dclary said:I know. My whole portfolio is up. Google +12% and Disney +15%. Ebay is still lagging, I managed to buy the lion's share of my stake in them at their 52-week high, but Wal-Mart and Chevron are up too, so I'm golden.
dclary said:Yeah, Bravo. Don't you know that a company that doubles its profit every year, operates entirely on a cash basis, and has pretty much become the benchmark by which all other companies in the space are measured is NOT the kind of company you want to invest in? Why, that's just crazytalk!
Oil is tough to own because most years it doesn't make a profit, and the years it does all the morons in the world rise up and complain about it.
FatTire said:and trades at 67x earnings. too expensive for my blood. but what do i know, i've only managed to turn my slot winnings into x5 by investing in the stock market.
get out of oil now!
Bravo said:and everytime you remind me and mock me of those losses, you make me sad.
billythrilly7th said:"The day the paperboy money died."
Bravo said:you just dont get it do you, billy?
today was a good day.
but i still have stocks that got nailed (cisco, and microsoft are examples).
and everytime you remind me and mock me of those losses, you make me sad.
and on a friday night too.
---> currently listening to "we used to be friends" by the dandy warhols.
Well, if we’re talking about breasts, I doubt I would win.tiny terror said:this smacks of "mine is bigger than yours"..... not that there's anything wrong with that.
FatTire said:Um, Microsoft was up .14 today. It is trading close to its 52 week high. Please tell me that you aren't trying to short MSFT?