it is not the cpi one has to worry about it is the fed meeting on the 24th,,,all the points you mentioned are valid but witn everything that you mentioned it will still one day have to justify their market cap and that is not speculation that is fact !!! if it does one day than it will be considered an investment if it does not like the state in which the stock is now than it is a gamble,,another thing is all the hypothecticals you have listed can be used on alot of companies that have 1/100 th of the market cap ebay does,,i definately would not pay 98 dollars a share for a gamble i ,,remember the lower you pay for the stock the less risk you are taking,,imo i would take this gamble at 50 $ a share,,alot riding on cpi,,and the ppi wasn't as begnin as the head line #looks under more scrutinity the intermediade #s show a spike,,,plus following the big increase we had in the retail sales report we had two weeks ago i am not expecting any surprises,,if their is strength on monday i would sell into it and take a profit,,any price above 90 is a good price to sell imo because remember that this is options friday adn the mm will try to keep the price around the 85 to 90 range as that is were the most intrest is.aimho good trading, radames |