NFLX headed down - how much?

Recent few weeks have been disastrous for NFLX. With the peak of around $300 , the stock is down almost 50% in 2- 3 months. Competition and recent pricing of its DVD rental are two main reasons in additions to the recent pull back in the market.

I had previously written about NFLX when it was heading towards in my NFLX technical analysis blog I had written that the stock was in overbought range but never saw such a downturn.

Here is a chart from MarketClub with the fibonacci analysis of the stock since its major bull run since January 2010. Question is how low can this stock go?


Fibonacci suggests around $140 range. What do you think?

Disclosure: I am long NFLX.

Increasing gas mileage by hypermiling

One of the key aspects of investing is also saving. Just recently I was driving my car when I was listening to this show on NPR. They were talking about something called as hypermiling. Never knew an official word for the term that some of us already use.

Back in 2008 when gas prices were at a rise people used Oil ETFs to hedge against increasing gas prices. If you buy Oil ETFs and gas prices move up so does theoretically the price of the Oil ETF. If gas prices take a dive you save money at the pump.

Lately gas prices are not in sync with the crude oil futures graph on gas buddy.

Of course you can go all green and get a electric vehicle. Can you do more with your car running on gasoline?

Yes here are couple of takeaways.

1. Brake less. Slow down from gas when approaching a red light. Caution: Look in the rear view mirror to see if you have someone speeding or bumping against you. Might be worth speeding up to save an extra buck or two. Also check if you can time traffic lights, you might need to accelerate in order to meet the next light. I usually pay attention to the sidewalk blinkers indicating that light will soon be yellow.

2. Start slowly: Dont accelerate and make that engine of your car work hard. Accelerate in stages with the tachometer needle not going past say "2".

Ofcourse maintain your car. Ensure that servicing is regular.
For more check out this link on marketplace.

Beware you might get some strange looks from people behind you and trying to overtake.

You might need to build up on your patience.

Need some practice to get used to the hypermiling rules.

Last but not the least check if you saved anything at the pump :).

Do you hypermile?