HoodWinked
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so from aftermarket yesterday all of these have held their trend, except one. which reversed guess which one i own.
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so from aftermarket yesterday all of these have held their trend, except one. which reversed guess which one i own.
ipukespiders
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When does Powell start?
TheContact
Member
i've never dabbled in stocks in my life but i installed robinhood the other day and i'm thinking of investing a small amount of money into something just to see what happens with it =|
ipukespiders
Member
It's a lot like Steam marketplace.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
At the Dawn of the FInal Day.
HoodWinked
Member
just don't do options or use margin, but ya the sooner you get into this the sooner you learn about personal finance.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Start with an easy play like a fund that tracks the S&P500.
Also, some people start with stocks, see the stock go down for a couple months and sell at a loss, getting a negative impression of the market for the rest of their lives. Don’t be that guy, have patience.
bigedole
Member
When I bought the shares initially I didn't have a clue what I was doing. It felt like a good amount of money then, but I'm a lot older and wiser now, and the only reason I didn't sell at 2k is because I have done pretty well for myself and would just need to reinvest in something else anyways. Usually I would at least take out some to lock in profit, but at this point I just want to see how far it can go.
I tried day trading for like 3 days a long time ago and just found it way, way too stressful. I see you guys getting excited or bummed out over <1% movements and I just don't know how you can keep that up for weeks and months. I moved all of my investments into ETFs and the like and just stopped worrying about it. I only own 2 stocks directly now, Amazon and the publicly traded company I work for. Would be fun if Amazon stock behaved similar to Apple during their recent split, but I always question why a split has that effect when nothing about the valuation changes. Are there really a line of people out there thinking "I don't want to buy a share at 3.4k but if it dropped to 1k I'm down to clown!"
BigBooper
Member
So if they capital gain tax rate is bumped up, think that will cause much activity in trading? If someone has to make up an extra 10% they may decide to sell before the bump to move it into something else. I wouldn't expect it would change much except maybe make people make trades earlier than they were planning.
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HawksWinStanley
Member
Yeah I'd say so. I feel like I'm pretty well exposed to Amazon through several funds that I own but after a split I'd at least consider opening an individual position. I've got two kids in daycare right now that's sucking up $3,800 of our monthly income. Tossing a month of daycare out there for one share of Amazon isn't really in the cards for me right now and would fuck my monthly DCA into my other positions. I think there are a lot of new and young investors out that who would want a piece of AMZN but lack of fractional share brokers and/or an intimidating PPS as it sits are keeping them away.
ManofOne
Plus Member
xom earnings tomm
zeorhymer
Member
That is exactly the reasoning. A lot of people can't afford one share of a $10k stock. Market movers don't care how much the stock is because they have the capital to buy at any price. This way, the corp can tap into unused funds. With the way things are going, I'm surprised not all brokerages allow for fractional purchasing.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
Is this common among brokers now? Mine supports it but idk how common it is.
dem
Member
Shopify is making me all kinds of sick with regret...
FB goes BOOOOOM
Facebook Q1 EPS $3.30 Beats $2.37 Estimate, Sales $26.17B vs $23.67B Estimate
I fucking love you Zuck
a) Revs +48% YoY to $26.17B -- 10.5% beat
b) EPS +93% YoY to $3.30 -- 39% beat
c) 43% op margin vs. 33% YoY
d) Facebook MAUs +10% YoY to 2.85B -- in line
e) Family monthly active people (all of its apps) +15% YoY to 3.45B
$FB now attracts 3.45 billion people to its family of apps on a monthly basis
FB goes BOOOOOM
Facebook Q1 EPS $3.30 Beats $2.37 Estimate, Sales $26.17B vs $23.67B Estimate
I fucking love you Zuck
a) Revs +48% YoY to $26.17B -- 10.5% beat
b) EPS +93% YoY to $3.30 -- 39% beat
c) 43% op margin vs. 33% YoY
d) Facebook MAUs +10% YoY to 2.85B -- in line
e) Family monthly active people (all of its apps) +15% YoY to 3.45B
$FB now attracts 3.45 billion people to its family of apps on a monthly basis
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Amazing. I remember FB at $20 and nobody knew if it would survive. I'm not even sure it made money at the beginning.Shopify is making me all kinds of sick with regret...
