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MER Investment Services 6.15%  n/a 2  22-Jul-08  Prior Holding
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15-Sep-08

I was right, but lost money

Holding Rationale for MER.

My analysis on MER(19.3899 +2.3399 +13.72%, ) was spot on, but I lost money on the play. As I wrote here a while ago, I bought Sep 08 $22.50 put options forĀ  MER because I knew that the fundamental of this company is so messed up. I saw the value of those contracts deteriorating as the financial [...]

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