Yes. This type of investing is called dollar-cost averaging. Read the book, The Intelligent Investor, and read some blogs on Mr.MoneyMustache to solidify strategies involved, as well as possible pitfalls.

I wouldn't be focusing on the consumer side of 5G, rather the infrastructure side. That's where the big money is. I don't think consumers are really going to be clamoring over 5G all that much.. at least not enough to drive massive phone sales. It might be big among tech enthusiasts, but 4G is perfectly adequate for 99% of the general population and I don't think a lot of people will be able to justify spending $600+ on a new phone specifically for a speed boost they don't need.

American Tower (AMT), Crown Castle (CCI), and SBA Communications (SBAC) are the biggest 3 tower companies according to Forbes.

I would research those companies and see what they've said publicly about 5G plans.

EDIT: This spawned some more research by me. This article offered some great insight into how tower companies operate https://finance.yahoo.com/news/could-american-tower-even-bigger-130150159.html

Two main things I took away from that article:

• Tower companies only own the land and the physical towers. Tenants, such as Verizon, Sprint, etc. lease space on the tower to put up their own transmitters.
• Cell company mergers harm tower companies because that leaves fewer tenants, and therefore less revenue for the tower companies. Something to watch out for.

This also begs the question.. if a tower company only owns the towers and the land, and tenants are responsible for transmitters.. how much can 5G actually create revenue growth for tower companies since 5G is in the transmitter, not the tower? Unless the nature of 5G just demands more towers, I'm not sure about that. I'd be curious to know who is actually manufacturing the transmitters, because cell companies are going to be buying/leasing millions of new 5G transmitters in relatively short order.

Are you people fucking serious? Have any of you actually read the intelligent investor? It is not a good first read. The book is incredibly long and dry. Did anyone read the chapter on bonds? Holy hell that was a nightmare. If you are trying to scare the guy out of investing by boring him to death then maybe.

I would 100% recommend Peter Lynchs "One Up On Wall St" before "The Intelligent Investor" any day of the week. Its half the length and Peter Lynch hammers home the same points as Graham with interesting examples that keep your attention. Grahams is more like a text book while Lynchs is a informative book with great stories, examples, and valuable lessons/theories.

I swear in today's day and age everyone just recommends "The Intelligent Investor" because it's the hip and cool thing to do when truth is you could get the information you need from many different authors that are nowhere near as bland as Graham. I'll probably get downvoted into oblivion but it's the truth.

This. These newsletters are insightful, based on decades of experience, and are actually quality reading material for someone completely uninterested in markets. The others are click-bait posts written by state-school MBAs with limited experience and even less money. I would also recommend buying their books, or at least one good one (Howard Marks just released a good one). You'll notice the folks with real money could care less about individual stocks; as Buffet said recently, "I don't know when to buy stocks, but I know whether to buy stocks." Just do your research and buy quality names. Investing is not the same as trading.

I started buying AAPL in 2008 while the economy was collapsing. My cheapest lot cost me $15/share in Sept 2008. I fucking hate Apple as a company and own no Apple products. I only bought the stock because I saw a picture of a bunch of college students in a classroom and every single one was using a Macbook. I just finished reading Peter Lynch's "One Up on Wall Street" where he talked about making a killing on buying stocks based on what his teenage daughter said was popular, so I dumped a bunch of money into AAPL after seeing that picture. At this point it's still my biggest holding with a ~~400%~~600% total gain. I haven't bought any new shares since 2013 (other than DRIP) and that was my most expensive lot at $60/share.

Edit: The photo I saw is at http://mediashift.org/2011/07/why-missouri-j-school-should-rescind-its-apple-laptop-requirement206/, originally part of some Apple marketing presentation. I had no idea that Apple laptops were a requirement at that school and if I did I probably wouldn't have invested based on a single photo. But ignorance is bliss and fucking ca$h money BITCHES.

Edit2: Updated total gain, it's higher since the last time I checked

The Intelligent Investor, Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits, Fooled by Randomness, Margin of Safety

These are my top 4 by far. This is assuming you want to do fundamental analysis, if you want to go the technical route, I'm of no help.

Edit, also, super quick reads and a fun perspective check out, The Education of a Value Investor, The Dhandho Investor

If you're into value investing, these are the books I suggest to gain investing wisdom:

1. The Intelligent Investor
2. Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
3. The Warren Buffet Way
4. One up on Wall Street
5. Beating the Street
6. The Most Important Thing
7. The Little Book that beats the Market
8. How to be a stock market Genius

Be sure to also take up basic accounting as well as finance to give you a sense of understanding financial statements and how to value companies.

I don't invest in the US so I'm not too sure about the websites you can find there. But the above are tools you need to do your own due diligence on the ideas you find. Apply these to your ideas and you should be fine going forward.

/u/N3O9Pr could help here, but just so he doesn't have to go through the hassle, I'll post what he says here:

• Get an account set up at Robinhood.
• Read some books. Eric Tyson's for Dummies books. Grahams The Intelligent Investor. If its raining in Brazil, buy Starbucks. Watch Steve Nisson, and learn how to read Candle Charts.
• Visit Investopedia and read their articles and watch videos.
• Learn how to read a balance sheet of a company.
• Learn how to read a trend, and when to sit still vs when to act (often).
• Pick a company, buy it and hold it forever.
• if you insist on "Actively Investing" which usually means just trading, make sure you keep a trading journal. Read/Watch Alex Elders books.
• If you need to invest, but want to play, make two accounts. Never ever confuse the two. Investing is an intelligent, boring, and tedious necessity. Trading is generally an exciting, costly, hobby.
• Learn about Warren Buffet, Peter Lynch, Jack Bogle, and other greats.
• Always remember those with conflict of interest and/or the opportunity to make gains off of you may not have your interests in mind. Demand a written statement of fiduciary responsibility or walk.
• Never underestimate the power of simplicity; Index Funds.

I'd imagine this will help your son in many ways to start investing. Good luck!

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham with contemporary commentary by Jason Zweig (this can be quite heavy reading but it full of information).

Margin of Safety by Seth Klarman (out of print) but electronic versions can be found online.

I'm sure you've read "A Random Walk Down Wall Street".

Mathematical analysis suggests no one (without insider info) consistently beats the market.

The performance of traders tends to follow a bell curve - with those at the right tail crediting their genius and those at the left tail blaming bad luck.

But past performance is not correlated with future performance. (Again, without insider info)

I wouldn't suggest buying growth stocks to a beginner.

You want to start with "blue-chips", which provide a dividend, which will offset the waiting period of a poorly timed entry/bad luck. I won't call them value stocks, because that is a highly ambiguous term.

