I am not sure how this thread will fly. On my laptop, I have Windows 10. Every time Microsoft issues an update, the sound on Yahoo Finance and YouTube videos, and I am sure there are others, fails. I am tired of reloading speaker drivers and spending a few hours trying to fix it. I […]
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TD Ameritrade to merge with Charles Schwab
I have accounts at TD Ameritrade and Fidelity and was disappointed with the news of the proposed merger of TD Ameritrade with Charles Schwab, TD’s website and trading platform, in my opinion, are excellent. I have never had any problems with my account or trading executions. I was wondering how others feel about this. If […]
They preface the brief clues with this ’We’ve found three well-known but unexpected companies that are building a lucrative future off today’s advances in artificial intelligence’. So I guess it will not be the obvious ones like Amazon AMZN or NVIDIA NVDA ’1. This familiar tech titan is using AI to open new windows of […]
A solution for payment of the wall
I have had it up to here with all this discussion about ’the wall’ . Here is my proposal: Why not have an assessment to pay for the wall. There are 15 million taxpayers that earn over $100,000 per year. An assessment of $400 each for taxpayers in this category times 15 million equals 6 […]
Motley Fool Biotech
Not many clues; which company is this? The best biotech investors consistently reap gigantic profits by recognizing true potential earlier and more accurately than anyone else. Let me cut right to the chase. There is a product in development that will revolutionize not just how we treat a common chronic illness, but potentially the entire […]
Target credit / debit card breach
I just cannot understand why people have debit cards? With a credit card purchase, you get a minimum extra 30 days to pay. A debit card is paid immediately via a direct link to your bank account; how secure is that? Now there is another disadvantage coming from the Target breach ; ”JPMorgan Chase & […]
funny golf tee shirt
I saw a funny golf tee shirt at Tanglewood today. ’I hit two good balls today’ And in the fine print ”I stepped on a rake’
What Stocks Leon Cooperman Just Bought
Today I watched a CNBC video with famous investor Leon Cooperman as a guest. He was asked ’what is he buying?’. Two of the new names he mentioned were ”Monetize” a mobile wallet company, and ”Technique” an LNG construction company. They didn’t give the stock symbols, so I had to do some gumshoeing to figure […]
Selling GOOG and buying VXX
A writer on Seeking Alpha (name not given) was going to take his profits on GOOG and buy VXX in this article, dated March 7,2013. http://seekingalpha.com/article/1257061-i-took-profits-on-google-should-you?source=yahoo Since I own GOOG, I was curious about VXX. This is the S & P 500 VIX short-term futures ETN (exchange traded note) issued by Barclays iPath on January […]
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Hi Susan I am not sure how you feel about Jim Cramer but he does have AppHarvest as one of the 10 best SPAC ideas. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/24/cramer-10-spac-stock-ideas-worth-buying-on-a-decline.html And I am going to use this as a segway to a Jim C[...]
Hi Quincy; is there any significance to your user name? I grew up in Quincy, MA.[...]
Travis, I hope I am not misinterpreting something, I signed on to an IRA when they were first offered. The big disadvantage is that you are taxed as regular income as you withdraw at retirement, so even though some of the money may have been from long term[...]
Travis; no need to drop everything but clicking on the Stock Gumshoe logo at the top used to show all the articles including the 'most recent'. Now, it starts with Feb 23.[...]
I subscribe to the free newsletter by Lyn Alden. Here is a very good explanation of the dilemma facing the Fed. https://www.lynalden.com/february-2021-newsletter/[...]
I have always been a bitcoin skeptic but after reading this well written article by Lyn Alden, I can see why it can be a store of value and not a Ponzi scheme. https://www.lynalden.com/bitcoin-ponzi-scheme/[...]
Travis, knowing your track record for picking winners, I hope you don't decide to buy Doordash #DASH for the Real Money Portfolio. I don't want to say this too loud for fear of incurring the wrath of 'wallstreetbets' but I have a fairly large short posi[...]
Whoops, it posted before I finished. All the various rest stops on our nations highways would be better candidates.[...]
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Let’s walk thru Travis option trade at today’s prices. Start with your brokerage quote page for CLVS and you will see ‘chain’ or ‘Option chain’. You will see a list of several expirations, Travis selected 1/21/2022. Now within this list for ca[...]
I think it’s best to start simple. Buy basic calls or puts just to get your feet wet so to speak. I notice Travis in his Real Money Portfolio for options never has anything complex. The other hurdle is getting your brokerage outfit to approve you for[...]
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I think it is SiTime #SITM https://www.investors.com/news/technology/sitime-stock-rises-sales-growth-improving-profit-margins/[...]
Words of wisdom from Jim Cramer (this is why we pay him the big bucks); “It’s these long-term themes that work the best. You can buy them tomorrow and then you can buy some more if they get knocked around the next day, and the next,” Cramer said. “[...]
Travis got 2 correct; he did have Microchip MCHP.[...]
You guys are getting too serious making all this money. Here is something to lighten things up ‘baby singing Christmas carol’. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XylaQ9QgQ84[...]
I am 80 years old and have been dabbling in the market since 1963. My overall portfolio is currently up 63% this year. I have had good luck with options. When I buy them, I usually like to go with long expirations. My best ones are: NVDA $230 call expirin[...]
Hi Dave; congratulations on your fantastic investment results. I am curious to know how many of those investments were a direct result of being first introduced to them on Stock Gumshoe?[...]
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Hi Travis the link to the first article re IMF does not work[...]