The running of the bulls! (Stock market trading thread)

frogmammy · #**521** 03/12/13, 09:12 PM

Yeah, mine is looking nice so far this year! Not all the dividends have been paid yet (waiting with baited breath!) but I think most will be paid out this month. Check out the pay on CLCT, unbelievable!

Mon

**clovis** · #**522** 03/12/13, 09:19 PM

I reinvested some of my recent dividends into KO today.

I certainly like the stock, especially because they've been a solid dividend payer since 1898, but I sure wish the yield was more than 3%.

I probably should have opted to buy a stock with a higher yield, but I like KO for the long term.

frogmammy · #**523** 03/12/13, 10:49 PM

I'm kinda liking robotics, thinking it's the future. Got IRBT, AVAV and MAKO...although MAKO is a touch shaky right now and we need to see what this healthcare mess is going to do. I think if I were going to go for a long hold, I'd go with IRBT....I believe they are bound for a solid future as they have been around for a while, and are becoming very diverse.

Mon

Belfrybat · #**524** 03/14/13, 05:09 PM

I don't buy individual stocks, but instead use mutual funds. My IRA is with Pax World balanced funds and is doing great. I also have Vanguard Windsor II and Intermediate Corp. bonds (usually in a 50/50 mix -- but since stocks have been skyrocketing it is now 53/47). I don't need to take money out right now but will by mid-summer when some high ticket items come due. So question -- since what goes up usually comes down, would it be a wise idea for me to take $2500.00 out of the Windsor account tomorrow which would balance the mix back to 50/50, or should I gamble and stay put hoping it will go up even more? I'd appreciate any words of wisdom here.
BTW, I'm 64 which is why my Vanguard mix is a bit more conservative than the traditional 60/40 split.

willow_girl · #**525** 03/14/13, 10:49 PM

Today was a red-letter day for me, as I came home from work to find two of my stocks had sold ... the LNDC I bought on a dip about 3 weeks ago, and the WOR I bought (also on a dip) yesterday. Netted a total of $211 -- w00t!

**clovis** · #**526** 03/18/13, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by willow_girl

Today was a red-letter day for me, as I came home from work to find two of my stocks had sold ... the LNDC I bought on a dip about 3 weeks ago, and the WOR I bought (also on a dip) yesterday. Netted a total of $211 -- w00t!

Nice!!!!!!

willow_girl · #**527** 03/25/13, 10:34 PM

Umm, not really, as that LNDC I unloaded went up more than 8 percent today ($1.02). If I were still holding it, I'd be up $548.

willow_girl · #**528** 03/26/13, 09:13 AM

And I'd be up $358 if I'd held on to WOR ...

Excuse me, I have to go kill myself now.

**clovis** · #**529** 03/26/13, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by willow_girl

And I'd be up $358 if I'd held on to WOR ...

Excuse me, I have to go kill myself now.

You know the old sayings:

"The bears get a little, and the bulls get a little, but hogs get slaughtered."

"You can never argue about profit."

**clovis** · #**530** 03/26/13, 02:33 PM

BTW, I cannot believe this market.

Who would have thunk that the Dow would be at 14,500+?

Maybe Zong?

**clovis** · #**531** 03/28/13, 11:35 AM

This market is on a crazy bull run.

My account hit another small milestone today, due to the run up in share prices.

I'm a happy camper, at least until the Dow takes a plunge, LOL.

Halfway · #**532** 04/05/13, 09:40 AM

Great time to add small amounts for long, value positions.

Today: T WMT EPD COP

Michael W. Smith · #**533** 04/08/13, 03:47 PM

Great time to sell losers with the run-up in the market.

Back in July of 2010, when I was (and still am) invested with Verizon, they spun off shares of Frontier.

Great deal, right? You keep all the shares of Verizon, and they give you FREE shares of a new company. At that time, my investment was small so I didn't get too many shares.

I got the free shares and saw how great the dividend was - and I thought, let's add to it! So I did. In 2011, I sent in $3000.00 and got 352 shares of Frontier for $8.44 per share.

Then I watched as the stock dropped, and dropped and dropped. But I thought with the wonderful dividend, it will be fine.

Today, with dividend reinvestments and the free shares, I own over 431 shares. Today, those shares are worth $4.08 / share, meaning I have $1758.00 for my $3000.00 investment.

I'm bailing out. Selling all of the shares and getting out. I figure with the great run up in the stock market, it's time to sell a loser and I'll get a loss for tax purposes for the year.

If I wouldn't have sent in money, I'd still have the free shares, and I could hold onto them to see if they recover.

I probably should have sold before this, but I kept thinking the stock would come back.

That's one I was wrong on!

Oh well, I guess 1 loser out of 13 or so stock picks isn't too bad.

**clovis** · #**534** 04/09/13, 09:39 AM

MWS-

Sorry about the loss. BTDT.

If your luck is anything like mine, Frontier will gain another 2 points after you sell it.

Michael W. Smith · #**535** 04/09/13, 01:22 PM

Mmmmm, I doubt it. I would say it will still be around the current price a year from now - currently $4.14.

After a year, if the stock is still around the current price, I may buy it again - it does have a nice dividend. But I highly doubt they can keep the high dividend for another year without slashing the dividend.

No worries, Clovis, the amount I invested was piddly compared to what I've made on other stocks. It will be nice to get a tax break next year.

**clovis** · #**536** 04/09/13, 09:56 PM

MWS-

What are you going to invest in next?

Michael W. Smith · #**537** 04/12/13, 01:34 PM

Not sure. I'm waiting on the check to come in and get it cashed before I think of the next investment. It might be to put invest it in something I already own and just add to it. (It's fun to get bigger and bigger dividends -which are just reinvested - I never actually get the money, but it sure is fun to see your dividend get bigger and bigger each quarter!)

The one stock I have in mind pays a 4.5% dividend.

**clovis** · #**538** 04/12/13, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael W. Smith

t's fun to get bigger and bigger dividends -which are just reinvested -

The one stock I have in mind pays a 4.5% dividend.

I love seeing those dividends grow too.

Which stock is that?

COP?

Michael W. Smith · #**539** 04/12/13, 07:11 PM

Hawaii Electric. I'm thinking sometime the wife and I need to go to one of their shareholder meetings.

I wonder how much expense you can list on your taxes for going to a shareholder meeting? Airfare, hotel, etc. I'm quite certain it would be a chore to attend their meeting.

**clovis** · #**540** 04/13/13, 10:29 AM

MWS,

Since you are a fellow dividend investor, what other stocks are you looking at?

I am still studying KRFT, COP, BP, AEP, DUK, NLY, VZ. I'll need to see some pullbacks on some of these before jumping in.

I'd like to strengthen my current positions in T, KO and possibly BPT.