The last few quarters, the gap between analyst estimates, apple's own projections, and whisper numbers has grown considerably. So far, they've exceeded even that, but I suspect that even if they exceed their own and analyst's targets, but don't meet whisper numbers there will be a big sell off/profit taking/chicken little/whatever.

that would be a great time to buy in. That could happen by the next earnings call. I dunno. I might do a little profit taking between now and then.

3/15/2012 11:55:48 AM

Shares Are Too Tempting Not to Bite

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303717304577279733721107876.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs

3/15/2012 1:09:20 PM

AAPL announces dividend and stock buy back.

3/19/2012 8:56:41 AM

boomshakalaka

3/19/2012 3:43:40 PM

I've got a whole bunch of money set aside for the FB IPO.

In the mean time, where can I put it (for a month or two) so it's not just sitting in cash in my trading account?

3/19/2012 6:22:37 PM

^PIMCO - PTTDX. Bond denominated mutual fund.

3/19/2012 6:39:59 PM

TIP isn't bad.

3/19/2012 7:00:12 PM

Muchos Gracias

3/20/2012 7:58:51 PM

ok, i'm finally ponying up some $ and buying SPY

3/27/2012 1:57:00 PM

anyone like NLY?

3/28/2012 7:11:53 AM

i do, i've been invested in it for years. right now it is a pretty decent buy. i manage that account in my roth and keep it mostly for the dividends.

4/2/2012 1:26:50 PM

Anyone playing with LGF?

Technicals look good, despite the runup over the past 3 months. I may do a buy-write on a batch.

4/3/2012 2:00:08 PM

buy buy buy

4/9/2012 10:42:33 AM

just picked up a little bit of RIMM for now. considering the leaps - will figure it out once i have the time to do some math

4/10/2012 11:10:55 AM

the economy is already slowing down rapidly in anticipation of the japan/europe bust on the way

4/12/2012 9:47:01 AM

lol.

4/12/2012 10:01:45 AM

Set up a huge naked put on FAS at 3:55 when it was 97.15 with a strike price of 97. Five tense minutes later I've got some cash for the weekend.

4/13/2012 4:04:31 PM

what does that even mean?

[Edited on April 16, 2012 at 9:10 AM. Reason : options n00b here...nvm found it]

4/16/2012 9:04:47 AM

Between the economy deteriorating and the European and Japanese bust accelerating this is getting scary.

Looks like reality is setting in even on AAPL. the market can't press on without apple, its just too big now . Physically and psychologically.

Lot of hot money in apple, the swings could be crazy if this is the beginning

4/16/2012 4:22:25 PM

Hey face, troll away!

4/17/2012 11:01:52 AM

Im not trolling... Europe is completely falling apart this week. Do you guys even watch the news?

4/17/2012 10:59:16 PM

face is not a troll.

the opinions he espouses are an important share of voice. Europe is in trouble -- just how it will all unfold is unclear. Japan is still stuck in its long term deflationary cycle.

now, we can look at all that and say "risk off", or we can look at how confidently companies such as Caterpillar and Fluor are forecasting growth and say, "as long as the world doesn't end, there's money to be made". it takes a collection of voices to make a market.

i can't help but think everything we're seeing now is part of a long term revaluation of "civilization premiums". is one US Dollar worth of good or service really worth 50 Rupees of Indian goods or services, or is it worth 7 Chinese Yuan? the long term balancing/price discovery of what its worth for people to get up and go to work to produce a good or service, is as certain as polar shifts, solar flare cycles, climate change, and the waxing and waning of wild ungulate populations. its up to us to learn/try to game it and see if we can make a buck or two.

