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BassNBrew said:
I knew I should have sold prior to dividend date.  Time got away from me yesterday.
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I don’t know how you manage everything. I check prices every day and I’ve got a small back log of some buys I want to make, but I couldn’t handle the amount of trades and short term stuff you do. Job and kids at home 4 days a week. No chance.

 
BassNBrew said:
I knew I should have sold prior to dividend date.  Time got away from me yesterday.
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Since I am so new, I don't fully understand the news, but it seems like the stock is being diluted at a lower share price?

I'm still learning the intricacies of this stuff.  Luckily, I am back to where I bought it at and not lower (yet), but at least I will have the dividend, I guess.

 
Lacey said:
Anyone still playing RLFTF?  It appears I bought in near the high and wondering if others are adding here?
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If not for the $50 charge I'd be buying. I'm just gonna sit tight with my low cost and ride this out.

I think if this thing gets anywhere near a couple of bucks I'm out completely. 

 
Still following that Houston firefighter story who received the RLF-100 over the weekend. From my completely unscientific perspective, it doesn't appear to be working for him.  

He's still hanging in there, but the latest report on their Facebook page last night has basically the same info as the last day or two. They usually update morning and evening.

 
I've been looking for a PANW entry point for a long time. It came last night. Still ok this morning. This will be a rare hold for 5-10 yr. stock for me.

 
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Capella said:
Back in if it hits the 30s. I don’t care enough about it to pay more than that. 
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I'm starting to regret buying at .51.  Waiting for a complete plunge to the .30s is probably a better strategy.  It could happen any day now.

 
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Don Hutson said:
I'm starting to regret buying at .51.  Waiting for a complete plunge to the .30s is probably a better strategy.  It could happen any day now.
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I bought at 37 and 51 (I believe) so I made the same call almost. I don’t really have that much of it so I’m just winging it for a hopeful quick hit. I do think it has potential to get a couple of bucks though. 

 
ghostguy123 said:
I just dont get why something like EXC is up 3% one day and right back down a couple % the next.  
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Right now the market is in a sideways area. It’s going to tread water for a while. There’s a lot of cash on the sidelines to jump in when a dip comes like the tech dip a few weeks ago that’s gone away.

There has been very little sports and movies and new TV shows to distract people and the stock market became a big distraction. Most people don’t realize that the volatility and daily swings we have now aren’t normal. Stocks average about 10% a year historically. There are some great 20-30% return years, so most years are in the single digit returns. Once CV disappears, we might be in for a boring decade or returns like the 2000s. That’s not a bad thing, max out your 401ks build up investments and maybe the 2030s are a nice set of returns. Or, find the right stocks and hold one for nice returns.

 
cosjobs said:
My VIX spidey sense is tingling. 

More UVXY
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I started tracking this one after TVIX was shutdown.  No action on it yet, but totally get that tingling feeling.  

 
cosjobs said:
I've been looking for a PANW entry point for a long time. It came last night. Still ok this morning. This will be a rare hold for 5-10 yr. stock for me.
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One of my favorites. Got in at $168 back in March.  :bowtie:

 
Capella said:
I bought at 37 and 51 (I believe) so I made the same call almost. I don’t really have that much of it so I’m just winging it for a hopeful quick hit. I do think it has potential to get a couple of bucks though. 
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A couple bucks is going to be difficult without some major PR.  Float on this one makes even #### look lean.

 
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stbugs said:
On a serious note, have you had a bad 2020 and do you feel like you are jumping in on “friends” recommendations? If so, definitely think about ETFs and index funds. For instance, it only took me a minute in Yahoo to not feel great about investing due to the high multiple and shrinking revenue. Could get you into sectors without being tied to a single stock that can hurt. I do both since all my 401ks are index type funds and my non 401ks are all individual stocks. I’ve got probably 40 stocks so one stock hitting a rut will eat into performance, but not be an issue.
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I haven't had a bad 2020, but it hasn't been nearly as good as it should, given where the market is. Precious Metals have been good to me, as has a few things I've dipped my toes into, But, getting into things I really shouldn't (RWLK, EVSI, VBIV to name a few) to make a quick buck has probably taken out 40-50% of my gains this year. I had a strategy that was part bonds/treasuries, part metals, part SPY, and technology that I've been DCA in since June. With the funds that haven't been spent yet in those, I've been playing with recommendations mostly found here and rev shark. I sold out the SPY portion I had put in about a month ago looking to buy back after the pullback. Yeah, you know, the pullback that some people have been waiting months for.

