BCSI BlueCoat Systems
PEIX Pacific Ethanol Inc.
SIRI Sirius (Good long term hold, wait till the EPS gets out of the red, cheap price to get in)

4/21/2006 1:22:48 PM

^ yeah, i've been watching PEIX as well


also in the EtOH universe is

TGC
GPRE
MGPI



[Edited on April 21, 2006 at 1:39 PM. Reason : also]

4/21/2006 1:38:52 PM

yeah GOOG

4/21/2006 4:11:21 PM

I'm looking to start living a little (in terms of investments) by starting to at least dabble in stocks (and eventually probably more seriously, when i have more money that i can afford to gamble). I figure I'll get my feet wet by going off of recommendations in this thread (while still keeping the vast majority of my investing in mutual funds, at least for the near future)

Since I deal with USAA as an active duty military member, are their brokerage services a good deal, or would I be better off with Scottrade/E-trade/Ameritrade/etc? I know sometimes USAA is awesome, but occasionally they're nothing to write home about.

I THINK it's $20/trade (although free, I think, if over 1000 shares, which I won't be doing anytime soon). I don't THINK there is any monthly or annual fee for their brokerage service.

https://www.usaa.com/inet/gas_imco/StaticPages?PAGEID=im_brokerage_l1broker

4/21/2006 6:19:04 PM

I like Scottrade, because they give me access to S&P reports. Its also $7 a trade including limits and stop and has low account minimums.

I'm not sure what brokerage firm gives you good information on "gambles" though, so you might consider searching around for small-cap info if that's what you're into.

4/21/2006 6:45:53 PM

yeah, i see that most people here like Scottrade...but most people on here don't deal with USAA, either. SOMETIMES, USAA has some really hot deals for its members...I don't know if this is one of those times.

4/22/2006 12:58:07 AM

I see people listen well on here. Where are all the Happy TIE traders and Oil tycoon's at

4/22/2006 11:33:03 AM

i got a few shares of COUG

hopefully this will be a good year

4/22/2006 2:30:39 PM

COUG is tremendouly overvalued...most of the time the P/E and asset betas are way too high

4/22/2006 2:33:59 PM

Quote :

"i have great gains this year in my portfolio, thank you RHAT and LOW"

yeah, i have like 10-15 shares of RHAT. It did good things over the last 1.5 years.

4/22/2006 8:41:27 PM

My problem is the fact that you need a good amount of money to really make a decent amount from the markets.

4/23/2006 3:24:53 PM

same with any other investment...you just have to keep pouring it in there starting now, and in 15, 20, 35 years, you'll have a huge sum of money.

5, 10, 15% of the little you put in initially ain't much, but if you keep putting it in, you eventually get enough that you're swinging a big financial stick.

4/23/2006 3:48:56 PM

Well, I've never dealt with USAA for myself, but I did deal with some of their stuff for an uncle. Call them up, but I'd be uber-surprised they get by with anything less than $20/trade

4/23/2006 3:58:59 PM

Yeah, I went ahead and signed up for Scottrade. Prob run by their office and give them some money for my account in the next day or two.

4/23/2006 4:08:56 PM

just remember boys and girls, pay off those credit cards first. i just cashed out my scottrade account to put a lil dent in my debt. still a ways to go though...

4/23/2006 4:21:38 PM

<--has no debt, unless you count school loans, which will be paid off either by the time I'm out of school, or right afterwards, at the rate I'm going.

4/23/2006 4:37:33 PM

i wouldn't sweat student loans, they're easy. but if you're 5 figures or more on credit those interest payments will be a beast.

<--- a man who knows

4/23/2006 4:41:08 PM

Seeing as how I have 0 credit card debt and you have > $10k, (I'll assume $10k for math purposes), and the average American has ~$5k of credit card debt, it would appear that we just met the average.

4/23/2006 5:02:55 PM

now we just need 2.5 children

4/23/2006 5:13:50 PM

ahhh no CC debt here. you don't need that much money to do good in the market. just trade options and you get more out of it than those expensive stocks. but don't do it if you don't know what your doing. get one to expire on you and POOF.....

4/24/2006 1:39:01 AM

TIE up 5%...for no reason...

4/24/2006 10:39:29 AM

I'd hardly say no for no reason.

TIE's management is VERY savvy.
They timed the 2:1 announcement on options day and before earnings.
That was a nice move to maintain stock price momentum.

They really stuck it to the short sellers and probably scared a bunch of
them away for a while

TIE has been doubling every about 2 months for some time. There is absolutely
nothing unusual about this recent surge.

I am looking for news that the long term agreements are kicking in and
margins and ASPs are up.

Unlike ATI, TIE makes titanium sponge which is THE high margin product
today.

STILL wishing I had some extra cash to pick up as much of this as I can. In other
words, I don't currently have a position in TIE. I just watch it like a hawk.

4/24/2006 11:00:03 AM

i bought into TIE. the 2-1 split will be interesting.

of the Ethanol plays, TGC & PEIX are up today. i own neither of those--i own BDCO instead.

