Friday, July 18, 2008

田舎のファーマーズ・マーケット/Market Manipulation ahead of AAPL ER

近所に大きなファマーズ・マーケットがある。
兎に角安い。大きな水瓜が2つで5ドル。







燃料費激高の昨今、Locavoreという新語が少し流行っている。その土地の産物を食べるという意味。運搬に使われる燃料の事を考ると、近隣で採れる野菜や果物を食べる事は緑化に貢献するということ。この辺は、隣町がアメリカ一の苺産地、車で20分くらいの行けば、トマトの大産地。隣の州は桃で有名なジョージア。また、見逃せないバーゲンは、今日中に売らなければいけない物や、少し形の悪いもの(スーパーで売れない)が非常に安い。エスニックな物、例えば20世紀もある(ただし、鳥取産ではない)。フロリダ産のキーライムは、すだちによく似ている(それほど、香りが高くないが)、安いので愛用している。

Market Manipulation ahead of AAPL ER

On Friday, Market Maker managed to take down AAPL to $165 strike price just few minutes before the closing (option expiry). Bears are betting that AAPL will have a bad ER like GOOG and MSFT with the usual rediculously low guidance. I found a very interesting article written by Zack Bass. Now...I do not agree with everything he says, but what was happening on Friday was just unbelivable.

The link is here.

This is what happens when SEC is clearly on big boys' side. Now naked shorting is banned on big financials, so they are unwinding their short positionss on financials and use that funds to naked short other stocks. Many people are angry at the recent SEC's action. This open letter to Cox is worth reading. Ahead of the ER, a FUD came out of Germany today. This reporter was conveniently told by an Apple manager that next shipment of the iPhones will not be until October (implication: the current quarter will suck, and AAPL may not meet the target of 10 million unit).

Here's funny video about the market.
Link - here.

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