PIMPING STOCKS

[SkinBasket]

Why the fuck would someone bath in milk?

I hope this clusterfuck of a country stays together. I don't want my kids hunting to live and killing to protect themselves. But like I said, the math of modern ignorance doesn't add up - not even close to reality, so we prepare. If nothing catastrophic happens, we'll still have had a good, rewarding experience filled with shooting and eating and growing and building things. The way life used to be before wealth was measured in paper promissory notes and digitized numbers, both of which can disappear in a blink.

Not saying that trying to pull a few more years of pretend time with fake money isn't rewarding to some. Just don't bank on having anything to show for it, especially if you're horde of gold is in an absurdly inflated market with a pump about to run out of air.

[Patler]

I really think that the best case scenario is going to be a massive economic collapse - which at this point is all but unavoidable if you believe in math,

Math? Nothing but a fad. Believe me, in another generation or two, it will all but be forgotten.
(All kidding aside, based on the performance of our public school system, it actually might be forgotten.)

[SkinBasket]

Math? Nothing but a fad. Believe me, in another generation or two, it will all but be forgotten.
(All kidding aside, based on the performance of our public school system, it actually might be forgotten.)

No kidding there. Common Core dictates that if you can explain how you got your wrong answer, then it is right.

[Patler]

Common Core dictates that if you can explain how you got your wrong answer, then it is right.

PLEASE tell me that is NOT something schools actually follow?!?!

[MJZiggy]

No kidding there. Common Core dictates that if you can explain how you got your wrong answer, then it is right.

I'm so glad my kid learned actual math before they came up with this crap.

[Bretsky]

[mraynrand]

SodaStream (SODA) rebounded Thursday on speculation PepsiCo (PEP) could reach a deal with the in-home soft drink maker after Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) stunned the industry late Wednesday by announcing a deal with Coca-Cola (KO) to develop a cold beverage machine. Deutsche Bank's Bill Schmitz believes there is a "small possibility" PepsiCo will form a similar partnership with SodaStream. He kept his hold rating and $53 price target on the stock.

Symbol: GMCR

Trailing PE 33; Forward PE: 24

PEG: 1.17

Dividend: 1.20%

Estimate Trend: UP

Ransom Note Trendline: Buy Green Mountain Coffee

[call_me_ishmael]

Tom Demark sell sequential achieved in AAPL today. Not the best indicator, though, imo.

[call_me_ishmael]

Kinda forgot about it as I only have 8 shares but Peter told me to buy TSLA right around 120 after a pullback from 160. I did. Now it's at 200. Bam! I'm telling ya, this guy is the best on the internet.

[Bretsky]

I think we should pick a date to start and list the prices of Apple as compared to a few of my faves in the high growth tech dept....say....YELP, WDAY, FB, and AAPL ?

Logistically AAPL is WAY cheaper than these.....but it'd still be fun to track months down the road.

[call_me_ishmael]

I think we should pick a date to start and list the prices of Apple as compared to a few of my faves in the high growth tech dept....say....YELP, WDAY, FB, and AAPL ?

Logistically AAPL is WAY cheaper than these.....but it'd still be fun to track months down the road.

You could pick any number of high growth stocks and do better maybe. That's not what it's about. When it doubles a year or so from now, I will be more than happy with my 2x returns and next to no risk. Think of me as a Warren Buffett type. I don't gamble, I take calculated risks.

Yours is a crap shoot. Those companies are not fundamentally sound. Most are houses of cards, if you will. While I think fundamentals mean jack shit on the 6 month timeline, they matter a lot of the 1-2 year timeline.

The fact that Google is valued at more than AAPL now is just crazy. Look at cash flow. Google will be worth more in 10 years but they aren't even close to in the same ball park today.

My gut feeling is this: Apple is aggressively buying back shares right now way ahead of schedule because they know the price is going to go up - way up.

My big bold prediction is this: IF they win the glucose-through-skin race (it's a crap shoot at this point, but I guarantee they are paying more money to get it then just about anybody) AND they are still valued at a chump change PE (say... 6-9), they will start the process of taking the company private in 2-3 years. That's right. The world's richest company is so rich they will be able to begin the process of buying themselves shortly. Obviously they won't have 450B in cash but they will have 250-300B.

[Patler]

You could pick any number of high growth stocks and do better maybe. That's not what it's about. When it doubles a year or so from now, I will be more than happy with my 2x returns and next to no risk. Think of me as a Warren Buffett type. I don't gamble, I take calculated risks.

Huh??? Now you proclaim to be a value investor? Earlier in this thread you proclaimed to be a follower of a chart pattern trader. You also told us you are a frequent user of stops. Others of your posts seem to imply you are a momentum trader. Not much consistency in the way you describe yourself. That's OK, if you realize that you are simply feeling your way through investment philosophy education, looking for your own comfort zone. On the other hand, if you are simply bouncing from one hot hand to another hot hand, and justifying your reasons for low performance retrospectively, you could be following a dangerous path.

[SkinBasket]

I got $50 from a liquidated company burning a hole in my account. Any suggestions on a dangerous sub $2.00 position?

Also, I've ridden MGM from $10 to $26. Should I stay on or jump off the boat?

Looks like a picked the wrong supplier of outdated communications equipment. NSATF is languishing, although they just secured a MASSIVE $1.5 million (Canadian) deal. I'm sure that'll send it through the roof any time now.