• Read the sidebar.
• Get an account set up at Robinhood.
• Read some books. Eric Tyson's for Dummies books. Grahams The Intelligent Investor. If its raining in Brazil, buy Starbucks.
• Watch Steve Nisson, and learn how to read Candle Charts.
• Visit Investopedia and read their articles and watch videos.
• Learn how to read a balance sheet of a company.
• Learn how to read a trend, and when to sit still vs when to act (often).
• Pick a company, buy it and hold it forever.
• if you insist on "Actively Investing" which usually means just trading, make sure you keep a trading journal. Read/Watch Alex Elders books.
• If you need to invest, but want to play, make two accounts. Never ever confuse the two. Investing is an intelligent, boring, and tedious necessity. Trading is generally an exciting, costly, hobby.
• Learn about Warren Buffet, Peter Lynch, Jack Bogle, and other greats.
• Always remember those with conflict of interest and/or the opportunity to make gains off of you may not have your interests in mind. Demand a written statement of fiduciary responsibility or walk.
• Never underestimate the power of simplicity; Index Funds.

I hope this helps you on your way.

• Get an account set up at Robinhood.
• Read some books. Eric Tyson's for Dummies books. Grahams The Intelligent Investor. If its raining in Brazil, buy Starbucks. Watch Steve Nisson, and learn how to read Candle Charts.
• Visit Investopedia and read their articles and watch videos.
• Learn how to read a balance sheet of a company.
• Learn how to read a trend, and when to sit still vs when to act (often).
• Pick a company, buy it and hold it forever.
• if you insist on "Actively Investing" which usually means just trading, make sure you keep a trading journal. Read/Watch Alex Elders books.
• If you need to invest, but want to play, make two accounts. Never ever confuse the two. Investing is an intelligent, boring, and tedious necessity. Trading is generally an exciting, costly, hobby.
• Learn about Warren Buffet, Peter Lynch, Jack Bogle, and other greats.
• Never underestimate the power of simplicity; Index Funds.

I hope this helps you on your way.

T+2 business days is standard in the US. This is not broker specific.

Resource link: https://www.schwab.com/resource-center/insights/content/stock-settlement-why-you-need-to-understand-t2-timeline#:~:text=For%20most%20stock%20trades%2C%20settlement,would%20typically%20settle%20on%20Wednesday.

Learn to build a full stack app. That means learn how to build both the user interface and how the actual logic of the application works.

Complete this: https://www.theodinproject.com/

Then complete this: https://fullstackopen.com/en/

Believe me, it's not as hard as it looks. Just complete those courses and you'll be job-ready.

I'm in the middle of "The Intelligent Investor" which I saw recommended in various places. One of the best ways I found when learning the ropes is to dive into a bit of trading with say, $100 and - most importantly - monitor your own behaviours and reactions to market movements over a period of time, and observe how you reacted when the market reacted a certain way and whether the outcome was positive or negative for you.

You can then start to build on that knowledge and hopefully build a relatively successful investment portfolio over time :)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/as-star-wars-hype-fades-disneys-cable-sports-empire-could-be-in-trouble-2016-01-05?siteid=yhoof2

ESPN is a serious part of Disney's business - every retail investor was buying it because of "Star Wars" without doing an analysis of where Disney's revenue comes from.

When the initial hype over the "Star Wars" opening weekend came and went, people went back to focusing on the problems with ESPN. I think the move lower probably had a ton of retail investors who bought in the weeks before "Star Wars" not realizing what a big deal ESPN is and not thinking about the fact that "Star Wars" was largely priced in fleeing from the stock - and I think you're seeing that.

All that said, I think it really comes down to this:

1. Would you buy more here? If not, why not and if not, how strongly do you feel about it in the first place?

2. People have to stop being so short term. It's not as if the company has strong management and has been tremendously successful over many decades or anything. Turn on DRIP and stop worrying about it. This is a get and forget.

3. People want pullbacks in stuff like this and then when they get the pullback, they don't take advantage of it.

Your friend is both an idiot and an asshole. He's an idiot if he truly believes what he told you, because he's essentially gambling that oil prices will explode. He's an asshole because he didn't tell you that holding leveraged ETFs over a long period of time will cause you to lose money to leverage decay.

Either way, you shouldn't be playing with leveraged ETFs unless you know what you're doing, and you shouldn't be gambling on the price of oil unless that's your intention.

Don't average down, that would be silly. You should take this as a lesson in blindly following what others say when they tell you how to invest your money.

His net worth is rumored to be $32 million, so the mil or so he's got in INTC is like 3-4% of his portfolio. Pretty insignificant considering he's an insider and this is his job. I would guess he's looking for better returns elsewhere, at least in the short term, and holds Intel to meet a requirement for being a director.

It seems like you've been posting a lot of bullish INTC stories lately, I suggest not getting too emotionally attached to any given stock. Usually it's a sign you're questioning your original thesis on some level, it might be a good idea to take a step back and reevaluate.

Do you honestly think that a 4.3% move down from ATH 3 weeks ago is significant?

Sorry, but I think you should do some reading. I'm not kidding. This book is good:

https://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-down-Wall-Street/dp/0393352242

GE has had a streak of bad management and too many non-profitable wings of the company. It's slowly turning around but it's difficult to say whether or not it's a long or short term fixture. Source

I would advise looking to other stocks for the moment.

Disclosure: I own 50 shares

not "stock advice" but very helpful identifying bias that cost you money.

Choiceology by Charles Schwab

Quite honestly if you're getting specific stock advice from a podcast or an internet forum, you're going to have a tough time. Most advice is very self serving and therefore suspect. my 2c

Warren Buffet always raves about his favorite book, The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham. Says it's one of the first stock-related books he ever read and remained his favorite and what he considers to be his most useful and influential book throughout his life.

I talked to my dad quite a bit (Analyst > VP of Finance > CFO) but he's a hard case to talk to (He doesn't know how to ELI5). I started looking at investopedia.com and read "The Intelligent Investor" and watched a Big Think video by Bill Ackman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEDIj9JBTC8). Now I read a ton of websites such as morningstar, nasdaq, motley fool, etc. I read a ton of financial statements along with calls each quarter for companies I research.

Thanks for the positive votes on my post.

I'll post a reply to this post, "I wonder where and how he would find/research these companies that no one talks about."

He said start at A and work to Z. If you see a stock and it's trading at a low valuation, research into it. Now you don't have to start at A and work to Z. You can use stock screeners offered on several websites and it will give you stocks that meet your standards. You can find a lot of undervalued stocks like this if you know what you're doing. You might not make as much as the hype stocks of today, but you will surely lose less when the market is pessimistic. And if you have conservative estimates, you might make as much or more than the hype stocks of today with far less risk involved. I've seen stocks trading at low valuations that appreciate 800% and nobody talks about them because they are small companies. That's how you identify the companies to research. Now I will tell you how to research them.

