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Great quarter. Came in right at the top of their guidance for revenue.
Services killed it again w/ 31% growth and continues to carry. Cook pointed out that Apple Pay did triple the transactions from the quarter a year ago. Said they took more total transactions this quarter than Square and more mobile transactions than paypal. Sort of surprised me.. I don't know many people who use the mobile payments like that |
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07-31-2018, 06:24 PM | #2207 |
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Me trying to listen to the IQ earnings call
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07-31-2018, 08:44 PM | #2209 | |
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Holy shit. Mega buybacks have happened and will happen.
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08-02-2018, 05:55 PM | #2210 |
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Apple finally hits the trillion dollar marketcap.
In the next step of price wars, Fidelity launched the first .00% expense ratio index mutual funds. The more interesting part is likely no minimums so kids can make a 3 or 4 fund right off without paying higher ERs or using ETFs. Now who goes negative ER first? The are already plenty of ETFs that pay you to hold them but they still list expense ratios currently edit: and Fidelity pubbing it is the first commercial of the HoF game hah Last edited by ChiliConCarnage; 08-02-2018 at 06:09 PM.. |
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08-02-2018, 05:57 PM | #2211 |
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Goldman Sachs downgraded IQ to "neutral" and it took another dump.
Probably so these rich assholes can buy it low and watch it go sky high in a year. ****ing jerks. |
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08-02-2018, 07:23 PM | #2212 |
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I bought in on July 23rd for $188 and sold today on a limit order at $205. Not bad for a week's worth of work. Apple usually has a spike, followed by a pullback after many good earnings reports. I may re-enter in a long position if it dips below $195 again but my always concern with Apple is it's composition share in many mutual funds I already own. When Apple does well, those funds usually benefit from Apple's gain. Not sure I want to add more investment risk for my long-term positions by loading individual stocks on a company that makes up so many other funds. |
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But getting back to basics, I always like a good value investment. May buy a long position in this shortly.
Talking about General Mills (GIS). Currently $45/share. It has all the makings of value stock. * 15 PE ratio * 4.29% dividend * trading at bottom of 5 year range. Was over $60/share in 2018 * Profitable by any and all measures. Cash flow is more than enough to handle their debt. *Acquired Blue Buffalo for entry into the Pet Food business Nothing exciting here but I think this one should jump back to $55 in no time. |
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08-02-2018, 09:36 PM | #2218 |
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Another possible value investment but not without risk is Ford Motor. Recently returned to single digit stock for first time since 2012. It's not been pretty but it could make a decent comeback and the 6% dividend is very nice. But could that dividend be at risk similar to GE? Without a nice dividend, would Ford be worth holding? That's unlikely. I hold a small position of Ford Motor for the long-term and the dividend is the main reason on this one.
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08-06-2018, 08:53 PM | #2220 |
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Alibaba is getting pounded by this trade war, and unjustly so in my opinion. Could be a good buy in position. I am still long on BABA. Their financials are top notch. "The Amazon on China."
I hold a long term position on BABA and am looking to buy more on this dip. /I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it. I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. Buy at your own risk. |
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