and i imagine the tax liability on dividends is income versus capital gains, right?

12/3/2007 9:02:22 AM

They just drop it into Funds Available for Trading. At the top, click "My Account". Then on the left, click "Account History". Tell it the time period (usually just All Available) and search - this will bring up everything that's happened in your account.

This is an example of what the dividend should look like:
10/25/2007 GE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO DIVIDEND ON 50 SHARES OF GE @ .28000 $0.00 $0.00 $14.00

[Edited on December 3, 2007 at 10:44 AM. Reason : ]

12/3/2007 10:43:50 AM

Speaking of GE...ouch!

12/3/2007 3:40:26 PM

I've got an account with a commodities trading company that has done alright. I'm curious as to whether or not anyone runs a similar operation trading currency.

12/3/2007 4:12:12 PM

^ no. who is your account with?


...today looks a good day to buy

12/4/2007 10:37:57 AM

It's with McVean trading. I take care of all of my stock stuff on my own and let them worry about commodities. Performance hasn't been overly spectacular. It jumped a lot when I first opened it ~2 years ago, but is only up about 10% right now.

12/4/2007 12:57:19 PM

i should've taken my own advice and bought some stuff yesterday

12/5/2007 10:28:56 AM

Everything in my account is already in the market or I would have. I have $62 in cash in my Scottrade account -- not enough to do anything with and I don't have anything else to add to it. Oh well, there will always be another time.

12/5/2007 10:49:47 AM

anyone else getting relatively signifant (for after hours) activity right now?

12/6/2007 12:11:32 AM

I doubled the amount i was in two weeks ago, but now I wish I had put in more.

12/6/2007 1:35:50 AM

Quote :

"Everything in my account is already in the market or I would have. I have $62 in cash in my Scottrade account -- not enough to do anything with and I don't have anything else to add to it. Oh well, there will always be another time. "

I hate it when you have a few dollars left on your account, makes me want to add more money into the account.

12/6/2007 1:53:28 AM

that's where the ol' automatic draft comes in handy.


anyone starting to consider a potentially coming bear market in their buying decisions?

12/6/2007 2:10:34 AM

I got all kinds of shit put to me in October and November and was pissed about it until now.

12/6/2007 2:35:45 AM

Anyone know about WCG? It got raided by the FBI in Oct, but it looks like it will rebound.

12/6/2007 10:36:54 AM

I need to go ahead and pick one of you to come to my house and kick me in the nuts whenever I sell covered calls on AAPL. It has never ever ever never ever worked out for me.

12/6/2007 3:15:20 PM

stupid scottrade

[Edited on December 7, 2007 at 2:43 PM. Reason : ]

12/7/2007 2:40:45 PM

i found this article interesting - even if i think it is written from the perception that we are all gonna die

http://blogs.marketwatch.com/greenberg/2007/12/straight-talk-on-the-mortgage-mess-from-an-insider/

12/7/2007 2:59:26 PM

Cisco hasnt really caught back up with the market as fast as some of its peer tech companies like google/apple/etc. I put a limit order in today to catch some of it again, as I think its a pretty good time to buy.

12/7/2007 8:42:56 PM

Quote :

"skokiaan gonna have to transfer more cash in to buy some more AAPL 11/10/2007 12:04:17 AM"

Best decision ever. Up a shitload. Only wish I had done more! Bought @ 165. Now 195

[Edited on December 8, 2007 at 3:31 AM. Reason : .]

12/8/2007 3:31:19 AM

Might be a good time to pick up some CELG. Down $8 right now.

Thoughts?

12/10/2007 10:25:50 AM

^ yes. i've monetized it 3 times over in the past. now i'm just letting the house money ride, and want to try out some other names; otherwise i'd get more

[Edited on December 11, 2007 at 12:32 AM. Reason : runon]

12/11/2007 12:30:57 AM

Garmin to TomTom:

You can't play a playa, you mark-ass bitch.

12/11/2007 1:16:16 AM

I bought AAPL about a year ago... jesus I wish I had put more into it

[Edited on December 11, 2007 at 10:24 AM. Reason : got in @ under $100]

12/11/2007 10:23:24 AM

I feel the same way about CELG, apparently one of their heavy investors is getting involved with a competitor, nothing long term I would say, but this stock at it's current price seems like a go, bought the 50 call for July

12/11/2007 11:51:42 AM

I placed a market order this morning for CSCO while it was below 27.60. Next thing I know my order is processed as it jumped to 28.80 WTF. sure enough its already receded to 28.60. Guess its not a big deal since i am longing it but i basically paid a $14 surcharge. Thanks for nothing ShareBuilder.

I'm trying to decide now if i want to put $500 in GS or COP. If the federal funds rate stays level GS will drop possibly even if its only .25% decrease. I think COP is good for the long term. Good dividends, investment in new drilling sites, natural gas holdings, and less foreign oil dependency then other big oil companies.

[Edited on December 11, 2007 at 12:02 PM. Reason : a]

12/11/2007 11:59:43 AM

When you place a market order, you're basically opening your wallet and telling the MM "Take what you need." Always go limit, especially on the day the FOMC is making an announcement


[Edited on December 11, 2007 at 1:15 PM. Reason : ..]