I'm not sure how many of you read annual reports of the companies you invest in, but they contain a massive amount of information outside of the financials. That's needless to say because some are hundreds of pages long. They list their competitors, risk factors, future and past stock buybacks, etc. Stock buybacks are important because an undervalued company can trade below intrinsic value for years. Most institutional investors and high frequency traders ignore small stocks, so there's a lot of opportunity within them. They're far less efficient than the overall market, so you will eventually find something special that makes their intrinsic value far higher than the price it's currently trading at. You can also use the scuttlebutt technique described in "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits" by Philip Fisher, but it's not necessary for some stocks.

• Read the sidebar.
• Get an account set up at Robinhood.
• Read some books. Eric Tyson's for Dummies books. Grahams The Intelligent Investor. If it's raining in Brazil, buy Starbucks.
• Watch Steve Nison, and learn how to read Candle Charts.
• Visit Investopedia and read their articles and watch videos.
• Learn how to read a balance sheet of a company.
• Learn how to read a trend, and when to sit still vs when to act (often).
• Pick a company, buy it and hold it forever.
• if you insist on "Actively Investing" which usually means just trading, make sure you keep a trading journal. Read/Watch Alex Elders books.
• If you need to invest, but want to play, make two accounts. Never ever confuse the two. Investing is an intelligent, boring, and tedious necessity. Trading is generally an exciting, costly, hobby.
• Learn about Warren Buffet, Peter Lynch, Jack Bogle, and other greats.
• Always remember those with conflict of interest and/or the opportunity to make gains off of you may not have your interests in mind. Demand a written statement of fiduciary responsibility or walk.
• Never underestimate the power of simplicity; Index Funds.

I hope this helps you on your way.

www.finviz.com

I just read One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch. It's a pretty good book for someone who is looking to start out. It's a bit dated (most of his material is from the 80s/90s) but the principles he talks about still hold true.

He also gives a checklist at the end of the book for what to look for when investing.

You can use an app. Try an app called earning calls on the Android store. Not sure if it's on IOS tho. But it's an app by Borsa Finance, and it has EVERY SINGLE earning call you can think of, from the most niche companies, to the bigger ones. At least in the USA. I think if I remember correctly, it also has the earning calls from other countries as well.

It'll be useful. Go ahead and try it out if you'd like. If not, the company website you're interested in is also good.

Link to the app

You should try unsweetened ketchup. They sell this stuff at walmart. It's actually damn good. It has a super rich tomato flavor that is wonderful, and you'll go back to tasting regular ketchup with sugar added and just thinking it tastes like processed sweet fake shit.

I also look at the ingredient list on everything I buy, came across this stuff, and won't go back to "regular" ketchup anymore.

;) http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ONCS

"Why did this guy leave a cushy, influential Merck job to agree to be CMO for a small Canadian biotech? I do try to keep my investing simple and am more interested in what motivates qualified individuals a whole lot more than what's in the next PR. People like Pierce are as serious a person as you can find. There is no way a person such as this does this type of job move on a whim. With everything presumably happening fairly soon for ONCS, we can all agree that if ONCS poops the bed in any way , that's a setback that could destroy ONCS, so why did this guy come on board so close to all these catalysts with a potential "do or die" scenario? I would contend that Pierce, who is as seasoned a man as you can find in satisfying the FDA sees something in ONCS that will satisfy them. One thing I know about scientists is that they are for the most part, born skeptics. I promise you that he looked at ONCS every which way to Sunday and after his review he's now employed by ONCS. What Pierce has done for ONCS shareholders is more DD than they could have amassed in a thousand years. "

I installed this unofficial Chrome Extension that gets around the Seeking Alpha Paywall articles (as well as other sites). That might be enough for you.

Link to extension: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

Just came to say this tracks with what my wife went through as well. You think you're getting better then fall down hard. I don't wish supplemental oxygen or intubation on anyone, and will keep my politics to myself solely in this case.

As for your theory, I disagree. I'm betting the market already assumes he's going to get worse and the dip was what happened Friday afternoon.

However, there is something much larger coming IMO. Why? Because any market so stupid with exuberance that it only drops to match it's 7-day recent low on news the President of the United States has been airlifted to a hospital with a life threatening condition is one where the Intelligent Investor should have taken his profit and secured stable investment to ride out the pop.

Square is as disruptive a company as any since they were founded.

Their founder Jim McKelvey wrote a book which covers Square's origins that's as fun as any story that I've been through.

ARKK companies have been crushing as a whole too with SQ being their third biggest holding after NVTA and TSLA, both of which are up 5%+ today.

• Read the sidebar.
• Get an account set up at Robinhood.
• Read some books. Eric Tyson's for Dummies books. Grahams The Intelligent Investor. If its raining in Brazil, buy Starbucks.
• Watch Steve Nisson, and learn how to read Candle Charts.
• Visit Investopedia and read their articles and watch videos.
• Learn how to read a balance sheet of a company.
• Learn how to read a trend, and when to sit still (often) vs when to act.
• Pick a company, buy it and hold it forever.
• if you insist on "Actively Investing" which usually means just trading, make sure you keep a trading journal.
• Read/Watch Alex Elders books.
• If you need to invest, but want to "play", make two accounts. Never ever confuse the two. Investing is an intelligent, boring, and tedious necessity. Trading is generally an exciting, costly, hobby.
• Learn about Warren Buffet, Peter Lynch, Jack Bogle, and other greats.
• Always remember those with conflict of interest and/or the opportunity to make gains off of you may not have your interests in mind. Demand a written statement of fiduciary responsibility or walk.
• Never underestimate the power of simplicity; Index Funds.

I hope this helps you on your way.

You might be able to get access to Morningstar for free via your library. Most would offer it and it's a great resource. However, do your own research as well rather than simply relying on analysts.

Two books I can recommend:

-A Random Walk Down Wall Street

-The Intelligent Investor

That said, over at Khan Academy, there are some awesome 5-10 minutes videos that will take you through all you need to know about valuing companies, including looking at the balance sheets, financial statements, etc.

Something you need to realize is that you're new in this world, and there are thousands of other humans who are better than you, and they've been playing this a lot longer than you, and know how to make you loose your 10k in an instant. Making money on stocks requires a lot of reading and understanding the market, and reading the news daily.

If you want to make your 10k grow, go buy some books on Stocks. That's an investment which will yield 100 folds. You could probably get filty rich off Pennystocks, but you won't learn how to make money because you got lucky. To really make money, you need to realize its a skill. Read some good books. Read "Understanding Stocks" by Michael Sincere. After a good understanding of stocks, invest in some stocks and be ready to loose money. Read "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Grahm, somewhere along the line (I'm reading it right now)

Don't get involved with Options, and especially trading on Margin. Your brokerage will probably won't let you, but even if you somehow do, first study all the Options Strategies, the Company you're investing in (after Fundamental and Technical Analysis), and you understand the risks involved. But get started with stocks first and understand Stocks before getting into Options. I'm dead serious about this.

