Comments on: Last Movies of the Year http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3588 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 21:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3588&cpage=1#comment-19705 girldetective Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:37:22 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3588#comment-19705 Thalia, here's what I do get: Ackroyd and Murphy use Coleman and Ophelia's money to buy FCOJ shares before they go in. The buyer for the Dukes tries to corner the market, so others take his cue, buying like crazy and driving the price up. Once the price is suitably high, Lewis and Billy Ray sell the shares. The forecast comes out that there will be plenty of available FCOJ, so then everyone else tries to sell like crazy except for Lewis and Billy Ray, who wait till the price drops and then buy a whole bunch. Isn't this the reverse of the usual advice to buy low and sell high? How do they make money if they sold high and then bought low? If they're buying and selling shares, than aren't they left with a lot of low-price stock at the end for a product that's going to be in good supply, so how does that make them rich? Do they wait for the invisible hand of the market to equilibrate, then sell their bought-low stocks at a higher price? If they're buying options, I'm going to have to have that explained, because as many times as someone has explained options to me, I still don't get it, or at least, don't retain it. Like the Electoral College, it makes no sense to my brain, which bounces it out. Thalia, here’s what I do get: Ackroyd and Murphy use Coleman and Ophelia’s money to buy FCOJ shares before they go in. The buyer for the Dukes tries to corner the market, so others take his cue, buying like crazy and driving the price up. Once the price is suitably high, Lewis and Billy Ray sell the shares. The forecast comes out that there will be plenty of available FCOJ, so then everyone else tries to sell like crazy except for Lewis and Billy Ray, who wait till the price drops and then buy a whole bunch. Isn’t this the reverse of the usual advice to buy low and sell high? How do they make money if they sold high and then bought low?

If they’re buying and selling shares, than aren’t they left with a lot of low-price stock at the end for a product that’s going to be in good supply, so how does that make them rich? Do they wait for the invisible hand of the market to equilibrate, then sell their bought-low stocks at a higher price?

If they’re buying options, I’m going to have to have that explained, because as many times as someone has explained options to me, I still don’t get it, or at least, don’t retain it. Like the Electoral College, it makes no sense to my brain, which bounces it out.

]]> By: thalia http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3588&cpage=1#comment-19702 thalia Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:10:59 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3588#comment-19702 which bit about the ending don't you get? I'm happy to have a go at explaining. which bit about the ending don’t you get? I’m happy to have a go at explaining.

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