The investment..speculation, out right gambling thread

Parent Cafe
6601

<p>A friend of mine is in China and he is impressed by how many jnj and pg products there are in his wife’s house. (He married a woman who lives in China). He bought those stocks.</p>

6602

<p>Bought a few shares of DIA and added to my TJX position. I didn’t feel like buying anything else.</p>

<p>A lot of big NASDAQ companies are doing nicely today.</p>

6603

<p>^Why is that? I had MSFT shares for a few weeks. It went up 2% this morning. I thought it was great and sold. Now it is up over 4%. Darn! Can I take it back? :)</p>

6604

<p>Yeah…</p>

<p>What’s up with the spike up in the market?</p>

<p>No. I am not watching that closely.</p>

6605

<p>

FB’s news feed is great way to get updates from your 9,999,999 friends every nano second.</p>

<p>In order to understand its possible impact as a Home screen in your phone, pls. note that one’s facebook newsfeed will have alerts like:
• Tom and Jerry are now friends.
• Spongebob added Krabby Patty University to his timeline.
• Jon Hamm shared a link.
• Dorothy -> Jerry: You had me at hello. </p>

<p>Music news like
• TweetyBird Smith is listening to Breathe by Michelle Branch on Spotify.
• ABandULiked: We are heading out on the road soon w/ OtherBand! Spread the word!</p>

<p>Posts can range from being random,
• Jane Starbux: Today was the first day in about 7 years that i didnt drink coffee…
• Piglet: It’s hella blustery outside-wt#
• Demi Smith: I f----in love Ashton!</p>

<p>Or deep
• Mr. Phantom Opera: “Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.” I always forget.</p>

<p>And numerous photo news (expect a LOT of food photos),
• Dr. Gaius Baltar was tagged in Caprica Six’s photo
• Ms. Piggy likes Kermit’s photo
• Cookie Monster: Mmmm…cookie
• Dumbledore added 20 photos – with Hagrid and Harry Potter
• Ann Grey: Lunch date with my lover
• Cassandra changed her profile picture
• Dave updated his cover photo
• Magic Mike likes Fitness Club’s photo
• Betty Boop added a new photo to album Bathroom Mirror Pictures
• Larry Bird posted a photo on Instagram</p>

<p>There you go. Welcome to more noise in your digital world. At some point, ads will creep into the Home screen too.</p>

6606

<p>Dia is ex div a week from friday…the regular monthly option expiration day. Apr 19.</p>

6607

<p>Krlilies, your post about fb made me :).</p>

6608

<p>Dstark, like. :)</p>

6609

<p>Lol…</p>

6610

<br>

<br>

<p>I don’t know why big cap tech is relatively strong today. Maybe because it has been weak for so long? The $INDU has led with the $SPX next and the $COMPQ a relative laggard. One can blame AAPL for some of that. But certainly not all of it. I’m just happy to see a bit more balance in the indexes. The Russell is still a laggard though and that bugs me.</p>

<br>

<br>

<p>There’s been a lot of volatility and chop in individual stocks lately. I sold GOOG yesterday but it’s up today. Still, I followed my rules for an exit and I have to do that or else I second-guess myself and it allows the potential for bigger losses.</p>

6611

<p>Fslr</p>

<p>wthh?</p>

6612

<p>“Still, I followed my rules for an exit and I have to do that or else I second-guess myself and it allows the potential for bigger losses.”</p>

<p>Absolutely…</p>

<p>If I didn’t cover my short in the spy calls on Friday, my loss could be 6 times larger today…instead of losing .27… I could be down 1.75.</p>

<p>Considering I sold those calls for .08…that wouldn’t be too good…
Don’t understand post 6611…</p>

6613

<h1>6611: First Solar up by 12 points. Epic short squeeze?</h1>

6614

<p>Ahhhh…</p>

<p>I am long spwr…</p>

<p>I guess I will look at where things closed…</p>

6615

<p>FSLR had an analyst day today and supposedly had good guidance.</p>

6616

<p>“Several large cap technology names were higher today. Intel, Microsoft, and Hewlett Packard were all higher on better than expected news on PC shipments. Semiconductors were the strongest group in the sector.”</p>

<p>[Daily</a> Market Recap | PFS Group | FINANCIAL SENSE](<a href=“http://www.financialsense.com/node/10950]Daily”>http://www.financialsense.com/node/10950)</p>

<p>"The number of positions waiting to be filled rose by 314,000 to 3.93 million, the most since May 2008, from a revised 3.61 million the prior month, the Labor Department said today in Washington. The pace of hiring increased to a three-month high. "</p>

<p>[Job</a> Openings at Five-Year High Signal U.S. Rebound: Economy - Bloomberg](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>

<p>“The latest issue of the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends is out today (see report). The April update for March came in at 89.5, which puts it deep in the cellar at the 9th percentile in this series, where a distinctly recessionary mood prevails.”</p>

<p>[Small&lt;/a&gt; Business Sentiment: Contraction after Three Months of Slow Growth | Doug Short | FINANCIAL SENSE](<a href=“http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/doug-short/small-business-optimism-contraction-three-months-slow-growth?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter]Small”>Small Business Sentiment: Contraction after Three Months of Slow Growth | Financial Sense)</p>

<p>These seem to explain what I saw in the market today. It might be time to unwind the TNA trade as a long-term trade.</p>

6617

<p>BCEagle91, those are great links… Especially the latter two. Very interesting…</p>

<p>Thanks for posting all three links.</p>

6618

<p>Haven’t traded Slv for quite a while - maybe tomorrow</p>

6619

<p>YHOO is in an incredibly nice channel. Volume is dropping off though.</p>

6620

<p>Interesting article: [Germans</a> Among the Poorest in Europe: ECB Study](<a href=“http://www.cnbc.com/id/100629759]Germans”>Germans Among the Poorest in Europe: ECB Study). </p>

<p>Also heard some guy on cnbc say that part of the rally is due to those who have waited for a pullback, giving up and getting in. This may be getting close to time for a pullback if enough have given up on it.</p>