Kraven Posted June 24, 2013 Posted June 24, 2013 Like I read somewhere from some guy something like this "When the tide goes out you find out who is still wearing swim trunks". The image is one where it might cause some to use that rope. Then someone also said this which with patience might be an alternative. Buy cheap and something good might happen. Indeed. I think that seeing most value investors in their swim trunks (or less) would be extremely distressing. That someone sounds very wise. Handsome and charismatic too.
PlanMaestro Posted June 24, 2013 Posted June 24, 2013 The Onion> http://www.theonion.com/video/markets-in-turmoil-as-price-of-money-skyrockets-to,32940/
rjstc Posted June 24, 2013 Posted June 24, 2013 The Onion> http://www.theonion.com/video/markets-in-turmoil-as-price-of-money-skyrockets-to,32940/ That was great. Especially the lead in about male (Investors?) problems with aim. Stock picking?
LC Posted June 24, 2013 Posted June 24, 2013 Looks like the grocery store has been having a slight sale the last few days. I picked up some tomatoes (WFC) and lettuce (PMI) but just a bit of each...maybe the sale will continue!
ShahKhezri Posted June 24, 2013 Posted June 24, 2013 Sold 1/3 of IWM puts, bought back covered calls on NOV (at 70) and CF (at 195)...looking to put those on again at lower strikes, possibly in the money, get called and put to better use. With the liquidity from the IWM puts, bought my last addition of SD (avg at 5.25 now) and added AAPL, now 2/3 done (avg of 418 now)
sswan11 Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 Anybody shorting Chinese banks or other stocks a la Chanos? http://www.gurufocus.com/news/217031/short-selling-guru-jim-chanos--presentation-on-china-april-2013
Packer16 Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 I took a toehold position in OIBR. I could not resist the cheap price and the PT CEO taking the helm. Packer
no_free_lunch Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 Altius. Iron ore can come down a ways and it will still be a good investment.
finetrader Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 Opened a position in Altius. If it goes down more significantly I'm gonna attack this stock like a starved animal would do on a wounded prey.
JBird Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 Altius. Iron ore can come down a ways and it will still be a good investment. What's your thesis, if you don't mind sharing?
giofranchi Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 In the last couple of weeks we've been buying more cash and more index puts. Not much upside if the market goes up. but our portfolio could actually increase in value if the market takes a dive because of the quality of our main holdings. :) I find myself in almost the same position of twacowfca. And I am doing nothing (except watching Wimbledon and listening to the new Kanye West’s album). :) giofranchi
giofranchi Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 La la lalalalalalala la la la . . . Well, cannot be sure what you mean... but... I DO AGREE!! ;D ;D ;D giofranchi
Parsad Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 In the last couple of weeks we've been buying more cash and more index puts. Not much upside if the market goes up. but our portfolio could actually increase in value if the market takes a dive because of the quality of our main holdings. :) I find myself in almost the same position of twacowfca. And I am doing nothing (except watching Wimbledon and listening to the new Kanye West’s album). :) giofranchi Pretty much the same here as well. I've seen quite a few movies over the last two months...only the last week have I found something to start looking at again. Also busy with getting the Offshore fund off the ground...will launch August 1st! I would be watching Wimbledon as well, but my man Nadal went out in the 1st round. Now I won't watch until the round of 16. If anyone is looking for a good theatre movie to watch..."This is The End" is very funny...raunchy, juvenile humor, with some great writing. If you are looking for a good sci-fi film, watch "Looper"...excellent movie, wonderful acting! Cheers!
giofranchi Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 If anyone is looking for a good theatre movie to watch..."This is The End" is very funny...raunchy, juvenile humor, with some great writing. If you are looking for a good sci-fi film, watch "Looper"...excellent movie, wonderful acting! Cheers! I haven't watched "This is The End" yet, but I surely agree on "Looper": excellent movie, wonderful acting! :) giofranchi
Kraven Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 If anyone is looking for a good theatre movie to watch..."This is The End" is very funny...raunchy, juvenile humor, with some great writing. If you are looking for a good sci-fi film, watch "Looper"...excellent movie, wonderful acting! Cheers! I haven't watched "This is The End" yet, but I surely agree on "Looper": excellent movie, wonderful acting! :) giofranchi I recently saw The Next 3 Days with Russell Crowe and enjoyed it immensely. To my knowledge it didn't get any traction in the theaters when it was out and I had never heard of it until recently. It's a cut above the regular suspense/thriller movie and it's somewhat more "realistic" in the sense that Crowe doesn't play some superman who all of a sudden goes from regular life to taking on bad guys single handedly.
