PIMPING STOCKS

[bobblehead]

Is it a REIT?

No. Its a standard c corp. They are "expected" to announce a starting dividend next quarter though.

[bobblehead]

LB 11/02 price 56
LB currently 68

TPL has managed to run up despite its crazy valuation as well.

[bobblehead]

I have a knowledge assessing question (maybe logic assessing as well) for rats who like stocks. Would you rather a company sitting on extra cash 1) cut you a special dividend (1x payment) or 2) buyback shares of the company. I will also say this is a neutral question, so you're specific circumstances don't apply (i.e. I need cashflow cuz I'm retired).

[falco]

I have a knowledge assessing question (maybe logic assessing as well) for rats who like stocks. Would you rather a company sitting on extra cash 1) cut you a special dividend (1x payment) or 2) buyback shares of the company. I will also say this is a neutral question, so you're specific circumstances don't apply (i.e. I need cashflow cuz I'm retired).

with a share buyback, you don't trigger any tax burden for the shareholder, instead increasing the share price and allowing them to decide when to trigger the tax liability.

[falco]

you can also argue a special dividend does nothing but provide immediate cash yield at the expense of reducing stock price (since the value of the cash is baked into the share price) while a stock buyback improves forward looking cash yield / share and has longer term benefits

[call_me_ishmael]

I have a knowledge assessing question (maybe logic assessing as well) for rats who like stocks. Would you rather a company sitting on extra cash 1) cut you a special dividend (1x payment) or 2) buyback shares of the company. I will also say this is a neutral question, so you're specific circumstances don't apply (i.e. I need cashflow cuz I'm retired).

It depends. I generally buy things that I think are undervalued and I like the signaling the company makes with a buyback. I would prefer though to be in a company that is growing and spending their money on growth.

But I am young.

[bobblehead]

Good answers and of course the answer is tricky. If a stock is heavily inflated in no way would I want them to do a buyback, but those would generally be high growth companies that are using cash to grow and they wouldn't do a buyback. They likely wouldn't issue a special dividend either.

However a stock like Altria which pays a great dividend and is valued like its going out of business does, and should be using buybacks for future strength.

Edit: forgot to make the case for special dividend. BDCs or lenders or REITs with excess cash and tax advantages to distributing should probably issue special dividends as their stock trades in a tight range and returning income through dividends is required by law.

[call_me_ishmael]

Is Michael Saylor right? Man IDK.

[bobblehead]

Is Michael Saylor right? Man IDK.

Regarding Bitcoin? Yes and no. I think its already replacing gold in a lot of peoples minds. However I still have the deep seeded fear that the government isn't going to give up its control over our fiscal security quite so easy. Government was behind the curve in realizing what was happening, but they are certainly noticing now. We are one election away from a regime that decides they don't like us having all this control over our "dollar" of choice and making life miserable for those that hold bitcoin.

[Tony Oday]

Holy crap I just looked at my Robinhood and man I love Doge!!! I have 100k, bought it at .2 and just held it This is my retirement fun money so I hope it keeps going!

[call_me_ishmael]

I am up about ~40% since Trump won the election. Fintech finally broke out, Crypto broke out as well.

[bobblehead]

I am up about ~40% since Trump won the election. Fintech finally broke out, Crypto broke out as well.

You mean entire portfolio? In 3 weeks? Thats insane. I would say you are WAY to risk oriented, but results speak. Good for you. I'm probably up 12-15%. Not sure exactly, but my entire portfolio is still undervalued and I expect continued run up through 2026 with only modest changes.

[call_me_ishmael]

It's all fintech and crypto. It all shot up because it was so undervalued. There's still room to go. But yeah I gotta sell some. The problem is IDK what to buy.

[call_me_ishmael]

I’ve really been enjoying this guys twitter feed and how he breaks down price analys https://x.com/dimitrynakhlais.

[call_me_ishmael]

I inventoried my holdings today across the several different accounts. This is the current balance of everything that I own - not including my current 401K and my previos jobs. I typically roll them over and manage them myself.

19.53% BTC
10.44% AMZN
9.67% TSLA
8.51% SOFI
8.43% SQ
5.41% PYPL
4.33% HOOD
4.06% CLSK
3.33% ETH
2.98% COIN
2.90% PLTR
2.90% GOOG
2.82% AAPL
2.78% SPY
2.71% NVDA
2.32% SHOP
2.05% META
1.70% SOL
1.59% MARA
1.16% HIMS
0.39% MSFT

I need to increase the holdings in HIMS and MSFT. SQ is through work and I hold it - but I also think some other stuff will outperform it.

I will likely sell some HOOD and buy AMZN with it. I will also probably sell a little SQ in exchange for MSFT.

It is surprising when you do this exercise. I guess the numbers might look quite different if I took crypto out.

Here is the same table without crypto. Anything jumping out to you all that I should balance better?

13.84% AMZN
12.81% TSLA
11.28% SOFI
11.17% SQ
7.18% PYPL
5.74% HOOD
5.38% CLSK
3.95% COIN
3.84% PLTR
3.84% GOOG
3.74% AAPL
3.69% SPY
3.59% NVDA
3.08% SHOP
2.72% META
2.10% MARA
1.54% HIMS
0.51% MSFT