Originally Posted by
Columbia
I hope you realize that company size (planes/people) doesn't define market cap. Simply saying AMR/LCC will have 20% more planes/people means a 20% higher market cap (for example) is not sound financial logic.
I couldn't agree more. I usually don't trade airline stocks, except on four occasions. I bought calls in NWA before the merger announcement, in Airtran, before their merger announcement, and shares in HA thinking we were going to buy them out. Now I'm long the LCC 13 calls to see what happens this week. It could all fall apart. I mostly trade futures ETF's and ETN's. I short VXX and UVXY, and am currently long XIV and SVXY. I have been in and out of corn and nat gas as well.