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Dragon was great - helped me out w/books and articles over the years. Sadly they dropped the Mac version so when i buy it next, it'll be used on Windows via a virtual machine.
Bought 10 22.5/30 JAN 23 combo spread on PING for a credit.
Reason: Been stalking them for a long while, tanked 16% today on an acquisition, and I think the company itself is a possible takeout target at some point.
My TDA guy suggested I leave a foothold in my TD account to keep it active in order to have easy access to my records, statements, tax forms, etc. So I'm doing just that by leaving a few dog stocks DRIPing into themselves --- but otherwise I've b…
This sounds like the ETF version of Barrier Notes / Principal Protected Notes that were all the rage going into the GFC.
You could do the same thing with a short straddle/strangle on the SPY and save your management fee.
Hard pass from me!
Rarely mentioned in articles like this (or political commentary/speeches) is that the vast majority of people who take dividends and capgains will not be affected -- it's only targeted at those making $1M or more per year, but lots of pundits and co…
I know we're getting way off topic for this thread but I was paying $90/mo for Comcast for internet only b/c I didn't need phone or cable, and wouldn't bundle just for the sake of bundling stuff I didn't use and giving them more subscriber counts. …
IMO Schwab's StreetSmart Edge is lightyears behind TDAmeritrade's ThinkDesktop - plus their Mac 'version' feels like a quirky Java-based browser plugin that's nowhere as polished as ThinkDesktop. SSE reminds me of the hideous OptionsXpress active…
I'm 80% moved from TDA > Schwab. They gave me 2 years of free options trades when I moved 200K. I wasn't looking for any bonus, but it was a nice touch. I should followup to see what they'll do for me now that I've moved significantly more o…
Yup. After the TD fiasco in August with ThinkorSwim, and their horrid way of handling it, I created a Schwab account and have been slowly moving assets over. The advantage is that moving now will help keep me away from the inevitable chaos that ha…
Any thoughts on his GE bet?
As a long term turnaround play possibility, I think it's a 50-50 shot. But if anyone was to take the risk who I'd trust in being careful in speculating, it'd be him. I've also toyed with picking up some uber-long-term …
Our state retirement board makes the plans.
We have both Fido and TRP as plan providers (VALIC was dropped a few years back) ... I found it noteworthy that a) 3 of TIAA's most prominent VA offerings were nixed from *their* plan offerings, and b) …
Sold CSCO from my TDA account this morning since I hold it in large quantities elsewhere at a FSB wirehouse. Will probably add to my holding when the yield goes > 4.0.
Note: my 'trading' account is at TDA and I'm in the process of shuffling th…
FWIW saying I prefer to stick to cash as a single defensive holding. Yes, it pays nothing, but it's stable, simple, doesn't have an ER (so to speak), and allows me to pounce quickly and buy stuff I want during volatility when stuff goes on sale.
I …
Sold TpC and ONTKA for small gains on Friday.
Admittedly 2020 has seen me doing more short-term equity trading than my usual buy-and-manage approach over the years, but properly-planned and -managed, I don't feel too bad about it given everythin…
Interestingly Tweety claimed that TikTok was funding a $5B (patriotic?) 'education' fund as part of this transaction. TikTok was like, "huh? We never agreed to that."[1] Turns out, Tweety was referring to likely tax revenues the US-based entity…
If Trump really refuses to concede or if the Democrats win everything things will really tank.
This is not meant to spark a political discussion (please, folks - let's keep being good this week!) but my sense is that if Biden wins decisively, ev…
IMO SNOW is way overpriced and hyped due to the Berkshire involvement. Not interested!
My equity shopping list includes: PING, RPRX, ABBV, CIBR, NSRGY, UTF, BMY, MPW, and a few others.
My fund shopping list includes more PRBLX & PRWCX, possi…
The armchairinvesting forum is what I stood up after leaving M* a few years ago (when lots of ppl there were peeved at the site) but then dropped doing anything with it b/c it wasn't taking off. So it's funny to see him posting there -it's a bl…
I csll someone who intentionally throws up a bunch of clearly inflammatory partisan posts with the stated purpose of disrupting the MFO community a troll, yes. And I say that while meaning no disrespect to the real trolls that live under bridges …
Put on an April 21 20/25 combo spread for LORL. It has SPAC-like qualities and there may be some corporate actions/IPOs that drive the price higher. (This is a speculative trade, btw.)
That's a good idea.....I stopped following the General list a long time ago for reasons that, respectfully, I won't go into here.
@linter
Wish granted. Replace your link to MFO with this link:
https://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/categories/g…
Since FD is intentionally disrupting the forum, or has expressed a desire to do so, flag away. At some point Charles or David will jump in to do something.
dunno about that study, but my dentist last year asked me to try a Tylenol/Motrin cocktail following a root canal. I played w/the dosages a bit (3:2 or 2:3) ever 6 hours and I had no pain whatsoever!
From what I can tell, that OTC combo is just abo…
That seems to be the limit of what Tweety Amin will say about taking prompt action in response to the virus. But that's like a firefighter showing up to a house fire with nothing more than a wet blanket and saying "sorry your house is burning, but…
question asked, question answered. Thx Shadow. Le sigh...
From the following post, FD states:
"We are going to test it. I will start posting opinions from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh."
https://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/56913/…
Lordy, there ARE tapes!!! (and they're released)
Kayleigh McEnany on TV just now: “The president never downplayed the virus.”
Donald Trump on tape with Bob Woodward: “I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because I don't …
To be honest, ZH's Twitter feed was very useful for breaking news over the years, especially for context when I was trading. But I quit following it a long while ago when it became more skewed with conspiracy theories and snark than useful informa…
