InvestJS: March 2008

Monday, March 24, 2008

1000 visits in a March 08

1007 visits for March on March 24, 2008.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Bear Stearns Put Option Profits Update

After JP Morgan (JPM) decided to buy the Bear Sterns (BSC) for $2 on Monday, March 17, 2008, the reported 55,000 put contracts at 30 for $0.15 have increased in value to $25.10. The initial $825,000 would be worth $138,050,000 in less than a week.
Initial Investment = 825000
Intrinsic Value = -5
Premium ,% = 5.15,-103%
Final Option Price = 25.1
Final Investment Value = 138050000
Total Profit = 137225000
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Shares = 5500000
Initial Investment = 165000000
Final Value = 26950000
Profit = 138050000
From Options Profit Analyzer

Friday, March 14, 2008

Bear Stearns Put Option Profits

Apparently, 55,000 contracts at 30 were bought at 0.15 cents per share in the middle of the week. On Friday, March 14, 2008, Bear Sterns (BSC) dropped 26 dollars and the put price at 30 increased to around five dollars per share. The initial $825,000 investment grew to $27.5 million overnight.
Initial Investment = 825000
Intrinsic Value = -25
Premium ,% = 25.15,-100.6%
Final Option Price = 5
Final Investment Value = 27500000
Total Profit = 26675000
From Options Profit Analyzer

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Hybrid Savings Calculator

Hybrid
Savings Calculator
Calculates the
gas money saved by buying a hybrid based on hybrid miles per gallon,
standard miles per gallon, miles driven, and gas price.

For example, a hybrid averaging 40 miles per gallon versus
a standard car with 25 miles per gallon will save $9,300 over
200,000 miles when the price of gas is $3.10.

Hybrid Gallons = 5000

Standard Gallons = 8000

Hybrid Gas Price = 15500

Standard Gas Price = 24800

Savings = 9300

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Google Stock Price Based On Earnings Per Share

After a steep decline in stock value, here's Google's expected price based on EPS of 13.29.

PE of 20 = 265.80
PE of 25 = 332.25
PE of 30 = 398.7
PE of 40 = 531.60

10,000

10,000 reached on March 11th.

Sunday, March 09, 2008

BPOAsia.org

Accounting sevices, Loan processing, Back office services, credit
monitoring, debtors anaysis and follow up can be found at BPOAsia.org.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

Vanguard offers low expense mutual funds and now they provide ETFs with low expense ratios. The Vanguard Small Cap Growth fund has an expense ratio of 0.11%.

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Neff Value Formula Calculator

Neff Value Formula Calculator
Calculates the total return ratio based on earnings growth, dividend yield, and price earnings ratio.

Monday, March 03, 2008

Garmin Short Interest Rising

According to Nasdaq.com, Garmin (GRMN) short interest is 13,483,712 on 2/15/2008. This is significantly higher than the last month. The stock is currently trading in the high 50s with a p/e of 15. The stock should have a good rally if the shorts have to cover.

Sunday, March 02, 2008

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