Don't invest in pennystocks. I did, and I regret it. My goal has shifted to finding high quality companies, who are undervalued. Its a proven strategy that worked with Warrent Buffet. I do this after fundamental analysis and I invest long-term. I'm not a professional. I still consider myself a student and I'm reading more about it everyday. I do it because it is interesting and I'm motivated by money.

Nothing special will happen around January 18th unless all of us want something to happen just around January 18th. See the link: http://finance.yahoo.com/mbview/threadview/?&bn=c45ff238-efda-3b27-9775-02d90e93f60b&tid=1384797761352-06985f3c-90f0-4e7f-ba1b-dfe016cbf54c&mid= for this comment "Where did you get the 6 month lockup of shares from? They were sold under Section 506 of Reg D. One of the requirements of this section is that the shares can not be sold for 1 year unless they are registered. Do you all know something that changes this 1 year holding period?"

They all suffered from the same hype, leading to unsustainable increases in stock price. Just technically looking at VJET's price over the last month, you can see the exponential increase, similar to ONVO over the same time period. They both had to fall back from that, because their fundamentals don't support it.

VJET may bounce back, it's probably going too far in the other direction now, but ONVO doesn't have the kind of revenues VJET has, so I expect them to continue to decline.

lol yeah, well it's not the whole story, DIS did miss earnings revenue even if it's only 0.18B less. But the biggest problem is the lack of confidence in the streaming service DIS acquired.

Looks like the Basics page is already up for it

• Get an account set up at Robinhood.
• Read some books. Eric Tyson's for Dummies books. Grahams The Intelligent Investor. If its raining in Brazil, buy Starbucks. Watch Steve Nisson, and learn how to read Candle Charts.
• Visit Investopedia and read their articles and watch videos.
• Learn how to read a balance sheet of a company.
• Learn how to read a trend, and when to sit still vs when to act (often).
• Pick a company, buy it and hold it forever.
• if you insist on "Actively Investing" which usually means just trading, make sure you keep a trading journal. Read/Watch Alex Elders books.
• If you need to invest, but want to play, make two accounts. Never ever confuse the two. Investing is an intelligent, boring, and tedious necessity. Trading is generally an exciting, costly, hobby.
• Learn about Warren Buffet, Peter Lynch, Jack Bogle, and other greats.
• Always remember those with conflict of interest and/or the opportunity to make gains off of you may not have your interests in mind. Demand a written statement of fiduciary responsibility or walk.
• Never underestimate the power of simplicity; Index Funds.

I hope this helps you on your way.

I can't give you a credible answer, but I suggest you read A Random Walk Down Wall Street. http://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-Down-Wall-Street/dp/0393330338

Basically argues that the market is efficient to the point where it is nearly impossible to consistently beat it. A good amount of the book is dedicated towards the uselessness of technical analysis which you might find informative.

Really great read, I highly recommend it.

China is a bear right now. Like at the HKSE index, its falling off a cliff. Triletto does bring up a good point. These lumbering chinese companies rely on chinese protectionism to keep them strong. If china ever opened the market up I would sell everything immediately.

This is why I own TCEHY and will continue to do so:

"Tencent is No. 1 in China based on active users across all of these areas, think of the company as a combination of Netflix, PayPal Holdings, Alphabet, Facebook, Spotify Technology, and video game maker Activision Blizzard, all wrapped up in one. That's the kind of exposure you're getting when you buy a share of Tencent; except you're getting that exposure in China, where the middle class is rapidly growing and spending more and more money on digital entertainment. "

https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/07/31/heres-why-tencent-holdings-stock-is-a-buy.aspx

I use Schwab. And i know TD has same requirement.

https://www.schwab.com/margin/margin-rates-and-requirements

https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/howToTos/thinkManual/Miscellaneous/Margin/Maintenance-Requirements-on-Single-Leg-Options-Strategies

How about you let us know what is your broker who has less than 100% (and how much) requirement for long position in leaps/calls.

Look at the theta decay chart and get back to me about how much theta is left in last 1 month?

Last "if your income isnt high" is such a BS excuse here. For DCAing with 12k leaps would require 144k in aftertax money if you are DCAing once a month. What level of income is required to do that you could save 144k a year only on spy leaps? Or are your recommendations only for the likes of bezos and musks of the world? ( you get the point)

Quick question- how long have you been investing?

I follow companies I'm interested in on SeekingAlpha and opt-in to email alerts. I get probably 20 emails a day from them. Anytime something newsworthy happens, somebody will do a write-up on it.

Here is the last one I got:

>GOOGL: EU charges Google with Android dominance

>Link to story

Obviously a large supermajor producer of oil & gas like this is very dependent on the price of the two main commodities that they sell - oil and gas, but the fact that Shell is so well integrated along the production process offers a lot of downside protection.

As of right now, Oil prices are around $40 a barrel and natural gas spot prices were around $1.8 per mbtu. Both of these commodities are around 20% up from their 10 year + lows, so both showing signs of revival. Both still have significant supply overhand but with drilling platforms decreasing and OPEC finally talking about production freezes, the price looks pretty stable here. Even the catious international energy association have said that the price may have bottomed.

To return back to Shell – the company is currently over 7.5%, and hasn’t cut it’s dividend for 70 years. 7.5% for a company in the FTSE 100, at a time when 10 year government bonds are yielding just 1.5% I think is incredibly good value.

At present, the free-cash flow of $4bn is not sufficient to cover the dividend of $12bn. This should be seen as a risk-factor but given that oil & gas prices are still extremely low, this should not be too much of a surprise. Shell have also committed to selling $30bn of assets over the next 3 years, which means they will be able to finance their dividend.

Obviously this isn’t a sustainable long-term solution, but equally making long-term solutions now when the price is so volatile doesn’t make any sense either, so they’ve done the sensible thing and sold assets to maintain their dividend, until such a time as the price is more stable/predictable and they are able to make a long term decision on their dividend. In the meantime, collect your 8% dividend yield.

Source

to all the gamers who come in here and ask about ATVI and EA.

1. Look at what happened to THQ despite how awesome Darksiders, WWE, UFC, Company of Heroes etc are. Out of business. A really awesome game will not save a company, nor will it significantly affect a companies share price.

2. Stock traders and institutions do not play games. All they care about are numbers. They do not care about gamers and how they feel.

3. game releases are already priced in. game releases are not UNFORESEEN or UNEXPECTED events. they are planned and expected. and with the pre order systems being online and quantified, they already have a good picture, and can calculate what the release date sales will be.

4. one company doing bad doesn't mean the competition will profit from the debacle.

