Agências de viagens acusam Bruxelas de ceder a lobby das companhias aéreas

[sherek_JNEG]

a unica noticia recente que saiu á cerca da Sirius é a que o CORVO47, mencionou.

Por isso vamos esperar para ver.
Mas que a abertura pareçe RUIM, ai isso pareçe.
A minha ordem já lá está.
PURA ESPECULAÇÃO.
Se der para o bem, OK, se não der, cara alegre.

Abraços

Já agora podemos saber a que valores pretendes fazeres compras,visto que já tens lá a orden...

[rasteiro]

a unica noticia recente que saiu á cerca da Sirius é a que o CORVO47, mencionou.

Por isso vamos esperar para ver.
Mas que a abertura pareçe RUIM, ai isso pareçe.
A minha ordem já lá está.
PURA ESPECULAÇÃO.
Se der para o bem, OK, se não der, cara alegre.

Abraços

[sherek_JNEG]

Encontrei esta noticia agora a ser verdade lá se vai mais uns $$$ pró ganheiro...

http://info.abril.com.br/aberto/infonew ... 2009-3.shl




Sirius XM Radio anunciará bancarrota
Associated Press
Quarta-feira, 11 de fevereiro de 2009 - 09h23

Falência
Rádio online
Mercado NOVA YORK - A Sirius XM Radio contratou consultores para prepararem um documento de falência.


O New York Times publicou na terça-feira (10/02) que segundo pessoas familiares ao assunto os trâmites para a oficialização da bancarrota estão quase concluídos e um anúncio deve ser feito em poucos dias.

A companhia vem enfrentando dificuldades para refinanciar uma dívida de 1 bilhão de dólares que caducará em 2009.


A confirmação da falência pode complicar a situação de Charlie Ergen, CEO da Dish Network que recentemente comprou ações da Sirius que envolvem uma dívida de 300 milhões de dólares e vence na próxima semana.

[sherek_JNEG]

Neste momento, está o autentico casino, como eu estava á espera.
Pode ser a SIRI a pedir falênçia, pode ser o Charles Ergen a ficar com apenas a divida e pedir falençia da SIRI, pode ser uma pressão para Charles Ergen efectuar uma OPA, pode aparecer outro interessado a querer comprar devido ao satelites que a SIRI tem.

Estamos no reino das hipoteses e da incerteza! ou vai ou racha...

Continuo com a minha posição pequena!

Neste momento a melhor oferta está a 0,05$ mas já esteve a 0.04$ tal como dizes isto está mesmo como no casino ou se vai ganhar muitos $ ou se perde tudo mas como a possição que tenho é muito pequena vou como se custuma dizer pagar para ver ,contudo estou esperançado que não vá aa falencia mas sim que seja ou uma opa ou que apareça algum investidor(talvez chinês que isto agora parece que os chineses estão a entrar em força nos mercados ,caso quimonda)que esteja disposto a "salvar" a SIRI.

[acintra]

Neste momento, está o autentico casino, como eu estava á espera.
Pode ser a SIRI a pedir falênçia, pode ser o Charles Ergen a ficar com apenas a divida e pedir falençia da SIRI, pode ser uma pressão para Charles Ergen efectuar uma OPA, pode aparecer outro interessado a querer comprar devido ao satelites que a SIRI tem.

Estamos no reino das hipoteses e da incerteza! ou vai ou racha...

Continuo com a minha posição pequena!

[sherek_JNEG]

Bom dia
Estando eu tambem com uma pequena exposição se e quando souberes alguma coisa diz qualquer coisa.
Obrig.
Bons neg.

[rasteiro]

É verdade a esta hora está com perdas na ordem dos -40%.
Estou dentro nela outra vez, mas em menor quantidade, mas se abrir a esses valores do after hours, sou menininho para comprar mais umas quantos.
Na especulação ganhasse e também se perde, por isso temos que estar preparados para tudo.
Estava muito exposto a esta menina a semana passada, mas desfiz-me delas.
Agora a minha exposição nela é irrisória, mas é como eu digo, estou disposto a entrar novamente, SE......

Vou analisar as noticias

Abraços

Para os "amantes" da SIRIUS, no after hours algo está a correr mal.

