I thought about picking up some V, but I already have those puts on it.

The DJI is back above 13,000. That's a good feeling.

5/2/2008 4:08:34 PM

i need it to take a big slide one more time so i can buy in again

then it can do whatever

5/2/2008 6:09:39 PM

bought my mom a Lexus for mother's day (had to do it this week for logistical reasons)

first time i've ever felt like a baller

5/4/2008 12:16:12 AM

damn son i need to follow your investing plan...also im glad i didnt follow my urge to buy some yhoo on friday...its going way way down monday

5/4/2008 12:38:24 AM

Yahoo!'s greedy ass gets burned today...DT gonna bail out crappy Sprint stock

I think Yahoo is a good buy today when the stock plummets to 22 and someone (MSFT/GOOG) will come in with another buyout offer in the next couple of weeks/months

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 7:14 AM. Reason : Yahoo!]

5/5/2008 7:12:51 AM

its not greed. Yang does not want to be conquered.

5/5/2008 2:30:31 PM

May I have a Lexus too?

5/5/2008 2:33:05 PM

I too will have a Lexus.

5/5/2008 2:58:53 PM

Is this the line for a Lexus?

5/5/2008 3:19:48 PM

So the first stock I ever bought went up 35% today and was the top mover on the Nasdaq, wish I had bought more now. Now if I can just do that on every stock I buy from here on I should be golden lol.

5/5/2008 3:46:43 PM

you have to give birth to me and put up my shit for nearly 3 decades to get one of those

5/5/2008 3:50:20 PM

I'll often look up little stocks that I used to own. Hell, CLF is up 100% since I sold it 6 months ago.

It's like running into an ex-gf only to see that she's gotten even hotter and is doing better than you are.

5/5/2008 3:52:49 PM

Except I bought mine friday afternoon I am new to this whole money making scheme thing.

5/5/2008 3:53:37 PM

what stock?

5/5/2008 8:01:16 PM

VNDA, I picked it up at 4.10 friday and sold it at 5.56 today, didnt catch it at its high point was hoping for 6 but when it started dropping off i went ahead and took my profits

5/5/2008 8:14:54 PM

Can't be sad about 35% in two days. That's an APR of eleventy billion

5/5/2008 9:20:45 PM

Quote :

"It's like running into an ex-gf only to see that she's gotten even hotter and is doing better than you are. "

seriously, I sold DRYS when it was at 73 and now in the 90s

5/5/2008 9:26:39 PM

Taking the 7 tomorrow.

Get your next IPO's here, lol.

5/5/2008 10:03:54 PM

Sweet. I want some facebook and sql when they IPO.

Do you know if I split my 401K contributions with fidelity between roth and regular will the contributions automatically stop when I hit 15500?

5/5/2008 11:18:26 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cB-hUzxgDi0

5/6/2008 11:24:56 AM

Awww. I forgot my headphones today.

5/6/2008 11:28:19 AM

Quote :

"Yahoo!'s greedy ass gets burned today...DT gonna bail out crappy Sprint stock I think Yahoo is a good buy today when the stock plummets to 22 and someone (MSFT/GOOG) will come in with another buyout offer in the next couple of weeks/months"

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/05/06/yahoo-to-microsoft-baby-dont-go.aspx?source=ihptclhpa0000001

Good call sir.

5/6/2008 11:36:14 AM

If a company's stock splits then shouldn't the value be cut in half as well?

5/6/2008 12:15:30 PM

No, it's still the same value. 1 share @ $100 = 2 shares @ $50.

5/6/2008 12:29:09 PM

I meant the cost of the stock. Why when I look at a stock their chart doesn't have a massive dip when it splits?

5/6/2008 1:04:56 PM

oh, probably because the chart is adjusted for splits.

5/6/2008 1:12:16 PM

Quote :

"Do you know if I split my 401K contributions with fidelity between roth and regular will the contributions automatically stop when I hit 15500?"

Its plan specific, IBM's plan has all the bells and whistles so more than likely it will automatically stop at $15,500. Check your summary plan description it's in there somewhere.

