http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/10/09/what-finisars-note-exchange-means-to-shareholders/ Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:42:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/10/09/what-finisars-note-exchange-means-to-shareholders/#comment-13384 Valuing Hybrid Securities - Financial Education - Everything You Need To Know About Finance Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:24:43 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/10/09/what-finisars-note-exchange-means-to-shareholders/#comment-13384 [...] Hybrid securities such as convertible bonds, which allow investors to exchange the bond for a pre-determined amount of stock, offer investors elements of both equity and fixed-income investments. As a result, they also present particular investment challenges. Here is a case study, originally presented at Stock Market Beat, on one such hybrid security. [...] […] Hybrid securities such as convertible bonds, which allow investors to exchange the bond for a pre-determined amount of stock, offer investors elements of both equity and fixed-income investments. As a result, they also present particular investment challenges. Here is a case study, originally presented at Stock Market Beat, on one such hybrid security. […]

]]> http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/10/09/what-finisars-note-exchange-means-to-shareholders/#comment-6970 Finisar (FNSR) Earnings Dud - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:26:52 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/10/09/what-finisars-note-exchange-means-to-shareholders/#comment-6970 [...] Too bad consensus called for $113 million in Q3 and $450 for the year. It’s a good thing the company recently engineered some cash flow flexibility with their shareholder-unfriendly note exchange. The way things are going, they’ll need all the flexibility they can get. The author may hold a position in the securities discussed. The author's current holdings are as follows: Long: Intuit (INTU) put options; Nasdaq 100 (QQQQ) put options; Bookham (BKHM; Ballard Power (BLDP); Syntax Brillian (BRLC); CMGI (CMGI); Genentech (DNA); Ion Media Networks (ION); Lion's Gate (LGF); Three Five Systems (TFS); Adobe Systems (ADBE) call options; IShares Japan (EWJ); StreetTracks Gold (GLD); Starbucks (SBUX); U.S. Oil Fund (USO); Plantronics (PLT) call options; Short: Ceradyne (CRDN) put options; Lion's Gate (LGF) call options; Dell (DELL) put options; Plantronics (PLT) put options; [...] […] Too bad consensus called for $113 million in Q3 and $450 for the year. It’s a good thing the company recently engineered some cash flow flexibility with their shareholder-unfriendly note exchange. The way things are going, they’ll need all the flexibility they can get. The author may hold a position in the securities discussed. The author’s current holdings are as follows: Long: Intuit (INTU) put options; Nasdaq 100 (QQQQ) put options; Bookham (BKHM; Ballard Power (BLDP); Syntax Brillian (BRLC); CMGI (CMGI); Genentech (DNA - Annual Report; Ion Media Networks (ION); Lion’s Gate (LGF); Three Five Systems (TFS); Adobe Systems (ADBE) call options; IShares Japan (EWJ); StreetTracks Gold (GLD); Starbucks (SBUX); U.S. Oil Fund (USO); Plantronics (PLT) call options; Short: Ceradyne (CRDN) put options; Lion’s Gate (LGF) call options; Dell (DELL) put options; Plantronics (PLT) put options; […]

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