take your profits on V before the earnings report this week, you will be glad you did

4/27/2008 10:35:19 PM

Why do you say that? Do you have some sort of crystal ball?

4/27/2008 10:41:50 PM

"buy on the rumor sell on the news"

4/27/2008 10:57:47 PM

^What stocks are you eying right now?

4/28/2008 9:43:07 AM

My only regret is that I have no more money to buy more V. I'm fully in the market.

4/28/2008 12:10:39 PM

I would be careful with Visa anyways.

I wish MSFT would turn it around

4/28/2008 12:11:41 PM

When does it report earnings?

4/28/2008 12:13:01 PM

I think this afternoon

But didn't visa just become a recently traded company? I really think they're gonna become inflated and then have a huge correction.

4/28/2008 12:14:49 PM

Yeah, you're right. Not that it matters, but here are what the analysts think.

28-Apr-08 JP Morgan Initiated Overweight
28-Apr-08 Piper Jaffray Initiated Neutral
28-Apr-08 RBC Capital Mkts Initiated Outperform
28-Apr-08 Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey Initiated Buy
28-Apr-08 Citigroup Initiated Hold
28-Apr-08 UBS Initiated Buy
28-Apr-08 Fox Pitt Initiated In Line

4/28/2008 12:18:27 PM

Yeah, so I mean it's smart just to stay away and let it correct itself

4/28/2008 12:30:04 PM

V is a long-term play. Corrections happen, but over the long run, V should go way up. At least that's my 2¢.

4/28/2008 12:30:32 PM

I agree, I just think it will be cheaper in the future.

making that a better time to buy in.

[Edited on April 28, 2008 at 12:36 PM. Reason : ]

4/28/2008 12:35:59 PM

I'm holding mine.

4/28/2008 1:33:57 PM

I think as noted earlier Visa is def a good long term stock. I agree there would be better prices in the future to buy in.

That said,

Why else do you think you guys think are other long term stocks?

4/28/2008 1:57:43 PM

the thing about V is that its protected somewhat on the downside for its first 2 quarters.

in general, insiders and those associated with a given IPO are usually required to hold for 6 months after the IPO date before they can sell. plus the first quarter or two post-ipo are usually ones where the company will beat earnings expectations handily in order to justify growth valuations.

i think Goldman just put a $90 price target on them. i'm thinking we see 90 before we see 60

4/28/2008 1:59:23 PM

^^

IBM

4/28/2008 2:02:32 PM

Just picked up some UA - with earnings coming out before the bell and their new trainers coming out May 2...I feel good about this one.

Definitely for the long term.

4/28/2008 3:41:37 PM

Looks like it beat estimates but is down.

4/28/2008 4:18:20 PM

just do what i always do when my earnings trades don't work out - listen to some gansgta r&B

http://youtube.com/watch?v=f4NRnLm5Jqs

4/28/2008 4:56:15 PM

Oh well, this is just a good chance to buy more shares.

4/28/2008 5:20:50 PM

What are you gonna buy?

4/28/2008 5:24:43 PM

Probably some more V, just need to move some money around to do so.

4/28/2008 5:27:04 PM

yeah it's dropped a bit afterhours, I may buy some, I may not.

4/28/2008 5:37:56 PM

Quote :

"Why do you say that? Do you have some sort of crystal ball?"

down about $5 after hours. V was WAY inflated leading up to the earnings report and only something like 50% growth would've justified the price. i bought in on the IPO and sold at $70 to lock in some profits, since I was expecting the pullback. wish i had waited a few more days when it ballooned to $75.

that said, good time to buy back in on the dip in the next few days. still think it is overbought in the short term, but if you have a "buy and hold" mentality, $70 will look amazing in a few years.

4/28/2008 7:28:20 PM

^could not agree more.

4/28/2008 8:06:09 PM

Sucks that it's down, but still, if you had sold a week ago you'd still have sold lower than V is right now after hours.

4/28/2008 8:24:04 PM

Getting in mostly at $59, I really can't complain.

4/28/2008 8:25:39 PM

Well, Visa is actually up.

...and MasterCard is WAY up. $35, or almost 14% so far.

4/29/2008 1:45:10 PM

Quote :

"V was WAY inflated leading up"

Quote :

"could not agree more."

Ahahahaha.

4/29/2008 2:04:28 PM

Should have listened to HipEgg a few days ago...

http://hipegg.blogspot.com/2008/04/mastercard-charging-new-highs.html

Quote :

"Technical Analysis: MA has a very bullish chart. After the uptrend (A) broke resistance at the $220 level, the next target is $270. During these troubling times, as long as MA stays above the newly established support (C) at $220 there is nothing to worry about. If someday the uptrend (A) is broken expect a move to support (B) at $170. So far everything is looking good for MA. Summary: Buy."

[Edited on April 29, 2008 at 2:08 PM. Reason : ]

4/29/2008 2:07:35 PM

V is killing it today...

4/29/2008 3:21:44 PM

Damn. Sure glad I didn't sell before earnings.

4/29/2008 3:24:33 PM

Day high of $79.64. Maybe it will hit $80...

4/29/2008 3:26:34 PM

Are you looking at real time?

4/29/2008 3:27:29 PM

Is there a way to get streaming real-time quotes in Scottrade?
I usually just click 'refresh' and yes, that's real-time. But it isn't streaming...grr...

4/29/2008 3:31:41 PM

Nah, I've given up on it. I don't see the high you mentioned.

http://finance.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NYSE:V

4/29/2008 3:32:30 PM

Yes ... there is a java application that you can pull up... it shows a streaming bar if you want, and also has graphs and other data streaming. Its decent afaa free app goes.

4/29/2008 3:32:58 PM

Link?

4/29/2008 3:33:27 PM

Screenshot from my Scottrade account.

4/29/2008 3:37:12 PM

New high of $79.75...

COME'ON, HIT 80 ALREADY!

4/29/2008 3:43:27 PM

79.80

4/29/2008 3:47:42 PM

$79.95, come'on you bastards...


$80.23 HELL YES

4/29/2008 3:49:24 PM

80.88

[Edited on April 29, 2008 at 3:59 PM. Reason : ]

4/29/2008 3:59:26 PM

^ The high, AND the close.

4/29/2008 4:01:38 PM

Heh. Just read this on the goog forumns.

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For all those that had their head in the sands of HYPE and GREED.
I TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
Welcome to the world of gambling earnings season.
Where is your"$85 on Tuesday"?
And some of you had the nerve to tell me to leave the forum because I
was a moron and dead wrong.

I'm amazed at how many sheep don't know what the hell their
doing.....YOU DESERVE THIS.
Have a nice day. : )

http://finance.google.com/group/google.finance.717138/browse_thread/thread/c3c79edab6019158

4/29/2008 4:06:52 PM

They need to take those forum posts off of google finance pages. They are all 100% inane.

4/29/2008 7:34:48 PM

hitting $83 this morning.

and yeah those forums are worthless. but i guess no better or worse than TWW.

4/30/2008 9:59:29 AM

I won't lie, I bought V earlier. When are you guys gonna dump yours?

4/30/2008 10:02:20 AM

What happened to

Quote :

"it's smart just to stay away and let it correct itself"

4/30/2008 10:04:28 AM

^^^

Yeah, I don't read the forums. I just noticed it when a did a quick google stock search. Have they not always been there?

4/30/2008 10:08:26 AM