After Hours Real-Time QuotesDelayed QuotesStock HaltedLearn More >>
Sirius Xm Radio Inc. SIRI (NASDAQ GS)
6:27pm 02/10/2009Pre-Market After Hours $0.07Change: -0.04 -35.21%Volume: 10,775,984

http://www.marketwatch.com/Quotes/siri


Um abraço.

[corvo47]

10/02/2009 6.00 pm

"NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Sirius XM Radio Inc. has been working with its advisers to prepare for a possible bankruptcy filing, the New York Times reported on its Web site Tuesday, citing people close to the company.

The move could put pressure on satellite television company EchoStar Corp., which reportedly holds a substantial amount of Sirius XM debt. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that EchoStar chief Charles Ergen made an offer to take control of the satellite radio company late last year, but he was rebuffed.

Sirius officials did not respond to several telephone and email messages, and EchoStar (SATS) declined comment.

Sirius has been working with restructuring expert Joseph A. Bondi of Alvarez & Marsal and bankruptcy lawyer Mark Thompson of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett to help prepare a Chapter 11 filing, the New York Times reported, adding that a filing could come within days.

A Simpson, Thacher spokeswoman declined comment, and Bondi was not immediately available for comment.

Sirius (SIRI) has also been working with investment bank Evercore Partners, the newspaper said. Evercore could not be reached immediately. "

Um abraço.

[corvo47]

Para os "amantes" da SIRIUS, no after hours algo está a correr mal.

After Hours Real-Time QuotesDelayed QuotesStock HaltedLearn More >>
Sirius Xm Radio Inc. SIRI (NASDAQ GS)
6:27pm 02/10/2009Pre-Market After Hours $0.07Change: -0.04 -35.21%Volume: 10,775,984

http://www.marketwatch.com/Quotes/siri


Um abraço.

[rasteiro]

que isto esteve hoje.
Resolvi vender logo na abertura os 25%, que ainda detinha, mais um reforço que tinha feito ontem.
Disse para mim que já chegava para esta semana negociar nesta menina.
Pois é mas o vicio foi mais forte e quando vi isto ficar muito feio, vai dai, e voltei a entrar a 0.1250, e a 0.110.
Fehou a 0.130, nada mau.

Abraços, e um bom fim de semana para todos.

[José_P.]

puxa, está tudo com uma confiança na siri... mas ela não continua ser um mau negócio? (não em termos de negócio bolsista, mas em termos de a empresa criar valor...)

[rasteiro]

Foi por isso que não me desfiz da minha carteira desta menina.
Mas aproveitei e fiz um reforço.
Estou esperançado que ela possa dar um pulo até aos 0.35.
mas é claro que apartir de agora vou estar mais de olho nela.

Abraços

Mais um dia que passa e lá está o Cramer a falar da SIRI com mais alegria.

Quanto á compra de divida pela EchoStar, mesmo que seja para pedir falençia tem de ter mais de 50% da divida. Para alem de existirem outros interessados, visto que já tinha sido colocado cerca de 125M de divida, a Echostar vai ter de aguardar para Maio uma nova compra para atingir tais valores.
Entretento os shorts vão ficar nervosos e podem fazer subir a SIRI que nem um foguete.

Como já tinha dito neste tópico, tenho uma posição pequena e tipo casino, por isso não vendo tão cedo.
Os resultados saem no final do mês. Vamos ver...

EchoStar Loves Sirius?

I'm not the only one who's recently turned positive on Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI). Shares of the satellite-radio provider traded as much as 43% higher this morning, after WSJ.com reported that EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) has been buying gobs of the company's debt.

According to the relentlessly chatty "people
familiar with the matter," EchoStar has been buying up chunks of the $174.6 million in debt Sirius is due to repay later this month. Since EchoStar has never fancied itself a gambler, one can assume that the company isn't just looking for a near-term trade here.

So let me ask the question on every speculator's mind this morning: What are you doing here, EchoStar?

A history of space
EchoStar is no stranger to beaming entertainment to subscribers via satellite. The company spun off DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH), the United States' No. 2 satellite TV provider after DirecTV (NYSE: DTV), last year. Is it cozying up to Sirius to fill the void DISH left behind?