5/6/2008 1:40:10 PM

K. I know it stopped it for my 401K last year, but wasn't sure if it was set up to do that when I split my contributions.

5/6/2008 1:46:21 PM

supposedly there is some big announcement tomorrow from the vp of cisco...something about bottoming out

5/6/2008 3:31:16 PM

Here's a list of mutual funds that Yahoo recommends.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ms/080505/236715.html?.v=1

5/6/2008 3:50:25 PM

the video

http://www.cnbc.com/id/24485910

5/7/2008 1:58:14 AM

Where's my Lexus, dickhead?

5/7/2008 2:56:54 AM

YOU'RE NOT MY MOTHER

5/7/2008 6:52:58 AM

Crap, I overlooked that qualifier.

5/7/2008 12:21:00 PM

I invested in some AGU today. Posted record profits Friday with target price bumped to $125.

With all the ethanol hype and rising food prices i'm looking to $profit. Plus they are the only one of teh 4 big ag plays to offer a dividend (agu, pot, mos, mon)

5/7/2008 12:47:19 PM

Come on 401K, you can do it: Personal Rate of Return from 01/01/2008 to 05/06/2008 is -2.5%

At least my 100% return on V makes up for it

5/7/2008 1:35:44 PM

so where's a good place to start a roth IRA

i want like completely hands off management, as i know just enough about investing to make myself dangerous

really though i just to want to set it up, and put money each month and ignore it otherwise.

should i just go through my bank (wachovia), or my 401k bank (regions/morgan keegan), or somewhere else? i've got some money left over from college in a smithbarney account, should i just move it to a ira account?

5/7/2008 3:11:19 PM

Don't go through your bank. Get a Vanguard account or something.

5/7/2008 3:18:48 PM

^^vanguard, fidelity, franklin templeton are all pretty good choices. Try to find a Target Date fund close to the approximate date you'll retire. The fund managers adjust the asset allocation as the fund ages to make it appropriate for your risk tolerance.

5/7/2008 3:23:24 PM

VFIFX

5/7/2008 3:30:21 PM

^i'm in the fidelity equivalent

5/7/2008 4:52:09 PM

^I would make that one of many funds, not just that solely.

5/7/2008 5:00:18 PM

that's my only fund in my roth. it's a diversified fund of a handful of other fidelity funds

5/7/2008 5:02:28 PM

^^

You can only do so much with 4K.

5/7/2008 5:05:08 PM

CROX surges in extended trading after raising 2nd quarter forecast.

I still don't want any.

5/7/2008 5:36:12 PM

^^Agreed, but over the years you add more funds.

5/7/2008 7:43:49 PM

^^ yeah, CROX is like a really hot girl that you know has herpes.

5/7/2008 7:48:57 PM

HAHA

gotta hate when that shit happens

I've got a funny story but this isn't the thread for it

5/7/2008 8:23:19 PM

made a 90 on the series 7 without reading the book. Dont believe the hype i smoked a "six hour" test in two hours with no sweat off my sac and I know nothing about securities.


Just for luck i decided to test my skills on some open market trading following my fresh performance.

I sold 30 shares of IWN at $69.86 (closed at 68.22)

I purchased 28 shares of OIL at $73.01 (closed at $74.03)

I put $60 on Dwight Howard +33.5 points and rebounds (32 total, barely lost)

I put $60 on Jameer Nelson +7.5 vs Chauncey Billups pts + assists. Chauncey scored 2 points before leaving with an injury 5 minutes into the game.

I put $60 on Rashard Lewis -3.5 vs Tayshaun Prince. Rashard posted a career high 33 playoff points for the win.

I put $200 on there not to be a bigger than 17.5 point lead in the Lakers-Jazz game. The Lakers closed the first up 15 and bearhugged the threshold for the next three quarters before the Jazz settled into a ~10 point loss.



Summary: Professional licenses are okay for simpletons but you should really focus your attention on sports betting.

[Edited on May 8, 2008 at 2:06 AM. Reason : a]

5/8/2008 2:04:46 AM

i have never been attracted to CROX


...i need to free up some cash and i don't know which to unload:

ACI
APWR
CHK

they've all done well for me

5/8/2008 10:48:46 AM