Yes, in the end, I should have just stuck to the plan, without emotion. I'm slowly trimming all 'play' positions to build up $ to leverage back into SPY for good on any real pullback. Figuring out 'real pullback' is the question. 

ETA I put the stocks in the wrong sentence originally, still sipping first cup...

 
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ConstruxBoy said:
One of my favorites. Got in at $168 back in March.  :bowtie:
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I made a bunch of buys in March, but this was one I watched but didn’t buy. I regret not buying NVDA at about the same time. I was looking at them PANW and PAYC.

Also, if we’re bragging, I did buy more FSLY at $11 (bought most at $19 in November). 🤑

 
ChiefD said:
Still following that Houston firefighter story who received the RLF-100 over the weekend. From my completely unscientific perspective, it doesn't appear to be working for him.  

He's still hanging in there, but the latest report on their Facebook page last night has basically the same info as the last day or two. They usually update morning and evening.
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Here is someone giving their opinion about the firefighter from the Yahoo Board.  I have no idea if it is factually correct.

My thoughts on Searcy. If you read all of the information from the 21 patients treated, there was a range of improvements. Some were better in a matter of days while some showed improvement but were still on ECMO. And don't forget that 1 person was on ECMO and treated with RLF-100 and still died. Side note the 2nd that died apparently had a brain damage and so the family decided to stop life support, RLF-100 can't fix that unfortunately. So of course Javitt and the x-rays shown in the report were obviously from the people that responded the best from the drug. But again there were different levels of recovery, probably based on how bad they were when they started the drug. And from what it sounds like Searcy would obviously be included in that bottom tier of patients since it sounds like he was basically going to pass without a "miracle". Well, so now almost a week later, even though we all want to see dramatic results from his xrays etc, just the fact that he is still alive is a win. The longer he is alive, the more chance he has of healing and recovering. And the drop in need for vent % is still quite an improvement dont forget about that. And lastly, look at the chart showing the inflammatory markers in the 21 patients. ALL PATIENTS including those still not off ECMO show dramatic decrease in inflammation. So that means the cyclokine storm all the patients were expereince before RLF-100 were all controlled. And that allows the people to be able to at the very least not continue to deteriorate and survive as their body heals, because it is no longer under inflammatory attack. So, back to Searcy, I'll bet if they checked his inflammatory markers he'd show the same drastic decrease which means he is healing ... and it just will take time.
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BassNBrew said:
I knew I should have sold prior to dividend date.  Time got away from me yesterday.
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I'm going to average down on DHT here.  I didn't have a huge stake to begin with, and still don't, but the 11% drop seems a little oversold.  Also left myself room to make another buy if it dips to the lower 5's.  

 
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skycriesmary said:
I haven't had a bad 2020, but it hasn't been nearly as good as it should, given where the market is. Precious Metals have been good to me, as has a few things I've dipped my toes into (RWLK, EVSI, VBIV to name a few). But, getting into things I really shouldn't to make a quick buck has probably taken out 40-50% of my gains this year. I had a strategy that was part bonds/treasuries, part metals, part SPY, and technology that I've been DCA in since June. With the funds that haven't been spent yet in those, I've been playing with recommendations mostly found here and rev shark. I sold out the SPY portion I had put in about a month ago looking to buy back after the pullback. Yeah, you know, the pullback that some people have been waiting months for.

Yes, in the end, I should have just stuck to the plan, without emotion. I'm slowly trimming all 'play' positions to build up $ to leverage back into SPY for good on any real pullback. Figuring out 'real pullback' is the question. 
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I’d say my play options have been fine overall. Even with the big drop back down CYDY is still a $40k gain forever me so the net is still a great gain. That said some of those (like EVSI if I had bought like you) have been pretty suspect. Seems like my best results have been companies I wanted to buy for the long term. 

 
BassNBrew said:
I hesitant to bring this up, but so your own DD.

https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=ORRCF&qsearchterm=orrcf

https://orocoresourcecorp.com

I got in at 51 cents.  Heard about it from a stock guru who was discussing tankers at the time.  It's apparently a copper play and their claim is this largest/best in the world not held by a mining company (so they say).  This this "guru" was targeting $5-$10 accounting for further dilution.  
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Someone mentioned this stock before.  It's been in my FBG watch list for some time now. 

 
beef said:
I'm going to average down on DHT here.  I didn't have a huge stake to begin with, and still don't, but the 11% drop seems a little oversold.  Also left myself room to make another buy if it dips to the lower 5's.  
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I think $5.25 is my target.

