Raising cash to buy a few cervezas next week? Talked to a capt. in Isla. He said it’s getting boring pulling 25-50 sails a day. Wish I was going with you. Good luck.
Most of the cervezas will be paid for (All inclusive). It’s for the liver replacement that I will need when I get back.
We are stoked. Sun-Wed in isla and Thurs-Tuesday in Cancun… I’m pretty sure that I can get into some trouble down there…
Sold 800 shares of FTO @13.51, sold 700 shares LNG @3.35.
Market order 10 shares MCK.
Hold the tomato, fool!
Great. My first trade with my new account:
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Special Notice Posted : Mon, Mar 8, 2010 USAA Brokerage accounts may experience delays in updates to current information including positions, balances and trade activity.
USAA needs to hold the ■■■■ tomato.
Update: Transaction made, $61.51 per share.
However, my cash transfer to cover the purchase is still “pending” so it is showing a negative balance in the account. Funny how they can acquire a stock in 20 minutes but can’t transfer the cash to pay for it from another USAA account at the same ■■■■ bank.
Yea, with my Fidelity software, when I buy something, the money comes out almost immediately, but when I sell something I have waited more than a week to get my money posted. Why should it be different? I think we all know the answer to that question.
What is the investment branch of USAA like? I’ve always been impressed with other aspects of USAA.
Oh, the money was “out” of the savings account instantly, but not “in” the brokerage account. The money is just tied up in virtual land somewhere.
As far as their investment services, I can’t really say because I just opened this, and my transfer from Vanguard is still pending. If that all goes smooth, then I can give it a thumbs up.
I just like the idea of having checking, savings, insurance, and retirement all on one non-profit dashboard. So even if it takes 5 minutes longer to post a transaction, or the charts don’t have as many squigglies, it’s not a big deal for me. I’m not a day trader, I don’t intend to be. I transact in hundreds and thousands, I suppose if you were a Big Boy and transacted in the high thousands and tens of thousands, those extra little perks come in handy. I’m just not at that level. I’m at level 1.
Hope that helps!
Hold the tomato, fool!
I told myself to take a $.90/share profit on HQS, but no, I wanted to hold out for $1/share. Big mistake!!!
quote:Yeah, it's hurting on me a little, but I bought some more yesterday after the drop. Wouldn't you know that it would drop another 6% today???
Originally posted by MandopickrI told myself to take a $.90/share profit on HQS, but no, I wanted to hold out for $1/share. Big mistake!!!
Also, I haven’t really looked into it too much, but it seems that dividend paying stocks are getting attention right now. I wonder if that means that people are expecting a decline soon and trying to position their chips for some sort of return.
Yall are geniuses when the market goes up. Just like me. Just like every other idiot with a mutual fund. Have you ever noticed that individual stocks tend to train with the S&P? Look up ATT and stretch out the 5-year. Stick the S&P on top of it. Look up Google, MCK, MSFT, Walmart, same thing. The whole thing is rigged.
Or maybe it isn’t… maybe next month your individual stock is going to outperform Prime Rate and the S&P, maybe you get an extra 2%… that’s big time… and you really are a genius…
Hold the tomato, fool!
That’s what an index fund will do for you. It will give you a sense of the whole market, but over time. When you break it down with specific stocks over a shortened period of time, though, you can do better or worse. The latter approach is a lot more work, but though 2% doesn’t sound like much, it can be thousands of dollars.
But you’re right, there are times that we look like we know what we are doing, and then there are those “other” times. When the market falls (and it always does), I try to loose less.
BTW, what did you decide to do about your VFINX?
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Originally posted by Turkey and SwissYall are geniuses when the market goes up. Just like me. Just like every other idiot with a mutual fund. Have you ever noticed that individual stocks tend to train with the S&P? Look up ATT and stretch out the 5-year. Stick the S&P on top of it. Look up Google, MCK, MSFT, Walmart, same thing. The whole thing is rigged.
Or maybe it isn’t… maybe next month your individual stock is going to outperform Prime Rate and the S&P, maybe you get an extra 2%… that’s big time… and you really are a genius…
Hold the tomato, fool!
- 10 year chart - MCK has outperformed S&P by 300+%
- 6 years out - GOOG outperformed S&P by 450%
- 20 years - MSFT outperformed by 30,000%
- 5 years - WMT outperformed by 18%
- 10 years - at&t barely outperformed in price appreciation by about 8%, but you got 19 dividend payments in the mean time!
If you had built a portfolio of these companies 10+ years ago, you would be well ahead of the S&P (assuming you didn’t buy at any peaks). In addition, don’t forget that a majority of gain from blue chip stocks comes from dividend reinvestment.
Also, the trick here that you didn’t pick up on is WHEN TO BUY them… If you bought any of these at their peaks, you probably didn’t do too well against the S&P. If you bought them at low points, you probably did pretty well…
This is exactly why they tell you only to invest money that you can tie up for 5-10 years.
As far as GROWTH is concerned, think about LARGE CAPS that you are mentioning versus small caps. It’s MUCH easier for a company that earns 10 million dollars a year to grow 100% next year than it is for a company that already earns 10 Billion per quarter. Once companies (like MSFT) have grown their business hand over fist, they eventually hit a plateau in
VFINX is still in no-man’s land. The account it’s currently in is still in week 9 of “4 to 7 weeks” to roll over so I can’t sell it yet. But speaking of mutual funds, Vanguard’s Windsor II fund is about to get 40% of my 401k contributions.
Thanks for asking!
Sold remaining LNG @4.65(74%roi), took profits on FSENX.
Buys today:
JOEZ @ 2.95
DCP @ 11.92
TNDM @ 16.04
Looked at my portfolio today and DCP was up 49% since Friday!!! That’s right. I didn’t even own the stock for a full business day and made 49% off of it. Checked the news and looks like they are being acquired by private equity. That’s good enough for me. I sold it today…
Buys today:
ALN @ 3.45
RINO @ 19.25
These are just a couple of experiments…
SOLD my TRMD today @ 11.10 (gain of about 2%), but it seems to be range bound for the past year between 10 and 11 so I have put a limit order to buy it back @ 10.00. For the long term this company seems to be a good investment, but if I have a chance to get it 10% cheaper, it seems worth giving it a shot.
Do you pay for a limit order when you place the order or only when the transaction takes place?
At Fidelity, there is no difference in commission rate for limit and market orders. I specify the limit order and amt when I place the order.