Talking stocks, trading, and investing in general

[SkinnyGoomba]

Ugh, more of the same bouncing around as 2011 part 2 continues.

 

[NameBack]



Ugh, more of the same bouncing around as 2011 part 2 continues.

 

[javyn]

Zynga bleeding hard, think this is the low, or is there more pain ahead for them?

 

[Slopho]



Zynga bleeding hard, think this is the low, or is there more pain ahead for them?

They will probably bounce with FB. There was an article not too long ago where they said they have 1.8 billion to go on a shopping spree for gaming companies if it needed to, and they'll probably need to as they don't have originality.

 

[javyn]

Yeah, a lot of people are holding GLUU now anticipating a buyout by ZNGA. I don't see it happening. At least, I hope a buyout doesn't happen heheh

 

[Slopho]



Yeah, a lot of people are holding GLUU now anticipating a buyout by ZNGA. I don't see it happening. At least, I hope a buyout doesn't happen heheh

They need a huge hit, the lucky thing is they only need ONE. OMGPop was making about $500K a day with draw something and ZNGA actually saw the amount of users going from WwF to DS.

 

[javyn]

Deer Hunter may be the hit, but I dunno.

I'm rather disappointed in GLUU's marketing efforts, or lack thereof so far. I want to see their logo plastered all over tshirts and stuff at Hot Topic the way I do Angry Birds. IMO it's the marketing that makes the games go viral. AB honestly is a crap game, and was a crap game back when I played it on my 386 back when it was called "Scorched Earth".

But AB has the tshirts, the keychains, the figurines, all that crap that people in my office are more than happy to blab about and shell out money for all day long.

They've got some great games that seem to be coming close though. Deer Hunter Reloaded, Samurai vs. Zombies, CK Zombies, Blood & Glory, Stardom. All great games that are tearing up the charts on iOS, Android and Amazon. I cant' wait for earnings on the 2nd.

edit: And I *do* believe the death of the 60 dollar console/pc game is on the horizon.

 

[GreenFrog]

Crossing my fingers for apple's earnings release tomorrow.

At this point, I'm simply indifferent to anymore downward movement.

 

[stevent]



Crossing my fingers for apple's earnings release tomorrow.
At this point, I'm simply indifferent to anymore downward movement.

Yeah I stopped checking since last week, too much to do at school and it gets depressing looked at it each day.

Lot's of talk about DVN, thoughts?

 

[GreenFrog]



Yeah I stopped checking since last week, too much to do at school and it gets depressing looked at it each day.
Lot's of talk about DVN, thoughts?

I know they say hindsight is 20/20.. but dammit. I remember distinctly, the moment I was in my hotel room, watching Squawk on the Street and about to leave my room for work. It said, "Breaking News: DOJ Files Anti-trust Lawsuit Against Apple," or something along those lines. At the time, I was like, damn, I wouldn't sweat it too much, but the fact that the news made such a big deal out of it by calling it breaking news, I might want to sell it. At the time, the price was at the higher end of $630s -- so, near it's all-time high.

Well, I was running late so I was like *******, I don't want to put in a limit order just right now. Anyway, I go to work.. come back and see that the stock price plummets. I'm pissed. Then the next day, and the day after that, it keeps dropping and dropping and dropping.

And now, here I am. I went from having a portfolio that was highly, highly green, to net red, in the span of two weeks.

 

[stevent]



I know they say hindsight is 20/20.. but dammit. I remember distinctly, the moment I was in my hotel room, watching Squawk on the Street and about to leave my room for work. It said, "Breaking News: DOJ Files Anti-trust Lawsuit Against Apple," or something along those lines. At the time, I was like, damn, I wouldn't sweat it too much, but the fact that the news made such a big deal out of it by calling it breaking news, I might want to sell it. At the time, the price was at the higher end of $630s -- so, near it's all-time high.
Well, I was running late so I was like *******, I don't want to put in a limit order just right now. Anyway, I go to work.. come back and see that the stock price plummets. I'm pissed. Then the next day, and the day after that, it keeps dropping and dropping and dropping.
And now, here I am. I went from having a portfolio that was highly, highly green, to net red, in the span of two weeks.

Yeah I'm too heavily weighted on bank stocks was up 16% two weeks ago, at 4.22% now. Never had time to rebalance Apple neither (although part of not having enough time was it was just doing to fing well ) Only thing holding me up is LULU gains pretty much

 

[yjeezle]

bro's i was leery about apple..

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

I don't have a stake in AAPL and for the most part I kick myself, but I ave a feeling that a lot of the price has to do with the fact that cnbc is 24/7 apple pumping amongst other things. I have a tough ime getting behind things like that.

My only other negative comment is that I worry about MBA 'project valuation' style management systems don't do well at keeping creative companies creative. In the end their creativetity is what the public and investors both valued them for, not their ability to rinse and repeat with the latest micro-change designed to have everyone pay another dividend to the house.

 

[Slopho]

^ +1. CNBC is all on AAPL's nuts. I don't understand the obsession with owning APPL anyway unless you got in at $12.

 

[djblisk]

Any advice on how to buy foreign stocks from with an IRA portfolio?

I am with fidelity and I don't think they will let me trade foreign stock.

I am a big believer in Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. from Japan.