rough week. its hilarious to hear all these people panicking though i mean damn people with accounts up 10-12% YTD in JUNE and they go nuts when it goes down a couple points one week.

6/22/2007 6:44:31 PM

But I wanted 20% yearly returns...

6/22/2007 9:41:28 PM

Quote :

"But I wanted 20% yearly returns... "

Speak for yourself. I'm always hoping for at least 2,000% returns.

6/22/2007 10:10:39 PM

touche'

6/23/2007 11:08:09 AM

Dear Google:
Please keep going up.

Thanks!

6/25/2007 9:57:13 AM

http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/jun2007/pi20070621_078707.htm

6/25/2007 10:03:03 AM

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=auDOkyIddZ5Y&refer=home

6/25/2007 10:38:02 AM

Apple's got a phone coming out?

6/25/2007 11:10:22 AM

i think he's pointing out the fact the AAPL maybe overpriced at this point since there's a lot of hype in this thread about Apple

6/25/2007 11:18:44 AM

i might swap out my MO for VGR

my PTR has done well since bought, but PKX has gone down


^^ i know, its a bad joke that the guys on Fast Money have been doing

[Edited on June 25, 2007 at 11:20 AM. Reason : ]

6/25/2007 11:19:10 AM

i made a lousy trade with GNVC

i'm down over 20%

will probably get out today and try to re-time it another time

6/26/2007 10:13:18 AM

unloaded some long held IAU and picked up some HHD

6/26/2007 1:15:24 PM

Go go gadget Google!

6/26/2007 7:06:44 PM

BIDU tracks GOOG the same way SLV tracks GLD

both the up and down sides are more pronounced

compare charts

6/27/2007 10:23:57 AM

Yeah, but I'm more concerned with GOOG since I own it and not BIDU.

6/27/2007 10:33:07 AM

i've been in and out of both since their IPOs

6/27/2007 1:52:25 PM

Add eln to yalls picks...watch as it gets bought out....ELN

By the way rig is going back to 110 by the end of the week....

6/27/2007 1:53:17 PM

I really regret putting calls on all of my GRMN

6/27/2007 3:27:41 PM

pretty sharp snapback -- indicative of a near term bear followed by a long term bull?

6/27/2007 4:26:42 PM

When (historically) does the market start it's best six month period. October?

6/27/2007 4:30:02 PM

^ ya, kinda.


this is funny:



[Edited on June 27, 2007 at 7:07 PM. Reason : ]

6/27/2007 7:06:31 PM

there are some pretty good bets there

6/27/2007 7:13:56 PM

OTC: GBRC
Global Resource Corp -- finds a way to turn plastics back into oil and fuel with 'a big microwave'.

http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn12141-giant-microwave-turns-plastic-back-to-oil.html

Thoughts?

6/28/2007 11:12:29 AM

to sell CSCO or not to....


finger is on the trigger and kinda twitchy

6/28/2007 11:20:44 AM

Why are you thinking about selling?

6/28/2007 11:41:56 AM

couple of reasons

1 - diversification... with ESPP and ESOP, i have way more exposure to CSCO than I need.
2 - Profit taking/wanna pay off my vehicle. Already realized a 60% gain, so it's a good time.

Plus, historically, right after i sell any ESPP, the stock shoots up. I sold some ESPP last year around this time, and a week later the stock began its move from $18 to $28.


So, trying to make history repeat itself.

I think i might wait it out and see what tomorrow brings. I'll probably just put in a stop so that if today's gains start slipping I'll still get a good chunk of it.

6/28/2007 12:26:42 PM

Is there a free list pf penny stocks. Anything under $5 a share. I found a bunch of places that will give your everything but for quite a fee. If someone could PM it to me I would greatly appreciate it.

One more question, sorry, If you own stock in a company and it is bought out what happens?

[Edited on June 28, 2007 at 1:54 PM. Reason : asdf]

6/28/2007 1:47:00 PM

It will probably go up.

6/28/2007 2:18:46 PM

i'm not giving any advice on penny stocks.

if the company gets bought out, you either get cash or stock in the acquiring company -- depends on the deal.

6/28/2007 2:19:02 PM

i wanted to punch myself in the face for not buying RIMM at 130 -- i was addicted to my crackberry since i got it back in 2005. i should know better.

seeing BIDU continue to tear it up made me feel better though.

