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Stock-Age: Stocks, Options and Dividends oh my!
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mckmas8808
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_Frank_ said:
So how much did you buy it at?
How much did you sell it for?
And how long did it take you to make this turn around? 1 day? 1 hour?
greatestjediever
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mckmas8808 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_selling
Feel free to look up John Paulson's $3-4 billion windfall from last year while you're at it.
Ether_Snake
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COOL down 7%, earnings this evening.
EDIT: Only INTC is up.
EDIT: Only INTC is up.
RumblingRosco
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Ether_Snake
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Ether_Snake
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_Frank_ said:
When are earnings, morning or evening?
I've been wanting to buy some
At COOL's price, I might buy some.
EDIT: lol who am I kidding, I have to hold back. I must not invest until things turn around. I'll just invest in stuff I understand (games mostly) when the markets are fine, so at least I can still make money (it's the only thing that has given me good returns). I'm not rich, I don't want to take too much risks anymore:|
Ether_Snake
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Why doesn't anyone get fired or blamed for any of this?
speculawyer
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Don't count on it._Frank_ said:
Ether_Snake
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Blarghabababalargh
COOL up 7% so far. Oh well, they'll still be on my watch list, and really they could go much higher long term.
COOL up 7% so far. Oh well, they'll still be on my watch list, and really they could go much higher long term.
Ether_Snake
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ADSK is down 3%.
Could be a buy soon after all. Or maybe I'm stupid and markets are still going to tank more
EDIT: COOL lost its gains.
Could be a buy soon after all. Or maybe I'm stupid and markets are still going to tank more
EDIT: COOL lost its gains.
Ether_Snake
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BTW how do you look for upcoming earnings on Yahoo?
Anyone thinking of diving in on the Visa bandwagon tomorrow? I'm definitely considering it.
You can usually find them on the company's investor relations site. Usually they won't announce the date until it's fairly close though. In that case just find the date of the last one and add three months to get a rough idea.
Ether_Snake said:
You can usually find them on the company's investor relations site. Usually they won't announce the date until it's fairly close though. In that case just find the date of the last one and add three months to get a rough idea.
thegreyfox
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Ether_Snake said:
http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/today.html
I use http://finance.google.com/finance?q=aapl (look under events), if you use google cal you can add it and it auto updates(fucking awesome).
Ether_Snake
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Cool thanks.
Damn, ADSK is tempting. Weak US dollar is the only thing holding me back. Could bring profits down:|
Damn, ADSK is tempting. Weak US dollar is the only thing holding me back. Could bring profits down:|
rage1973 said:
Haha, we all make bad bets man. I shorted Goldman Sachs the other day sure as hell that their earnings would be bad. So naturally they're surprisingly good. Thank goodness I was able to get out in the premarket today before it really took off. Lost a couple hundred bucks, but oh well. Wish I had just bought it up instead
This is true and I have made many bad decisions myself but it's just that this guy comes on here handing out all kinds of investment advices which can be dangerous to a neophyte investor. I would never tell anyone which company to buy or sell. It's just not a good idea to tell everyone to get out of stocks and pretend you have some sort of insight into the market.kathode said:Haha, we all make bad bets man. I shorted Goldman Sachs the other day sure as hell that their earnings would be bad. So naturally they're surprisingly good. Thank goodness I was able to get out in the premarket today before it really took off. Lost a couple hundred bucks, but oh well. Wish I had just bought it up instead
Ether_Snake
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Damnit!
I kept saying I wanted to buy ADBE, the only thing that held me back was that I wasn't sure what to buy between ADBE, ADSK, and ERTS.
:~|
Still wondering if I should get in on ADSK. I hate this feeling
Anyway, ADSK, ERTS, BA, CELG, in that order.
I kept saying I wanted to buy ADBE, the only thing that held me back was that I wasn't sure what to buy between ADBE, ADSK, and ERTS.
:~|
Still wondering if I should get in on ADSK. I hate this feeling
Anyway, ADSK, ERTS, BA, CELG, in that order.
What makes you like ADSK? I don't know enough to comment on the stock but tech industry is usually one of the last ones to turn in a down market. I would look into some of the early cyclicals. You did mention CRDN which I actively traded for over a year but the danger of that stock will be if the Democrat wins the presidential election that stock will keep going down.Ether_Snake said:Damnit!
I kept saying I wanted to buy ADBE, the only thing that held me back was that I wasn't sure what to buy between ADBE, ADSK, and ERTS.
