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Strategies & Market Trends : Three Amigos Stock Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Sergio H who wrote (8080)8/25/1998 8:12:00 PM
From: Sal D  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 29382
 
Sergio, your getting your Jose and Joes confused but that's OK it was bound to happen. The straddle although it limits the upside potential on a big turn around it turned a loser into a small gainer. I am learning.
Joe



To: Sergio H who wrote (8080)8/25/1998 8:17:00 PM
From: Patric  Respond to of 29382
 
MF Pure World article link, for those interested:

fool.com

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To: Sergio H who wrote (8080)8/25/1998 9:55:00 PM
From: Ken W  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 29382
 
Sergio,

Fully realizing that you are by far more versed than I regarding Puts and Calls, I would like to ask a question...If I sell Puts on a stock and someone obviously buys them and they elect to execute the put, does that not mean that I have to buy the stock at the strike price of the Put. Thus, the statement having the stock "put to me" As an
example. I sell 15 dollar put options and the stock drops to 13, I've made the premium, but, the buyer of my put excercises, then I must buy the stock from him at 15?

Naked puts and calls or straddles look to be a very risky business, with the market being so crazy lately. I realize that 85% of all options expire worthless, but it would only have to happen once to hurt you.

Ken



To: Sergio H who wrote (8080)8/25/1998 11:02:00 PM
From: JoeinIowa  Respond to of 29382
 
Sergio, PURW

Its not so much that I write for the Motley Fool as that they write about my stocks. Believe me thats not such a good thing. HAHAHA.

Jose



To: Sergio H who wrote (8080)8/26/1998 3:52:00 PM
From: James Strauss  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 29382
 
CAND... A Sweet Buy...

Candies has come through with a great
earnings report... I've been adding to my position in
this irrational discounting market..

Candie's, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(000's omitted, except per share data)

Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
July 31 July 31
1998 1997 1998 1997

Net revenues $ 41,477 $ 29,726 $ 67,170 $ 46,587
Cost of goods sold 29,561 23,088 47,856 34,862

Gross profit 11,917 6,638 19,315 11,725

Operating expenses 6,183 4,265 11,551 7,681

Operating income 5,734 2,373 7,764 4,044

Other expenses:
Interest expense -- net 223 254 497 528
Other -- 30 -- 98

223 284 497 626

Income before
income taxes 5,511 2,090 7,267 3,418

Provision (benefit) for
income taxes 2,150 (105) (a) 2,850 400 (a)

Net Income $ 3,361 $ 2,195 $ 4,417 $ 3,018

Net income per share (b)
- Basic $ 0.24 $ 0.20 $ 0.32 $ 0.29
- Diluted $ 0.21 $ 0.17 $ 0.27 $ 0.23

Weighted average #
of common shares
- Basic 14,174 11,153 13,920 10,564
- Diluted 16,363 13,150 16,191 12,845

(a) Includes recognition of $900,000 in 1997, resulting from a
reduction in the valuation allowance of net deferred tax assets.

(b) Earnings per share data and the weighted average shares for the
prior year periods have been restated to reflect the Company's
adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128
"Earnings Per Share."

7/31/98 1/31/98
Selected Balance Sheet data (Recast) (c)

Current Assets $ 58,307 $ 39,992

Current Liabilities $ 28,504 $ 22,723

Stockholders' equity $ 37,604 $ 24,681

Working Capital $ 29,802 $ 17,268

Current Ratio 2.05:1 1.76:1

(c) Recast on a Pro-Forma basis to conform with the current year's
presentation.

SOURCE: Candie's, Inc.

Jim