Brian Thomas Humek

Should You Buy Virgin America ($VA) for the Long Haul?

Brian — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:19:44 +0000

Since its IPO in November, Virgin America ($VA) stock is up almost 50%. It is poised to continue with low oil prices as they are forecast to stay around $60.00 a barrel for 2015. Those low oil prices are a good omen as they point to lower jet fuel prices but that is not the only thing Virgin has going for it. They offer an amazing flying experience (mood lighting and hip music giving it a chill vibe), at least in comparison to other airlines like Southwest ($LUV) and American Airlines ($AAL).

Virgin continues to improve what they do for their passengers. They have now completed their roll out of their new GOGO ATG Wi-Fi. They’ve done this throughout the entire Virgin America fleet. Talk about fast, this Wi-Fi offering is three times as fast as what Virgin American originally had installed. GoGo ATG flies at the fast speed of up to 9.8 mbps. That’s a reason for the business class to fly Virgin America. DigitalTrends.com calls Virgin America their winner for the “most tech savvy airline” award.

One other improvement is their new codesharing agreement with China Eastern Arilines ($CEA).This is effective immediately and allows China Eastern passengers to land at Los Angles and San Francisco and be able to conveniently fly on to Virgin America destinations such as Dallas, Boston, New York JFK and Newark, Ft. Lauderdale, Washington D.C. and other locations. China Eastern flies daily flights from Shanghai to San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Virgin America does things right. It is poised to keep rising and until oil begins to rise back over $70 a barrel, Virgin America might just make it for the long haul.

DISCLAIMER:
(all opinions here are my own and I do not own Virgin America at this time. This is not expert stock advice, but simply my take on a stock I would buy if I could afford it at this time. Do not buy this or any stock unless you can afford money to be lost in the stock market. This statement is here only because we live in a highly litigious society. Sorry for the wasted time reading this if you are reading it. Have a great day.)

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$LUV Southwest Airlines Will Take Off Again

Brian — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:29:48 +0000

First of all, I want to apologize to everyone who has invested in $LUV Southwest Airlines. I want to apologize because I bought it Thursday afternoon at $42.12 expecting it to go up. After all, the forecast was for it to go up to a median price of $45.00 and possibly all the way up to $66.00. My assumption was that low oil prices would be a boon for all airline stocks. Seems to have been a wrong assumption. I know, I know, I’ve made an ass out of u and me, especially me.

I don’t know what is going on with Southwest Airlines stock ($LUV). I googled Southwest Airlines today on Google News and found two reports that helped to explain my, and I hope not your, dilemma. First of all, the CEO of Southwest airlines yesterday spoke about the downside of low oil prices and then I saw that Southwest Airlines ramp workers are protesting at fifteen airports across the country. Yippeee!

Those two bits of news help explain why Southwest Airlines is landing instead of taking off. As I write this the DOW is up 157 points and $LUV is down $1.24 a share. I’m getting a bit frustrated as the money I invested was only going to be for the short term. If it’d just go up $2.00 a share I can almost promise all of you, I’d sell and then the stock will be set to take off to the moon. You may think I’m joking, but I feel cursed in the market lately after doing quite well a few years back.

Again, my apologies for ever buying $LUV. It will go back up again, just hold on and don’t sell like I’ll have to do in the short term. I see $50.00 a share in the next month or two.

Buy. Buy. Buy. If I had any more money to invest, I’d be doing that today.

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UK Could Bloody Well Leave the EU – Says Merkel

Brian — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 06:13:51 +0000

UK Could Leave the EU

Because Angela Merkel does not want Germany to be the only country in the EU to be destroyed by lapse immigration policies, she is ready to kick the UK out of the European Union. Merkel says this may happen if the UK insists on immigration curbs.

German newspaper says David Cameron and the UK is reaching that dreaded place, “the point of no return.”
They definitely are reaching the point of no return and because David Cameron is finally coming to his senses on immigration, he is about to set limits that have everyone saying the UK could leave the EU. Bravo, I say.

A country has to stand up for itself once in a while or it will cease to exist. A country has to put its own citizens ahead of those from other countries. Maybe one day, America will take their lead from David Cameron. It’s unfortunate that Cameron and the Torries are only taking this stand because of the emergence of the UKIP party. But I’ll take a country growing a pair from any impetus it can find.

Again, Bravo Prime Minister Cameron. I’m happy to hear Merkel saying the UK could leave the EU and If I were Cameron I’d tell the EU, “Good Riddance!”

But leave it to Cameron to waver on this topic and he looks like he’s already channeling Chamberlain and doing so. But let’s hope Mr. Cameron will stay firm, but don’t bet too many quid on that happening.

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