Lol!
We should just start a comedy club ... and create our own stock to boot.
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Can y'all believe the clowns from CNBC's "fast money" are still bearish ?
I used to regard CNBC as a serious professional network but the more we are into this rally the more I learned that they are actually clowns... all of them... Even Erin Burnett who I think is hot and very attractive... but she's still a clown.
I just decided to never watch their channel and/or web site. They are a bunch of clowns...
Unfortunately there's basically no way to comment on every single piece of editorial shit they post... probably with good reason.
The fish on the wheel? I want to get them pumped without them realizing it! The best pump is to let people use their imagination...don't tell them directly, just give them the plausible and let their minds run with it. Once one lemming takes off, the rest will follow.
Oh God! Thought control of the masses! lol!
I am just screwing around...watching Entouage and then True Blood..then bed time for Bonzo (me).
Where those the fish that you were talking about? Or did I completely miss the point? :confused:
Hey S.O.,
How long are they bearish for? The big double dip (W) recession or just short term? I have never watched them. I saw Cramer once with his panel of electronic noise makers and shut him off after 5 minutes. Claribell on Howdy Doody made more sense to me with his little horn, and he was a real clown.
In the name of DD ...Quote:
Maybe I should invest in the Obama Chia (where vegetation grows on his head for hair). It might make a fortune.
http://www.articlesbase.com/gifts-ar...et-855524.html
http://www.chia.com/
Bummer, no stock offering ...
One sort of related\unrelated that I couldn't resist (actually some good food for thought);
http://www.thestockbandit.net/2006/08/23/pet-stocks/
Sorry Bill, think we have to find the next practically absurd item\product that comes along and buy the farm ... I remember when this all started up from my lurker days and I thought the exact same thing, I thought some of you guy's were really losing it ... Algae, sponges?
Nah, oil! Beverly Hillbilly's ... that's a more rational item I thought, I'll take a million of those please!
Sigh ...
So, have you heard about the Barack Obama Chia pet head? It's the HOTTEST product to be released in years from the creators of the world famous Original Chia Pet.
It's also turned out to be very controversial as well and has been pulled from retail chains afraid of offending their customers.
So lets take a look at this crazy product that like Barack Obama himself, could "Only Happen in America"......
Although you will usually hear this product referred to as the "Obama Chia Pet", officially this product is referred to as the "Chia Obama Handmade Decorative Planter". It doesn't quite have the same ring, does it?
The Obama Chia was created by Joseph Enterprises, Inc, the same company who created the Original Chia Pet in 1977. This also the same company that brought us "The Clapper", which was famous for it's old "Clap on, Clap Off - The Clapper!" jingle.
The Obama Chia Head is a handmade pottery planter and comes with a Chia seed packet with enough for 3 plantings, a plastic drip tray and planting & care instructions.
The Obama Chia Pet was licensed exclusively to Walgreens to sell at their nationwide retail /convenience outlets. Their company policy allows stores to choose their own merchandise so they can better serve their individual locations. In the case of the Obama Chia though, once company management received some complaints that the product was "offensive", Walgreens ordered stores to remove the Obama Chia headfrom the shelves.
The controversy around the Obama Chia and the it's subsequent removal from stores has created an incredible demand for the Chia Obama head planter. The only other major retailer to stock the collectible was Amazon.com, and they have sold out of the Obama Chia. Now the Obama Chia has become a hard to find collectors item. Only in America!
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That last paragraph is B.S., because they sell it during Sean Hannity on FOX News.
Bill
I do not have a day trading acct. However, I can sell and then buy right away...But I must then hold that purchase for 3 days...Or I get the nasty note from Etrade. Have not tried it with my TDA acct!
Tomorrow should be interesting for spng, qasp and siri!!! Hopefully, we will hit the trifecta and let the partys begin!
have a good one! got some paperwork to do so that i can get paid Fri!
Jeff
Sorry, I lost my wireless internet...God Bless Comcast! (who let the pigs out, oink oink)
Jeff,
I can instantly buy another stock, but not the same stock without a penalty. Rule T of the SEC says that you must suffer after 3 trades per week. I heard today that part of the medical plan amendments includes tax on stock purchases and trades. I will have to re-inquire about round trip trades. I am hazy on it. If anybody knows, please let us know. It is consistent across the board.