6/29/2007 10:47:46 AM

^ Ha. I remember playing with RIMM when it was below 70

6/29/2007 12:14:59 PM

Amusing intro to an Apple article

Quote :

"As everyone on the planet knows by now, Apple (AAPL, news, msgs) will release a drug on Friday that cures cancer, fixes broken bones and freshens your breath. No, sorry, I mean the company will release a definitive solution to world peace. No, that's not right either. It has solved the mystery of death, and on Friday it will simultaneously resurrect Albert Einstein, Jimi Hendrix and Princess Diana."

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/SuperModels/AppleHeadedTo$200.aspx

6/29/2007 1:30:11 PM

anyone been following LLNW (they're a competitor to Akamai, recent IPO)?

dropped from a high of ~20 2 weeks ago to 15 this week, and bounced back 16% in the last hour or so.

6/29/2007 2:17:48 PM

^^^ i played with RIMM in the 90s (the decade)

6/29/2007 3:16:59 PM

^ I can't compete with that.

Holy shit. I just looked at RIMM.

6/29/2007 3:47:51 PM

Apple releases iPhone...RIMM stock jumps 4%.

7/2/2007 11:33:23 AM

^ jumped 20% on friday too.

MDR gave me a scare right after I bought it, dropped down to $76 a few days after I bought in at $84, now back up to almost $86.

7/2/2007 11:35:30 AM

anyone own MS? if so, 've you been credited with shares of Discover yet?

7/2/2007 1:41:13 PM

also, bought EMC jsut under 18 last week.

anyone still messing with TIE? i'm thinking now might be a good re-entry

7/2/2007 3:13:36 PM

It also might be a good time to get into SHLD

Not sure if anyone read about it Newsweek, but this spring they securitized Craftsman, Kenmore, and DieHard into their own company that licenses the names. Basically all the cash stays in the 2 companies, but at any point they could sell $1.6 billion in corporate bonds.

The stock has already increased 50% since Eddie Lampert took over a year ago. He's the guy who made Warren Buffett a shitload of his money in the 90s.

7/2/2007 3:46:18 PM

I already have a scottrade account. Do I have to create a brand new account for a roth ira?

7/2/2007 3:53:21 PM

^^^

been watching TIE, i think they're incredibly oversold. 20 P/E and 30% growth... If i end up getting out of any of my current positions, TIE is probably what I'll get into.

Other stocks that I'm watching closely:

LLNW (more for entertainment than anything else, they keep swinging up and down wildly)
AMX - on of my Motley Fools CAPS picks back in march, they're up 35% since then, and still have room to grow.
ATW - It was a coin flip to buy this or MDR to get some oil sector exposure, but they're both doing ok.

7/2/2007 4:14:13 PM

I just checked out my brokerage account and I'm not seeing anything from Discover yet.

7/2/2007 6:04:46 PM

7/2/2007

pretty high market right now YTD
what is everyones bond/equity (not just speculative equities) YTD %'s

mine is 13.37%
(mutual funds)

i want to hear how well ya'll are doing - i cannot keep up with what crap you buy every other week...

7/2/2007 10:27:01 PM

i don't buy bonds, and rarely buy options (if i do, its usually just calls). i don't ever short, and don't do puts.

i'm probably up about 15% this year. i was up over 25% before June. i had a lot of travel and work related stress in May and June, and got rattled enough to make a bunch of lousy decisions.

7/2/2007 11:24:22 PM

~9%

7/2/2007 11:55:09 PM

14%

Mostly thanks to Fidelty International Discovery and Harbor international.

my stock picks have been meh on the whole.

7/3/2007 5:59:14 AM

10.2% (just mutual funds plus a few stocks for entertainment, too busy at work to do anything sexy)

7/3/2007 6:40:38 AM

article on the CDO disaster - This is an excellent overview article that explains whats going on in simple layman's terms.

http://voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/06/27/opinion/01toscano062707.txt?ref=patrick.net

7/3/2007 7:28:25 AM

Just checked my account and my Discover is now in there.
I haven't done any research or read up on it at all but it would appear that I got 1 share of DFS for every 2 shares of MS.

7/3/2007 9:47:18 AM