I don't know my actual Beta but I'm 14% cash so I have to believe there is some alpha in there. FWIW--my fiancee is in IR
Inspire/aspire... Ive had some long days lately I'll chalk it up to that. And I swear Im the only male in IR. Basically Im behind the scenes and do all the research but still. Reminds of a pretty good article on dealbreaker back in the day about girls of IR Hedge Funds. I'd seek their alpha.
What are the rates on your CC? By paying them off you are getting a return on your money of whatever the rate is. If your rate is say %12-%15 that is pretty hard to beat in the stock market, espescially if you have already had decent gains. Id pay those bitches off.
As for "hold forever" I would consider using ETF's to get exposure to the market. If you dont want to do any research you can just buy shares of SPY (snp 500) or QQQQ (nasdaq 100) DIA (dow jones). If you want to do a little of your own research there are myriads of ETF's to gain exposure to whatever you want. I suggest using ETF's instead of individual stocks because it lessens the risk that one individual company will have something bad happen to it aka ENRON or BEAR STEARNS. If you want to put the time and research into it individual stocks can be a good avenue but if you dont have the time use ETF's
Got in at 420 with my miniscule number of shares. Told myself I was going to sell at 600, but I kind of want to wait til Apple TV comes out (and to get out of short term capital gains)
I'm sure this happens a lot and the regulars hate it, but... Anyone have any mutual funds they would recommend? I have about 5k laying around in low interest rate accounts and would like to grow it over the next 3-5 years to get a downpayment on a house or a car. Any suggestions or funds I should research?
MISSED DA BOAT SON but some pimco stuff and vanguard emerging markets should be sufficient... get in on some asia
i will need to double check but 12-15% sounds about right ... damn you and your logical approach. as of today's nice bump in JPM & BAC i am up 24% on my current positions. just tough to pull the trigger and sell in this bull market
that's a tricky time frame to invest in stocks IMO. a lot can change in 3-5 years and especially with a presidential election coming up very hard to predict how things are gonna impact the market the next 3-5 years politically. i usually say 5 years + is where you wanna be to get involved with a stock fund, so maybe invest 50%, and put the rest in a short term bond fund (as discussed above)? based on some recent research the pharm industry has a very low beta in general (comparison of a stock's volatility in price compared to the market) and pays a high dividend, sounds right for an intermediate term time frame, you could find a pharm ETF i'm sure. but then you got Obamacare hanging out there (no idea how that impacts pharm tbh) so a lot could be changing. if you don't like the sound of that go with an index fund, so that you're not tied to one specific sector ... i like ETFs cause you can get a lot of exposure cheap (funds may charge a minimum that can limit you to one choice). You could set up a quick portfolio of large/mid/small cap US and mix in some int'l without much cost. target retirement funds also accomplish this but don't give you the flexibility ETFs do (can be bought/sold like a stock, no minimums) ...
absolutely, cant really see them continuing on without a dividend. prob start at what, 40 cents a quarter? something small, relatively, and see how the market reacts
You should probably be looking around $3/quarter (~2% yield, ~20% payout) Yields: MSFT - 2.45% INTC- 3.03% IBM - 1.46% CSCO - 1.60%
Anybody that likes to play (gamble on) penny stocks, check out AAPH. I've been in them for a while, and it's starting to make some noise.
yup some pretty cool shit in there. as opposed to just seeing "buy/sell/hold" and target prices w/ ANR you can read some actual analysis from bloomberg's team. just messing around i was able to find some stuff on PFE and their different revenue streams (prescriptions vs generics vs devices vs animal health). haven't checked it out for other sectors but it seems like a great place to get some ideas ...
Just opened an account with TDAmeritrade a couple days ago and am about to transfer funds to start buying some shares. Anybody here use TDAmeritrade and have any advice or recommendations about online trading through brokerages?
sold my intel stocks. its like i just watched my child go off to college or gave a pet away... had it for nearly 2 years : ( but made 25% return
well i don't have any real time quotes so i botched the sell a little but still a good bit of profit...bought back in at .0105 in for 150000 for tomorrow...
That's why I don't trade in subpennies anymore. I lost a decent hunk of cash (for a college kid) in TDCP.
called it a day on BAC, up 41% roughly, re allocated my monies to DFS. unfortunately i am in after a big jump already (41% ytd) but after a BEAST earnings call all my research seems to indicate there is still room to grow. few new analyst ratings came out putting them in the $39/$42 range. anyone have an opinion here? definitely long on this one ...
how do yall feel about repos? Didn't realize what they were until right now. Seems kind of like the opposite of a short.
Just figured they'd be a sensitive topic because they're deemed a factor in causing the economic crisis of 08 and there have been efforts to regulate them now.
Ahh. Hmm. Ive never really heard that. Im thinking about short-term repos (overnight,2 days) but now I assume you are thinking about the rare longer-term ones? I know I just read something about the ECB essentially doing a "2-3 year repo" which is obviously essentially selling ST bonds. Got a link or something?
Reading a book called The New Financial Dead. It's all about Dodd Frank. "While derivatives, securitization, and repos didn't cause the crisis, each exacerbated it due to perversities in the way these markets functioned." One of my friends works for Wilmur Hale, a top DC law firm, and they were working on presenting some repo regulation to congress.