5. EA stock has been rising steadily since before Sim city was released

6. look at this chart but don't look at the dates, and point at the place where Sim city was released

7. Look at this chart for Activision and point at where Diablo 3 was released

my overall point is: the concerns of what gamers would think would move a company's stock up and down don't, and game releases definitely do not make a company's stock POP

Google is funding the company through Google Ventures, along with at least 4 other venture capitalist organizations. Is that enough to sway you? Plus it's SIPC-insured, up to $500,000. https://robinhood.com/about/

Hey man - go on Amazon and pick up a cheap used copy of 'One Up on Wall Street' by Peter Lynch for a few dollars. Early 90's book but still very relevant today - I just got into stocks about a year ago and one of my good friends recommended this book. Very easy read - written for the common man. He goes over very simple foundations & principles on evaluating stocks and the market.

I also recommend listening to Jim Cramer's Mad Money podcast - he posts a new one every day, they're only 40 minutes long. Check out his recent August 11th episode, it was great for new investors. He evaluates the market on a daily basis - very fast talker and excitable, some people don't like him but he's not one of the most famous investors in the world for nothing. His insight and commentary on moves companies are making and how it will affect their stocks is pretty fascinating.

To answer your OG question simply - how does anyone really know when it's a "good time" or "bad time" to invest? With a lot of stocks being down in September, it could be the perfect time to buy. Consumer products are going to ramp up in the next few months with holidays. Technology is absolutely insane right now - I have to keep pinching myself from buying more tech stocks. Definitely get the Lynch book and learn the principles of stock picking and buying first. I was eager to buy stocks 2 years ago - bought some companies and had no idea what I was doing, got frustrated because they went down and weren't going anywhere after a few months so I sold them all for a loss. Now all of those stocks are up over 40% from when I originally bought them. On your phone, start adding stocks to watch under the stock app - monitor their progress on a daily basis and see how they flucutate, it's pretty awesome to watch. It takes patience and understanding through fundamentals. Hope that helps!

Vanguard index fund is where you should put most of it - Warren Buffet and Jim Cramer swear by them. Ticker VOO is a great one - reflects S&P, you'll traditionally yield 10% a year. Check out Cramer's Mad Money podcast, go to the August 11th 2017 episode, he has some great insight on that episode. If you are retiring in 15 years, I would put 200k in a Vanguard fund and then get into the market with the other 50k. I highly recommend Peter Lynch's book 'One Up on Wall Street' if you're new to stocks - written in early 90's but the foundations and principles are still very relevant. There are great companies to invest in right now - I've made 62% since I bought Apple last year - imagine if I would have had 50k to throw at it!

If I were you I would try to learn as much as you can, there is a lot of really good works out there. I am currently reading Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits. The market is a great place, but you don't want to get too over your head and trade on speculation. Do your research.

• Get an account set up at Robinhood.
• Read some books. Eric Tyson's for Dummies books. Grahams The Intelligent Investor. If its raining in Brazil, buy Starbucks. Watch Steve Nisson, and learn how to read Candle Charts.
• Visit Investopedia and read their articles and watch videos.
• Learn how to read a balance sheet of a company.
• Learn how to read a trend, and when to sit still vs when to act (often).
• Pick a company, buy it and hold it forever.
• if you insist on "Actively Investing" which usually means just trading, make sure you keep a trading journal. Read/Watch Alex Elders books.
• If you need to invest, but want to play, make two accounts. Never ever confuse the two. Investing is an intelligent, boring, and tedious necessity. Trading is generally an exciting, costly, hobby.
• Learn about Warren Buffet, Peter Lynch, Jack Bogle, and other greats.
• Always remember those with conflict of interest and/or the opportunity to make gains off of you may not have your interests in mind. Demand a written statement of fiduciary responsibility or walk.
• Never underestimate the power of simplicity; Index Funds.

I hope this helps you on your way.

I can't give you a credible answer, but I suggest you read The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. http://www.amazon.com/The-Intelligent-Investor-Definitive-Investing/dp/0060555661

The author was one of Buffet's greatest influences.

Really great read, I highly recommend it.

3x are NEVER EVER EVER intended to be long term investments. Read the prospectus!! You obviously have no idea what you're doing. Sell now, take your loss and read this article:

Decay

I would highly recommend reading The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham. Some of it is outdated, but most of it is still true to this day. Technology changes, but overall, people don't. The mainstream tries to get us to panic by bombarding us with hourly price quotes, buy/sell ratings, etc. The book also shows the importance of bonds, which most people overlook nowadays. Yeah, the yield on bonds sucks, but bond funds are well worth it.

EDIT: I didn't initially notice you were wanting to learn about day trading. This book is not about that, but I stand by my recommendation if you want to broaden your horizons.

I'm definitely with the former of the two YouTubers you've listened to. I ascribe to the value investing philosophy pioneered by Benjamin Graham. Hence, I like to study a business' fundamentals, e.g. its sales trend, earnings power, capital structure and returns on capital. I run screens once in a while to check for opportunities. Usually, I apply the below criteria. Running a screen on such on e.g. Morningstar usually results in 30-50 stocks. Then, I go through each to check if it's experienced a recent downturn that might indicate it's undervalued.

• Price-to-sales (P/S): <= 1
• Price-to-book (P/BV): <= 1,2
• Price-to-earnings (P/E): <= 15
• Return on equity (ROE): => 15%
• Net Margin: => 10%
• Current ratio: => 1

As mentioned before, once you got a list of candidates based on these quantitative criteria, you should consider it's qualitative aspects. In this case, I'll recommend checking out Phil Fishers 15 questions from the book "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits" (see summary here: http://news.morningstar.com/classroom2/course.asp?docId=145662&amp;page=3).

There's obviously a ton of other aspects to consider. I'm on my mobile at the moment, but will try to elaborate later if needed.

But my ultimate advice: Read all the books you can get your hands on, and you'll quickly learn a lot about what you appreciate in businesses and stocks. :-)

The sub is probably sick of me reposting this, but since you were a good sport, and had good manners =P

• Read the sidebar.
• Get an account set up at Robinhood.
• Read some books. Eric Tyson's for Dummies books. Grahams The Intelligent Investor. If it's raining in Brazil, buy Starbucks.
• Watch Steve Nison, and learn how to read Candle Charts.
• Visit Investopedia and read their articles and watch videos.
• Learn how to read a balance sheet of a company.
• Learn how to read a trend, and when to sit still (often) vs when to act.
• Pick a company, buy it and hold it forever.
• if you insist on "Actively Investing" which usually means just trading, make sure you keep a trading journal. Read/Watch Alex Elders books.
• If you need to invest, but want to play, make two accounts. Never ever confuse the two. Investing is an intelligent, boring, and tedious necessity. Trading is generally an exciting, costly, hobby.
• Learn about Warren Buffet, Peter Lynch, Jack Bogle, and other greats.
• Always remember those with conflict of interest and/or the opportunity to make gains off of you may not have your interests in mind. Demand a written statement of fiduciary responsibility or walk.
• Never underestimate the power of simplicity; Index Funds.

I hope this helps you on your way.

