Stocks and eTrade
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- digdre0
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e-trade: can I buy like all stocks with that program??would be cool :D
- anythinkg that is listed
...its not really a 'program" you have an account - you put money in and you can trade over the phone or over the internetalicetheblue
- anythinkg that is listed
- jonatne0
Yeah, sharebuilder.com is down.. What if some shit goes down and you want to sell or buy really quickly? You just can't? That could really screw some people.
- i think you trade via software, not via the site..?digdre
- or call it in.richardkark
- oh, ok.. shows what i knowjonatne
- robotron3k0
nice GM is around 5 bucks and their electric cars have not hit the market yet...
- morilla0
don't do it. You should be saving your $$, not spending it.
- ifeltdave0
are you seriously thinking about buying stocks? this is a joke thread, i'm convinced.
put your money into physical assets ie - gold and silver. at the very least, get the money you would buy stocks with in cash, and put it under your mattress. This will yield you more returns than investing in the shit
- not necessarilyjonatne
- gold lost 9% today... not that safemonNom
- yeah, precious metals value changes based on the market. silver is very volatile.tkmeister
- not when the whole thing dies, then it will be the only valuable thing around.ifeltdave
- Gold, 4 years ago, maybe - If the market redresses, there's a lot out there in Asia etc to be sold = plummet in value.Nairn
- buy low, sell high right? Seems pretty low to me.The_CCG
- ETM0
People have to stop looking at this economic issue as if its got a black & white cause and solution.
Saving will help, but people need to also invest. A balance must be maintained. Everyone pulling out of stocks, even to put in savings is contributing to the market problems. Its a cycle. People panicking and pulling everything out to "put under their mattress" is the worst possible thing to do and will certainly bring about a full on crash.
Some are willing to risk a bit on the market... and it could pay off. Would I put my life savings into it? Hell no. Would I put a few thousand in and see what happens? Sure.
Save and MAYBE be safe. I want to take a small risk and in time hopefully find some reward.
- morilla0
About 3 weeks ago I had a sudden urge to cash out a 401k I had from a job about 8 years ago. This week my friends who had the same one , poof .... gone.
Not saying anything but also last night I had a dream about buying canned food, getting in a truck with montana plates while carrying a rifle. Do with that what you like.
- and vote for mccain while your at it...robotron3k
- uhhhh no. I am voting for " that one"morilla
- blwwwaaahaaaaaaaaaaa...robotron3k
- cashed out of your 401k? Bad idea; you locked in your losses.IRNlun6
- I have 2 more. :)morilla
- as long as you spent it on hookers and coke you should be fine... :)IRNlun6
- ETM0
Diversity is part of the economy. Do what you feel is best.
- matt310
at this point you are probably better off going to vegas and betting it all on black.
- ETM0
I just got back from Vegas 2 weeks ago. Didn't win a thing :(
Speaking of that though, I didn't see any sign of economic slow down when I was there. Busy as ever, shows sold out.
- matt310
what were you playing? blackjack is really the only game where the house doesn't have a clear advantage. I like to do the old outside betting on roulette (red or black). Basically betting on flipping a coin.
- jonatne0
this looks good, no?
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/cb…
- Llyod0
man, all the tech stocks are in the dumper
- Everything is in the dumper! lolETM
- lets pool our money together and buy yahooLlyod
- i got 5 bucks, that should cover it. lol.akrokdesign
- akrokdesign0
right now, find a bank with high APY. put some there. you will be making more cash there, then on the stock market.
- maybe not in 5 or 10 year perspective but 1 to 3, yes.akrokdesign
- ETM0
GM is at $4.85 right now. Their 52 week high was $43. Even if they can achieve half that in time, you'll make 5 times your investment.
- monkeyshine0
Great article in today's NYTimes about this... "Investors with a Sense of History See a Time to Buy"
Warren Buffet has invested 8 billion in Goldman Sachs and GE. So, there ya go. Also on Forbes, they have an article on the best 10 small companies, weighed by their stock performance and accounting standards, etc.
- vanilla_cam0
link to that forbes article?
- digdre0
ofcourse. buy apple, buy exxon, you become rich. lolz.. no idea actually..
I doubt Apple will go up again that fast... ok.. new laptops.. but who buys them in this time of crisis? no one.