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Frank - getting your stock tips from http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/11/23/this-weeks-5-dumbest-stock-moves-8.aspx eh?
North_Ranger
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Might as well buy me a barrel and some suspenders right away, because I suck at economics 
Noooo Apple! Uuuuuup! You're supposed to go uuuuuuuuuup...
Dave Any chance of daytrading anytime soon? Forcing us to hold a stock for 5 days is fine, but it means that I'm not going to remember to check my portfolio very often because I have no choice to change it.
Even a 24 hour hold time would make me want to visit the game at least once a day, without unduly hampering those that only visit the forum once a day.
I imagine that if I could buy and sell stock every hour, though, I'd probably get addicted to fiddling (ie, I'd lose all my money), so 24 hours seems to be a reasonable timeframe.
Just throwing that out there...
Dave Any chance of daytrading anytime soon? Forcing us to hold a stock for 5 days is fine, but it means that I'm not going to remember to check my portfolio very often because I have no choice to change it.
Even a 24 hour hold time would make me want to visit the game at least once a day, without unduly hampering those that only visit the forum once a day.
I imagine that if I could buy and sell stock every hour, though, I'd probably get addicted to fiddling (ie, I'd lose all my money), so 24 hours seems to be a reasonable timeframe.
Just throwing that out there...
All oil and gas here... should be interesting.
Stienman, Apple has nowhere to go but down.[DOUBLEPOST=1354724072][/DOUBLEPOST]
Hey, you should buy RIM too... I hear their stocks are a bargain!
Stienman, Apple has nowhere to go but down.[DOUBLEPOST=1354724072][/DOUBLEPOST]
Hey, you should buy RIM too... I hear their stocks are a bargain!
And google and amazon, apparently.
Early morning trading is brutal. I'll have to look up stocks in the other available exchanges so my numbers change all day rather than just during US business hours.
Holy shit! Am I reading this right? One share of BRK-A costs one hundred and thirty thousand dollars?
That's like the final boss of the stock market game, man. Buy one share of BRK-A and you've won.
You have enough halbucks to buy well over 50 shares of BRK-B right now. It's gonna be awhile until you get enough for BRK-A.
Dave
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Bad idea. Both A & B have been trending downward for some time now.[DOUBLEPOST=1354725459][/DOUBLEPOST]
You should invent that addon.
You're telling me that my video game company on the verge of collapsing's stocks are continuing their toilet spiral. NO! NO! NO! NOOOOO!Frank's bundle of shares in THQ has dropped 14% already.
You have two halbucks left. I'm sure if you show faith in them by purchasing more, you'll find the stock rallies with you.[DOUBLEPOST=1354727159][/DOUBLEPOST]Why is it that every time I see halbucks, I read it bollocks?
He broke the "old" stock market when the price of one share of BRK-A went over 9999.99 for the first time. Apparently the NYSE hadn't prepared for $10k.
Hey Dave , any word on whether dividends get added back in?
--Patrick
PatrThom, I doubt that things like dividends and return on investement payouts are taken into account here (otherwise I would have bought nothing but trust funds).
I'm pretty sure this is purely a capital gains game.
I'm pretty sure this is purely a capital gains game.
Dave
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I don't know.
Rats. How am I supposed to properly balance and diversify my portfolio?
[DOUBLEPOST=1354727918][/DOUBLEPOST]Also October would have been an awesome time to have started this. In October, lots of stuff goes down as companies deal with the end of the fiscal year, and there are almost always lots of bargains to be had.
--Patrick
Diversification? Pffft... I'm all oil and gas. Look at Frank, that guys got some balls. ALL THQ BABY!!!
Dave
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It just came available in the last few days. Plus I just had the money to buy it as I got paid on the 3rd. Additionally, it fell right about the time I did my upgrade & stuff after testing. So although not October, it fit well with me personally.[DOUBLEPOST=1354728208][/DOUBLEPOST]
I even got some German stocks so I can lose money 24/7!Diversification? Pffft... I'm all oil and gas. Look at Frank, that guys got some balls. ALL THQ BABY!!!
I've got several stocks I want to buy (korea electric, chipotle, target, buffalo wild wings) but no money.
Anyone want to send me their unused halbucks?
Also, I find it funny that the people who aren't playing at all are doing better than 2/3 of the people who are playing, simply by holding onto their halbucks.
Anyone want to send me their unused halbucks?
Also, I find it funny that the people who aren't playing at all are doing better than 2/3 of the people who are playing, simply by holding onto their halbucks.
Heh, and to break even your stock has to gain 5% just to cover the commission! Welcome to the market (of pain and suffering)!
This might really artificially inflate people's portfolio's (except possibly Frank's lol)
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