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**Un-OFFICIAL** Trading and Investing Thread: Part XIII -- Robber Baron Edition
04-02-2021, 09:56 AM
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already going into withdrawals from no market today, woke up at 6am to look @ pre-market and immediately went into cold sweats....Not sure ima last till monday boyos
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04-02-2021, 10:05 AM
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I had a great week overall. I had 10k in MVIS just before it spiked. I got out when it was just over $18 dollars. That was in my YOLO trading account. The rest of my retirement accounts are balling with the S&P 500 gains.
Do you guys listen to any trading/investing podcasts? I'm trying to find some good ones to listen to while I am at work.
Do you guys listen to any trading/investing podcasts? I'm trying to find some good ones to listen to while I am at work.
04-02-2021, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted By MillerDecaXC⏩
Weβre all holding pltr son.seems like everyone is down ITT. what are ya'll holding thats down? Alot of tech stocks? (sorry I havnt been keeping up well, very busy)
I just dont understand, all indices are near all-time highs. My account's all-time high is $148k, usually hovering around 147k, hasnt dipped below $146k in like over a month.
(Maybe im getting lucky? my anus is prepared for correction, I have a little cash ready)
I just dont understand, all indices are near all-time highs. My account's all-time high is $148k, usually hovering around 147k, hasnt dipped below $146k in like over a month.
(Maybe im getting lucky? my anus is prepared for correction, I have a little cash ready)
04-02-2021, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted By MinisterOfLust⏩
70 AYX - Quick 10-share flip turned into balls-deep long-term bag holdWhat's in your portfolio brother?
25 BABA - shorter-term 10-share flip (Slowly turning into long-term bah hold)
200 BGS - Long-term income hold
100 CVX - Long term income hold
30 D - Long-term income hold (hoping they raise dividend back to pre-corona)
16 DIA - obligatory safe ETF
52 GILD - Long-term income hold
100 I B M - Long-term income hold
100 IRM - Long-term income hold
15 JNJ - Boring/safe LT stock, basically safe as ETF with higher dividends
100 KO - Boring/safe LT stock, basically safe as ETF with higher dividends
25 MCD - Boring/safe LT stock, basically safe as ETF with higher dividends
300 NRZ - Long-term income hold
100 PFE - Long-term income hold
150 RKT - Quick flip (currently back in for my 6th flip)
75 SPHD - safe/ETF/income hold
13 SPY - obligatory safe ETF
1000 T - Income. 1000 shares. Literally 20% of my portfolio lolz
50 VIAC - Short-term flip that will most likely soon become long-term bag hold
100 VZ - Long-term income hold
100 XOM - Long-term income hold
~$10k cash for flips
Thats my peronal/trading account. All retirement accounts are safe total market/indices ETFs
I would love to get any opinions on these, im no expert, im just shooting for max income because I plan to cancel DRIP and retire in a year or so and add these dividends into my passive income stream from rental properties.
If anyone has any stock suggestions or think companies/industries I own that are too risky, or any diversification advice, etc etc id LOVE to hear it. (Reps for all, alot are on spread tho)
04-02-2021, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted By MillerDecaXC⏩
lol'd at the long term hold chit....I can relate getting stuck like that, luckily u generally can wait and it'll go back positive (as you know)... happened to me with RKT and ended up making decent profits after bag holding a few months(Slowly turning into long-term hold)
1000 T - Income. 1000 shares. Literally 20% of my portfolio lolz
1000 T - Income. 1000 shares. Literally 20% of my portfolio lolz
Mirin ur T u must be getting around 2k+ a year in dividends alone that's pretty sweet. I got about 550 T shares that yeilds about 1.1k a year but I re-invest for the compounding interest (99.9 shares for free so far).
Personally I'd like to see more tech exposure in your portfolio, you're holding a decent amount of companies however so you may wanna trim/consolidate and get into some tech before it takes off again, i.e. AAPL and AMZN been stagnent for a while so I'm expecting a pop sometime this year. MSFT is also doing very well but they're at an ATH however I can see them going to 300 now with this pentagon deal, the cloud, a few acquisitions etc etc
Journal: https://forum.obnoxiousbrutes.com/showthread.php?t=139898123&page=240
04-02-2021, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted By RoyalRyy⏩
Just got FDA approval for Nanox ARC digital x-ray technologyAnybody eyeing NNOX? According to the CEO in a recent meeting, any day now they'll have an FDA decision on their new scanner/software and that will give them the green light to deploy a shiet ton of their machines to 13 different countries. He said once they deploy they'll be seeing a massive ROI in less than a year. Also added to ARK's Israel index ETF?