Investors need to be careful here. Until it makes its intentions clear, EchoStar can't be greeted as a liberator. What if it's just gobbling up debt to force the company into bankruptcy, should Sirius prove unable to line up refinancing elsewhere? As a major creditor, EchoStar would have some serious weight in bankruptcy. It might walk away from the rubble with Sirius XM in tow, but common shareholders would likely get hosed.

Things will get interesting if EchoStar buys up debt beyond this month's maturities. $200 million of the $350 million due in May rests in the hands of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and UBS AG (NYSE: UBS). As gun-shy banks, they would probably prefer to negotiate with Sirius rather than write down the credit. EchoStar may be their ticket out of that iffy debt.

In cinematic terms, what if EchoStar is There Will Be Blood's Daniel Plainview, buying up tracts of adjacent land to drink Sirius XM's proverbial milkshake?

There WILL be blood
Longs don't like uncertainty, but another group despises it even more: shorts.

There were nearly 220 million shares of Sirius sold short as of mid-January. How many of those investors can afford to take a hit if EchoStar is planning a shareholder-friendly buyout?

If you listen between the gaps of today's frenzied trading in Sirius XM shares, you can actually hear the short squeeze. The bears may be right. Sirius XM may have no choice but to file for bankruptcy later this year. However, now that there's a whiff of at least one potential suitor in the air, do you think the longs who have suffered for so long will just give away their Sirius shares?

On the block
EchoStar can't be the only company with Sirius XM on the brain. If satellite radio is good enough for the DISH family tree, surely it's good enough for the larger DirecTV, right? And while Clear Channel is unlikely to gather the private equity funds necessary to make a play for Sirius, wouldn't terrestrial radio's mortal enemy look interesting on the arm of traditional radio's leader?

While we're talking terrestrial radio, CBS (NYSE: CBS) is another company that could do some serious damage in the media space with Sirius XM in its arsenal. With shares of CBS fetching little more than a foot-long Subway sandwich these days, what does the Eye Network have to lose?

In short, even though we still don't know EchoStar's intentions, it's probably not the only company that would make sense as a potential suitor. After months of steady declines, I'm glad to see Sirius XM feeling wanted again.

[acintra]

Mais um dia que passa e lá está o Cramer a falar da SIRI com mais alegria.

Quanto á compra de divida pela EchoStar, mesmo que seja para pedir falençia tem de ter mais de 50% da divida. Para alem de existirem outros interessados, visto que já tinha sido colocado cerca de 125M de divida, a Echostar vai ter de aguardar para Maio uma nova compra para atingir tais valores.
Entretento os shorts vão ficar nervosos e podem fazer subir a SIRI que nem um foguete.

Como já tinha dito neste tópico, tenho uma posição pequena e tipo casino, por isso não vendo tão cedo.
Os resultados saem no final do mês. Vamos ver...

EchoStar Loves Sirius?

I'm not the only one who's recently turned positive on Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI). Shares of the satellite-radio provider traded as much as 43% higher this morning, after WSJ.com reported that EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) has been buying gobs of the company's debt.

According to the relentlessly chatty "people
familiar with the matter," EchoStar has been buying up chunks of the $174.6 million in debt Sirius is due to repay later this month. Since EchoStar has never fancied itself a gambler, one can assume that the company isn't just looking for a near-term trade here.

So let me ask the question on every speculator's mind this morning: What are you doing here, EchoStar?

A history of space
EchoStar is no stranger to beaming entertainment to subscribers via satellite. The company spun off DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH), the United States' No. 2 satellite TV provider after DirecTV (NYSE: DTV), last year. Is it cozying up to Sirius to fill the void DISH left behind?

Investors need to be careful here. Until it makes its intentions clear, EchoStar can't be greeted as a liberator. What if it's just gobbling up debt to force the company into bankruptcy, should Sirius prove unable to line up refinancing elsewhere? As a major creditor, EchoStar would have some serious weight in bankruptcy. It might walk away from the rubble with Sirius XM in tow, but common shareholders would likely get hosed.