First and foremost, no matter what book you read, you're going to have to project its information onto the current market environment.

Regarding The Intelligent Investor in particular, the thing with that book is that it contains a lot of information, so you get a lot of relevant stuff and a good dose of not-as-relevant-anymore stuff. (As an example he places a lot of emphasis on the importance of dividends, but in today's market dividends clearly aren't what they used to be.) Overall it's a very good book, but definitely not one that I'd recommend to someone as their first read. It's quite long winded and dry in parts, and you'll need to be motivated to get through it.

My go-to recommendation is always One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch. It's not exactly recent either, but it contains a lot of the same information as The Intelligent Investor but in a more accessible (more entertaining, more concise) package.

Before you start, I'd recommend reading through "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" for an introduction. It touches on a lot of the terminologies, and debunks a lot of the popular strategies.

Also, I will add that there is no known Technical Analysis strategy that has consistently beat the market.

Some of my favorites include:

Security Analysis: often referred to as the bible of investing

The New Buffetology: written partially by Warren Buffett’s daughter and does a great job of explaining the investing process in very easy to understand terms.

The Intelligent Investor: explains the mental side of investing and how you must think to be successful.

If you take the time to read these three, there's a good chance you'll learn a lot and become a much better investor.

Hey even if you're just starting out check out this great book. It'll help you make the best picks and understand a lot of what you need to look into before making a pick. The Intelligent Investor (Benjamin Graham) http://www.amazon.com/The-Intelligent-Investor-Definitive-Investing/dp/0060555661

Since you're retired, I'd recommend you take the time to read The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham.

If you're looking to live entirely on stock income, I'd say these are rather risky investments, especially at your age. You might want to consider the Vanguard S&P 500 Index Fund or some BRK.B shares to diversify your portfolio, while paying attention to current and future market cycles.

I bet the price of oil will increase. How much? I don't have the first clue.

Boo Yah to the Dumbass who downvoted me

Yahoo finance is much better with news stories
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=aapl&amp;ql=1
I believe this is the story that triggered it:
Carl Icahn says he's taken a position in Apple, says stock undervalued
The real question is: will it stick?

Yes like you mentioned, a huge day for (AAPL) Apple today!

All new redesigned MacBook Pro’s, new AirPods (3rd gen) and other small surprises.

I also want to note that last week Apple has joined the Blender Development Fund!

https://www.blender.org/press/apple-joins-blender-development-fund/

My first year I made 6 figures... (helps that my first year was in 2008)... But yes I'm a day trader and no I don't make 6 figures still.

And my typical day is wake up about 7-8am read the news, might sell or buy a few things pre market. wait for the open watching for things that could become interesting trades. I watch CNBC all day. Take a break about 4pm to walk my dog. Eat dinner and then start watching the asian markets, wait for Europe to open and watch squawk box europe and then go to bed and do it all again.

So best part and the reason I watch all the programs was during 2008 when all shit was hitting the fan a rep from GM came on TV and said well we are looking for sales from Europe to rely on... Then later that night an exec from GM over in Europe can on squawk box Europe and said well we are looking to the US for sales.

I've found if you want to do well, information and knowing what's going on all across the world is key. Also figuring out why short sellers are wrong is a great way to make a killing... I recently cleaned up trading deckers... People thought Uggs were a dying fad but I found via google trends (a very powerful tool for us traders) that they weren't. Further people were complaining about margins because of sheepskin prices however sheepskin was falling in price, which analysts failed to take into account. (If you don't believe me I was talking about this trade in 2012 on this article my screen name here is RLWSNOOK http://seekingalpha.com/article/873151-deckers-outdoor-a-repeat-of-last-year#comment-9864011 )

I've been reading "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" and it's very well written and even more informative, it's on something like it's 10th revision. It helps to have a little finance knowledge, but otherwise is pretty easy to read. I'm halfway through it and it's given me enough tips and understanding to adjust some of my holdings and better prepare for the long term. "One Up on Wall Street" is next up for me.

I wish I started at your age. Congrats on the success so far! My advice would be to read as much as you can about trading and investing. Reddit subs are good but don't ever trade just because something is a meme stock or is hyped. (stay off stocktwits and wsb).

Podcast: Fast money, Mad money, We study Billionaires, Wallstreet unplugged.

Youtube Channels: Financial Education, Sasha Evdakov, Sky View Trading, The Street.

Books: The Intelligent Investor, Beating the Street, Rich dad poor dad, Market Wizards.

Documentaries: Becoming Warren Buffet, Million dollar traders.

Movies+TV: Billions, The Big Short, Margin Call, Wall Street, Bioler room, The Wolf of Wall Street. (these won't necessarily help you but, they're fun to watch if you're into trading)

The old adage goes "give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he's got food for life" or something along those lines.

Therefore, instead of answering your Reddit post, I will refer you to the Bible of Investing, "The Intelligent Investor".

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) (Collins Business Essentials) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060555661/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ESjbzbJMA1ZR0

Don't be a sucker who plays the market. It's on a tear right now and everyone is overly optimistic. Place it in a vanguard etf or a robo advisor like betterment or wealthfront. Take the emotion out of your investing and enjoy the 4-7% growth over the next ten years.

I'd like to add 2 books as my recommendation: 1) "One Up on Wall Street" by Peter Lynch 2) "Unconventional Success - A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment" by David F. Swensen

I like 1) because stock investment to Lynch is like developing a story. Plus, it teaches the specifics of how to read the finance reports. For example, which ratios are important and why, and what story it tells about the company over a period of time.

Book 2) discusses about investment at a very high level. First and foremost it explains the importance of asset diversification. I think this is extremely important to people who make financial plans for very long term.

Did a little reading and found this. While not related to Marijuana/cannabis, the low nicotine levels in tobacco products research looks promising.

I think it's supposed to be chinese netflix and they say it already has 50 million subscribers, while netflix only has 116 million subscribers. Iqiyi also offers people to access content via ads, and has 800 million people who access it that way.

seems like a good read: https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/04/24/why-iqiyi-is-and-isnt-netflix.aspx

I'm not sure if there are any actual comparable stocks since it has been a popular model for many streaming websites to offer ad based services. Those streaming sites seem to be private rather than public too. Meaning they see no reason to go public, probably makes a lot of money staying private, don't need to raise any investor money. Also the extra accounting going public will require will only eat at the profits.

China is just an interesting country, their population is so big that they don't really need international money or services and continue to make their own services that are similar to outside services.. many of their stocks which are supposed to be "chinese version of american companies" Are trading less than the american counterparts. Baidu vs google, Baba vs amzn. etc. While the chinese versions probably have more opportunity to become worth more. Since the target population is easier to reach, than a diversified population that's so far stretched out.

I have no idea what earnings will be like or whether they will be fine and not get the desired reaction; my view is to hold SQ for at least 3-5 years; there's a clear growth path for the company with services IMO and it's going to go up and down in the meantime.

