Your Investments?

Metaverseguy
Metaverseguy: Name some of the investments you've made (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc.) and then how much the return is and how long you've held it.

I invested in Chesapeake and another stock but they fell about 7% so I dropped them. Currently, I have a mutual fund (AMAGX) and coca-cola (KO) and the mutual fund has gone up about 10% and coke has gone up about 5%.

Some clowns on here claim they make 50-100% returns when they can barely even form a sentence and listen to only potheaded gangsters so I don't believe them, but maybe you have some realistic gains.
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GONZO_JOURNALISM
GONZO_JOURNALISM: Well this <--- "clown who only listens to pothead gangster music" decided to give you some examples of realistic gains.
#1. LLEG (pinkslips) buy 100,000 shares on Nov.12 for 4 cents a share, sell on Nov.22 for 7 cents a share = 75 % profit in very short time frame
#2 LSPN (Nasdaq) buy 500 shares on Dec.13 for 9.99 $ a share, sell on July 1 last year for 19.60 $ a share = almost 100 % profit in 6 months
#3 NFLX (Nasdaq) purchase 18 shares on Nov 8 @ 169 $ a share,sell on July 13 last year for 299 $ a share = 77 % profit in 6 months
#4 short position ( bet against) FB (nasdaq) purchased 5000 $ betting against FB @ 45 $ a share, dumped it when FB dropped all the way to 19.09 $ a share in Aug. of last year = 50 % profit and smiled...

There are so many examples, but hey don't listen to me, "I can barely even form a sentence" ~ LOL

p.s. stay away from bonds :}
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Metaverseguy
Metaverseguy: What's wrong with bonds? I was just going to use some unsubsidized loans (0% interest) from my school and purchase bonds that return about 5-8% in a year.

I don't understand how you can stay away from bonds when you're clearly involved in high-risk stocks.
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eziskowski
eziskowski: from my experience in investing since 1997, stating out in coffee futures and currency trading , being in such dangeous positions have given me great experience in charting , I lost some money but less then 2k, I also learned to network with some really interesting ppl and have done very well , I do not like fund managers and mutual funds since the only thing they do is charge u fees. . Amercian funds Washingtom , Europe fund have in the past 20 years given you nothing more then 10% return in those past years , Why would you want to put your money into those funds , when u could do a better job yourself ,. Here is my thoughts on mutual funds , all they can do buy and sell or go cash, What happens when the market goes south like 2007, if u were able to buy a bear fund look how much money u would make , The markets are at tops right now and again the pundints are saying its going higher, the last time they said that the DOW went to 6600, wall street just loves to pick our pockets, right now i am short with about 30% of my money but i stay balanced in income producing stocks that gives me 7% return each year ... in the past 20 years the market never goes more then seven years before it takes the tank . Watch your back side 401K investments also, whao is watching your money??

Have a good day and sleep well
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edricleeboneham
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Metaverseguy
Metaverseguy: @gonzo, so adding up all the profits you shared with us totals $12645 before taxes, and being single with no dependents that would put you almost at the poverty level at least here in the states. I've never heard of that short sale stuff before so I'll look into it.

@ezikowski, so you suggest 7 years before it slips? wall st. just reported highest gains in 5 years just recently and the last crash i can remember was of course the famous 2009 crash because of the housing market and I hear banks are starting to give subprime mortgages again and on yahoo! finances i see some billionaire remarking about how we should get ready for the worst, but i'll do some more research.