Things will get interesting if EchoStar buys up debt beyond this month's maturities. $200 million of the $350 million due in May rests in the hands of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and UBS AG (NYSE: UBS). As gun-shy banks, they would probably prefer to negotiate with Sirius rather than write down the credit. EchoStar may be their ticket out of that iffy debt.

In cinematic terms, what if EchoStar is There Will Be Blood's Daniel Plainview, buying up tracts of adjacent land to drink Sirius XM's proverbial milkshake?

There WILL be blood
Longs don't like uncertainty, but another group despises it even more: shorts.

There were nearly 220 million shares of Sirius sold short as of mid-January. How many of those investors can afford to take a hit if EchoStar is planning a shareholder-friendly buyout?

If you listen between the gaps of today's frenzied trading in Sirius XM shares, you can actually hear the short squeeze. The bears may be right. Sirius XM may have no choice but to file for bankruptcy later this year. However, now that there's a whiff of at least one potential suitor in the air, do you think the longs who have suffered for so long will just give away their Sirius shares?

On the block
EchoStar can't be the only company with Sirius XM on the brain. If satellite radio is good enough for the DISH family tree, surely it's good enough for the larger DirecTV, right? And while Clear Channel is unlikely to gather the private equity funds necessary to make a play for Sirius, wouldn't terrestrial radio's mortal enemy look interesting on the arm of traditional radio's leader?

While we're talking terrestrial radio, CBS (NYSE: CBS) is another company that could do some serious damage in the media space with Sirius XM in its arsenal. With shares of CBS fetching little more than a foot-long Subway sandwich these days, what does the Eye Network have to lose?

In short, even though we still don't know EchoStar's intentions, it's probably not the only company that would make sense as a potential suitor. After months of steady declines, I'm glad to see Sirius XM feeling wanted again.

[rasteiro]

NOTA: este texto estava em INGLÊS,e traduzio, através de uma página da internet, dai o português, não estar na perfeiçao, mas dá para perceberImprimir Yahoo! BuzzShareSphere
Sirius XM Satellite Radio (SIRI) está a ter o seu melhor dia no mercado de memória recente, graças a um relatório afirmando Echostar (SATS) foi comprar a sua dívida vencida em preparação para uma tentativa de ganhar o controlo da empresa. Ações em Sirius são até mais de 28 por cento em $ ,18 sobre o The Wall Street Journal que a alegação da Echostar recentemente adquiriu parte de uma parcela de 300 milhões dólares Sirius dívida que vence em fevereiro 17.

Echostar Claramente não é tão imbecil quanto a pensar que pode ganhar dinheiro com essa dívida. Portanto, a empresa é ou
fazendo um investimento em Sirius com um olho para algum tipo de arranjo estratégico futuro (as duas empresas têm trabalhado em conjunto no passado), ou está acumulando dívida como um meio de assumir o controle de Sirius. Echostar Se vier a comprar mais de 50 por cento dos lutando satélite rádio operador, que poderia então forçá-lo à falência, troque sua dívida por capital próprio e tomar o controlo da empresa. O primeiro cenário é certamente plausível, mas a segunda parece muito mais provável.

Então: comprar no rumor, vender na notícia? Ou sobre o boato vender, comprar no noticiário?

Abraços

[rasteiro]

Eu não consigo acompanhar a cotação á milésima.
Eu trabalho com o bpinet, e só dá para ver o melhor comprador e o melhor vendedor, mas sem ser á milésima.
O que eu faço é contactar um amigo meu que trabalha com o BEST e consegue ver as cotações em mercados estrangeiros á milésima.
Eu coloquei a ordem a 0.20 e vendias a 0.2015. calhou.

Ainda agora dei uma ordem a 0.17, e calharam-me a 0.1673

Tenho acompanhado a cotação desta menina nas ultimas 4 sessões e entre as 16h30 e as 19h00, geralmente tem tendêndia para descer, para na ultima hora subir e terminar no máximo do dia.
Por isso decidi reforçar a minha carteira novamente, e esperar pelo fecho, porque se for no máximo, vou ficar quietinho.

Abraços


Parece que esta a perder força compradora ,mas como e onde é que acompanhas a cotação á milessima?


