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January 11, 2010, 7:13 pm, 628893
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 11, 2010, 7:13 pm, 628895

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 11, 2010, 7:13 pm, 628896

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 11, 2010, 7:13 pm, 628894

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 11, 2010, 7:13 pm, 628886
Over the past couple of weeks we have quietly launched three new features.  All 3 are continuing to be developed, but we like to release new features as early as possible so that they can be improved from your feedback.

20 Questions
The 20 Questions game works much as you expect it to.  Think of ...


January 11, 2010, 7:13 pm, 628887
A minor addition has been made to the company comparison feature at Anumati.com.  When you create a comparison report, the header of each column now links to the relevant report for that specific company.  So, if you are comparing the last annual income statements for a group of companies, you can now click on the ...


January 11, 2010, 7:13 pm, 628885
The 20 Questions game has just been updated.  Dramatic improvements have been made to both speed (how long it takes to think of a good question to ask) and performance (how good it is at guessing the company you are thinking of).  It's still learning about more and more companies, but the program is ...


January 11, 2010, 7:13 pm, 628882
An interesting fact that we've made note of is that a surprisingly large percentage (50%+) of Anumati's visitors are using Firefox.  As a result, we thought that it would be a good idea to make use of some of Firefox's new-fangled technology to make researching stocks on the internet easier.  More specifically, we created ...


January 11, 2010, 7:13 pm, 628883
If you are a registered user of this site, the news that is displayed on the front page has been personalized to reflect your interests.  Put simply, the articles on the front page have been chosen based on the stocks that you have researched here or read news articles about in the past.  ...


January 11, 2010, 7:13 pm, 628884
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 ...