[/end hump day lunch hour musing]

4/18/2012 1:32:43 PM

I for one hope Fluor continues to grow

4/18/2012 1:39:32 PM

i was refering to this

Quote :

"Looks like reality is setting in even on AAPL. the market can't press on without apple, its just too big now . Physically and psychologically. Lot of hot money in apple, the swings could be crazy if this is the beginning "

europe is in bad shape but its not "end of the world so stock up on gold and food and hide in your bunker" bad shape and beating the dead horse like face does

oh well i am a n00b...what do i know about stocks and end of world

4/18/2012 1:52:31 PM

^ disagree. and its not just europe its us too. When you guys wake up let me know

4/19/2012 9:20:52 AM

This is a great read that really summarizes most of the points I've tried to convey over the years here.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-post-how-speculate-your-way-success

4/23/2012 10:25:41 AM

lol

It's a link selling tickets to a seminar.

4/23/2012 12:45:23 PM

yeah, with a super long synopisis of his investment outlook prior to the seminar information

4/23/2012 1:47:14 PM

It's apple day! Anyone buying before earnings??

4/24/2012 9:59:18 AM

I always get burned doing that, but I think it's a good buy.

4/24/2012 10:35:34 AM

bought 230 shares of Zynga this morning, earnings call on the 26th. down 6% today in at $8.50

[Edited on April 24, 2012 at 12:44 PM. Reason : .]

4/24/2012 12:42:56 PM

Quote :

"yeah, with a super long synopisis of his investment outlook prior to the seminar information "

yeah, and he's not the first to use scare tactics to sell seminar tickets to people like you.

if he's such an investment genius then why is he pissing away his time selling tickets and CDs of his seminar?

4/24/2012 1:20:53 PM

Quote :

"Anyone buying before earnings?"

i got some yesterday at 575.

4/24/2012 3:41:42 PM

AAPL is up more then the dow Jones.

[Edited on April 25, 2012 at 2:11 PM. Reason : . ]

4/25/2012 2:10:32 PM

Nice buy. Almost got some more but always seem to get burned when buying before earnings.

4/25/2012 2:19:34 PM

Hell of a day for Monster Energy Drink (MNST).

Opens at $65.54
Around 11:30 rumors get out that Coca Cola is in talks to buy them
Stock shoots to $83.96 immediately. It oscillates around $75 for the rest of the day.
KO denies rumors of them talking to Monster at 3:51.
MNST closes at $65.00.

4/30/2012 4:06:45 PM

Sold some June $35 puts on JCP at $1.60.

5/1/2012 3:16:07 PM

RST up 12% today.

+60% YTD

5/8/2012 1:56:13 PM

why so many negative articles about fb? also who is planning to buy?

5/8/2012 3:26:50 PM

didnt sell AAPL when it ran up after earnings... but just bought some more @ 560

5/8/2012 3:36:39 PM

Im going to buy some but not a lot prob about $5k and i doubt it will be the first day it opens.

It just seems like one of those stocks that is going to be going up 1.5-2% everyday for a long time after the initial crazy swings.

There's not a ton of downside early because the stock is years away from trading on any sort of fundamentals. This is a MOMO heaven stock.

5/8/2012 3:58:19 PM

RST up another 8%

5/9/2012 5:04:05 PM

just picked up some DGP and AGQ

5/10/2012 1:31:02 PM

JPM: "We accidentally $2-billion"

5/10/2012 9:16:28 PM

anybody think that there's really even a chance for nobodies like us to buy FB on the IPO, or will we have to buy on the open market if we want it?

I'm primarily interested at the moment in just making a quick buck on the initial pop.

5/10/2012 9:42:40 PM

e-trade http://business.time.com/2012/05/08/facebooks-ipo-is-now-available-for-e-trade-retail-investors/


[Edited on May 11, 2012 at 2:42 AM. Reason : 1]

5/11/2012 2:26:23 AM

I've been bugging my guy at morgan stanley. We shall see...

5/11/2012 3:10:37 PM

BIDU is way down over the past few weeks. Anyone still like that one?

5/11/2012 3:17:03 PM

I wouldnt touch FB, even for the pop. Better options out there. Zuckerberg is putting lipstick on a pig

http://www.privco.com/breaking-news-facebooks-admits-mobile-shift-damaging-business-faster-than-expected

5/11/2012 5:00:16 PM

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5/14/2012 2:57:29 PM