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Finance Thread

Discussion in 'Permanent Threads' started by ryrob, Oct 21, 2009.

  1. Fiveslide

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    This is why I don't day trade. I sold a bunch of Ford, somewhere around $9.20, in January, because it just wasn't moving. Bought something that looked hotter at the time but has been stagnant since.

    I'd have been better off if I didn't even open my trading app in 2021. All the bullshit with NOK, GME, and some other picks do not equal what my gains would have been if I didn't get out of Ford.
     
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    I bought Ford when it was $1.18 IIRC and sold it when it jumped to ~$3.25 if that helps.
     
  3. Nettdata

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    Who would have guessed that the F150 is the most selling car or truck of 2020?
     
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    If you don’t combine the sales of the Sierra/Silverado, the f150 outsold everything. And it’s why they are so expensive. It’s basically a Swiss Army knife of a vehicle and is starting to replace mommy wagons and minivans.
     
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    It's also why truck plants are going beyond their normal capacity right now. HUGE demand. I have to think it's tied to all the "well, we can't travel, let's tow" and "we're all doing home renos now with the newly reallocated travel budget".
     
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    I just bought another 2K shares of AABB and have another order placed for 2K more, which will move me to 5K shares at .20. That's a much more comfortable position then the 1K shares I had at .37.

    ...and I actually like this one as a money maker, not a "Lets get some leverage so I can break even" play.

    I also picked up another 750 of Bayhorse silver mine to bring my total to 2K. Having 1250 shares was bugging my OCD.
     
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    And GME is again going nuts. Go figure.
     
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    Thinking about buying around 100 million in venezuelan currency. If it comes back, I'd be a big time millionaire in another country. If it doesn't, I'd be out 53 or so US dollars. What say you all?
     
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    I think it would be hilarious to have it shipped to you just so you can have boxes full of money laying around the house.
     
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    They started printing million dollar notes, so it wouldn't be too big a pile.
     
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    Ask for it in hundreds.
     
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    GME is now up $50 just today. Just broke $185. Holy shitballs.
     
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    A friend of mine traded her minivan in on a Ram 1500 this past summer. The van needed replaced and they decided a crew cab truck was more versatile than a van.

    Something, I find interesting, all my friends with kids have vans, and all of their wives hate driving a van.

    I've joked for years that SUV's are just station wagons on a lift kit.
     
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    If you have more then 2 kids, or are transporting more then 2 kids. Nothing will replace a mini van. We have a 3 row explorer and sure it isn't to bad getting kids back there, but a mini van is so much easier.
     
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    My wife hated driving her van, after we decided on only having one kid she immediately traded it for a 3rd row explorer. I’ll admit to liking the driver experience on the Explorer better, the twin turbo is certainly more fun to drive than a mini van.
     
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    Don't get me wrong, vans make sense for reasons you stated, but nobody had a minivan poster on their wall as a kid.

    My wife who prefers subcompact cars decided we needed to swap her Honda Fit for a minivan because its impossible to stuff a newborn, carseat, stroller, playpen, and other baby stuff as well as a Newfoundland dog in the Fit.
     
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    I’ve never driven a minivan and I won’t. I had one of the Mazda CX-9 for the longest. It was a goddamn TANK.
    Now I have a 4door wrangler and al three of my boys, my dog, me, and my husband fit comfortably.
     
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    Apparently AABB released their wallet today after the market closed. My second order for 2K shares didn't go through, so I'm still sitting at 3K shares...which is better than 1K, I suppose, if it does take off.

    Tomorrow could be quite interesting.