Yesterday and today...

5/21/2008 2:47:50 PM

TIP and IAU are the only winners I have today.

5/21/2008 3:55:07 PM

Yeah the past 2 days have been full of lots and lots of red

5/21/2008 4:01:52 PM

Down almost $1,100 for today. Plus the ~$700 from yesterday...

5/21/2008 4:02:53 PM

Yeah I am down about 7.5% in 2 days, trying to look for a buying opportunity out of this, but with such fast drops all around I am pretty hesitant.

5/21/2008 4:10:26 PM

sweet

i've been waiting for a dip like this to buy another position in something

Quote :

"I'd like to get in on V, and get back in on AAPL, but they're both priced a little rich for my tastes right now. BRK/B is tempting, but I don't have enough money to buy a share of it without selling some other stuff at this inopportune time. sooo... maybe Coca-Cola? (KO) or AT&T (T)? maybe even just increase my positions in Garmin (GRMN) or Dolby (DLB)? Or add to my position in Cognizant (CTSH), although that one (along with Garmin) has me a little gun-shy? Or add to my position in Cemex (CX), which I bought right at the bottom in January and have already made 24% on? how about Canadian National Railway (highlighted both by Fool and Money)--ticker CNI?"

Any thoughts?


I'm probably leaning most towards Canadian National Railway (CNI) or adding to my positions in Altria Group or Phillip Morris (MO, PM). Also somewhat interested in Cisco (CSCO).

I have small and moderate positions in MO and PM, respectively, since the PM spinoff.

[Edited on May 21, 2008 at 4:48 PM. Reason : asdf]

[Edited on May 21, 2008 at 4:57 PM. Reason : MO is trading at a P/E of about 5!]

5/21/2008 4:47:54 PM

This week I've bought shares or sold puts on

MOS
V
VZ
EWZ
BIDU
KO
JCG

5/21/2008 4:50:33 PM

OIL me. Riding the wave from $120 to $150.

5/21/2008 8:31:09 PM

Well I hope a lot of people got out of V, I did. Made about 150$.

5/22/2008 11:27:31 AM

V is dying today. Good buying opportunity?

5/22/2008 12:13:06 PM

maybe, but it could go lower

funk it, if you've got spare cash laying around go ahead and ante up



[Edited on May 22, 2008 at 12:22 PM. Reason : funk it]

5/22/2008 12:15:16 PM

i'm thinking if we see a crude pullback, it'll take down energy and moreso alternative energy stocks down. that might be a good chance to get long dated calls on solar, coal, nat gas

thoughts?

5/22/2008 2:19:07 PM

Has anyone else been watching CNBC today?

The ticker keeps flashing AMERICAN OIL CRISIS, which I haven't seen before today.

5/22/2008 2:20:22 PM

yah, that ticker might've marked a near term top

5/22/2008 2:35:41 PM

I'm going to go ahead and post these here so that I can close the windows on my browser.

CNN article on REITs and real estate related stocks:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/16/markets/thebuzz/index.htm?postversion=2008051614

Motley Fool on DRIPs:
http://www.fool.com/school/13steps/13steps05.htm

5/22/2008 4:06:16 PM

I'm really, really, really tired of losing money.

5/23/2008 11:34:09 AM

ok, so i ponied up a little bit and bought some DUG at 3:59 pm


i'd been contemplating it all day, but i finally cast aside the analysis paralysis and pulled the trigger




[Edited on May 23, 2008 at 4:04 PM. Reason : pm]

5/23/2008 4:02:43 PM

i ended up buying some Canadian National Railway (CNI). Still have a few hundred bucks left in my Scottrade acct, so when the first of the month comes and my next auto-transfer hits, i'll have enough to buy another position in something.

(or if i see anything i really want to buy before then, i could sell my Navteq (NVT), which has pretty much flat-lined in share price since the Nokia deal was announced.)

5/23/2008 4:18:17 PM

Quote :

"i ended up buying some Canadian National Railway (CNI)."

This is the company that Bill Gates is heavily invested in, right?

5/27/2008 1:19:11 PM

What do yall think about investing with Edward Jones?

5/27/2008 2:43:45 PM

Don't invest with Edward Jones. They are just salesman. The only thing they will recommend is certain Edward Jones products that give increased returns to the salesmen.

5/27/2008 3:15:21 PM

any suggestions other than doing it myself

5/27/2008 3:47:36 PM

The main thing is finding a financial planner that is fee based rather than commission based.

I haven't used one myself, but a lot of my coworkers like Team Wealth Investments

5/27/2008 3:48:20 PM

Do not touch Edward Jones with a ten foot pole.

All they have is 5.75% loaded mutual funds and annuities.

I wouldn't send my worst enemy to that hackshop.

5/27/2008 11:18:05 PM

This thread + doing it yourself = best way

5/28/2008 10:09:07 AM

when did yahoo finance add real time quotes?

badass.

5/28/2008 10:25:09 AM

Do they have real time after hours quotes too?

5/28/2008 11:11:45 AM

i guess we'll find out in about 5 hours.

5/28/2008 11:12:48 AM

5/28/2008 11:14:07 AM

i must not be doing somthign right, i only see it ticking with a 20 minute delay

5/28/2008 11:28:19 AM

INTL BUSINESS MACH
(NYSE: IBM)

NEW Real-time: 128.70 Up 1.38(1.08%) 11:30am ET

5/28/2008 11:31:00 AM

They still have the 20 minute delayed quote above it so you may be looking there.

5/28/2008 11:31:55 AM

ah yes, ofcourse, i was just looking at the chart...

i have a short internet attention sp...

hey what's that

5/28/2008 11:33:52 AM

quick, CLICK THE FLASHY THING

5/28/2008 1:56:13 PM

my natural resources fund just keeps going up up up

5/28/2008 6:50:11 PM

me too, yay oil, gas, gold, and silver.

5/28/2008 8:17:01 PM

V is back up over 85.

anyone buy in on the dip as per ssjamind's sagelike advice?

5/29/2008 9:52:58 AM

ALmost did, but I'm looking into gettin' a car.

Also I don't like TD Ameritrade, who do you guys like?

5/29/2008 9:55:57 AM

Mastercard is up 7.11%

5/29/2008 9:56:35 AM

Oh. AEO had a nice jump yesterday.

5/29/2008 10:09:41 AM

word up on V - if you bought in the mid 70s, might want to secure some profit when it hits 90.

i'm probably going to pick up some IAU

5/29/2008 10:54:41 AM

Who do you guys use to buy stock with?

5/29/2008 11:08:03 AM

^ scottrade

also, i'm chasing EXC, got it at 89.75. i missed the runup, but we'll see how it goes.

5/29/2008 11:12:16 AM

isn't IAU something to do with gold?

Also is there a minimum amount you have to have in your Scottrade account?

5/29/2008 11:13:32 AM

^ IAU and GLD are gold ETFs

don't know, call them and ask, they're pretty helpful


..also thinking about CLF, but need to sell something else to get it

5/29/2008 11:18:22 AM

scottrade

5/29/2008 12:47:53 PM

as So, I'm expecting my first big commision check tomorrow. I was thinking about getting on some online trading...what would you guys recommend?

[Edited on May 29, 2008 at 2:24 PM. Reason : as far as trading websites, not investments]

5/29/2008 2:21:57 PM

waffles!

5/29/2008 2:36:01 PM

"waffles"

Seriously. I don't expect people to read all 29 pages but damn, at least read the last post.

5/29/2008 2:43:02 PM

Ok, so he uses Scottrade. Would he recommend it? Who else uses it?

5/29/2008 3:23:16 PM