Also, let me say this: people can do whatever they think is right and take some profit if they believe that's the best course of action. I'm just saying that I do think that this is a very appealing business long-term and perhaps one that - even with the run up in the stock - that many people don't entirely appreciate. (in other words, people have to look at this IMO as something beyond just "a payments business.") To me, Square is more of a platform where the company will continually layer subscription services on top of it.

Additionally, this article gets into the data side of SQ. https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/04/23/everyone-thinks-square-is-just-a-payments-company.aspx

Centurylink I'd get rid of - you don't need that and VZ and I have other issues with CTL. I like general partner Energy Transfer Equity ETE much more than ETP.

http://seekingalpha.com/news/2835686-ms-still-opportunity-for-cablecos-targeting-dsl-firms-at-and-t-centurylink

Keep Apple, absolutely keep Visa. keep Merck (although I like Gilead more), I suppose Marathon's okay. I don't love Verizon, but I like it more than Centurylink.

Get rid of Canadian Oil Sands if the bid by Suncor does go through.

Thanks. I just got done reading about Ambarella, almost exactly what you said:

> Ambarella is best known as the manufacturer of the chips in GoPro's action cameras, but the company also produces similar video-processing chips for drone-makers. The company is already a key supplier for the world's largest drone manufacturer, the Chinese firm DJI, and it sells chips to other drone makers as well.

Source: https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/05/25/3-top-drone-stocks-to-buy-in-2017.aspx

If it is, the odds are better than any casino...

(I believe in the short term it is gambling, in the long term, much less so. The "dog on a long leash" metaphor (#13 )works for me.

Getting their name tied in with FedEx doesn't hurt!

This is a great chance for you to learn about how the market works. Sit down and do some research on your investments. You are an OWNER of these companies now. Read the annual reports for the companies on the internet. Here's MSFT's reports. You won't understand all the terms. Google them and educate yourself. If you do this for a few hours a week, you will be more educated on investing than 90% of the general public. The real return you get out of this will be the education you can give yourself. I bought my first stock (Disney) when I was 16. It is a great learning experience if you put some effort in.

Make sure you fill out the public service loan forgiveness form and setup some form of income based repayment. The standard repayment is 10 years, so without ibr, you don't get anything forgiven since the standard repayment is 10 years.

As for diversification, just move the money to a low fee index fund on vanguard. There are also competitors that are offering lower fees to accounts with smaller balances which may be a better option until you save up enough to get the lower fees on vanguard: https://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/investing/accounts_products/schwab_index_funds_etfs

I'm pretty sure you can't watch Netflix with a VPN active? It used to be a hack to get all their content. Europe had significantly better movie options while America had significantly better TV options, but then they suddenly forced me to turn off the VPN years ago. Perhaps I just didn't have the right one I'm not sure. I think I was using AirVPN and have CyberGhost now

Please dont become a trader! Buy and Hold is the strategy you have to follow when you want to be successfull.

I recommend you to buy either ETFs or real Stocks of good companies. No penny stocks or this CFD shit.

Best books in my opinion:

• One Up On Wallstreet (Lynch)
• The Intelligent Investor (Graham)

(+"Souverän Investieren" by Kommer and "Die Kunst über Geld nachzudenken" by Kostolany, but I dont know if they are available in english)

If you had the time or prowess to read The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham revised by Warren E. Buffett you would understand the difference between investing (educated placement of money) and speculating (gambling, what you are doing).

I'm sorry this is so difficult for you.

To be entirely honest most the training programs seem kinda spotty. You'd be better off learning a ton independently and then finding a mentor that finds you worth their time. I'd start with a lot of reading before anything else. Read until your eyes feel like they're going to bleed. Listen to interviews too, I suggest Chat With Traders. For books here are some suggestions to have you pretty well-rounded:

"One Up On Wall Street" by Peter Lynch "How to Make Money in Stock" by William O'Neil "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham "The Art and Science of Technical Analysis" by Adam Grimes And lastly the two "Market Wizards" books by Jack Schwager

• Read the sidebar.
• Get an account set up at Robinhood.
• Read some books. Eric Tyson's for Dummies books. Grahams The Intelligent Investor. If its raining in Brazil, buy Starbucks.
• Watch Steve Nisson, and learn how to read Candle Charts.
• Visit Investopedia and read their articles and watch videos.
• Learn how to read a balance sheet of a company.
• Learn how to read a trend, and when to sit still vs when to act (often).
• Pick a company, buy it and hold it forever.
• if you insist on "Actively Investing" which usually means just trading, make sure you keep a trading journal. Read/Watch Alex Elders books.
• If you need to invest, but want to play, make two accounts. Never ever confuse the two. Investing is an intelligent, boring, and tedious necessity. Trading is generally an exciting, costly, hobby.
• Learn about Warren Buffet, Peter Lynch, Jack Bogle, and other greats.
• Always remember those with conflict of interest and/or the opportunity to make gains off of you may not have your interests in mind. Demand a written statement of fiduciary responsibility or walk.
• Never underestimate the power of simplicity; Index Funds.

www.finviz.com www.stockcharts.com

I hope this helps you on your way.

For a beginner? No. As I've said elsewhere, that's like if someone tells you they really want to learn English (in another language presumably) and you hand them a copy of Merriam-Webster's dictionary.

My first investment book was Bogle's (Vanguard) Little Book of Common Sense Investing. I'd recommend it.

I suggest you read a few books first before jumping in. There are tons of books on the topic so it's best to try a few different ones so you can form an opinion on the method of investing you like most. For example, The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is an oldy but goody covering a lot of the financial side of things you mention. Meanwhile, How to Make Money in Stocks by William O'Neil deals primarily with chart analysis and has little to do with the financial statement side of things.

Once you gain enough knowledge, analyzing a stock starts to make more sense and becomes second nature. I use a combination of the methods in the above mentioned books, as well as a few others. Looking for proven companies (5 yrs of increasing earnings growth) that are undervalued in the market (low P/E ratio and near their 52-week low). As long as there isn't terrible news about them, I'm interested in their stock. I then use chart analysis to validate my thoughts on the stock and determine an entry point.

What did you buy? and why did you sell at a loss? This makes me cringe. I would throw up I think.

You are playing a rigged game against people with more money, more information and better tech.

Stop trading NOW go to a book store and grab a copy of The Intelligent Investor. Ignore everyone else. Do not pick stocks. Buy good companies with strong management and ride that shit to riches over the next 30 years.

Sounds like you could really benefit from "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham. I will note that some consider it to be outdated at times/ more relevant as an economic history; however, I beg to differ. It quite literally has chapters named "Investment vs Speculation" and "Security Analysis for the Lay Investor." Now pair this with a book like Barron's "Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms" or even just resources online and I think that gives you a good basis.

