What stocks are you trading today

mikecatt13 said:

Green yesterday, today is basically mixed, tomorrow is expected the job numbers get released

Word is a big red day is coming...

Bought a very small amount of DAL a few days ago at 21.50, probably gonna take those profits today sometime, it's not a large enough position to hold long term for more gain, more of a test trade while I'm learning. Learning to take profits when they're there and forget Fear Of Missing Out since hind sight is 20/20 aka shouldve bought more DAL lol

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There is no way I would hold an airline stock long term. A bailout is one thing, but they have to have demand to operate, I don't see the demand moving at all.

YancyW said:

There is no way I would hold an airline stock long term. A bailout is one thing, but they have to have demand to operate, I don't see the demand moving at all.

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My move was wait for the bailout to pump it, from what I understand they agreed on a deal but it doesn't get voted till later. I will take my money and run by the end of the day before the unemployment report hits which sounds like is tomorrow. Based on my very little experiencex we shall see lol

I personally believe as soon as people are allowed to travel they will, everyone is getting cabin fever already. Thats a belief I'm not going to stake money on though because the earnings reports from the next quarter or likely 2 quarters are going to wreck lots of stocks again it seems

mikecatt13 said:

My move was wait for the bailout to pump it, from what I understand they agreed on a deal but it doesn't get voted till later. I will take my money and run by the end of the day before the unemployment report hits which sounds like is tomorrow. Based on my very little experiencex we shall see lol

I personally believe as soon as people are allowed to travel they will, everyone is getting cabin fever already. Thats a belief I'm not going to stake money on though because the earnings reports from the next quarter or likely 2 quarters are going to wreck lots of stocks again it seems

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I think you are on track, take your money on the airline bet.

YancyW said:

Jump on the wagon and short it. Return is the same going down as it is going up.

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No way. I'll just buy total stock market on the way down. Bought some at -30 and will buy more at -50. My allocation when this started was 30% stock 70% bonds that won't change to much.

lwaters said:

No way. I'll just buy total stock market on the way down. Bought some at -30 and will buy more at -50. My allocation when this started was 30% stock 70% bonds that won't change to much.

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I'm not trying to be a dick, I honestly don't understand. You think we are still going to be a 50% drop in the Dow, but you are buying indexes on the way down. If you really think that will happen, why wouldn't you invest in a way that would maximize your return? Keep in mind, we are not too far off on how we see the market. So I not saying your assessment is wrong, it is just a matter of degrees.

I do it this way because no one knows where the bottom is just as they don't know the top. Basically I'm just keeping my portfolio in balance. If it reaches a 50% drop why not buy a little extra. I only use the total market index. Look at the government TSP the funds are basically s&p 500, Wilshire 4500 index, and the EAFE index. It's good enough for Congress, military, government workers it's good enough for me. The old saying is the bulls make money the bears make money but the hogs get slaughter. I check back in a couple of months and see how you guys are doing.

Roddy said:

Ended up selling at 22%. Probably jump back on it later, May or June or when they come up with an effective treatment or vaccine.

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Well that was Stupid CCL is nearly 100% from where I bought.

Roddy said:

Well that was Stupid CCL is nearly 100% from where I bought.

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It happens - at least you sold with a plus and not a negative!

America just debased her currency by 10% with the bailout.

The seven year treasury was oversubscribed and yields were driven down by 50% over the February sell.

It doesn't bode well for the rest of the world to want to buy something for a premium that theoretically lost 10% of its value the day before.

Good for those who's currency is the USD.

Alistair said:

So a bit of a bump on this. I picked this up at 962/share on 19/03 and now it's trading at 1,130.2/share. I make that 17% and change.

Not bad for 3 days trading. On paper, that's the last of my student loan paid off, but to my mind the fundamentals still look good even at this price and that dividend... I think I'm going to hold on for a bit longer on this one!

Still, feeling pretty smug. Whisky and Cigar this evening I think!

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Another bump. Just sold my position in Shell.

Bought, 962, sold 1601. 66% profit. Student loan gone, house deposit increased significantly. I like this virus thing. More cigars for me!

Al

Sold small positions in SCHN, APA and CCL to hopefully put a small bandaid on the slashed palms of catching that falling knife. Cash is still on hand.

lwaters said:

It's good enough for Congress, military, government workers it's good enough for me.

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What an incredibly low bar, lol.

Don't fight the Fed.

I added utilities yesterday - appears to be the new momentum play (but who knows).
KO, LMT plus various medical related stocks & ETF added 3/27 have done very well.

At some point will probably need to sell into this rally. But so hard to do.

Bought CRH a week ago. It's up 46% Bought ZNGA same day, hasn't done squat. Bought TEAM this Wed. for a long term investment. Should have jumped on CCL when it hit 8 again but put my limit order in too low. What a dumb ass move by me.

Can’t belief I’m glued to a box all week and here I am on Saturday glued to a box. This market makes me dizzy but she’s a intoxicating mistress. Been lightening oil exposurure risk via selling hard stock on rallies and replacing with calls with late January expirations
Still buying survivors (hopefully) on all hard pullbacks. BA. SBUX. TSN. JPM etc. also picking up long position in oct fat cattle. Cheers to all. Be safe. Jacques

All I've done is buy a little more of the vanguard total stock market index. When the market was done 30%. It went down some more but never got my next buy point. I still think it could get down there when the depression hits. I'll back up the truck then because when there is a vaccine it's off to the races. If it true that were are cutting the tie on a lot of Chinese products may add to my small and midcap value index funds.

What I'd like to know instead of individual trades is what everyone's net worth is now versus high and over even say the last year. That's what shows the truth, as opposed to an individual short term trade.

I'm at 89% of my high right now and 103% of last July 1. I use last July as I made some consolidation of accounts at the time and therefore an easier exercise to figure net worth.

Thru this I've done basically nothing for short term gain or protection. The only move I made was was in January I went from 25% bonds to 40%. Smart right? Well it would have been had I stuck to my convictions. Market going up though and I switched back on a dip, and felt really smart, until the bottom dropped out.

All other moves I'm made have been for the long term. Meaning fine tuning my strategy and positions. For example, I have some pending bond trades right now, but its to move from what I feel is an under performing bond fund to an over performing bond fund. I made the change for the long term I hope and not because of the last few months.

The other interesting thing is I find myself in fewer and fewer mutual funds and ETFs, and almost all are overall market or sector funds. I own no individual stocks anymore, other than my employer and I sell all of that as soon as eligible each year. I dont have the time to properly research stocks and have lost enough money over the years trying to "beat the market" that I no longer care to. I just want market returns and invest accordingly, with some small overall sector differences used mainly to hedge.

I am a stock guy with relatively little in mutual funds, and I am too old to be interested in bonds. I sat on my primaries, and I am still up 27% from 17 Apr 19 - all S&P 500 with a heavy defense mix.

Red Leg said:

I am a stock guy with relatively little in mutual funds, and I am too old to be interested in bonds. I sat on my primaries, and I am still up 27% from 17 Apr 19 - all S&P 500 with a heavy defense mix.

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I just looked and the SP500 is up 1% over the same term so I'd say your one year return is outstanding.

Look at Lockheed, GD, and Northrop over the last few years.