^. Definitely buy and sell in pieces

I'm picking up chunks of ACI leading up to their split this month. Option premiums are really good as well.

5/9/2006 2:43:00 PM

^^ That's not really a "Cramer" tactic, it's pretty standard investing strategy.

5/9/2006 3:16:32 PM

CSCO up a buck in after hours!

29 cents vs. 26 expected (.27 was the highest estimate).

Sales at 7.3 Billion.

5/9/2006 4:26:41 PM

rock

5/9/2006 4:27:25 PM

how are you guys jumping in on gold? I wanted to move into EZM, but I think it's too late. I know there's a way to make money on gold without playing options, but I just feel like I'm a step behind.

5/9/2006 9:50:12 PM

what about the gold ETF?

5/9/2006 9:51:31 PM

symbol?

5/9/2006 9:53:50 PM

GLD invests directly in gold bullion

GDM is an index of mining companies, but appears to be a little more volatile.

5/9/2006 9:57:56 PM

cool, finally. do you have any good readings on investing in ETFs? Then I'll have a night's worth of reading to catch up on

5/9/2006 10:01:02 PM

http://finance.yahoo.com/etf
http://www.fool.com/etf/etf.htm

5/9/2006 10:05:55 PM

would have been a nice day to have had BIDU

5/10/2006 9:34:43 AM

ya

5/10/2006 10:13:37 AM

ya, i saw it going nuts afterhours yesterday

i had a one night stand with it on its IPO day. it was nice. it felt like i was 19 again--like it was the late 90s again

i'm tempted to go in for a piece


"Baidu" in Mandarin means something like, "finding a lover in a crowd"

fitting name

5/10/2006 10:18:27 AM

Quote :

"The name of Baidu was inspired by a poem constructed in the ci form by the poet Xin Qiji, written more than 800 years ago during the Song Dynasty. The poem compares the search for a retreating beauty amid chaotic glamour with the search for one's dream while confronted by life's many obstacles. hundreds and thousands of times, for her I searched in chaos, suddenly, I turned by chance, to where the lights were waning, and there she stood. (????????????,????,??????) Baidu, literally meaning hundreds of times, represents persistent search for the ideal"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu

5/10/2006 10:54:43 AM

Quote :

"????????????,????,??????"

it's so beautiful in the original mandarin

5/10/2006 1:29:33 PM

TIE just keeps going up.

Thanks for the original recommendation guys, btw. I think I'm going to hold onto TIE for a while.
Edit: For the love of God why didn't I buy HANS back when I got some GOOG, too?!!? I definitely thought $120 was too much but it's up $24/share today to $201. *dies*

[Edited on May 10, 2006 at 5:36 PM. Reason : ]

5/10/2006 5:34:26 PM

yes, thanks for TIE Bobby and others!

5/10/2006 6:32:38 PM

check out these ETFs

some of them have had a hell of a run and may be at highs

ILF
EWZ
ADRE
TBH
EWY
BBH
ADRA
GLD
IAU
FXI
EWO
XLE

5/10/2006 6:36:44 PM

dude, TIE is on a tear

...not this morning or anything, but overall its up from where some of us bought



[Edited on May 11, 2006 at 9:49 AM. Reason : [Edited on May 11, 2006 at 9:48 AM. Reason : since we bought]]

5/11/2006 9:47:03 AM

Seriously, I'd like to cry now.

must pay off cars so I can invest
must pay off cars so I can invest
must pay off cars so I can invest

5/11/2006 9:51:57 AM

i'm glad i'm a used honda accord kind of guy

after this year though i'm buying my old man a porsche

5/11/2006 9:58:12 AM

hell, we don't even have anything flashy.. wife totaled her car last year so 1 income with mortgage + 2 car payments is a little tight until she starts doctoring and I start retiring.

5/11/2006 10:05:09 AM

you sir are holding it down...i'm still saving up for a down payment

5/11/2006 10:09:08 AM

anybody know anything about JOYG ?

they seem to be the "Levi Strauss of the 1800 gold rush" genre

5/11/2006 11:25:04 AM

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060510/20060510005834.html?.v=1

Interesting...

