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By Douglas A. McIntyre Published

Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. (NYSE: BFT), how here is a stock we have made fun of, time and time again.

We told you to stay away back when shares were above $2, today they are under $1 but up almost 9%. But it’s easy to make fun of Bally’s when you can tie Steven Seagal into it, that guy is just asking for it. Eat another doughnut Seagal, better yet go play your guitar.
Seagal, Dog, Guitar - Priceless
Joking aside, now that Bally’s has bounced from its 52-week low and trading around 72 cents, it’s time for a look. They are subject to delisting if they don’t get back to a market cap of $75M, right now they are at $25M, so the price needs to go up to at least $1.80 a share. They just had some good news come out today about not paying interest on their debt. Damn bill collectors, who do they think they are? With shares so cheap, Bally’s being a household name, and America getting fatter – Bally’s might be worth a shot. People who are severely obese – 100 pounds or more overweight – are the fastest growing group of overweight people in America – up a startling 50% in 5 years (this according to an ABC report). So, sit back, eat another doughnut, pop in a crappy Seagal movie, and make some money on Bally’s. You can bet the traders are going to town on this baby today, get our doughnut on!

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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