Abraços[/quote]

[sherek_JNEG]

[quote="rasteiro"]Que nos deia alguma alegria, porque no PSI20, tenho algumas e em que estou a levar no pelo.
Pelo sim pelo não vendi na abertura 75% da minha carteira a 0.2015.

Abraços


Parece que esta a perder força compradora ,mas como e onde é que acompanhas a cotação á milessima?


Abraços

[rasteiro]

Que nos deia alguma alegria, porque no PSI20, tenho algumas e em que estou a levar no pelo.
Pelo sim pelo não vendi na abertura 75% da minha carteira a 0.2015.

Abraços

Eu tb tenho ´é por esta noticia que está a subir. entretanto se continuar, vamos ter os que estão curtos a comprar a qualquer preço, para fechar posições.

Ahead of the Bell: EchoStar acquires Sirius debt
Thursday February 5, 7:40 am ET
Report: EchoStar acquires Sirius XM debt, may be planning attempt to gain control


NEW YORK (AP) -- EchoStar Corp. has acquired a significant amount of Sirius XM Satellite Radio Inc.'s maturing debt and may be planning an attempt to gain control of the satellite radio operator, according to a media report on Thursday.
Publicit鼂R>
Citing "people familiar with the matter," The Wall Street Journal said EchoStar has recently acquired part of a $300 million tranche of Sirius debt that matures on Feb. 17.

Sirius XM was created by the combination of satellite-radio companies Sirius and XM in July, but the company has since suffered from a sharp slowdown in auto sales, which hurt subscriber growth for 2008 and 2009. The company generates many of its new customers through sales of cars that have its radios installed at the factory.

In December, Moody's Investors Service slashed its credit rating for Sirius XM, anticipating that the New York-based company will have to seek a compromise with debt holders next year. Moody's said Sirius has nearly $1 billion of its $3.3 billion debt load coming due in 2009.

Sirius shares have lost nearly all of their value in the past year, closing at 14 cents on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, EchoStar, which sells set-top boxes and also provides satellite services to Dish Network, reported in November that its losses surged in the third quarter due to write-downs and other losses on troubled investments.

The Englewood, Colo.-based company lost $308 million, or $3.43 per share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30. EchoStar's stock closed at $15.40 on Wednesday.

[acintra]

Sirius XM: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?

Posted at 7:30 AM PT on February 5, 2009


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Sirius XM Satellite Radio (SIRI) is having its best day at market in recent memory thanks to a report claiming EchoStar (SATS) has been buying up its maturing debt in preparation for an attempt to gain control of the company. Shares in Sirius are up more than 28 percent at $.18 on The Wall Street Journal’s claim that EchoStar recently acquired part of a $300 million tranche of Sirius debt that matures on Feb. 17.

Clearly EchoStar is not so addled as to think it can make money on that debt. So the company is either
making an investment in Sirius with an eye towards some sort of strategic future arrangement (the two companies have worked together in the past) or it’s amassing debt as a means of taking control of Sirius. If Echostar were to buy up more than 50 percent of the struggling satellite radio operator, it could then force it into bankruptcy, swap its debt for equity and take control of the company. The first scenario is certainly plausible, but the second seems far more likely.

So: buy on the rumor, sell on the news? Or sell on the rumor, buy on the news?

[acintra]

Eu tb tenho ´é por esta noticia que está a subir. entretanto se continuar, vamos ter os que estão curtos a comprar a qualquer preço, para fechar posições.

Ahead of the Bell: EchoStar acquires Sirius debt
Thursday February 5, 7:40 am ET
Report: EchoStar acquires Sirius XM debt, may be planning attempt to gain control


NEW YORK (AP) -- EchoStar Corp. has acquired a significant amount of Sirius XM Satellite Radio Inc.'s maturing debt and may be planning an attempt to gain control of the satellite radio operator, according to a media report on Thursday.
Publicit鼂R>
Citing "people familiar with the matter," The Wall Street Journal said EchoStar has recently acquired part of a $300 million tranche of Sirius debt that matures on Feb. 17.

Sirius XM was created by the combination of satellite-radio companies Sirius and XM in July, but the company has since suffered from a sharp slowdown in auto sales, which hurt subscriber growth for 2008 and 2009. The company generates many of its new customers through sales of cars that have its radios installed at the factory.

