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[Triplethreat]

I am very afraid of Pharm companies because of all the people I've seen get @#$@ed by them. But if there was ever a non large cap that I was going to enter, I think it would be Gilead as I think they could legitimately change the world in the next few years with their HIV medicine (and hopefully soon, cure).

The pull-back on Pharm/Bio-Tech has essentially bottomed though IMO. They were insanely over-priced for a long, long time.

If there ever was a time I'd say it's now.

 

[Ob1]

The pull-back on Pharm/Bio-Tech has essentially bottomed though IMO. They were insanely over-priced for a long, long time.

If there ever was a time I'd say it's now.

For somebody who really hates sector ETFs, you seem to advocate heavily for certain sectors!

*not saying you are wrong. just sayin

 

[Triplethreat]

For somebody who really hates sector ETFs, you seem to advocate heavily for certain sectors!

*not saying you are wrong. just sayin

I'm biased towards Tech just based off of growth prospects alone. There's literally no limit to where a good Tech company can go. It's where EVERYTHING is heading.

As far as Pharm/Bio-Tech. The new healthcare reform should be a MAJOR help to their revenues and margins. So now is a really good time to buy in. Long-term though I'm not so positive - being 5 or more years. Gilead is risky, but it has the chance to bring you massive returns.


I have a few others on my list I want to add first, namely OLED, Berk B class and possibly PayPal. With Tech getting hammered currently I've just got to find the right point to get in on these one's though.

 

[natedagg]

LOL don't come at me with Pharma companies going up in one day. You sound like the people who went all in on RAD (Rite-Aid) and then woke up this morning in a world of hurt

Speaking of Pharma stocks, what are your thoughts on Gilead?

I like VRX too, but if anyone doesn't know the entire history of VRX and their fall, they shouldn't be investing in it. You have to know what you're getting into. Also a great company to learn why to use EV/EBITDA versus P/E ratio, which was a very important lesson for me. It's also a good example of risk/reward wagering - nobody who understands risk will go heavy on it, as a %age of their portfolio. Contrast that with say, BBRY (another value stock), where they have patents, contracts, sales, and your downside is essentially capped...
Both stocks, particularly VRX, have a TON of stuff to read on them, and I'd start with googling "citron valeant"...

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@The Wizard of Moz - you and I are pretty much the same person. I think you are funnier and I am more handsome, but invest the same. You've likely already read Citron, but what about other ones? SIRF? Muddy Waters? Please let me know if you have any others. In fact, PM me your phone # again and I will tell you what's on my radar.

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@gourimoko - bro honestly, given your understanding of technology, there's much more safe ways to make $ than the market. You should be building out properties... web properties. You should have your $ in a self-directed IRA. This is a vehicle where you can invest in corporations that you set up. You can fund your 401(k), solo(k) or SEP up to $54K, then annually roll that out to your self-directed IRA. It should look something like this:
-Set up a web property that generates quite a bit of $.
-Keep the expenses high while you "value" it based on earnings, so that you are keeping the value low.
-Purchase shares of the company in your self-directed IRA. If you KNOW the company will make a great IRR (not THINK, but KNOW), then obviously convert the self-directed IRA to a self-directed Roth IRA...
-Throttle down expenses
-Profit.

Other people should think about that too, but it's not simple. There's an article out there somewhere that I can't find about some dude leasing out music instruments to his students, does it thru a self-directed Roth, and makes a crushable crushing. Love that...

Gour - you should be hacking CEO's emails, figuring out if companies are going to miss/beat, and then placing options trades before the earnings.

If you are dumb enough to want to invest, like I am, I would tell you to make sure that you understand what black-and-white mistakes you can avoid. For example, if you aren't capturing your short-term losses in a non-qualified account, you are making a mistake. It's hard enough to win the game, so make sure you're not making mistakes.

I have stock picks out the wazoo, but I don't often feel like explaining myself and answering dumb questions or even good questions. It's basically impossible to answer some of these questions without simplifying things somewhat and that kinda messes up the answer...

I really like SRG for a REIT. They own SHLD's real estate, and in order to buy that RE, SHLD got a great price/sq foot. SHLD will go under and the empty space will then be filled at a much higher rate. Not sure if they will have to raise $ before enough SHLD stores close, but since I can't tell, I'll leave it to my home boy Bruce to let you know what he thinks (https://www.holdingschannel.com/insider-buying/srg-insider-buying/). Also, Buffett is in on this one, but that doesn't really mean jack shit to me, although I know you fan boi's are out there

Anyway, most of you have families, hobbies, and such, and part of being a good investor that sucks is it's time intensive. Almost all of you can make more $ by doing something OTHER than researching and buying individual stocks. Set everything up on auto-pilot (contributions, rebalances, etc.) so that it's not time intensive.

The U.S. market is very high right now from a CAPE perspective... Be careful out there.

 

[Triplethreat]

AMD crushed it today.


Holla.

 

[Triplethreat]

SHOPIFY just crushed earnings so hard this morning. Looking at a massive jump today.

Love it.

 

[Ob1]

my favorite etf (KWEB) has been absolutely killing it for me the last 2 months.

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

Anyone buying AMD on the dip?

 

[Triplethreat]

Anyone buying AMD on the dip?

Already own it, but would but more.

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

Alright paging @gourimoko what are your thoughts on Micron? In the past they've lived and died on the cyclicallity of DRAM demand but they've diversified a bit (though their DRAM line still made up 71% of their quarterly revenue) and the uses of DRAM have also become more diversified since their last "bust" cycle.

I've turned a neato profit on it and am wondering if I should be looking to cash out due to fear of cyclical nature again hurting Micron or keep riding because I actually really do like their company and their direction. Their financials have just been sweltering over the last few years and they have used a lot of their free cash flow to pay off debt 3+ years in the future

I just listened to the conference call today and it has me optimistic on the growth of the industry, but it begs the question, why the busts in DRAM cycle previously? It's not like we haven't been constantly in a state of technological advance since Micron has been a company

 

[KI4MVP]

Tesla apparently finally ramping up model 3 production and crushed it with their last AutoPilot update.

 

[Triplethreat]

I should have sold my holding in Shopify when it hit the 150 mark.

I had about 150 as my sell point but because it was just doing so god damn well I decided to hold... just a bit too long as it’s at 116 about 2 weeks later lol.

Alibaba got hit pretty damn hard as well. This is for sure a super long term hold though.

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

I should have sold my holding in Shopify when it hit the 150 mark.

I had about 150 as my sell point but because it was just doing so god damn well I decided to hold... just a bit too long as it’s at 116 about 2 weeks later lol.

Alibaba got hit pretty damn hard as well. This is for sure a super long term hold though.

If it makes u feel any better it feels just as shitty sticking to your sell point and then watching the stock proceed to double

Sold NVDA at 120.

 

[Triplethreat]

If it makes u feel any better it feels just as shitty sticking to your sell point and then watching the stock proceed to double

Sold NVDA at 120.

Lol I sold Twilio at 25.

Even worse I’m still holding my shares of GE........

It was a custodial account passed down to me when I turned 18 but I should have sold that shit long ago....

Also passed on a lot of great returns last year like PayPal and OLED, LLL.

Anything you’ve been watching recently?

 

[Triplethreat]

One company I really badly want to put my money in?

MSG (Madison Square Garden)

While their financials don’t look the greatest. They have extraordinarily valuable assets, and they may still be undervalued.

The Knicks, NY Rangers, etc.

With the valuation of NBA teams skyrocketing I can’t really see any major downside with a company like this.