1/28/2008 7:02:40 PM

1/28/2008 7:14:54 PM

HAHAH DOWN THAT MUCH FOR THIS CRAP? wtf?



should i buy now?

[Edited on January 28, 2008 at 9:08 PM. Reason : ]

1/28/2008 9:07:00 PM

scottrade working ok?

1/29/2008 9:35:04 AM

yes

1/29/2008 9:52:26 AM

ouch VMW at $56

1/29/2008 10:03:39 AM

it's gone from overvalued to oversold.

1/29/2008 10:05:35 AM

I think a drop like this will many times result in a small drop the next day as well... People still will react at the end of the day to the bloodshed. If it drops again tommorrow, you might have a great deal on your hands.

1/29/2008 10:44:47 AM

on an up day, i have to fret about VMW

1/29/2008 11:03:48 AM

1/29/2008 4:18:37 PM

Thinking about some US Steel (X) as well.

They were way down today.

[Edited on January 29, 2008 at 4:30 PM. Reason : .]

1/29/2008 4:29:45 PM

the only things i'm inclined to buy are

NITE
NDAQ
NEM


the following are interesting too, but are suspect

POT
DE
FLS

1/29/2008 4:33:15 PM

POT moves frequently, you'd better have a strong stomach, but no doubt it will be higher (as will the entire market) in 12 months.

1/29/2008 4:42:26 PM

my finance teacher said something in class about t rowe price having the lowest no load mutual funds...he said even a college student can afford them...its 50/month...i signed up for the "balanced" one...figured balanced was my best bet

1/29/2008 5:00:34 PM

I don't think they are the lowest. What's the expense ratio?

1/29/2008 5:02:21 PM

i dont really know...i'm just going on what he said...he said they were the best company that offered the lowest no load mutual funds...at first i thought he said it was specifically for college students and then i asked again and he said no its for everyone....before i signed up it said you had to put either 1000 in as the initial investment, or put in 50 bucks a month...i clicked on balanced and it said like the high was about 22.xx and the low was like 19.xx

the only thing that sucks is i did some equifax thing and it asked me thiese questions and said i failed at answering them...one was about getting a mortgage in feb of 2007, which makes no sense, and another was about getting a college loan in august of 2005, which wasnt that accurate(i just do a fafsa yo)...there were 2 other questions but they were similar to the mortgage questions(mortgage question is so fucking wierd...i dont even have any credit hardly...dont have a credit card...dont know why equifax would think i'd get a mortgage)...so since i failed that, i have 30 days to mail in a check or a deposit slip...only thing that sucks about that is i still have the starter checks cause i use my debit card everywhere or cash...so now i have to go to the bank, order some checks with my name on it(dont even know how much that is gonna be, mom said around 20 bucks) and then send the shit in

1/29/2008 5:08:05 PM

Woah. Retype that in readable form and maybe I'll take a second try to comprehend your post.

1/29/2008 5:09:44 PM

i dont really know...i'm just going on what he said...he said they were the best company that offered the lowest no load mutual funds...at first i thought he said it was specifically for college students and then i asked again and he said no its for everyone....before i signed up it said you had to put either 1000 in as the initial investment, or put in 50 bucks a month...i clicked on balanced and it said like the high was about 22.xx and the low was like 19.xx

the only thing that sucks is i did some equifax thing and it asked me thiese questions and said i failed at answering them...

one was about getting a mortgage in feb of 2007, which makes no sense, and another was about getting a college loan in august of 2005, which wasnt that accurate(i just do a fafsa yo)...

there were 2 other questions but they were similar to the mortgage questions(mortgage question is so fucking wierd...i dont even have any credit hardly...dont have a credit card...dont know why equifax would think i'd get a mortgage)...

so since i failed that, i have 30 days to mail in a check or a deposit slip...

only thing that sucks about that is i still have the starter checks cause i use my debit card everywhere or cash...

so now i have to go to the bank, order some checks with my name on it(dont even know how much that is gonna be, mom said around 20 bucks) and then send the shit in

1/29/2008 5:11:55 PM

gotcha

1/29/2008 5:24:53 PM

^^ those questions have a none of the above option...

1/29/2008 5:31:10 PM

i put none of the above for every question...as far as i knew none of them applied to me

1/29/2008 5:33:28 PM

bttt...i dont mind if yall ignore me again...all i gotta do is get some checks with my name on them and send in a voided one

1/30/2008 3:14:33 AM

Today is shaping up to be a wild day

Fed move on deck that I don't think anyone can really predict. I was looking for 25 bps until this morning when we got the new GDP numbers from last year, which show sharply slowing growth.