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04-02-2021, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted By Bavaria⏩
Transat financials are ugly.Who thinks Transat will go bust now that the Air Canada deal got shot down?
They will have to get federal bailout now and probably look for another buyer.
Hoping this is good news for AC stock, have them in my long term portfolio.
Speaking of AC. Bought at $14 6 years ago. Last year it was $50ish watched it plummet and now diamond holding for next 10 years lolz. Sideway action of piss.

04-02-2021, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted By Elias373⏩
Yah done.LOL if you're not liquidating all your stocks to go all in on Tesla.
TSLA TO THE MOOON!
TSLA TO THE MOOON!
04-02-2021, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted By topperstyle⏩
coinbase (COIN ticker) April 14th will have lot more traction/hype probably x100Iβm going to play coin base just like rblx
RBLX is very low key atm. I track option flow on it and its shiit
04-02-2021, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted By LetItRide11⏩
Heard about miti. cant buy it robinhood or webullThought I would give my 2 cents on things.....
Most of the money in the market was made from late last March 2020 until mid Feb 2021 or so. While the past 45 to 60 days, or most of the time that Biden has been in office, the market has traded sideways to down OTHER than some of the bellweather stocks on the DOW JONES that did not go up much the past year. However money is now pouring into those companies as the Nasdaq and other tech plays are over extended and due to Quantitative easing the $ has to go somewhere.
The market has really quieted down and volatility is down as a result. Thereby making it harder to make $. Both the Nasdaq and the OTC are MUCH quieter the past 2 months.
Right now I am high on 2 stocks and have been buying everyday.
MITI at .28 as they recently opened their first telemed health care clinic in MN, paid off all debt, and raised $3 M to open up to 7 clinics by year end with a goal of 100 or more within 3 years. Should easily be a $1 stock by June and $5 later this year.
CTYX at .16 as well. Now named Curative Bio, soon to be trading under the symbol CURB, we are waiting on the name and symbol change to officially go through with FINRA and then the flood gates to lots of news and events will be opened. I am predicting a stock price of $5 TO $10 by year end as I predict it will be bought out by a big pharma (probably an eye company).
Hope everyone is well.

Most of the money in the market was made from late last March 2020 until mid Feb 2021 or so. While the past 45 to 60 days, or most of the time that Biden has been in office, the market has traded sideways to down OTHER than some of the bellweather stocks on the DOW JONES that did not go up much the past year. However money is now pouring into those companies as the Nasdaq and other tech plays are over extended and due to Quantitative easing the $ has to go somewhere.
The market has really quieted down and volatility is down as a result. Thereby making it harder to make $. Both the Nasdaq and the OTC are MUCH quieter the past 2 months.
Right now I am high on 2 stocks and have been buying everyday.
MITI at .28 as they recently opened their first telemed health care clinic in MN, paid off all debt, and raised $3 M to open up to 7 clinics by year end with a goal of 100 or more within 3 years. Should easily be a $1 stock by June and $5 later this year.
CTYX at .16 as well. Now named Curative Bio, soon to be trading under the symbol CURB, we are waiting on the name and symbol change to officially go through with FINRA and then the flood gates to lots of news and events will be opened. I am predicting a stock price of $5 TO $10 by year end as I predict it will be bought out by a big pharma (probably an eye company).
Hope everyone is well.
04-02-2021, 02:50 PM
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Buying CPNG on Monday. Coupang is the Amazon of South Korea and that stock is about to rise soon.
04-02-2021, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted By LetItRide11⏩
OK, but what about the kentucky derby?CTYX at .16 as well. Now named Curative Bio, soon to be trading under the symbol CURB, we are waiting on the name and symbol change to officially go through with FINRA and then the flood gates to lots of news and events will be opened. I am predicting a stock price of $5 TO $10 by year end as I predict it will be bought out by a big pharma (probably an eye company).
Hope everyone is well.
Hope everyone is well.
04-02-2021, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted By Elias373⏩
I'm super bullish on TSLA but I'm expecting the 10 year yield to rise to 1.8 on Monday, srs. That will be the front headlines and will cuck everything again.LOL if you're not liquidating all your stocks to go all in on Tesla.
TSLA TO THE MOOON!
TSLA TO THE MOOON!