In December, Moody's Investors Service slashed its credit rating for Sirius XM, anticipating that the New York-based company will have to seek a compromise with debt holders next year. Moody's said Sirius has nearly $1 billion of its $3.3 billion debt load coming due in 2009.

Sirius shares have lost nearly all of their value in the past year, closing at 14 cents on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, EchoStar, which sells set-top boxes and also provides satellite services to Dish Network, reported in November that its losses surged in the third quarter due to write-downs and other losses on troubled investments.

The Englewood, Colo.-based company lost $308 million, or $3.43 per share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30. EchoStar's stock closed at $15.40 on Wednesday.

[sherek_JNEG]

Na pré abertura já vai nos 0.26.
Isto hoje pomete..........

Acho que vou aproveitar e vender 75%, da minha carteira.

Tenho um preço médio de 0.125.


Abraços

Eu tambem tenho algumas a 0,215 será que chegou a hora dela começar a subir?
Aqui no caldeirão ao que me parece só nós é que temos sirius ,mas gostaria ,caso seja possivel,opinioes sobre esta menina de alguem mais sabio .
Obrigado

[rasteiro]

Na pré abertura já vai nos 0.26.
Isto hoje pomete..........

Acho que vou aproveitar e vender 75%, da minha carteira.

Tenho um preço médio de 0.125.


Abraços

[acintra]

Continua a mudança de discurso em relação á SIRI, cada vez mais leve e a alvitrar hipoteses.

By Rick Aristotle Munarriz
February 3, 2009


It's February, but Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) doesn't have time to chase groundhog shadows, celebrate its first Valentine’s Day as a couple, or ponder the country's past presidents.

Come Feb. 17, the first of this year's three debt repayment deadlines awaits like a hungry tollbooth: lowered-arm blocking passage until the wide bucket is fed some serious change.

In the old days, forward-thinking drivers would load up on the required change before the tollbooths started coming.

Sirius doesn't have that luxury. Its change tray is bare.

The barriers between us
To the satellite radio provider's credit, it has already been eating away at this first burden. What was originally $300 million has been whittled down to just $174.6 million. The company has been persuading some of its creditors to swap debt for equity, where the real shame is that its shares can offer only so much given its pocket-change pricing.

Hold your applause until the end, though.

Yesterday's Wall Street Journal details other key challenges that the company has to overcome to make it out of 2009 alive.

$43 million the NFL is set to receive this month as part of its programming contract.
$350 million in the form of a term loan and revolving credit facility are due in May.
$400 million in senior convertible notes come up in December.
Sirius can borrow only up to $250 million more without triggering covenants on later debt.
The good news is that 2010 is free and clear of tolls to pay beyond its regular interest expense payments. The bad news is that the stock -- and even the December convertibles -- are priced as if the company has no choice but to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.

Reasons to be somewhat cheerful
I have said all along that I think Sirius will do everything possible to avoid bankruptcy reorganization. It may clean up the balance sheet and reshuffle leadership at the company, but it would be a credibility killer.

Most subscribers don't know the difference between bankruptcy reorganization and outright liquidation. Their knee-jerk reactions would be to cancel the service or avoid signing long-term contracts.

There are also a few important things to note about the needy mouths that Sirius has to feed this year. The NFL knows that Sirius needs it, just as Major League Baseball can bank on XM. Losing the NFL would cause a mutiny second only to the hypothetical loss of Howard Stern. However, this is also an incremental deal to XM. Oh, and it's also the off-season, so there are several months to repair any disrupted content deals.

The $350 million that is due in three months is also interesting. Lead lenders include JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and UBS AG (NYSE: UBS), on the hook for $100 million apiece. The last thing they need is for the market to whack down their stocks if Sirius files for bankruptcy, forcing likely asset writedowns. They should be easy to sell on a refinancing deal, because time should be kind to Sirius.

Reasons to be somewhat fearful
Free-falling car sales at Sirius XM partners like Ford (NYSE: F) and General Motors (NYSE: GM) are problematic, but not fatal. Automakers have been slumping for several quarters yet Sirius XM has still managed to grow its subscriber base.

There is also the negative impact of the softening economy, though Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) has proved that consumers will take to low-priced entertainment subscriptions during recessionary times if the perceived value is there.