Learn the basics of markers for investing in company and signs that make it promising/ a good investment. I think that is a good starting point.

Academia can only hurt your stockpicking skills.

When I was in school, before everyone finally yielded to the wisdom of value investing / Warren Buffett, I had a required cases in finance class. It was completely surreal.

The introductory case was on Peter Lynch. The conclusion? Luck. I couldn't believe it.

I was already a Buffett disciple, so I was initially excited when I found out that we'd study him as well. He was the second case. The conclusion? Too risky. This was too far. Needless to say, I tuned out for the rest of my degree.

TA is largely a mirage unless if you're HFT. TAers kill it during booms and go bankrupt during busts with almost perfect confidence.

To be successful in stockpicking, read Peter Lynch's books, all of Warren Buffett's shareholder letters, the Intelligent Investor & the last WB approved Securities Analysis for reference, and Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits.

Take WB and PL on faith. If you find yourself disagreeing with them, brainwash yourself. Read Joel Greenblatt for reference, but WB & PL should take priority.

Later, read Graham & Doddesville. That'll show you how easy it is to get 20% per year. If you can figure out how 30% per annum without leverage is achieved, you've become a legend.

WB & PL should be the fundamental basis for every decision you make. WWWB&PLD? Once that becomes second nature, become a specialist in determining what makes a company fail or succeed.

The theory can be refined from there.

Investopedia.com allows you to create a virtual portfolio [http://www.investopedia.com/simulator/] that allows you fool around with and should give you some basic experience. But it's not the same emotion when you got your own money on the market! :-)

If you want to invest (instead of speculating) you should read "The Intelligent Investor" from Graham and watch the MBA speech from Warren Buffet to give you a first idea on the concept of Value Investment.

I'm only 19, but The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is by far the best book I've read on investing. In fact, one of the points made in the book is DO NOT stick or "begin" with what you know. By doing this, you fall victim to what is known as "home bias," which suggests that investors tend to be more favorable towards and research and assess less those companies they think they know well enough already. As Warren Buffet says "price is what you pay, value is what you get." Since you (and I) are still young, you should be investing for a longer term anyway, and in the long run, price follows value and ONLY value.

Read Buffett. No doubt, looking at charts can be fun (if you like looking for patterns), but the best advice I started with was go with what you know. Also happens to be one of Buffett's rules for investment. So read "The Essays of Warren Buffett" and study up on a few companies that you know / really like. If the homework adds up, pick up a few shares (your first share purchase is memorable) and stick with it until it meets your upper / lower threshold.

Also - don't invest with money you can't lose.

If you can't find a non-web app solution you could setup your browser to open a page in app/fullscreen mode by creating the a shortcut in your startup folder. Most browsers also include flags to specify height and position. Directions for various browsers are below. Let me know if you need any help.

http://superuser.com/questions/459775/how-can-i-launch-a-browser-with-no-window-frame-or-tabs-address-bar

It's definitely undervalued in terms of potential. As a tech-savvy person, I'd say they have released some pretty outstanding products over the past year, and that is the main reason why it's 50% higher than it was back then.

As for the crypto connection, don't let concern stop you. When AMD was spiking in July, BTC and ETH were hitting new lows. Now BTC has since hit new highs over $4000, and ETH is about to surpass it's last high on $410

Coin Marketcap

The idea that crypto mining is dying is false, and NVIDIA and AMD will ride it in addition to the markets they are winning over with their products.

> Would assume a large percentage of the workforce doesn't have this either.

According to this article that's not the case:

> Data from the Census Bureau suggests that as little as 14% of all employers offer a 401(k), yet Census researchers recently estimated that 79% of Americans work for an employer that sponsors a 401(k)-style retirement plan. How is that possible? Large companies that employ high numbers of workers are the most likely to sponsor retirement plans.

No, but I'm sure people on here will throw money at it thinking it is. The IPO is set to value the company at around 30% less than the last private funding round.

Good summary: http://seekingalpha.com/article/3667836-why-the-square-ipo-looks-unappealing

Referring to this article correct? Released less than 15 minutes after market close by a "Dr." Hugh Akston. Note: that is referring to a character in Atlas Shrugged. This man is likely not a doctor of anything.

I haven't had time to really sit down and research his points but the bulk of it is contested by commenters as being hyperfocused on past performance, completely ignoring the positive news coming out of PLUG recently on multiple fronts. I agree it's currently overbought because most investors/speculators were taken by surprise as PLUG performance has been mediocre over the past decade. I think they're just trying to make sense of it all. But from what I read, the article doesn't take into account the economies of scale that PLUG is positioned to take advantage of with new orders in the coming year. I'm not selling.

>This is exactly what I’m going through! I love the carbonation, so I got a sodastream from goodwill and hooked it up to a CO2 tank (it’s actually super easy).

You can get a conversion kit to be able to hook it up to a normal CO2 tank, which you can then get a larger one for a fraction of the price of what sodastream costs (my dad had one the side of like a scuba dive tank) and Its probably lasted over a decade so far, all you gotta do is put a deposit down for the tank (which is refundable when you return it) + cost of CO2 which is cheap af.

Just a fun little life hack to stop getting ripped off by sodastream and their ridiculous CO2 pricing. That said their machines are great!

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edit - something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Cartridges-Adapter-Accessories-Connect-Machine/dp/B08F3GL43B/

I call this the Pick 6 strategy... because I like football it is not an industry term!

Warren Buffet said the book 'The Intelligent Investor' written by Benjamin Graham is the best value investing book ever written. It has been republished with musings and blurbs from Buffet himself.

In this book Buffet has a blurb that an intelligent investor should diversify into six stocks.

He follows this basic line of reasoning:

If you had a stack of 50 stocks you thoroughly researched and had an understanding every minute detail of those stocks, then you ordered them from most likely to least likely to make you money... would you put your investment into the #1 on the list or the #50?

The answer should be obvious. You put your money into your #1 stock because it's your best idea. Why would you invest in your 23rd best idea, or 40th best idea?

Now you have to rectify this impulse with the intelligent investing strategy of diversifying. In other words you wouldn't put all your money into #1 you'd go down the list and diversify. Buffet recommended your top 6 because after 6 the question is... how much do you really understand that stock, how much are you sure of it's value. How much do you believe in your selects after 6?

I have no idea why he said 6... I'm pretty sure 7 won't kill you but 5 might because it's not diverse enough.

Hi,

I think you shouldn't try to find a product, but a good book that teaches what you need to know. There are some of them that they might be useful to you. One of them is The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham. There's an interesting video from peter lynch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRMpgaBv-U4

Another good resource is investopedia. There are lot of topics covered there. A good book is also Tony robbins: Master the game. But it's very generic, not only for stock, but it talks about building a differentiated portfolio. For sure, it's not something you learn in one night. You need to commit to it, before start investing I think.