playmate of the Month for May is speaking for the entire country.

Fort Lauderdale native Jamie Westenhiser, 23, told the magazine recently that she is ditching her modeling career to take up real estate investing.

In the magazine's ...


January 17, 2011, 1:13 am, 811061
Anumati.com is excited to announce that the ability to generate reports that compare several companies together has just been added to the site!  To use this feature, first click the "Compare" link that is located just above the data table on any of the report pages.  This will open ...


January 17, 2011, 1:13 am, 811060
A new report has been added to Anumati.com: the Income Statement Analysis report.  This report provides an abbreviated income statement, but also inserts useful growth and margin calculations in appropriate places.  Feel free to post any feedback or suggestions regarding this new report on the forums.


January 17, 2011, 1:13 am, 811057

A very useful metric that Anumati.com calculates for every quarter and year is the Altman Z-Score.  This is a somewhat complicated financial metric that was created by Professor Edward Altman, and its purpose is to serve as a bankruptcy predictor.  Is it perfect?  No.  That said, companies which file for bankruptcy rarely score well on ...


January 17, 2011, 1:13 am, 811059
Well, back in a way.  Blodget has just launched his own blog, Internet Outsider

Here's the money quote: "My career followed the trajectory of many early Internet companies (i.e., a parabola)."

For those readers that were asleep during the late 90s, here's some background info on who Mr. Blodget ...


January 17, 2011, 1:13 am, 811058
Courtesy of Dilbert.com:



January 17, 2011, 1:13 am, 811053
Two new features have been introduced: news and transcripts.  The news that is currently being syndicated is from SeekingAlpha.com, but we may expand this in the future.  The transcripts are mostly taken from quarterly conference calls, although there are some available from investor presentations.  They often offer a wealth of information and a level of ...