Re. Goldman Sachs. Why would anyone want this stock. They make a lot of money, pay themselve huge bonus, pay no dividends and keep the stockholders share to make more money for themselves.

GS also earns 20 dollars a share. Who wouldn't want to own them?

Jim Rogers, in his latest comments, said he would short Goldman Sachs.

With AT&T OR former name SBC taking over the other BELL BELLSOUTH should the stock rise severly high this year since AT&T had positive 1/4.Look at the stock of the once dying Sprint at one time before there merger with altel it was at 3.0 per share.So how will this new take over of bell south or merg with largest wirless and lan line providers make the tck climb p or flat?

Re: GS They earn $20/share and are only trading at $200. For those who can't do math that's only 10X earnings. The average for S&P; about 15X. So if GS hit average, they would be a $300 stock. That's not super likely since GS doesn't have huge growth prospects. However, everyone knows it takes money to make money and GS has a hell of a lot of money.

Aw c'mon Jimmy --- LVLT?!!!!!
Staggering under a debt load (D/A=11.7).
Have you forgotten all that preaching about avoiding debt ridden companies?
Looks like a good short to me.
Load up on puts!

LVLT?!!!!
Aw, c'mon Jimmy! D/A=11.7 -- staggering under a debt load! Have you forgotten all your preaching about avoiding debt ridden companies?
Looks like a good short to me.
Buy puts!

In spite of Boeing's enormous competitive advantages, it's stock price inches up, devoid of any forward momentum and with little evidence that the market has confidence that this time Boeing will not fumble the ball again. Having had the field to itself after Lockeed bowed out of the commercial aeroframe business and McDonald Douglas joined the fold, Boeing let an unbelievable opportunity slip through its grasp. They allowed a multi-national upstart made up of partners who did not speak the same language, share the same business culture, or even feel kindly toward one another to not only launch a competitive line of airliners but beat them at their own game in fairly short order by becoming the leading producer of wide-bodies. Other faux pas followed, including the embarassing behavior of their lovelorn CEO (Stoncipher)and several ethical lapses that cost them dearly in recent years. Is it possible, in light of Airbus's strategic and administrative blunders, for Boeing to squander their lead and allow Airbus to turn the tables on them again? I'd say "no, not this time," but that's what I said two decades ago when I heard that a consortium of European companies had the audacity to try and challenge almighty Boeing.

Gentlemen, I just spent the past half hour blogging on the comparatively sluggish share price increase of Boeing in light of the enormous good fortune bestowed on it by Airbus's strategic blunder. I then clicked on "Add Your Comments" and the entire window of my commentary just disappeared. I hope a glitch in your system didn't cause us to lose the painstakingly written text. Let us see if this goes through.

Gentlemen, I just spent the past half hour blogging on the comparatively sluggish share price increase of Boeing in light of the enormous good fortune bestowed on it by Airbus's strategic blunder. I then clicked on "Add Your Comments" and the entire window of my commentary just disappeared. I hope a glitch in your system didn't cause us to lose the painstakingly written text. Let us see if this goes through.

Gentlemen, I just spent the past half hour blogging on the comparatively sluggish share price increase of Boeing in light of the enormous good fortune bestowed on it by Airbus's strategic blunder. I then clicked on "Add Your Comments" and the entire window of my commentary just disappeared. I hope a glitch in your system didn't cause us to lose the painstakingly written text. Let us see if this goes through.

Gentlemen, I just spent the past half hour blogging on the comparatively sluggish share price increase of Boeing in light of the enormous good fortune bestowed on it by Airbus's strategic blunder. I then clicked on "Add Your Comments" and the entire window of my commentary just disappeared. I hope a glitch in your system didn't cause us to lose the painstakingly written text. Let us see if this goes through.

The only blog meant to be posted is number 10, the other four entries over my name, blog numbers 8, 9, 11 and 12 should be deleted. My apologies for inadvertently allowing these to slip through. Thanks.

I like HAL, though we will have to ride it down in the short term if it misses number. Then expect a rebound and after the spinoff is complete it will go much higher as it will have 3.3 billion in cash, which is over 10% of its market cap. I follow Cramer closely at www.cramersez.com or www.thestreet.com.