@edricleeboneham, i'll look at the video again thnx.
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eziskowski
eziskowski: Hi Pthon, , If you get a chance read a book called the Big Short , It will give u some insight on what happened back in late 2006 to 2008 and what really happened to the CDO and other deratives, most important is the stupitity of the brokage houses and the banks , Not saying it would happed this time around but i would want to bet the deficit is the major bubble,I have some moneies in short positions, SDS, SRTY DOG , just a few that i hold now , I am very patence about markets and i am loosing some paper loses but whenthe market tanks this summer i could sell my short positions and have some extra funds to invest , I do like Preffered stocks the best right now , but if u need to know about these corporate bonds i could lead iin that direction, I am not a profit in the market genious but i am very good at what i do. Just remember we are at a alltime high and be cautious, don;t get suckered. before u invest pay off your debth and allway keep some cash on hand for ermergency.
have a good day
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eziskowski
eziskowski: Just clearing up some mis information that u posted Python, in Sept 2007 the market in the USA started to come apart and from some stupid reason it jumped back up as typical of a a Bear Trap, then in march 2008 it really started down toDOW 6600 along with Nasdq, S&P and others ETC I do like shot positions as a hedge against a market colaspe. I am now buying mostly preferred stock in the safer sectors such as Insurance companies , Large finanical , Utillities, these are less risker then other debth insturments. They pay a decent divdend and have a par value , usually @ $25.00 when they are called , One good web site is Quantumonline which i use daily, have a good day
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Metaverseguy
Metaverseguy: I've been looking toward investment funds. S&P 500 and wilshire 5000 invest in the best companies in the market and can return gains of up to 100%. People are saying the market is going to crash and that it's all inflation and part of a bubble and it kind of makes me want to sell, but it's really hard to tell the near future or distant future. I typically keep an eye on things and try and avoid huge losses, but there are others also saying that there's a bright future ahead.

It's pretty hard to know and obviously no one is a fortune teller who can predict everything absolutely perfect. Even the best investors make mistakes occasionally. I just diversify my portfolio.
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eziskowski
eziskowski: No one knows what direction the markets will take us , Usually this time of the year its a sell off during the sumer months, I would look to get back in the markets @Sept or Oct.

Right now i am buying preferred stocks that give a good yield , Check out Quantumoline for information on new IPO dept securities , I just bought (USBPRO) ( JPMPRA) i try to but new issuses @ 25 as thats there par value and when they get called they have to pay u back $25 bucks , I have allway made money on these stocks and if the market tanks u are going to get a greater yield and get your money back , if interest rates go up which will happen , u still have the option to sell or wait till they are called , check out the webs site and see what u think
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Metaverseguy
Metaverseguy: I had one stock go south and I lost a little bit of money in it, but most of my stocks are still staying pretty even. They are pretty secure stocks so I'm not really worried about them. If they go bad pretty much the entire market is going bad so I'll know about it.

That billionaire said prepare for a financial collapse, but I'm not seeing it. Seems like it was just paranoia.

My friend was saying they are investigating Martha Stewart again for insider trading.
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eziskowski
eziskowski: well guess what the market tanked
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Metaverseguy
Metaverseguy: The market did go a little sour because businesses were afraid they weren't going to get federal stimulus and the DOW took a huge dive, but the dow and s&p500 are up today. Actually, all my stocks are up today.
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eziskowski
eziskowski: I think after 5 years of being up its a matter of time before it takes a big hit , thinking about September being the month the feds start raising the interest rates
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Metaverseguy
Metaverseguy: Well they are raising the interest rates for student loans. They just doubled. How that affects the economy I guess we'll find out.
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eziskowski
eziskowski: some good investment in the yen , I am going long as we speak
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Metaverseguy
Metaverseguy: Forex? That's one market I haven't yet dabbled in. I've done some research, but haven't felt confident enough yet to invest. I hear that it's not susceptible to inflation.
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xiaofeng9920000
xiaofeng9920000: Anyone say something about china’s stocks? I have suffered heavy losses since I started investing.
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nqf1234
nqf1234: no extra money to invest, so no worry how much return i can fetch at all.
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dave3974
dave3974: stay away from stocks & shares at the moment
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Metaverseguy
Metaverseguy: dave, please be a little more specific than your fear mongering. There´s always usually one industry in the stock market that is doing well and it´s hardly ever the case that the entire market is down, except when the dow jones plummets.
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dave3974
dave3974: DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS
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Metaverseguy
Metaverseguy: idk invest in the s&p 500. get vanguard 500. they are pretty good.
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eziskowski
eziskowski: I see a storm comming in the markets and would not invest , short postion in Card stock like Mastercard and visa will have great returns in the comming year once interest rates jump
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Snickelfritzer
Snickelfritzer: this thread is brilliant. backed up by numbers mostly. Please keep posting.
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