Anyone in Gumshoe land have a clue about why MIL has been taking ye olde nose dive lately? The company released this statement 2 days ago- NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — MFC Industrial Ltd. ( MIL ) (”MFC” or the ”Company”) announces that it is not aware of any material adverse developments relating […]
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January 19, 2015
Biotech bubble?
very interesting article in today’s NY Times…. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/technology/riding-high-biotech-firms-remain-wary.html?ref=business
April 17, 2014
buying MIL?
I bought some MFC Industrial (MIL) a while ago at around $8 , & I’m tempted to pick up some more now that it’s down to about $7.50. But I’m getting a bit spooked because virtually every analyst opinion I read is either sell or strong sell. Any irregular thoughts on whether this is a […]
July 26, 2013
Foreign settlement fees?
I’m a fairly new irregular & have a question. STTYF was down to $1.63 today,& I decided to jump in. When I went to purchase shares through my Fidelity account, I was surprised to see they were tacking on an estimated $50 ”foreign settlement fee”. I have bought SAND several times through them & never […]
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Posted on June 14, 2018
Posted on June 14, 2018
Anti-Trump? Anti-Fox? How do you construe that from what Travis wrote? More than a bit over defensive.[...]
Posted on June 8, 2018
Since our Pres. is obviously a man of true, heartfelt convictions that is not easily swayed & almost always follows through on his very firm policy statements, I wish you luck. Way too risky for me @ this time.[...]
Posted on May 3, 2018
Playing in the biotech sector is far from my idea of excitement thank you very much! :-)[...]
Posted on May 2, 2018
My experience with Zafgen & a few other stocks has convinced me that the biotech sector is much too risky for a retiree like myself.[...]
Posted on April 5, 2018
Interesting article about cryptocurrencies in this month's Smithsonian Magazine - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/founding-fathers-money-problems-bitcoin-180968393/[...]
Posted on March 28, 2018
By all means, stockpile food & weapons & huddle in the basement - or even better your fallout shelter - to await the end. "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you!"[...]
Posted on January 22, 2018
Interesting article in today's NY Times about Bitcoin & cryptos... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/insider/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-digital-reporting.html[...]
Posted on January 12, 2018
I agree with you about states rights & devoting real attention to the opioid disaster , but as long as he is in office there is the potential for problems causing additional sector volatility that as a retiree I'm not willing to accept. He is a complete hy[...]
Posted on January 11, 2018
I'll start considering investing in weed-related stocks when Jeff Sessions is gone....[...]
Posted on December 20, 2017
Very well put Travis. I sat on the sidelines during the tech bubble & will do the same here. Time will tell....[...]
Posted on December 20, 2017
VERY interesting article about Bitcoin by Robert Shiller in the NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/business/bitcoin-investing.html[...]
Posted on December 18, 2017
VERY interesting article about Bitcoin by Robert Shiller in the NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/business/bitcoin-investing.html[...]
Posted on December 14, 2017
Because of the first amendment & the fact that there really is a sucker being born every minute! :-)[...]
Posted on September 28, 2017
Took a position in Intel in 2010, up about 77% as of today. I can find nothing all that compelling about XLNX to convince me to jump in at these prices.[...]
Posted on September 14, 2017
Took a small position in GSVC last spring, down 9% as of today. I've learned the value of patience, & I've also learned it can bite you in the posterior![...]
Posted on August 22, 2017
I picked up some shares when Morningstar upped it to a 5 star stock a few weeks ago. Of course they made their bad earnings & dividend cut announcement not long after I bought it! Oh well, I've done very well with almost all the 5 star stocks I've boug[...]
Posted on August 17, 2017
I was having a physical when I was 48 years old & asked my doctor if I should have a PSA test. He basically said that although I was on the young side to have one, he was doing blood work anyway so what the heck. It came back with a reading of 5.3 &am[...]
Posted on July 24, 2017
Thanks for the update. Just another roll of the dice for me, see which way the proverbial cookie crumbles on this one![...]
Posted on July 22, 2017
Here's Morningstar's take on Qualcomm from 7/19 , I'm hanging in there.... "Qualcomm reported solid fiscal third-quarter results despite a host of ongoing legal challenges related to its licensing business, QTL, and its pending acquisition of NXP Semicondu[...]
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