I could see 50 bps now. However, I don't see how anything less than 50 bps will satisfy the Street.


Add to that the possibility that Ambac and MBIA will be downgraded today and the weak economic data itself and I think we are in for a wild ride.

I could easily see a scenario were 50 bps from the Fed and a dovish statement lead to a 150+ point gain but I could just as easily see a bad statement and a downgrades leading to a 300 point loss.

1/30/2008 9:05:01 AM

hopefully 50 pts causes a runup so i can sell some stuff

1/30/2008 10:58:25 AM

Where can I get a real-time ticker through scottrade?

1/30/2008 11:08:20 AM

^ do what?

1/2 pt cut for both discount and funds rate

1/30/2008 2:15:29 PM

WTF Yahoo?

1/30/2008 2:19:17 PM

Today is a great day to sell OTM CC's on your long stock for Feb

1/30/2008 2:55:43 PM

so much for a rally

1/30/2008 3:47:23 PM

^ The 50 point cut was baked in, if it had been 25, you'd have seen a massive sell off

1/30/2008 3:53:48 PM

So it begins. . .

S&P has officially begun to cut the ratings on over $500 Billion worth or mortgage securities. Estimated loss to financial institutions $256 Billion.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=am2Nk1VM5YsA&refer=home

I expect an offical downgrade on Ambac and MBIA by the end of the week.

1/30/2008 7:09:17 PM

http://finance.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=AMZN

AMZN getting pummeled in AH trading based on forecasts

1/30/2008 7:42:18 PM

during the short lived runup yesterday i sold about half of my RIMM and VMW, and all my FXI -- i've been in an out of those forever so net i'm still positive

bought a little POT and DE

good to see MA snapped back in a big way -- i got in, in the 200s and it had been a downward slope ever since





[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 10:32 AM. Reason : fgdfggsdf]

1/31/2008 10:26:16 AM

Hey if you guys ever need a boost to your portfolio let me know. I'll just take out another short position and that's guaranteed to send the market off to the races.

Bought QID on the open, down 5% so far.

1/31/2008 3:13:58 PM

GOOG to report earnings today.

Thankfully I got out awhile ago so I won't be biting my fingernails today...although...it's pretty temping to get in within the next 10 minutes on a gamble that they'll do quite well.

But, if I do that, the stock will tank. So I'm going to sit on my hands and play it cool...

1/31/2008 3:50:09 PM

I got some goog at 557, fingers crossed...

1/31/2008 4:01:39 PM

Preliminary reports are saying that might not have been a good idea.

1/31/2008 4:08:40 PM

oh noes

Does scottrade not show after hour quotes?

1/31/2008 4:08:59 PM

Click "details" once you ask for a quote.

GOOG down 9% afterhours...

1/31/2008 4:10:56 PM

I typed goog in the detailed quote box but I don't see "details" anywhere

1/31/2008 4:12:39 PM

When you get to the 'detailed' stock quote view, it should have news about the corporation. One headline said "Goog falls 9% after hours" or something like that.

Plus a few people on the google discussion message boards (on google finance, ironically enough) are posting the info as it happens.

1/31/2008 4:20:42 PM

Yeah, but I just want the price like this, except realtime

After Hours: 513.00 -51.30 (-9.09%) Jan 31 4:08pm ET

1/31/2008 4:24:13 PM

Me too and it's pissing me off that I can't find one.
Anyone have any ideas?

1/31/2008 4:25:56 PM

I get mine through logging in to Scottrade.

shows Bid: 522.50 [+]

That pretty much tells you the current price

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 4:59 PM. Reason : .]

1/31/2008 4:53:30 PM

click on trading --> pre/aftermarket hours --> accept agreement --> get quotes --> if quotes are too delayed --> enter a fake order for one share at market without confirming the order

1/31/2008 4:54:16 PM

real time after hours quotes:

http://www.level2quotes.com

1/31/2008 5:04:34 PM

Cool thanks. What's up with size? Are these real time trades happening?

1/31/2008 5:06:36 PM

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a.GxJa7tYSuo&refer=us

2/1/2008 9:37:55 AM

^AOL + Time Warner

2/1/2008 6:56:55 PM

^ definitely not

2/4/2008 12:29:03 AM