[SkinBasket]

I'm considering dumping my $50 into SFBE and hoping they pick up a friend in government.

[call_me_ishmael]

Huh??? Now you proclaim to be a value investor? Earlier in this thread you proclaimed to be a follower of a chart pattern trader. You also told us you are a frequent user of stops. Others of your posts seem to imply you are a momentum trader. Not much consistency in the way you describe yourself. That's OK, if you realize that you are simply feeling your way through investment philosophy education, looking for your own comfort zone. On the other hand, if you are simply bouncing from one hot hand to another hot hand, and justifying your reasons for low performance retrospectively, you could be following a dangerous path.

Technical + fundamentals. Technicals short term, fundamentals long term. Don't bother with stocks that are not fundamentally sound. I only invest in stuff I follow extremely closely outside of the crazy idea to buy TSLA, where I did okay on my few shares.

[call_me_ishmael]

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/...A+Apple+2.0%29

AAPL is the favorite stock of billionaires apparently.

[call_me_ishmael]

A fundamental difference Bretsky is you are playing with money you are okay with losing. I am not. I will walk away with 150K when AAPL hits 1000. Maybe more if I can convince my wife.

Age plays a big factor. Every penny I earn right now is critically important. When I'm in my 40s, I hope it is less important because I will be more financially stable and comfortable.

[Bretsky]

A fundamental difference Bretsky is you are playing with money you are okay with losing. I am not. I will walk away with 150K when AAPL hits 1000. Maybe more if I can convince my wife.

Age plays a big factor. Every penny I earn right now is critically important. When I'm in my 40s, I hope it is less important because I will be more financially stable and comfortable.

You are completely right here Partial
In a sense my investments in stocks are my fun money
I'm in mid 40's and am heavily vested in 401K's...etc....and am aggressively paying mtg off

So I'm not looking for the low risk stock that doubles in 2-3 Years

While I have a few stocks that are more established such as Yahoo and Applied Materials, the rest of my positions are high risk, high reward stocks that I'm hoping can be ten baggers someday.

The hyper growth stocks I own are YELP, ZU (Zulily), ECOM (ChanelAdvisor.com), and UA (Under Armour)

I also own WWAV (Whitewave Foods) and LOCK (Lifelock)
and to be completely honest I'm not sure what category I'd put them in but they are both in early stages as a company


ON A SIDENOTE.........another company I've really wanted to get a position in has been the cloud HR stock Workday (WDAY)

I have a terrible feeling they are going to blow away earnings expectations tomorrow and take off from about 98 to 120. We'll see. My two big regrets in the past year have been not jumping in Facebook and Zillow.

[Patler]

So I'm not looking for the low risk stock that doubles in 2-3 Years

Low risk that will double in 2-3 years? Not asking for much, huh Bretsky?

While I have a few stocks that are more established such as Yahoo and Applied Materials, the rest of my positions are high risk, high reward stocks that I'm hoping can be ten baggers someday.

The hyper growth stocks I own are YELP, ZU (Zulily), ECOM (ChanelAdvisor.com), and UA (Under Armour)

I also own WWAV (Whitewave Foods) and LOCK (Lifelock)
and to be completely honest I'm not sure what category I'd put them in but they are both in early stages as a company


ON A SIDENOTE.........another company I've really wanted to get a position in has been the cloud HR stock Workday (WDAY)

I have a terrible feeling they are going to blow away earnings expectations tomorrow and take off from about 98 to 120. We'll see. My two big regrets in the past year have been not jumping in Facebook and Zillow.

I bought FB in October at $48+. The big question now is, should I take some profits out, expecting the price to pull back at some point allowing me to buy back in?

I bought Zillow in September at $87+. It has been a lot to a little lower ever since. I have to be patient with it. Seems like a business that could be wildly successful in the years ahead.

My biggest regret the last couple years? Not leaving some of my investment ride in stocks that I made nice quick gains in. For example, GOOG bounced around above and below $600 for a while. I bought it and sold it a couple times as soon as it reversed directions, making about 10% in just a few weeks each time. The last time I sold it was the summer/fall of 2012 after buying it around $580 and seeing it go quickly to $750, then turn lower. I made a very nice quick gain, but never bought back in again because it never fell below $600. I should have only sold 50% each time and left the rest ride. That would have allowed me to take out some profit several times, yet still leave some in for the long haul. At $1220 now, I would have more than doubled.

Even worse, I also did the same with YELP two years ago. Again, I made quick 10%-20% gains a couple times, but sold completely in September 2012 at $25. I felt pretty smart when it dropped to $17 just a couple months later, but not so smart now as it pushes toward $100.

My last regret was AAPL at $400 last spring/summer. That seemed like a no brainer, but I didn't have cash available at the time. I thought about selling one of my smaller mutual funds that has been a laggard and making a strong investment in AAPL.

[Bretsky]

OK....well maybe low risk that doubles in 2-3 years was a bad way to put it

I would run with Facebook; it's always good to take some profits but I think they'll hit 100 before they hit 55. Just my view. Come on Man...jump back into da YELP

Zillow is a very sore one for me; I'm in the dam industry and think it's a great company. I was watching it and nearly pulled the trigger in the high 20's but pussied out. Since then I've just watched it run. I'm too demoralized in the stock to get in anymore.

I've read about Workday's earnings. To me it was a great report but I'll be curious how the market reacts to the report