4/24/2006 12:18:23 PM

I managed to get into TIE at $56.34. A little late perhaps, but hopefully it'll keep going up.
Anyone watching TZOO recently? Been going bonkers...

4/24/2006 12:47:20 PM

Thanks for the advice on TIE, between that and PEIX I have been doing pretty well.

4/24/2006 12:49:32 PM

Damn you 60 calls on TIE

4/24/2006 3:19:32 PM

Too late to pick up some TIE you think?

4/24/2006 4:06:09 PM

I believe that it can hit $80 by December, then the $20 appreciation
would be a nice 30% gain.

Titanium shortages are not going away anytime soon.

4/24/2006 4:34:02 PM

So Rambus won it's lawsuit today. Check out Yahoo Finance's 5-day graph for RMBS. It's slightly going up...then WHAM bottoms out...then back up again from the lawsuit...Glad it went back up! Thankfully it wasn't as low as when I bought it so if I sold it before it went back up I still would have made some money, but now that it's back up I'm feeling slightly better.
Rollercoaster!

4/24/2006 5:50:35 PM

WHEN IS TIE GOING TO BE A KNOT?

[Edited on April 25, 2006 at 4:06 AM. Reason : HMMM]

4/25/2006 4:05:06 AM

PEIX is having another big day

TIE announced a 2 for 1 split which will be given to all stock owners holding shares on May 5

4/25/2006 9:43:48 AM

going for a ride on TGC

just got in at 1.8 minutes ago

we'll see how it goes

4/25/2006 10:09:27 AM

just walked out into the hallway and saw some of the TV screens

Bush is on talking about alternative energy, the strategic reserve, etc.

4/25/2006 10:17:53 AM

Bought in to peix today... maybe too late for the big jump, but still solid imho

4/25/2006 10:52:12 AM

was luckily able to dump my PEIX at 35.34

will buy back on the dip

4/25/2006 11:37:29 AM

Is there any way to find out when a company is going to announce earnings? Do they do an SEC filing ahead of time saying when they are going to state or...?

4/25/2006 11:57:10 AM

http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/today.html

4/25/2006 12:01:42 PM

I've found those stocks that had a negative EPS last quarter that are around -$0.07 to $0.00 and are forecasted to go into the black always provide a bigger short term bounce. I road FNSR up on this not too long ago. If SIRI posts a positive result by the end of the year, watch that sucker go as well.

[Edited on April 25, 2006 at 12:32 PM. Reason : dyslexia]

4/25/2006 12:31:28 PM

^ I wouldn't count on that

especially since Opie&Anthony are back on FM.

You're going to see a lot of would-be Stern listeners go to them

4/25/2006 1:06:06 PM

dude, O & A suck

why listen to the imitator when you can listen to the original?

4/25/2006 1:08:30 PM

I'm from NewYork and am really familiar with both. When O&A were at their height easily they were better liked than Stern. Anyway it has nothing to do with who's better....just who's willing to pay for Stern when you get O&A for free.

4/25/2006 1:19:54 PM

i'm guessing that some of you are in the financial services industry and have some liscenses.

anybody have their series 7, 66 and so forth so that they can sell securities, mutual funds, insurance and what not?

If so, how hard were those tests for you and how much study time epr day did you contribute over the length of time that you spent prepping?

4/25/2006 3:24:28 PM

If you're interested in the biz, just get in with JT Marlin as a trainee. After three months, you'll learn the biz, then take the series 7, and you can make your first million within three years.

4/25/2006 3:56:46 PM

the first 30 accounts you open belong to your mentor...but they usually let you keep your 30th

the best part is, you get a $2 rip for every share you sell

4/25/2006 4:01:13 PM

sounds like a pyramid scheme

4/25/2006 4:34:19 PM

nah, its legit.

after the training period you're on your own, and you only answer to one other person who leads your team of 10-12 traders and the firm manager--a guy named Michael Brantley.

the only catches are, you don't get much vacation time, especially in your first year, and as a trainee you only get $1800/month. but it all works out. see how you feel when you're making your parents' Lexus payments.

4/25/2006 4:43:52 PM

4/25/2006 4:58:01 PM

Go go gadget TIE!

4/26/2006 11:18:21 AM

TGC seems to be slumping a lil bit

TIE is up, but some analysts say it is overpriced/ overvalued

2 for 1 split on May 5th though

4/26/2006 11:36:59 AM

^I've also read some analysts post the value around 90 - 100 in the near future. I think TIE will continue to do really well due to the strong demand for metals.

I just read a Prudential Analyst's report that said TRID should smash expectations. This was based on growth of the overall market as well as reported GNSS weakness and Samsung strength. The analyst said that the only way to have a strong market but a weak GNSS would be if Samsung was gaining market share. That would be great because TRID is in lock-step with Samsung.

Down hard before earnings... wonder why, looks like pixelworks earnings is pulling TRID down...

I guess we'll find out later today....

4/26/2006 12:27:51 PM