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

okiemom · #**641** 11/07/13, 11:05 AM

I know... we all should buy twitter.... hehe

Bret · #**642** 11/08/13, 01:44 PM

I saw this crawling across the screen today at lunch. CLVS

okiemom · #**643** 11/11/13, 05:41 PM

okay... the rest of the story?? why clvs?

**clovis** · #**644** 11/11/13, 10:34 PM

Okiemom and Bret:

Are you dividend investors only, or are you playing the market for quick flips also?

Bret · #**645** 11/13/13, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by okiemom

okay... the rest of the story?? why clvs?

I was having fun with our fellow homesteader Clovis. I wanted to see if it was his new company.

**clovis** · #**646** 11/13/13, 01:32 PM

Good one, Bret.

I totally missed that one...it went right over my head!!!

In the early days of this thread, another poster PM'ed me about a stock they were following. They said "If you want to know a hot stock I've been following...LMK".

Well, I couldn't find LMK listed anywhere, and then it dawned on me that it was 'Let Me Know'.

LOL.

Bret · #**647** 11/13/13, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by clovis

Okiemom and Bret:

Are you dividend investors only, or are you playing the market for quick flips also?

I don't fit in any mold I guess. I only became an investor when I figured out that no one will watch your babies like you watch your babies.

In short, I would call myself a value investor. I see evidence in that I own some companies that do not pay a dividend. I felt at the time of buying that the company was under valued to me. I expect that I will be wrong the first time and sometimes the second time.

I often have a sell order on most. When there is a run up, It can go away just as fast. Someone is always willing to take out the gains.

Education is my primary goal in everything. Dividends and capital gains are a bonus. Losses are at times the tuition.

Bret · #**648** 11/13/13, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by clovis

Good one, Bret.

I totally missed that one...it went right over my head!!!

In the early days of this thread, another poster PM'ed me about a stock they were following. They said "If you want to know a hot stock I've been following...LMK".

Well, I couldn't find LMK listed anywhere, and then it dawned on me that it was 'Let Me Know'.

LOL.

I can't find LOL.

Bret · #**649** 11/13/13, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by clovis

Bret,

While you are at it, make sure you pick up a few jars of Miracle Whip and a case of Chicken in a Biskit crackers.

Clovis, I see that Kraft headline today.

okiemom · #**650** 11/13/13, 02:24 PM

I want to be able to grow value and get income for the future. I look for everything to be an increasing investment (good luck with that) but, speculation is not something I will go for. Mainly I like the true and steady on dips. No fads and only sometimes slightly contrarian. I like the stocks the "buyers" are not going for currently as they are already too overvalued. it is harder now to get a great deal.

**clovis** · #**651** 11/13/13, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bret

Clovis, I see that Kraft headline today.

I saw that too.

Will Starbucks really pay that amount? KRFT said in the WSJ that the money won't affect their bottom line.

Do these big companies really pay each other when they have judgments against them? Remember when ATT was trying to buy T-Mobile? The contract held a clause in it that if the deal fell through, ATT would pay a crazy amount. I have never seen where ATT paid a dime of that.

**clovis** · #**652** 11/18/13, 12:16 PM

The Dow is above 16,000 today.

Wishing now that I would have put everything I had into the market back when it was 9,000.

kens · #**653** 11/30/13, 04:13 PM

What is the best online brokerage? It's been years since I've been in the market even though I know when the fed stops pumping money into the system it will fall like a deck of cards. I'd like to get my feet wet.

**clovis** · #**654** 12/01/13, 08:37 PM

I use Scottrade, and love it.

They have local brick and mortar offices...just in case something goes wrong with my account, I have someone within a 15 minute drive of my house to yell at, and they all speak English as a first language.

They offer $7 trades on almost everything.

They don't send me tons of emails, or offer/push unwanted solicitation. No one is pumping and dumping, and no one is pushing proprietary ETF's or mutual funds so they can line their own pockets at the expense of their customers.

I've gotten to know the three guys at my local Scottrade office. It is nice to be able to call them and ask them questions about stocks, the market, their website, or just about anything to do with the market. They will never suggest or imply any stock recommendation, which is cool IMO.

I really like Scottrade. I'd give them an A+ as a broker. I really would.

okiemom · #**655** 12/02/13, 12:43 PM

I like Schwab. that said I only use the local office for deposits the people are snobby and I feel like my acct. is not big enough for them to care about. Schwab phone customer service reps are really great.

**clovis** · #**656** 12/02/13, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by okiemom

I like Schwab. that said I only use the local office for deposits the people are snobby and I feel like my acct. is not big enough for them to care about. Schwab phone customer service reps are really great.

One thing I like about my local Scottrade office is that those guys are down to earth and easy to talk to.

There are no snobby attitudes to deal with at my local office. The head manager is an avid vegetable gardener (and a secret suburban homesteader type, I think, but he won't admit it), and all three of the guys drive older paid off cars, just like I do. All three pack their lunches to work, just like I would if I worked in an office.

And lastly, they treat everyone the same, whether they are depositing $20 or $20,000 into a $200 account or a $2,000,000 account.

willow_girl · #**657** 12/19/13, 11:17 PM

Hello friends!

Well, I have hardly done any trading this year ... just too busy with other things (remodeling the house, having a huge garden). But I made it my New Year's resolution (for next year) to get back on the horse.

Checked my portfolio yesterday after not looking at it for awhile, and got a huge surprise. I'd been holding 3 stocks that went down right after I bought them, and I'd been holding them FOREVAH ... like, more than a year.

Except one (LSI) on Monday had shot up more than $3 a share ... sounds like a buyout is in the works. I just about FREAKED when I saw it, not only the black, but VERY in the black ...

I almost broke a finger pounding the "Sell" button. Walked away with a profit of $840, the most I've ever made on a single transaction.

It's a good thing I wasn't keeping a closer eye on my portfolio ... I'd undoubtedly have dumped it sooner, and made a lot less.

Bret · #**658** 12/20/13, 07:36 AM

Too funny. We now know who the super rich are that have so many assets that they don't need to keep an eye on them. Made me grin.

When the markets up, I get drawn in. When the markets down, I practice piano.

**clovis** · #**659** 12/20/13, 09:37 PM

WTG, Willow!!!!!

**clovis** · #**660** 12/20/13, 09:40 PM

BTW, since the market is still down a little, I think I am going to miss making my goal of having a certain amount in my account by years end by $300 to $500.

I am so very close...but so far away.

Could someone call Warren Buffet, and ask him to leak some news about buying one of the companies that I hold stock in? If I could get LLY to spike $5 a share, I'd make the goal with some to spare.