Posted on 04/20/2014 1:14:39 PM PDT by expat_panama
Noticed these have taken a hit lately. Do you think they have bottomed out? Obamacare has got to have some folks a little queasy on these. Not much use for R & D when a much bigger slice of the population are destined for death panels.
Before someone chimes in about their glowing financial results for the quarter, note that same store sales were down for the period. Watch out once expansion wanes.
My parents (both born in 1914) were like that. CD’s only, and never all in the same bank.
I have no luck in calling the bottom or timing the market. I look at broad trends. The sector as a whole has been hit. R & D still continues. I just have some up on my radar and will bite when I like what I’m seeing.
I am now heavily invested in jelly bean futures. If Florida has a late freeze they could lose most of the crop. Prices will skyrocket.
Our nation has reached the tipping point where more are worried about their Obamaphones, welfare checks, and other government handouts than the economic well being of our country. Our economic lower class is alarmingly growing due to abrupt socialist trends on the behalf of our government. Our debt is at $17T and growing rapidly, so we will see how long this entitlement gravy train lasts before flying off the tracks.
So yesterday we had metals up and stocks off in lower volume (bullish sign) with more of the big caps faring better than small. This morning futures are seeing stocks soaring and metals collapsing. Note:
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Oh, I think “the economy” is long off the track and is out plowing cornfields. The market is being moved in large part by people with cash on hand who want to see real increases in welth and scamper about burying nuts like squirrels in November.
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I never know when to sell. Bought GTAT last year @ 8.25. It ran up to 19 and has now pulled back. Don’t know weather to sell it now or just hold it.
Buying time before the larger iPhone 6 comes out in September. AAPL has been killed because of a lack of a larger phone. And despite that iPhone units were still up 17% and were >$25 billion for the quarter.
BRK has B shares which are 1/1,500 of BRK.A
Bottom line is that your picking GTAT last year and looking hard at it now is brilliant. Please tell me what else you're considering buying now...
the market is rigged,
That was my take too at first, but now I'm thinking we're missing a bigger issue here. Namely, that there is no 'market' that's pulling a fast one but rather the fact that market prices are what people like you and I and the the day traders agree too. It's not the goofy comments that were reactions to market swings, but rather the market prices were swinging around because of the trader's attitudes.
I just bought three thousand year 2006 calendars. Next time 2006 comes around I'll have the market cornered.
)))) That could’ve been the Jaegermeister talking last night.
I kind of stumbled across GTAT. I saw it mentioned early last year in a boating magazine article about displays. Made a note and forgot about it. Found my note last fall and decided to buy it.
I’m watching Silver Wheaton (SLW) right now. I’ve traded this many times over the past 3 years. But I Haven’t done anything with it for 6 months. Lately it’s been flat. I have gotten 10% to 30% holding it for only a few months.
I’ve discovered it’s better for me to only own one stock at a time in my trading account. So I usually have all my eggs in one basket. A big win or a big lost.
We’re getting ready to buy a new boat and live full time on it. Going to go cruising.
There's a couple that live near by me and the guy was telling me how he did that and loved it. Go anywhere, fuel was free, living expenses minimal. Reason they moved to land was one time they harbored and got boarded by Colombian pirates that couldn't believe they didn't have or need money. They shot him & his wife and left 'em but he got medical help called in at a Colombian harbor police station --which had been only a hundred feet away at the time!
They still miss the life at sea --except for that...
Yea, you really need to be careful as to where you go. Even the Mediterranean is bad. Ya have to watch out for the EU taxman (pirates). I have a friend cruising there now and every few months he has to go to Turkey to hide out for a while or else they’ll seize his boat claiming he owes an import tax.
That would be so neat. Until I get seasick. What kind of license do you need? What communication devices are on board (I need internet at ALL times)? Any problems going overseas? I specifically love Hawaii. I have a core in SLW.
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