5/11/2006 2:47:25 PM

^ that encourages me to buy

5/11/2006 3:14:27 PM

Way ahead of you there, lol.

5/11/2006 3:20:04 PM

what you get in at?

5/11/2006 3:38:49 PM

i got in at 0.14 before close

5/11/2006 4:39:38 PM

I'm looking to buy a little more as well.

5/11/2006 4:43:23 PM

is TIE overpriced or do we see it going to 100? Also looking at NXG and STKL thoughts?

5/11/2006 5:19:00 PM

^

short term (up until the split), hard to say

medium/long term (couple of months until rest of the year), there is a very visible uptrend in mineral commodities and metals (for TIE + the ones you mentioned)

5/11/2006 5:48:39 PM

Mr. joshua

back to this for a sec...pardon the delayed response.

Quote :

"no, just selling puts and hoping that the stock stays above 35. the option premium is ~$1.00 so i could make some money without having to buy anything"

you could do this and hope the price floats, or you could buy it and sell covered calls.





[Edited on May 11, 2006 at 6:09 PM. Reason : [Edited on May 11, 2006 at 6:09 PM. Reason : [Edited on May 11, 2006 at 6:08 PM. Reason : sell]]]

5/11/2006 6:08:19 PM

I got in a 0.135. Originally I put my limit order at 0.13 but no one wanted it after 5-10 minutes so I modified it to 0.135 and it was taken within a few seconds.
So far I got in a 0.18 and 0.135, with a large majority at the former.

5/11/2006 7:20:39 PM

Wow, sort of an ugly start for the market today

5/12/2006 9:51:00 AM

I remember back in the 90s that stocks always softened in the summertime. Maybe we are back to that behavior.

5/12/2006 9:52:00 AM

it was a raging week for commodities, so obviously there'll be a bit of a selloff today.

tech is in a near term downtrend, its either near bottom or in a downtrend until 2nd half of the year.

may see some renewed interest and a pop in healthcare & biotechs in the coming weeks, and definitely an uptrend towards the end of the year.

5/12/2006 9:54:21 AM

^^ yes, summer doldrums are likely

[Edited on May 12, 2006 at 9:56 AM. Reason : ^]

5/12/2006 9:54:59 AM

wow, an ugly, ugly day for TIE, although it creates a good buying oppurtunity

Those of you who got in PGPM and FPPL will be happy to know that they have been steady and have support at their current levels, so hopefully theres nowhere to go but up. Good to get in at the ground floor.

5/12/2006 11:19:01 AM

the end is near
abandon all hope ye who enter here

5/12/2006 11:30:57 AM

without profit taking, traders don't make money

that's all that happened to TIE. in case you all forgot, its Friday

5/12/2006 2:33:50 PM

bulls make money
bears make money
pigs smell funny

5/12/2006 2:53:29 PM

^^ yep, all of the above. I'm certain it was probably exacerbated by trailing stops.

5/12/2006 3:33:40 PM

trailing stops are your friend

5/12/2006 3:35:36 PM

Good day for NLST. If you think that this isn't going to be a good stock to own going into the Hurricane season, you might want to think again.

5/12/2006 3:50:07 PM

What does NLST do?

5/12/2006 3:56:19 PM

their statement:

National Storm Management Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides insurance restoration services related to residential hail and wind damage repair to residents in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio. It provides repair and replacement services of roofing, siding, gutter, window, and sundry exterior items. The company is headquartered in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.


They just opened an office in Metarie, LA (New Orleans) to handle all the post Katrina work in Lousiana and Mississippi, which has a huge backlog of needed repairs. Look at what the stock was trading during the post Katrina time and what it is at now. Good potential stock as hurricane season starts, there should be a buzz about it in the future. As always, do your own due dilligence.

5/12/2006 4:01:44 PM

i wonder how much this thread has to do with this

http://www.google.com/trends?q=jim+cramer&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all


in any case, raleigh is a pretty internet savvy place

5/12/2006 7:20:00 PM

what a shitty day

5/15/2006 9:56:03 AM

Check out NLST. I told you people about it on May 8th or 9th when it was 0.19 a share, its now trading at .35

I've nearly doubled the money I put into it not even a week ago

5/15/2006 10:42:26 AM