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Air Stall

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I had never really considered United Airlines a great short candidate. Airlines are notoriously lame businesses, which is why until recently UAL had a P/E ratio of 7, which is an old school 1982 type fundamental. Anyway, after blasting triple digits higher in just three months for no particular reason, I decided to get my razor out, so I bought puts on it yesterday.