because Gold went up along with other metals. I'm looking to get into XME soon again

2/1/2007 4:45:06 PM

It would be nice to see XOM go up a good deal tomorrow.

2/1/2007 5:44:41 PM

IBD advice

dont fall in love with a stock

cut your losses at -8% always. no exceptions.

2/1/2007 9:19:59 PM

^ that's one theory...the counter to that is that if you were willing to buy the stock at X, then it would be an even better deal at .92X (as long as the fundamentals haven't changed)

Recently I had Best Buy (BBY) drop ~11% but it has recovered ~4-5%....

2/1/2007 9:42:42 PM

sound reasoning behind that is that if stock goes down -10% it will take another 10% jump just to break even or rally 20% to make a +10% profit,and that isnt much after capital gain tax.

2/1/2007 10:09:56 PM

^and sound reasoning also says that when you trade when you have a negative gain, those losses become real

2/1/2007 11:07:56 PM

the 10% rule is sound in general, but on should make exceptions for high volatility stocks, such as TIE, TRID, etc. which can swing 10-15% in either direction several times a year.

2/2/2007 8:01:48 AM

SCUR is having a nice day. Too bad I only have 20 shares.

2/2/2007 9:50:37 AM

thinking about either dumping my ILMN or cost averaging in

2/2/2007 9:59:42 AM

heh, i got stopped out of ILMN back in november... took an 8% loss. It then dropped a bit more before getting back up to where i would have been in the black.

ah well.

2/2/2007 10:03:32 AM

yeah, i'm thinknig about getting out of it and into DGX

good thing i have GILD keepign me in the black

2/2/2007 10:09:50 AM

Is it just me or is Google Finance down?

2/2/2007 10:17:35 AM

down for me too

put in my monthly 401k aquisitions this morning to the portfolios, and it was acting up, now completely down.

[Edited on February 2, 2007 at 10:23 AM. Reason : e]

2/2/2007 10:23:39 AM

any opinions on ACET?

2/2/2007 10:24:09 AM

saw that movie on FoxMovie Channel last night...

forgot how good that shit was. the Charlie Sheen + Martin Sheen combo is brilliant.

the story it resonates now particularly because we're seeing record buyout activity out in the real world.

almost makes me want to buy a bunch of DALRQ while its down

2/2/2007 10:45:49 AM

not too familiar with ACET, but they guys on Fast Money have been talking about the chemicals rotating up - i think specialty chemicals stand to benefit if that's true.

2/2/2007 10:51:07 AM

I finally got a chance to see "that" movie a few months ago. I liked it much better than Glengarry Glen Ross. You ever see Boiler Room?

2/2/2007 10:52:22 AM

For all you experts on here-

Here's your chance:
http://contests.cnbc.com/milliondollar/rules.html

2/2/2007 11:05:59 AM

I wrote the script to Boiler Room

2/2/2007 11:41:09 AM

SCUR up 30% today. I'm glad I own some (20 shares) but now I'm kicking myself for not buying a lot more...

2/2/2007 5:51:35 PM

my mutual funds are doing sooooooooooooooo good.

[Edited on February 2, 2007 at 10:32 PM. Reason : w]

2/2/2007 10:31:48 PM

anyone know anything about:

http://www.zecco.com/Default.aspx
http://sogoinvest.com/

?

2/4/2007 12:18:13 AM

Here's hoping we all have a good day today.

2/5/2007 8:15:53 AM

dammit, i knew i shoulda sold OCN for a quick buck last week.

2/5/2007 10:22:11 AM

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070205/earns_preview_cisco_systems.html?.v=1

I'd buy CSCO today if I had money. Hell I would have bought it at $26 if I had money a few weeks/days ago. I think Tuesday they will beat estimates, but a longer term play for me as usual.

2/5/2007 12:09:10 PM

How do you guys feel about SHLD? I'm considering selling a bit. It's either that or GE, so I'm leaning towards selling the SHLD.

2/5/2007 2:12:04 PM

i sold about half of my SHLD last month and don't plan on getting back in.

I picked up GE over the past few weeks and will probably hold onto it for a while and sell covered calls/collect the dividend.

2/5/2007 2:23:52 PM

I figured that if I'm going to ditch one it'd be the SHLD so I can hold onto the GE for long term stability.

2/5/2007 2:58:55 PM

Sold my SHLD. Unfortunately this is through my full service brokerage (it's a long story) so there's a decent commission being taken out.

2/5/2007 3:14:51 PM

CTSH

2/5/2007 5:07:27 PM

^ yup

2/5/2007 7:09:04 PM

^^ very nice

2/6/2007 8:12:32 AM

^^^




Izza niiice. High five!

2/6/2007 2:05:39 PM

YEAH TIE!

2/6/2007 2:59:57 PM

^ I concur.

2/6/2007 3:23:22 PM

sold 141 TIE @ 34.94

2/6/2007 3:46:29 PM

I think I'm going to hold onto mine a bit longer and see what happens. (hopefully what happened last time won't happen again)

2/6/2007 4:04:14 PM

enjoying the Sony (SNE) runup (~18%/<1yr)

2/6/2007 6:46:37 PM

I've been enjoying the 48.93% runup in CTSH shince 6/5/06

[/gloating]

2/6/2007 9:34:38 PM

^ you still holding it with a P/E of ~63???

2/7/2007 12:27:18 AM

For now, yes. The company is optimistic about future growth and they've delivered in the past. For now I think it's worth waiting to see what happens. In the short term, I wouldn't be surprised at a profit-taking pull back.

2/7/2007 8:36:53 AM

i'm close to monetizing my CTSH, will let the rest ride on house money

2/7/2007 11:29:22 AM

i keep withholding my 2007 picks in anticipation of a dip...

2/7/2007 11:30:08 AM

You think a dip is coming up?

2/7/2007 11:35:03 AM

TIE's pulling back a bit today.... might jump back in :-)

2/7/2007 11:40:12 AM

^^
it just seems logical that there has to be some kind of healthy correction






[Edited on February 7, 2007 at 2:09 PM. Reason : nevermind the funny [Edited on February 7, 2007 at 2:07 PM. Reason : ]]

2/7/2007 2:07:16 PM

Guess, I'll hold off on my '07 roth contribution.

Can one of you guys explain disqualifying dispositions?

[Edited on February 7, 2007 at 2:27 PM. Reason : ]

2/7/2007 2:27:32 PM

another good day for me...about a 1% overall gain across my portfolio. no real smoking gains on any one stock...just incremental increases on nearly everything.


and i'm looking for Starbucks (SBUX) to continue to slide. no real plan for buying in at any particular point, yet, though.

2/7/2007 2:49:39 PM

bought back in on TIE @ 34.05

2/7/2007 3:45:07 PM

^^ I ended up with a good day, too. IDTI up 7.05% and CTSH and APPL both tacked on 2.38%.

2/7/2007 4:39:21 PM