You monsterI would like to re-iterate my controversial opinion that it’s good when stocks go up, actually.
Did the same a few years back. The orcas swimming though the bay there was amazing.Rented a house on Whidbey Island (near Seattle) this summer and really enjoyed watching the gigantic cruise ships heading out to Alaska in the evening. Some of those things are just massive.
Still have zero interest in ever taking another cruise, but I'll admit that those things are just astonishing.
Omg those ####ing bastards again???Really wish SNAP would just go away already. How many times is this silly company that no one cares about going to wreck the price of world class companies and to some extent the entire market?
I saw that too. They are taking down a bunch and they have not figured out the Apple stuff.Really wish SNAP would just go away already. How many times is this silly company that no one cares about going to wreck the price of world class companies and to some extent the entire market?
Maybe have their CFO should learn to put themselves later in the earnings cycle if they just suck so bad.Really wish SNAP would just go away already. How many times is this silly company that no one cares about going to wreck the price of world class companies and to some extent the entire market?
I obviously hate today. luckily we are still in the 9s and purchased in the 8s.CCL down 10+ Percent. I wonder if their starting to run out of cash. I have several friends who are putting off going on trips due to economic and raising Covid concerns.
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Buy for the long term here.
Are you still digging GCV for the long term?DOW
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Buy for the long term here.
Smart. no reason for it to crash. may bounce nice tomorrowTanked all the cruises. I bought some Royal, like the company.
I bet DTV loses the football package next year. thats when the contract is upSeems like the big issue they had was trying to get into the content game and buying DirecTV. Should be a more efficient use of capital the more they can turn back into a pure communications play.
It has too. It's a terrible product. NFL Redzone is much better than Sunday Ticket version. NFL should really just go to a league pass model to let out of market folks watch their teams.I bet DTV loses the football package next year. thats when the contract is up
I bet DTV loses the football package next year. thats when the contract is up
Why are these beaten down so much? The PE looks incredibly low, but is that because 2021 was such a great year and the expectations forward are to come back to earth? Do you know if high commodity (oil, gas) prices help or hurt these two?DOW
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Buy for the long term here.
I bet DTV loses the football package next year. thats when the contract is up
I heard the same thing.Been reading that Apple + is the favorite to get the Sunday Ticket
Minimum 3 years up to 10 years…..but my minimum hold for the longer term is 3 years and of course I consistently evaluate the position each year.When you say long term, how long are we talking 5 years? More?
Recession fears my friend.Why are these beaten down so much? The PE looks incredibly low, but is that because 2021 was such a great year and the expectations forward are to come back to earth? Do you know if high commodity (oil, gas) prices help or hurt these two?
Absolutely. The compounding power is undeniable on GCV long term.Are you still digging GCV for the long term?
Disney just released a new ship last weekend and they must be advertising it non-stop on the stuff my son watches because he is asking me about it incessantly. Even came up to me today and said “I can’t wait till we go on the new cruise ship tomorrow”Rented a house on Whidbey Island (near Seattle) this summer and really enjoyed watching the gigantic cruise ships heading out to Alaska in the evening. Some of those things are just massive.
Still have zero interest in ever taking another cruise, but I'll admit that those things are just astonishing.
Thanks!Recession fears my friend.
Take advantage for the long term. Start positioning in high quality industrials and materials on there way down for a nice bounce “long term” when we “resume a growing economy”. In the meantime you will collect a hearty dividend and let that reinvest while you wait.
Trying to time is very difficult. The stocks are quite cheap even when they revise their FY outlooks on FY 2022 basis.
The biggest mistakes I always see investors make is thinking 6-12 months out instead of 3-5 years out. Bear markets and recessions don’t last forever. These are the markets you need to dig in, understand what you own, rebalance on strong rally’s and diversify your holdings for the long term if you are too concentrated in certain sectors.
These two stocks have been beaten down a bit and may still fall a little more….but long term are winners and great dividend payers as well.
And no high oil prices don’t help…they squeeze their margins. So when energy prices begin to subside (they will) they will be fine long term.
High oil and gas prices kill the margins for the chemical companies, in general. They try to raise prices to keep up, but generally lose a lot of margins when the prices go up.Why are these beaten down so much? The PE looks incredibly low, but is that because 2021 was such a great year and the expectations forward are to come back to earth? Do you know if high commodity (oil, gas) prices help or hurt these two?
Guess it shows you how wobbly this market is when some garbage company like snap can have bad earnings after a solid week of good earnings and the sell-off begins.
That’s helpful, thanks. Guess they can’t as easily pass on the prices like the refiners can.High oil and gas prices kill the margins for the chemical companies, in general. They try to raise prices to keep up, but generally lose a lot of margins when the prices go up.
I don't know as much about LYB, but DOW has been making a lot of investments over the last decade to purchase/JV with producers to control raw material costs, as well as making their plants flexible enough to switch between natural gas and oil as raw materials as the costs for each fluctuate. So they can handle these price fluctuations a lot better than they could in the early 2000s.
Agreed long ways to go, could turn positive quickly. I didn’t like that carvinal lost a alleged rape case /lawsuit by a crew member and order to pat 10 million in damagesI obviously hate today. luckily we are still in the 9s and purchased in the 8s.
We shall see what happens. ill be cruising when they lift the shot mandate
If the amount is small….I would go with a great closed end Large Cap growth fund like ADX vs picking up small positions of individual stocks. You won’t be diversified at all and that can lead to unwanted pain.I got enough bonus left to an get starter positions in LYB, DOW and 2 other stocks.
I am thinking Kinder Morgan or At&t. Someone tell me why I am stupid and shouldn't do this please.
Walmart cut guidance and getting crushed by 9%. Other retailers are following it down. :(
Assume we’ll be seeing a lot of this, this week. Sucks.WMRT cut guidance and getting crushed by 9%. Other retailers are following it down. :(
Hopefully this is telling us inflation is getting under control.
Sold some AAPL covered calls this morning. Was about to do the same for AMZN but didn't pull the trigger. :(Assume we’ll be seeing a lot of this, this week. Sucks.
I have no idea what AMZN/AAPL earnings will look like, but I don't think they have anything to do with Walmart.
A retail B&M pullback was freakishly obvious. Everyone wanted to shop in person after the pandemic. That created big inventory demand, so retailers piled up huge amounts of physical inventory, then as demand curtailed back to normal they're left with all this excess inventory. Definition of the bullwhip effect.
I think that was pretty in person specific. TGT/WMT/etc ran up because record amounts of people were shopping B&M. But that was temporary. Amazon already had its bullwhip effect last year when the pandemic drove up demand during the pandemic, then everyone went back to shopping in person and they were left with excess inventory.
I think there is more at play here than just retail demand. There's in person demand, online demand, and overall demand. I think it's specifically in person demand we're seeing a pullback on right now because people aren't out specifically trying to shop in person anymore like they were as everything re-opened and got safe again. I'm not sure that means people are shopping less on Amazon or buying fewer Apple products. Maybe I'm wrong.
So far 25% of S&P 500 companies have reported earnings and 75% have beaten expectations. Big week this week for sure starting with MSFT and GOOGL tomorrow and AAPL and AMZN on Thursday.
Man I hope you are right! I think having some cash available is smart too.So on Friday I'll be in here either complaining that I didn't put enough new money in when prices were low or complaining that the market is stupid and my account is dwindling.
I actually have a good feeling about the next few weeks. I think the big tech companies are going to beat and I think CPI is going to come back lower than expected, the combo of which I think could create a big rally. But I'm stupidly emotional and I like having some cash because at least then if the market tumbles I can say "oh well this is a great opportunity to buy even lower".