Posted on 03/03/2014 2:15:00 AM PST by expat_panama
Investment & Finance Thread 2014 New Year(Mar. 3 - nexttime edition)
This is the thread where folks swap ideas on savings and investment --here's a list of popular investing links that freepers have posted here. Open invitation continues always for input on ideas for the thread, this being a joint effort works well. Keywords: financial, WallStreet, stockmarket.
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fwiw, these are the returns on $1,000 since 2010 for various investments: |
Incidentally, the plan is to include here a --
--so let me know if anyone wants on or off this ping. Be advised that it gets posted only when I'm not feeling lazy and remember that we now know from studies that sloth is completely genetic and lazy people are the way they are because they were born that way.
Bottom line is I can be as lazy as I want and society is required to grant me all the privileges that industrious people claim.
lol!
What I like to do on a day like today is check out the pre-opening bid/ask prices on my holdings to guesstimate the current values. That way I got time to think out strategies when I’m not in a hurry.
Dow futures -150.
Dang, and here I spent all that time this weekend on such a terrific 'buy-list'.
Probably Zero Hedge along with Jan, Apr11, Mar16, etc, etc, etc. Pick a date, they pretty much got them all covered.
100k bpd per year sounds at or below the average expansion for the last decade or so.
That’s exactly my thinking too, expat. The long-term trend is so obviously steadily upward, one would be a fool not to be riding it up. Backup plans for short-term reversals are necessary, of course.
TC
The immediate shock reaction to this geo-political crisis is panic. Be prepared for a flight capital tsunami into the US “safe harbor” markets. Bear-Market madness is collective. Consequential recoveries are cummulative.
You’re probably right, at least I hope so. But, we have to survive 980 more days of Obama, and I have my doubts. I really do.
Good to see you. Been churning and burning since you’ve been gone. Now maybe I can make some money...
Here's what I come away with today. I've been looking at Vanguard on Scottrade but want to steer clear of S&P 500 index because of Soros. Emerging markets wouldn't be good now. Last night Bob Brinker practically yelled at a caller, Vanguard whole stock market. That made sense so I look it up. Well Scottrade doesn't have it any ore (I don't think) nor the Wellington fund. So forget that.
I watched Walgreens go from about 45 to where it was today, 68 something, down a little.
jc Penney's and Blackberry in play again. I don't want to risk JCP but BBRY I will keep my eye on it, made some on it then got burned.
Just about everything else looks overvalued. I don't want to spend all my time on stocks but will look into energy stocks. Also, I got more in divideds last year than I got in interest on more than 3X the money on my credit union account.
Dividends require you to be owner of record on a certain day. Then you can sell. Regardless, I see the overall advantage of dividends, hopefully with a good performer along with it.
I've been out for awhile and think I've kind of lost the feel of it.
I can't remember the stock code for Holly and don't want to log in to look it up.
One company I was in paid terrific dividends. It is a fertilizer company, RNF (not sure that's the right code) Renfro Nitrogen Fertilizer, probably is. When I was in, it was at 30 something. Then it started tanking. The dividend still paid but not 11%. Anyway, I got out of that at a loss. Told myself I'd buy back in if it got to 17. Probably did, I don't watch all the time. Today it was 18 something.
I'm always looking for promising IPO's, too. Made pretty good on 2, SCTY, XONE, and a reit I got out of fast at a small profit. Too many jumped on the first two and I don't play them any more for various reasons.
Please put me on the ping list!
--and a very good morning to all! Upbeat stock futures this AM support what SAJ was saying on another thread "Let this Ukraina flap blow over", at least as far as stock futures are concerned. Here are the headlines from MyConfirmationBias.com:
World shares, Russian assets bounce back after heavy Ukraine hit
Ukraine Fears Are Temporary Thing - Brian Wesbury/Bob Stein, First Trust
ping
It's the group (imho), for me the chatter from others doing similar work seems to make thinking easier. There are a lot of investing chat/groups but this one also has a lot of other common interest advantages.
Looks like it will be roaring back this morning.
yeah; futures still not quite as upbeat today as they were down yesterday but my personal approach atm is checking out possible new buy candidates...
Thanks for the 3rd link. Interesting data/timetable.
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