^I would get it through Vanguard.

They offer very low costs mutual funds, especially index funds.

Also I would do just a high yield savings accounts so your not bound to any time commitment and furthermore you can keep adding money.

I really like
http://www.emigrantdirect.com

there is also
home.ingdirect.com
hsbc.com
citibank offers one
etc

[Edited on April 23, 2008 at 12:53 PM. Reason : ]

4/23/2008 12:52:03 PM

Mine is with Vanguard too.

4/23/2008 1:03:55 PM

^What kind of mutual funds do you have?

4/23/2008 1:06:43 PM

With Vanguard I just use their target retirement fund VFIFX, but I have a mixture of funds in my other account.

4/23/2008 1:09:53 PM

Ah

I use Total Stock Market
Fund of Funds
Total International Stock market.

4/23/2008 1:10:33 PM

Fund of Funds?

4/23/2008 1:15:48 PM

ahaha

that's pretty ambiguous

4/23/2008 1:30:21 PM

^^It's a fund that diversifies in many other funds.

4/23/2008 1:48:25 PM

Fuck.

CLF is up 100% from when I sold all of mine in October at a loss. Thats great.

4/23/2008 2:26:03 PM

aapl beat earnings but guidance sucks so down it goes

4/23/2008 4:54:06 PM

To think I almost sold it at 167, coulda rebought at 157, oh well.

4/23/2008 5:29:41 PM

Quote :

"SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) expects to hit its goal of selling 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008, Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said on Wednesday. "We are very pleased with iPhone momentum and we remain confident of achieving our goal of selling 10 million iPhones in calendar 2008," Oppenheimer told a conference call after the company reported second-quarter financial results. (Reporting by Scott Hillis; Editing by Braden Reddall)"

They've GOT to have a 3G and or real GPS one coming out this year... that'd get half the apple freaks that already have one to buy another one (including myself)

4/23/2008 5:47:22 PM

^hasn't the 3G iphone already been announced?

4/23/2008 7:27:57 PM

just found a great way to track returns...i shared my results too

http://www.icarra.com/viewPortfolio.php?id=4047

4/23/2008 10:23:18 PM

awesome site

4/23/2008 10:28:26 PM

Quote :

"if my friend moves in with me and my rent gets cut in half (saving me like 400 bucks) maybe ill look into dumping that money into a roth, but i was planning on putting more of it towards student loans :/"

What interest are those student loans at?

4/23/2008 10:57:19 PM

^x5,

Can I have your old one then?


^^^What kind of investments do you have there?

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 7:31 AM. Reason : ]

4/24/2008 7:30:10 AM

haha well, the screen is cracked. it did however take two hard ass throws against a metal beam to break it though so i was pretty impressed (long story, x-gf did it)

but yea i'll sell it cheap as hell if you seriously still want it

4/24/2008 7:35:26 AM

Depends if the screen still works and is visible

4/24/2008 8:46:35 AM

It works great and has for over 9 months... the crack isn't very bad when you're actually doing something.. I'll send pics if you want some

4/24/2008 8:53:49 AM

Anyone think the 5$ gain apple made today it will loose it all tomorrow? Or does the growth news make them good to hold onto?

4/24/2008 1:30:11 PM

I hoping it goes up another few dollars tomorrow if MSFT reports good numbers and guidance.

4/24/2008 1:42:40 PM

I take it you own AAPL too?

4/24/2008 1:46:01 PM

Yes, just got it a few days ago ahead of earnings.

4/24/2008 1:55:03 PM

Nice I got in when it was about 130

4/24/2008 2:05:09 PM

Cool, I just hit 16% gain on my V.

4/24/2008 3:10:16 PM

Cool, I just hit 63% gain on my V.

4/24/2008 3:12:43 PM

gaming MSFT earnings. got in at 31.6. hopefully i can get out close to 35 this evening

4/24/2008 3:13:37 PM

Cool, I just hit 16% gain on my V.

4/24/2008 3:30:16 PM

Unfortunately some of us don't have access to the actual IPO prices.
I got in at 59, 65, and 67. I'll probably get in some more within the next few days.

4/24/2008 3:32:06 PM

What's V?

4/24/2008 3:32:58 PM

Visa

4/24/2008 3:34:49 PM

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

4/24/2008 3:35:00 PM

Just sold all my Apple for a 22% gain from when I bought in, I dont see it breaking 170.

4/24/2008 3:37:36 PM

got stopped out of POT today even though they blew away earnings
few big sellers in the morning

4/24/2008 4:34:24 PM

Seems like POT would have been a good investment had we all gotten into it a few years ago.



[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 5:41 PM. Reason : ]

4/24/2008 5:40:43 PM

Dear Sru,

Why have you not learned your lesson yet? You suck at trading around earnings. Stick to your other strategies and stop being a dumbass.

Kind regards,
The Market

4/24/2008 5:45:45 PM

within a couple tenths of being back in the black after today's gains

4/24/2008 7:22:25 PM

Of course now apple breaks the 170 mark.

4/25/2008 8:30:16 AM

Sweet. Glad I hung onto that aapl.

4/25/2008 9:09:27 AM

Blah dropped a little bit.

4/25/2008 10:25:15 AM

I know this isn't really stock market, but does anyone know anything about investing in foreign currencies?

4/25/2008 10:28:43 AM

Anyone else thing MSFT is a good buy right now? They dropped 6%!

4/25/2008 11:36:43 AM

^^ i've always had an interest but never looked into it. post here if you find a good online broker.

^ i don't know, i'm just pissed my trade didn't work.

4/25/2008 11:50:38 AM

I think I might buy.

4/25/2008 11:53:56 AM

MSFT under $30 is probably a pretty safe bet.

4/25/2008 12:13:21 PM

That's what I thought, it dropped 6.5% when I bought in and so I bought 85 shares.

4/25/2008 12:17:49 PM

Reports say MSFT dropped another 5% after hours. It's down almost 11% in one day. I really think the market is over-reacting, I might buy some more.

4/26/2008 8:41:01 AM

Looks like the last MSFT trade was $29.88 after hours, so it looks like it actually close +$0.05 from the close ($29.83).

4/26/2008 12:28:15 PM

yeah, ameritrade had an article out this morning that said it was down 5%

Quote :

"pril 25, 2008- According to Bloomberg, Microsoft (MSFT) fell nearly 6% in after-hours trading last night after the software giant said sales of Windows dropped 24% last quarter and forecast earnings that may miss analyst estimates. Net income fell 11% to $4.39 bln, or $0.47 per share, $0.03 better than consensus estimates of $0.44; Revenues were flat, up 0.4% year-over-year to $14.45 bln vs. $14.5 bln cons. Analysts said the shortfall in revenues was due to the company cutting prices on Windows sales in areas like China where piracy rates remain strong. But one bright spot in the quarter was its Xbox video-game console where sales doubled forecast jumping 68% to $1.58 bln. Professor Jeff Macke mentioned Mister Softie in yesterday's Macke's Movers"

[Edited on April 26, 2008 at 12:41 PM. Reason : ]

4/26/2008 12:40:32 PM