 
Lacey said:
We’re not too far off on that number of I-products in our house, actually.
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Yeah, the Tesla comment is way more of a joke.  AAPL's market cap is a lot more believable to me and I could see some households (personal and work) having close to a dozen products.  I'm still a droid guy so I don't quite get the iPhone love, but feel like I should be.  

 
BassNBrew said:
I hesitant to bring this up, but so your own DD.

https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=ORRCF&qsearchterm=orrcf

https://orocoresourcecorp.com

I got in at 51 cents.  Heard about it from a stock guru who was discussing tankers at the time.  It's apparently a copper play and their claim is this largest/best in the world not held by a mining company (so they say).  This this "guru" was targeting $5-$10 accounting for further dilution.  
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I’ve got a pretty decent amount of this with cost around $0.40. 

 
cosjobs said:
I've been looking for a PANW entry point for a long time. It came last night. Still ok this morning. This will be a rare hold for 5-10 yr. stock for me.
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It's a good thing there aren't any smart###es in here. One of them might express surprise at your optimistic expectation to still be alive in 5-10 years.

Thanks for the heads up. Been keeping an eye on it myself.

 
beef said:
Besides everyone having a dozen Tesla's in their driveway, do you all also have a dozen IPhones too?  
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Nope. We have one Apple product in the house.

stbugs said:
. Seems like my best results have been companies I wanted to buy for the long term. 
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Yep

beef said:
Yeah, the Tesla comment is way more of a joke.  AAPL's market cap is a lot more believable to me and I could see some households (personal and work) having close to a dozen products.  I'm still a droid guy so I don't quite get the iPhone love, but feel like I should be.  
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Stay strong! Droid4life!

 
So whats the best way to get started? Wife and I have 401K's but other than checking some boxes when we first started we've never done anything except check the balance every couple of months. 

I can have more control of these investments or am I stuck with whatever john hancock thinks is best?

Whats a good balance to start with to get in the game? 

Can you recommend any podcasts (that wont over-complicate and confuse me?)

 
STEADYMOBBIN 22 said:
So whats the best way to get started? Wife and I have 401K's but other than checking some boxes when we first started we've never done anything except check the balance every couple of months. 

I can have more control of these investments or am I stuck with whatever john hancock thinks is best?

Whats a good balance to start with to get in the game? 

Can you recommend any podcasts (that wont over-complicate and confuse me?)
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You're probably going to be pretty limited on what you can do in the 401k.  Dependent on the account but often you're limited to a handful of mutual funds that they manage and you can choose your favorites.  Most 401k's don't allow you to just go purchasing individual stocks like many of us are doing here with other accounts.

I wish they did as my taxable and IRAs that I can manage myself are absolutely annhilating my TRowe Price 401k account this year in percentages.  Unfortunately that 401k is a much larger account.

 
Equityzen got some shares of Impossible Foods and did a round today.  I tried to buy in to gain some experience with pre-IPO trading.

Even at double the valuation of the last raise ($8.2bn now, higher than BYND's market cap) and with me refreshing the page until the minute the offering went live I couldn't get any shares.  The website was slow and timed out a bunch as people hammered it.  By the time I got my documents in it was already full and I'm on the wait list for shares now I guess if anyone fails to come through on wiring over the money.

People are just desperate to get in on these pre-IPO names at pre-IPO prices right now, even if those pre-IPO prices are inflated.

 
Any particular catalyst for DKNG's big run-up today or was this just a PENN style run-up on nothing?  Not that I'm complaining as it is one of my larger holdings but I wasn't really expecting this move until we got closer to the start of the NFL season.

 
FreeBaGeL said:
Any particular catalyst for DKNG's big run-up today or was this just a PENN style run-up on nothing?  Not that I'm complaining as it is one of my larger holdings but I wasn't really expecting this move until we got closer to the start of the NFL season.
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I don't know, but PLYA is up over the past few trading days as well.  Could just be reaction to covid treatment?

The NFL did have a report that 0 positive tests from Aug 12-20.  We know DKNG is going to be swayed by NFL news. 

 
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