Good one Tib!! Here it is:
3 Signs You Have a Pet Stock
One of my top 5 trading books is How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market by Nicolas Darvas. From time to time I re-read this book because there are some good lessons and reminders in it. On page 11, Darvas refers to stocks he was trading in a funny way but one which all traders have been familiar with at one time or another:
“…For some of them I acquired a special liking. This came about for different reasons. Sometimes it was because they were given to me by a good friend of mine – other times, because I had started by making money with them. This led me to prefer these stocks more than others, and before I knew what I was doing I had started to keep ‘pets’.
I thought of them as something belonging to me, like members of my family. I praised their virtues day and night. I talked about them as one talks about his children. It did not bother me that no one else could see any special virtue in my pet stocks to distinguish them from any other stocks. This state of mind lasted until I realized that my pet stocks were causing me my heaviest losses.”
No doubt we’ve all encountered our share of “pet” stocks, but are you holding onto any of them right now? Here are three signs you may have a pet stock:
If you’re scalping stocks like GOOG, CME, RIMM or AAPL without success and yet you continue to trade them day after day, then you’ve got a pet stock.
If you’re sitting in a losing trade but you just can’t pull the trigger on it to cut it loose like you know you should, then you’ve got a pet stock.
If you find yourself repeatedly trying to time entries on a stock in which you’ve profited in the past but you cannot seem to catch a move in it now, then there’s no doubt you’re clinging to a pet stock.
Pet Stock Trade in your pet stock for some ch….ch….ch…..ching.
Any of that sound familiar?
It does to me. I made 107 points in BRCD between 1/24/00 and 2/18/00 (bought $172, sold $279), and needless to say it was the biggest move I’ve ever caught. That’s the good part. The bad part is, for the months which followed that one glorious trade, you better believe that BRCD was my pet stock. But it didn’t love me back the way I loved it, and I gave more of those profits back than I should have, little by little just hoping for one more ride on the magic carpet known as BRCD. Fortunately, I learned that with stocks, you’ve gotta love ‘em and leave ‘em!
If you’re clinging to some pet stocks, take a good long look at what you’re doing. If you’re right, your P&L will show it. But if profit seems to be the one missing ingredient in your master plan, then it’s time to let that pet stock go and look for another good trading opportunity elsewhere. Trade good setups because of the chart pattern, not because some stock treated you well back in the day. If your old favorite pops back up on your radar and you’re doing your homework, you’ll be sure to see it. There’s just no reason to cling to it until then.
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The rule is you can only do 3 round trip(buy and sell) day trades in 5 rolling business days. The 4th round trip and you will be flagged as a pattern day trader and your account will be frozen for 90 days. To get around it you must have $25k in your account at the beginning of the day.
Thanks Stang...that is the way that I have understood it also. You cannot re-buy the same stock in the same day under any circumstances. Thank you for your clarification! When you sell it is unsettled funds and takes 3 days, at least on Scottrade. Some other sites take longer. It is much appreciated!
Sounds like you have a margin acct at ETrade Jeff. I used to have one too. Well, I still do, but no money in it and never use it.
With TDA margin accts, you can buy a stock and sell it the next day as many times as you like. As far as buying/selling on the SAME DAY, thats called a round trip trade at TDA. You are allowed 3 round trips in any 5 day period. After that, they threaten to make you a day trading acct and that has lots of bad taxes with it.
Hope this info helps.
Just read everyone elses response so this is now a bit redundant...
Shots,
That is an interesting concept. You can sell, sell, sell. That isn't any different from a cash account. I can sell all day long with no penalty, but I cannot sell and re-buy without a round trip and the three day rule. Hmmm Is it really a margin account of sort?
Anybody can sell, sell, sell, but buying back in is the hard part. Am I missing something here? If so, please tell me. I am not the sharpest pencil in the drawer, but not the dullest either.
I'm pretty sure if you have a margin account you should be able to use the funds right away to buy but you still have to abide by the Pattern Day Trade rule