:~|
Still wondering if I should get in on ADSK. I hate this feeling
well im sure not 100% on all my guessses. Nobody is. The fact is its been two weeks that i said here to stop buying, reduces your positions and short the market. Anybody who were long on positions in the pasts months are losing big money. Not me cause i cashed in and i short some stocks. Needless to say my profits excess my gains easilly, including adobe. Tomorrow i will reduce the damage on this stock and i will enter other good opportunities, and the game continues....
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I'm looking at it long term (like with everything else really). I have been using 3D applications for 10 years, it's what I know best after the game sector (which I work in ). Autodesk has been swallowing the competition for years, they bought Alias Wavefront (makers of Maya), and there is basically no more competition except Avid's XSI and NewTek's Lightwave. The demand for 3D applications is rising and can only continue to rise, demand for any CAD application is also rising. More and more products are designed with the use of such applications (for example, the product itself is designed using AutoCAD, but so is whatever is used to MAKE that product).
That's the overall reason why I'm confident in the company, at least long term. I'm not too confident on management because working with their product I know they tend to sit on their asses since they have little competition, but recently this has been changing for the best with much stronger and direct customer support.
I'm always worried about the US dollar, but what am I gonna do anyway
EDIT: And yeah everyone here has an opinion, it's pointless to point fingers if you don't want them pointed at you, markets could crash tomorrow and then what. Everyone here knows they have to use their heads and do their own research, so let's leave the "told you so, I know my stuff better than you" out. But yeah, shorting ADBE when they were so close to their 52-week low was dangerous
EDIT2: BTW, who's buying VISA tomorrow? I'm not, because I'll probably keep my money to buy some of what I mentioned before soon if markets remain nice.
). Autodesk has been swallowing the competition for years, they bought Alias Wavefront (makers of Maya), and there is basically no more competition except Avid's XSI and NewTek's Lightwave. The demand for 3D applications is rising and can only continue to rise, demand for any CAD application is also rising. More and more products are designed with the use of such applications (for example, the product itself is designed using AutoCAD, but so is whatever is used to MAKE that product).That's the overall reason why I'm confident in the company, at least long term. I'm not too confident on management because working with their product I know they tend to sit on their asses since they have little competition, but recently this has been changing for the best with much stronger and direct customer support.
I'm always worried about the US dollar, but what am I gonna do anyway
EDIT: And yeah everyone here has an opinion, it's pointless to point fingers if you don't want them pointed at you, markets could crash tomorrow and then what. Everyone here knows they have to use their heads and do their own research, so let's leave the "told you so, I know my stuff better than you" out. But yeah, shorting ADBE when they were so close to their 52-week low was dangerous
EDIT2: BTW, who's buying VISA tomorrow? I'm not, because I'll probably keep my money to buy some of what I mentioned before soon if markets remain nice.
Ether_Snake said:
I think I'm going to take a bet on it. Struggling with how much though. I recently paid off all my margin debt so I'm sorely tempted to go "all in." Probably won't, but I'll see what's going on in the pre-market. Annoying that Scottrade only gives you real-time quotes when you've got $25k in your account. Not quite there yet, but getting very close.
sonarrat said:
Actually after looking around a bit more I'm incorrect about that. You do get real-time quotes with any account. At $25k you get their uber-"ELITE" interface, whatever that is. They have a big java interface available and normal web quotes that give you the bid and ask. I just got it confused in my head.
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Eh, some of the timing feels weird to me. It's like the feds were hoping that tomorrow would be a good day so VISA would go up crazy.
Anyway, we'll see tomorrow if I make a move and on what, if anything. Or else I'll just wait... for... something
Anyway, we'll see tomorrow if I make a move and on what, if anything. Or else I'll just wait... for... something
RumblingRosco
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MobiusPigeon
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visa bump! just called in an order! lets go baby! show me the monies!!!!
It's still showing as open. I imagine I'll be shut out if that's truly an open price. I called Scottrade ~9AM to put it in, so I don't know if that changes anything. I would like to be in but since I was basically gambling my entire financial future I'm not sure I'll be too disappointed to be shut out :lol
thegreyfox
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It's not open till the CEO makes the first Trade.
MobiusPigeon
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i have a limit at 60. omgwtf this needs to open so i can go back to sleep! :lol
thegreyfox
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CNBC said the range is 52-57.(as of right now that could change)
MobiusPigeon
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BUT I HAVE TO WORK! :lol so far i've only slept 3 hours then woke up to call in the order. :lol this sucks._Frank_ said:
omg yes please!!!