Could be a lot of people borrowed a lot of shares the minute the r/s was declared, in anticipation of the expected drop in pps that almost always follows an r/s. The unexpected increase in pps so soon after could have created quite a panic.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
After the meeting they will be well heeled with extra shares and all ready arranged investment. They will not be vulnerable then. But now, to a certain few, they could be tempting.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Speaking of Westboro Baptist; they want the protection of the first amendment regarding freedom of religion, but are really pushing the envelope regarding newer laws regarding fighting words such as used by gang members in order to incite a physical response. Matters such as this will probably come before the Supreme Court before long. Freedom of religion does not include the right to force your beliefs onto others, which is what they try to do. The first amendment says laws will not be enacted to establish a national religion, nor will a test be given to anyone running for office regarding their religion. A lot of the rules regarding separation of church & state are doctrine not actually included in the constitution, and are ongoing and are a constant dynamic.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
If they could pull it off before the annual meeting, they would do it regardless of less than 100% ownership, then buy the remainder later. This is the only time to try a takeover, as after the annual meeting, there will in all likelihood be a large increase in shares, making it much more difficult. The takeover artist would have to be someone willing to take on the debt, so not just anybody. PEiX is actually a little vulnerable for the next month.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Not that many shares anymore.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Most of the people of Europe owe their identity to invading hordes of Mongols, but they don't brag about it much, nor do they seem that worried about losing some more of that identity. That being said, many of us in America have that same heritage. If your parents are of European descent, so do you.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Dokes, you need work on both tongue in cheek and backhanded.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
They didn't blame bush for the hurricanes. They blamed him for gutting fema, so the preparation for and response to the disaster was woefully inadequate.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
There have been several of those ongoing projects, like the war on drugs, the space program, the interstate freeway system, where generations of the same family worked on the same project. Some of the projects have given a better return on the investment, like the space program and the freeway system, but they all generate a lot of employment and paychecks. The ones like war on terror and war on drugs never really accomplish their goal. They just ring up a few victories and keep a lot of people employed.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
It is standard accounting practice to depreciate certain assets a certain percentage each year. Often times assets will still be operating just fine long after they can be depreciated any further. Many times a business will replace certain assets just because it qualifies them for better subsidies or just so they can start a new depreciation cycle.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
If they sell it, their competition will own it.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
The military is often forbidden to act for a multitude of reasons. During WWII, Roosevelt allowed Corregedor (sp) to fall to the enemy while McArthur was spirited away. Hundreds were taken killed or taken captive. It seemed heartless, but he had the long term to think about. There's always more to a situation than we on the sidelines know.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
There is a smattering of truth to that, Dokes, but the job is what the person makes of it. They have been busy averting the largest financial disaster in history. Doing what has been done in the past wouldn't have done that.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Don't like flying much, but would fly over the Pacific in a 787.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
They are not as redundant as you.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
You might should call it Bernanke's market.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
The r/s itself doesn't make you lose money. You start out with the same value. It's the drop in share price after the r/s that costs you. When people think it has bottomed, anybody's guess, that's when they buy. For the people I don't like that much, the way to make money after an r/s is to short the stock. I always hope they try that once too much.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
And if Citicorp hadn't done the r/s, they would probably no longer exist.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Yes.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
If Obama resigned and a Republican took office, which wouldn't happen because Biden would take office, but if a Republican took office then Democrats would use the word 'scandal in every phrase.
Sentiment: Strong Buy