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this contest, Cramer, ...

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I've been contemplating the concepts
of this Microsoft sponsored contest

it would seem that what Microsoft (MSN)
would seem to be looking for
would be the next (CNBC) Jim Cramer

who, by the way, reportedly includes Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
as being one of his old buddies back from their days at Harvard

it would seem to me that one of the things that Jim Cramer
is most criticized for is that his stock picks
enjoy a "pumping up" effect from the CNBC media they receive;

when his stock picks are
mathematically scrutinized over the longer term,
the mathematical facts seem to indicate
the most profitable investment strategy
would actually work out to be
shorting Cramer stock picks
at their media induced pumped up state

these Cramer facts being based upon the August 2007 scrutiny
of the folks of DowJones publishing (Barron's/Wall Street Journal)

there was also found to be some rather questionable
stock trading activity prior to Jim Cramer's stocks
being pumped by mega-CNBC

Jim Cramer has told reporters that he is not involved
in any personal stock trading benefit from
the CNBC media publicised stock selections

I was wondering if it is even possible to
run a "contest" such as this one
which would isolate stock analytic skills
from media induced pumping effects

for those who might not know who Jim Cramer is,
he would seem to answer the rhetorical question of
"hows the stock market doing?"
in one of the most popular YouTube videos:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cYPtCmdFCrc
he starts winding up about the first minute into the video,
and really gets going about 2 1/2 minutes into the YouTube video;

you really gotta see it to believe it

SRSL - (SRS Labs Inc.)

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I've increased my investment in SRSL (SRS Labs Inc)

as an update to my previous (September 2007) posting on SRS Labs Inc

Reuters reported on November 6, 2007 that
SRS Labs Inc (SRSL) reported earning in line with estimates,
earnings up to .10/share compared to .08/share a year ago

finance.Yahoo.com reports a:
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday): 14.61
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-08) 1: 10.46

SRS Labs has announced that they will commence a stock buyback,
in which SRS may acquire up to $10 million of its outstanding common stock,
commencing November 12, 2007 and continue for a six month period.

that would seem to be about 10% of their shares outstanding

SRSL (SRS Labs Inc)

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I can't figure out how to respond to comments about my postings;
so best I can do is try to respond in a new posting:

my original posted was that:

which would seem to be about 10% of their shares outstanding

VikingWarrior responded to my posting commenting about SRSL that:

the stock buyback involves "Cashing Out"
Insider selling - All "sold", no "buy"
& thsre is a list of Form 144 (pre-planned) sales,etc.

I can not find any substantiation for VikingWarrior's comment;
the official government SEC website has no such Form 144
listed as being filed in the last year or so

insider trades listed are:
June 7 2007 David R. Dukes exercised 11,000 options at $5.44 resold at $14.96
May 18, 2007 Winston E. Hickman exercised 12,500 options at $4.60 resold at $13.39

the $10 Million stock buyback would amount to more then 1,700,000 share at today's closing price ($5.82)
no where's near the amount of options routinely cashed in by management

finance.Yahoo.com reports a:
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday): 14.61
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-08) 1: 10.46
which substantiates earnings are improving quite nicely

I find no SEC filings which would substantiate VikingWarrior's comment

SRSL Labs - donquixote explanation

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for those who might be curious,
but not curious enough to sort through all of the imagery involved
so as to try to figure out what is goin on:

"VikingWarrior" posted:

'Somwhen between 1988 & 1990, A Viking Warrior bought a stock
in a pre-Dot.Bomb High Tech Company which had just IPO'd.
The Insiders kept 60% and Floated 40% to John Q. Public.
The Prospects were Bright and the Investment started to bear fruit.
It had ALL the HallMarks of a " Rocket in yer Pocket".
Then one fine day, the Management decided to " Take the Company Private".
The Board of Directos approved of the "Profferred Offer" '

perhaps in reference to my postings about SRSL
(the SRSL in VikingWarrior's posting title gives me that impression)

SRSL is a rather small company
(a bit similar to a wabbit in a market of bulls and bears)

however a small company holding quite significant patents

in a stock market of quite powerful players, such as Sony,
who are involved in consumer products featuring audio technology

well, like I said, SRSL holds significant patent rights
to the sophisticated technology developed by Hughes Aerospace

you see, the U.S. military was quite concerned about
their battlefield personnel being able to correctly hear orders broadcast to them,
(battlefields tend to get quite noisy with bombs and such)
well anyway, Hughes developed what some consider to be the
premiere technology to enhance human speech
to make it more intelligible in adverse environments

SRS Labs are currently negotiating with European cell phone leaders
to incorporate SRSL speech inteligibility, and also surround sound,
capabilities in the next generation of multi-media cell phones;
and also with Japanese auto-manufacturers for auto audio enhancement
(Pioneer and Kenwood automotive audio)

well, Sony, being so big, relative to small SRSL,
just might consider it to be more cost effective
to take over micro-cap SRSL
rather then paying fair patent license fees to SRSL

coming soon :
http://WallStreetWabbit.com

WallStreetWabbit.com

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sometimes re-edits of blogs don't work very well: the correct IP:
coming soon :
http://WallStreetWabbit.com
(should have verified this prior to posting my recent SRSL posting)

bored with depressing market

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I don't know about you,

however the reptilian WallStreetGecko
WallStreetGecko.com
seems to be getting a bit bored
with the current depressing mood of the stock market

(the reptile is also currently giving golf tips)

what's the ole cliche?

never under-estimate the lack of depth of a retilian brain?

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