Originally Posted by
billhart22
I realize that some of these stocks are not moving to some peoples' satisfaction, but I want to say that they are not daily yo yos.
These are businesses and take some time to get business done.
How legit are some of these companies? I think most are and will be much more in the future with SEC oversight. Everything doesn't happen on our schedule.
If you feel that you are getting into stocks over and over again that are not panning out the way you expect, then not buying them could be the best bet.
You have to have a reasonable amount of money to be able to flip these, especially if you have a cash account, which I am sure 99% of people here do.
Learn from brother Ray. He is the champion of stock holding and patience. Oh, God...by the way...he is rich! lol
The whole point of this is that patience is very very important and it is hard, but that is the only way to score unless you get in on a good and quick run. That is why they call them investments. They don't call them "flippers" all of the time.
Don't think you made a bad investment until a stock tanks and doesn't come back.
Let's take an example. QASP was on a run....ok, it buckled yesterday..so what? They have four acquisitons on the 28th to sign. They are buying stock back. They are purchasing brick and mortar. What is there left to think about? They just bought a company that had to pay the stockholders a dollar per share so QASP could acquire it. Now what are the odds?
MGLG is more speculative...Personally I am in it with free shares..760,000 to be exact. It can skitter all over the place and I have nothing to lose. Whoa, Bill! You bought in cheap and I am stuck! Well, let me say that I have a couple that I don't even list that are in the same situation. You cannot win on every stock and please don't think that you can. The good part is that you can deduct the loses at $3000 per year for as long as it takes. If you lose $30K, then for ten years you have a three thousand dollar deduction. If you die before then...I don't know. They will take it off of your death tax.
My whole point is that you have to realize that pennies are risky, as we have all said over and over and they all just don't happen daily. Sometimes it just takes some time and that some win and some lose. It is not a perfect slot machine.
That all just blurted out of my head....I do have braincells left! lol :)