12/11/2007 1:14:32 PM

what does it mean to go limit?

12/11/2007 1:21:23 PM

hahaha...you're pissed at ShareBuilder, but you don't know what a market order is.

Anyways,

A limit order allows you to set a maximum buy price or minimum sell price on a stock.

For example, this morning you could have placed a limit buy for CSCO at $27.60. This means that your order will go through if a buyer can be found at or below $27.60. In practice, it essentially means that your order will go through only if the market value falls below $27.60.

If you put in a limit buy on CSCO at $27.60 today, your order would still be sitting there. CSCO opened up at $27.84 and hasn't been below $27.80 all day.

12/11/2007 1:35:07 PM

yeah, this is exactly why Market orders are a bad idea, except in rare circumstances(i can't even think of one right now).

12/11/2007 2:02:18 PM

^ immediate execution

12/11/2007 2:16:34 PM

fed cuts rates .25% lets see if market sell off occurs

12/11/2007 2:22:24 PM

damn fed, stop cutting rates!!!

12/11/2007 2:34:01 PM

The drop isn't because the Fed cut rates. It's because they didn't cut rates as much as some wanted.

12/11/2007 2:47:21 PM

I don't care about the market as much as I care about the dollar losing value.

12/11/2007 3:01:58 PM

Quote :

"The drop isn't because the Fed cut rates. It's because they didn't cut rates as much as some wanted."

The stock market is best represented as a big crack addict.

12/11/2007 3:11:14 PM

good thing i had my stops in place
wasn't sure if we would get a .25 or .5 cut

12/11/2007 3:49:39 PM

Wow...markets took a huge shit.
People are so greedy. Instead of saying "thanks for trying to help spur the economy" it's "FUCK YOU DIDN'T HELP US ENOUGH SO WE'RE GOING TO ACT LIKE CHILDREN!"

12/11/2007 3:55:48 PM

In a situation like today, all the "experts" were calling for a .25 point cut, and it happened, problem in this scenario, is that one person spots another going for the door, and then the dominos start to fall and CNBC is all "recession" and then everyone heads for the door and people get stopped out. Everyone was calling for the .25 cut, and that's what happened, shows you what sentiment can do, especially when it has nothing to do with logic

[Edited on December 11, 2007 at 4:29 PM. Reason : .]

12/11/2007 4:26:41 PM

Quote :

"I'm trying to decide now if i want to put $500 in GS or COP."

I'm thinking of getting some GS or some AAPL.

12/11/2007 4:42:25 PM

With GS at a 6% correction it might be a good time to "back the truck up"

12/11/2007 5:41:49 PM

^ good idea
^^ if it's $500, stop picking stocks, select a passive strategy and chill

12/11/2007 11:20:56 PM

lot of sensible buzz on the street about MA and SNCR

12/12/2007 11:01:42 AM

Picked up 5 shares of GS to go along with me 4 shares of goog. w00t

On a sidenote I still think its stupid when people don't buy a stock because its expensive. I don't really see a difference between buying 100 shares of stock x for $1000 vs 4 shares of stock y for $1000.

12/12/2007 11:05:32 AM

i'm also liking th buzz around NDAQ and NTDOY; and MCD as a longer term-slow and steady hold.

btw, if you guys don't already, you should be watching fast money on CNBC. its live at 5 and reshown at 8 - weekdays.

12/12/2007 11:19:38 AM

What do you guys think of rimm? They report earning next Thur.

12/12/2007 11:21:55 AM

i like it and own a bunch of it. take that with a grain of salt thought -- i'm addicted to my crackberry and any opinion of mine from an end user perspective is usually fickle. i didn't buy AAPL for the longest time because their products never appealed to me. i may fall out of love with the crackberry when IT upgrades me to the newer model which doesn't have the rolly-push button on the side.


[Edited on December 12, 2007 at 11:27 AM. Reason : asdfasdf]

12/12/2007 11:27:13 AM

What's so great about the crackberry vs the iphone/sidekick/any random smart phone.

12/12/2007 11:32:37 AM

think the apple bubble will bust after xmas.

saw a lot of green when i logged onto my computer. let's back the truck up.

12/12/2007 12:18:54 PM

^

Rally faded on BoA, Wachovia and Sallie Mae warnings. My best estimation is that there will be significantly more pain going into the New Year.

We are likely to hear bad things in the coming weeks or months from WaMu, CountryWide and others. At one point Countrywide was suggesting they would be profitable in Q4. I don't see how that is possible at this point.

Given the strong possibility that WaMu is going to see its cost of credit reach into junk range I think there are some legitimate questions about long-run solvency. Remember that just a month or so ago WaMu was saying publicly that the dividend was safe, now we are looking at a 75% cut.

Furthermore, retails sales number for Nov. were inflated on an early Thanksgiving. I haven't seen a lot of talk about this in the financial press which means that Dec. warnings are likely to catch some people by surprise.

12/12/2007 3:31:52 PM

Is it a good idea to trade on the OTC stocks? (Pink Sheets)

I'm considering GTEM since it shows promise and it's pretty cheap...thoughts, anyone?

12/12/2007 8:03:54 PM