FB goes BOOOOOM
Facebook Q1 EPS $3.30 Beats $2.37 Estimate, Sales $26.17B vs $23.67B Estimate
I fucking love you Zuck
$FB
highest ad revenue growth rate since Q1 2018 in Feb 2021, guided Q1 2021 to similar or slight acceleration from Q4 2020's 31% revenue growth, with Q2 2021 similar to Q1 and then slowing in back half due to IDFA Today: reported Q1 up 46% and said Q2 will accelerate
It's also interesting to see how much FB sales and profits grow because the stereptypical image is that a lot of young people dont do FB. Which means the older people on it should start to fizzle out using it at some point.
So either there's still a lot of young people who use it to keep growth going, or the existing older people who love it are just pushing through so much usage the ad revenues are still going up.
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zeorhymer
Member
The big ones like TD Ameritrade or E Trade don't allow you to buy fractionals. They do allow you to get them via DRIP as well as be able to sell fractionals.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Yeah daycare prices for an infant are insane. Thankfully they don't stay infants for long.
dem
Member
AAPL doin work
Jesus christ...
Tech is fuckin WILD 'N OUT
Jesus christ...
- EPS: $1.40 vs. $0.99 estimated
- Revenue: $89.58 billion vs. $77.36 billion estimated, up 53.7% year-over-year
- iPhone revenue: $47.94 billion vs. $41.43 billion estimated, up 65.5% year-over-year
- Services revenue: $16.90 billion vs. $15.57 billion estimated, up 26.7% year over year
- Other Products revenue: $7.83 billion vs. $7.79 billion estimated, up 24% year-over-year
- Mac revenue: $9.10 billion vs. $6.86 billion estimated, up 70.1% year-over-year
- iPad revenue: $7.80 billion vs. $5.58 billion estimated, up 78.9% year-over-year
- Gross margin: 42.5% vs. 39.8% estimated
Tech is fuckin WILD 'N OUT
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Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
I'm not familiar with drip? Is that like buy now pay later?
ManofOne
Plus Member
$AAPL April 28 (Reuters) - Apple Inc(AAPL):
* QUARTERLY EARNINGS PER SHARE $1.40
* QUARTERLY REVENUE $89.58 BILLION, UP ABOUT 54%
* Q2 EARNINGS PER SHARE VIEW $0.99, REVENUE VIEW $77.35 BILLION -- REFINITIV IBES DATA
* INTERNATIONAL SALES ACCOUNTED FOR 67% OF QUARTER'S REVENUE
* SAYS BOARD DECLARED A CASH DIVIDEND OF $0.22 PER SHARE OF CO'S STOCK, UP 7%
* SAYS BOARD AUTHORIZED AN INCREASE OF $90 BILLION TO EXISTING SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM
* QUARTERLY GREATER CHINA REVENUE $17.73 BILLION VERSUS $9.46 BILLION LAST YEAR
* QUARTERLY IPAD REVENUE $7.81 BILLION VERSUS $4.37 BILLION LAST YEAR
* QUARTERLY MAC REVENUE $9.1 BILLION VERSUS $5.35 BILLION LAST YEAR
* QUARTERLY IPHONE REVENUE $47.94 BILLION VERSUS $28.96 BILLION LAST YEAR
* QUARTERLY SERVICES REVENUE $16.9 BILLION VERSUS $13.35 BILLION LAST YEAR
* QUARTERLY EARNINGS PER SHARE $1.40
* QUARTERLY REVENUE $89.58 BILLION, UP ABOUT 54%
* Q2 EARNINGS PER SHARE VIEW $0.99, REVENUE VIEW $77.35 BILLION -- REFINITIV IBES DATA
* INTERNATIONAL SALES ACCOUNTED FOR 67% OF QUARTER'S REVENUE
* SAYS BOARD DECLARED A CASH DIVIDEND OF $0.22 PER SHARE OF CO'S STOCK, UP 7%
* SAYS BOARD AUTHORIZED AN INCREASE OF $90 BILLION TO EXISTING SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM
* QUARTERLY GREATER CHINA REVENUE $17.73 BILLION VERSUS $9.46 BILLION LAST YEAR
* QUARTERLY IPAD REVENUE $7.81 BILLION VERSUS $4.37 BILLION LAST YEAR
* QUARTERLY MAC REVENUE $9.1 BILLION VERSUS $5.35 BILLION LAST YEAR
* QUARTERLY IPHONE REVENUE $47.94 BILLION VERSUS $28.96 BILLION LAST YEAR
* QUARTERLY SERVICES REVENUE $16.9 BILLION VERSUS $13.35 BILLION LAST YEAR
HawksWinStanley
Member
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
You can choose to have your dividend payouts automatically reinvested in more shares.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
Ohhhh. My mind went to like drop feeding into a share.