Sirius is also in a better position there, given its newfound pricing flexibility. It began offering lower-priced plans with limited channels shortly after last year's merger completion. The company is barred from raising rates on its regular plans for now, but it has telegraphed a rate hike on Web streaming and on additional receivers within the same account come next month.

That is a brilliant move that will find subscribers paying up to lock in years of discounted service at the old rate at a time when the company can use the cash flow.

Sure, there are countless threats to Sirius in the form of audio alternatives like Internet radio, Web-streaming smartphones, and just about anything Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) does to improve its pole position in digital music.

This isn't going to make the tolls any easier, so let's hope that Sirius has the gift of gab to negotiate its way past the toll collectors.

[acintra]

Esta hipotese de quem está curto ter de fechar posições e fazer a SIRI disparar pode bem acontecer. Lembram-se da VW?

Mais uma vez o Cramer a vacilar com a SIRI.

By Rick Aristotle Munarriz
February 2, 2009 |

If you drove to work hearing Howard Stern in your Ford Mustang, consider yourself unloved.

Ford (NYSE: F) and Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) are the country's two most shorted stocks, according to share volume.

There were 270.5 million shares of Ford sold short as of mid-January. Sirius follows with 219.6 million shares looking to profit from a tumble. The S&P 500 SPDR (AMEX: SPY) actually trumps them both, but that's a wager on an entire index going down. Ford and Sirius are the two most popular shorts when it comes to individual companies.

Yes, I am going by share volume. That will naturally gravitate toward a list of low-priced stocks. In terms of actual dollars at stake, the 142.5 million shares of General Electric (NYSE: GE) currently being shorted is more than Ford and Sirius combined.

However, the venom is undeniable. Why do so many investors feel that Ford and Sirius are destined to head even lower than they already are?

Ford posted the worst annual loss in its 105-year history last week, but it still hasn't tapped bailout funds the way that domestic rivals Chrysler and General Motors (NYSE: GM) have. It's noble, but unlikely to last. Unless the economy turns around in a few months, Ford will be left with little choice but to accept the government's assistance after tapping the last of its available credit.

Sirius is also facing some serious debt issues this year, but at least it can point to its growing subscriber base. Despite the automotive industry's shortfalls, cutting Sirius off from its most dependable source of new subscribers, the company's outlook calls for improving cash flow on a larger subscriber base this year.

Pessimism can work out nicely with heavily shorted stocks like Ford and Sirius. If catalysts of optimism arise, the stocks can begin moving higher in a hurry under what is called a short squeeze. Since shorts need to buy to cover their short positions, it can lead to a frenzied rally if it catches on. Because shorts face greater than 100% losses if a stock skyrockets, they tend to cover quickly. Ford and Sirius have enough challenges in 2009 to make short squeezes unlikely, but isn't that the result of all of the negativity already baked in?

Be careful out there, naysayers. When the mob turns, make sure you're not one of the last ones out.

[rasteiro]

Já começa a dar um ar da sua graça

Já começo a gostar de a ver no meu streemer outra vez.
Vamos ver como fecha.


Abraços

Uma coisa eu já reparei,o Cramer que por varias vezes destrui esta empresa com as suas opiniões, já começa a dar razão às decisões da SIRI.
Como por exemplo trocar divida por acções e lançar o MIRGE.

Acho que pode demorar, mas vai lá!
O ano passado ganhei algum com ela e voltei a entrar este ano da mesma forma. Uma quantia pequena, que é como uma aposta nos resultados do 4º trimestre que até podem ser melhores, visto que já não pesa nada da fusão nem dos despedimentos.

[acintra]

Uma coisa eu já reparei,o Cramer que por varias vezes destrui esta empresa com as suas opiniões, já começa a dar razão às decisões da SIRI.
Como por exemplo trocar divida por acções e lançar o MIRGE.

Acho que pode demorar, mas vai lá!
O ano passado ganhei algum com ela e voltei a entrar este ano da mesma forma. Uma quantia pequena, que é como uma aposta nos resultados do 4º trimestre que até podem ser melhores, visto que já não pesa nada da fusão nem dos despedimentos.