giofranchi Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 I recently saw The Next 3 Days with Russell Crowe and enjoyed it immensely. To my knowledge it didn't get any traction in the theaters when it was out and I had never heard of it until recently. It's a cut above the regular suspense/thriller movie and it's somewhat more "realistic" in the sense that Crowe doesn't play some superman who all of a sudden goes from regular life to taking on bad guys single handedly. Yes! Another very good movie, though a remake of a german movie starring Diane Kruger. Haven't seen the original. No need to, because "The Next 3 Days" is just fine! :) giofranchi
Valuebo Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 In the last couple of weeks we've been buying more cash and more index puts. Not much upside if the market goes up. but our portfolio could actually increase in value if the market takes a dive because of the quality of our main holdings. :) I find myself in almost the same position of twacowfca. And I am doing nothing (except watching Wimbledon and listening to the new Kanye West’s album). :) giofranchi Pretty much the same here as well. I've seen quite a few movies over the last two months...only the last week have I found something to start looking at again. Also busy with getting the Offshore fund off the ground...will launch August 1st! I would be watching Wimbledon as well, but my man Nadal went out in the 1st round. Now I won't watch until the round of 16. Steve Darcis sure did great against Nadal. :D We have our fair share of talent in Belgium, at least in tennis. Great that your offshore fund is launching soon. When can we expect more details?
Parsad Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 In the last couple of weeks we've been buying more cash and more index puts. Not much upside if the market goes up. but our portfolio could actually increase in value if the market takes a dive because of the quality of our main holdings. :) I find myself in almost the same position of twacowfca. And I am doing nothing (except watching Wimbledon and listening to the new Kanye West’s album). :) giofranchi Pretty much the same here as well. I've seen quite a few movies over the last two months...only the last week have I found something to start looking at again. Also busy with getting the Offshore fund off the ground...will launch August 1st! I would be watching Wimbledon as well, but my man Nadal went out in the 1st round. Now I won't watch until the round of 16. Steve Darcis sure did great against Nadal. :D We have our fair share of talent in Belgium, at least in tennis. Great that your offshore fund is launching soon. When can we expect more details? Next week or so. Service providers are in place, general partner has been formed and our attorneys just finishing off the offering documents. Only thing left to do is file everything and open the brokerage account with UBS. Then we should be good to go in a couple of weeks. Cheers!
Shawn Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 Research In Motion/BlackBerry I'm also trying to generate more cash to put to the side in case a buying opportunity arises. My average cost on BB right now is $11. Haven't found anything else outside of EXOR and Henderson Land Development companies (which I think people should look closer at, especially Henderson).
DTEJD1997 Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 Unfortunately, I have not had any orders filled lately. I've been trying to buy some more Awilco Drilling. I've also been trying to buy a mini-conglomerate that has major operations in building products. I've also been trying to buy a small medical products company. I've also tried to get an internet/real estate company. Every company other than Awilco is a Nano-cap. No luck yet, but perhaps later this week...
Aberhound Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 I tried to by IPL.UN in the first flash crash in Canada I have seen after it dropped by 1/3rd. it looks like a algo triggered a cascade of stop loss orders as the selling came from many dealers. the TSX halted trading 10 min after opening and when it reopened almost all the drop reversed. it may no longer be safe to use stop loss orders in Canada. And it demonstrates why banks should not be able to both own the exchanges and conduct algo trading. So now if a computer makes a mistake stocks are halted. instead of protecting computers the regulators should let value investors repair the mistakes of others by providing price discovery.
writser Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 it may no longer be safe to use stop loss orders in Canada. It is never safe to use stop loss orders anywhere .. As a smart trader / investor you should be happy with flash crashes because they are an opportunity to get filled at ridiculous prices. Unless you use stop loss orders, in which case you will join the fools and crazy algo's instead of profiting from them.
Hielko Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 The idea of stop loss orders is imo ridiculous to begin with: why would you want to sell when something just became cheaper?
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