I'm smart sometimes, I swear.
Raven117
Member
Drives up the price and takes more our of circulation.
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godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Apple killed it. Just today i increased my position with them.
I feel that the media was being manipulated to keep the stock from spiking again in the run up to earnings. The data I have showed an increase in browsing patterns through Apple devices. The chip shortage should not have been interpreted as a negative factor, but as positive news instead, all electronic devices are selling out. This is due to the change in behavior patterns ignited by the lockdowns (the screen addiction numbers are looking unhealthy af). Some of this data is public, or easy to capture (drop a pixel tracker and run ads), so I doubt that all of the media was unable to decipher the signals, they just colluded again to fool people.
Apple is not a stock I would sell any time soon. They are currently working on the glasses, and the day those arrive (hard to time), it will be another revolution much like the smartphones.
I feel that the media was being manipulated to keep the stock from spiking again in the run up to earnings. The data I have showed an increase in browsing patterns through Apple devices. The chip shortage should not have been interpreted as a negative factor, but as positive news instead, all electronic devices are selling out. This is due to the change in behavior patterns ignited by the lockdowns (the screen addiction numbers are looking unhealthy af). Some of this data is public, or easy to capture (drop a pixel tracker and run ads), so I doubt that all of the media was unable to decipher the signals, they just colluded again to fool people.
Apple is not a stock I would sell any time soon. They are currently working on the glasses, and the day those arrive (hard to time), it will be another revolution much like the smartphones.
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ipukespiders
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Less shares make the existing ones more valuable. Congratulations, you are richer now.
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ManofOne
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Buy backs reduce the shares in circulation and they buy back the shares at the fair market value. Buybacks reduce the number of shares in circulation. With less shares trading for a high demand stock, the volatility of the stock increases alongside the price of the stock.
AmuroChan
Member
I'm really curious what the market for that is. Price, comfort, and utility will be key to whether this product has any appeal to the general public. I had the opportunity to test the Google Glass some years ago for work, and while the tech is cool, it just wasn't practical for everyday use.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Google Glass is ancient tech compared to what Apple (and Google) are working on for their vision of an augmented reality always online device. I don’t have an idea of how the glasses will look or what features they will have, but all signs point to them being a new platform altogether (not just an add-on for the phone), so I am confident that Apple understands that comfort is key to the success of the product.
crazepharmacist
Member
Makes zero sense to me especially since many brokerages, Robinhood included allow fractional shares. That’s the main reason IMO why Doge coin has been going up so much. People think it’s better to own 3000 shares of a $1 stock than 1 share of a $3000 stock
AmuroChan
Member
Sure, the tech I'm not worried about. When I was testing the Google Glass, the tech was never the issue. It was the practical usage, and the fact that you look like a complete dork.
GHG
Member
People once said the same thing about the first Samsung Galaxy note and now look, the phones that most of us use today are about the same size, if not bigger. The same goes for smart watches.
Utility is the primary thing that matters in terms of the adoption of new mass market consumer tech. Why should people use this new thing instead of continuing to use the "traditional" device at the time? If Apple can sell people on the utility of the device and that carries through to the actual user experience then it will be a hit and within a few years we will all look like "dorks" together.
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godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
I believe the benefits will normalize the look, and over time the features will evolve.
Also i would love to see the look normalized if only for the lulz. Reality is the best show.
CrankyJay™
Member
The STPK merger went through and will be changing tickers to STEM today.
ManofOne
Plus Member
Q1 GDP rises 6.4%, in line with expectations, headline inflation surges
- Q1 GDP (initial estimate): +6.4% annualized vs. +6.5% estimate and +4.3% in Q4.
- PCE price index: +3.5% vs. +2.5% consensus and +1.5% in previous quarter.
- Core PCE prices +2.3% vs. +2.4% consensus and +1.3% in previous quarter.
- The GDP increase reflects increased consumer spending, nonresidential fixed investment, federal government spending, residential fixed investment, and state and local government spending. That was partly offset by declines in private inventory investment and exports.
- During Q1, economic impact payments, aka stimulus checks, and other relief payments were made through the American Rescue Plan Act.
A full 100 basis point rise in PCE. Fuck me. I have to adjust inflation outlook again this morning. Will be busy
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