The above post is 100% false
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04-02-2021, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted By mohamadBsalman⏩
I hope I'm wrong dead fukning srs. I've been praying for the tech comeback for two months now.wrong
what caused the growth tech sell off was the volatility of the bond market. not the fact that it rose but speed and inpredictability of the move
now that normies have caught on to the 10 yr yield affecting the stock market the correllation will reverse or disappear [srs]
what caused the growth tech sell off was the volatility of the bond market. not the fact that it rose but speed and inpredictability of the move
now that normies have caught on to the 10 yr yield affecting the stock market the correllation will reverse or disappear [srs]
The above post is 100% false
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04-02-2021, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted By mohamadBsalman⏩
Never bet against Amazon. Ded fkn srs.AMZN's valuation is mostly the AWS cloud business
if it was some poverty site selling moisturizer and socks it would be 1/5th of the valuation
until CPNG startss MOGGING in cloud services, advertising etc theyll be another overpriced e commerce company {ded fkn Srs]
if it was some poverty site selling moisturizer and socks it would be 1/5th of the valuation
until CPNG startss MOGGING in cloud services, advertising etc theyll be another overpriced e commerce company {ded fkn Srs]
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04-02-2021, 06:25 PM
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Where I can I get a loan? Any miscers?
04-02-2021, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted By mohamadBsalman⏩
You have a valid point.AMZN's valuation is mostly the AWS cloud business
if it was some poverty site selling moisturizer and socks it would be 1/5th of the valuation
until CPNG startss MOGGING in cloud services, advertising etc theyll be another overpriced e commerce company {ded fkn Srs]
if it was some poverty site selling moisturizer and socks it would be 1/5th of the valuation
until CPNG startss MOGGING in cloud services, advertising etc theyll be another overpriced e commerce company {ded fkn Srs]
Chewy is about to bloom soon
04-03-2021, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted By dopamine72⏩
I hear you, I just feel like im late to the party with tech. I hate to invest in something that rose so much so fast. almost everything is up like 100% for the year and 30-40% from pre-covid prices. I know I have to get in that mindset "Its where they are going, not where theyre at" but I just cant bring myself to do it lol. Plus most tech stocks do not have great dividends (which shouldnt matter either but im weird)lol'd at the long term hold chit....I can relate getting stuck like that, luckily u generally can wait and it'll go back positive (as you know)... happened to me with RKT and ended up making decent profits after bag holding a few months
Mirin ur T u must be getting around 2k+ a year in dividends alone that's pretty sweet. I got about 550 T shares that yeilds about 1.1k a year but I re-invest for the compounding interest (99.9 shares for free so far).
Personally I'd like to see more tech exposure in your portfolio, you're holding a decent amount of companies however so you may wanna trim/consolidate and get into some tech before it takes off again, i.e. AAPL and AMZN been stagnent for a while so I'm expecting a pop sometime this year. MSFT is also doing very well but they're at an ATH however I can see them going to 300 now with this pentagon deal, the cloud, a few acquisitions etc etc
Mirin ur T u must be getting around 2k+ a year in dividends alone that's pretty sweet. I got about 550 T shares that yeilds about 1.1k a year but I re-invest for the compounding interest (99.9 shares for free so far).
Personally I'd like to see more tech exposure in your portfolio, you're holding a decent amount of companies however so you may wanna trim/consolidate and get into some tech before it takes off again, i.e. AAPL and AMZN been stagnent for a while so I'm expecting a pop sometime this year. MSFT is also doing very well but they're at an ATH however I can see them going to 300 now with this pentagon deal, the cloud, a few acquisitions etc etc
My portfolio is way over-weighted with I B M, (almost 9-10% of my portfolio) does that help??
04-03-2021, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted By LetItRide11⏩
These seem like the calls from someone I knew many days agoThought I would give my 2 cents on things.....
Most of the money in the market was made from late last March 2020 until mid Feb 2021 or so. While the past 45 to 60 days, or most of the time that Biden has been in office, the market has traded sideways to down OTHER than some of the bellweather stocks on the DOW JONES that did not go up much the past year. However money is now pouring into those companies as the Nasdaq and other tech plays are over extended and due to Quantitative easing the $ has to go somewhere.
The market has really quieted down and volatility is down as a result. Thereby making it harder to make $. Both the Nasdaq and the OTC are MUCH quieter the past 2 months.
Right now I am high on 2 stocks and have been buying everyday.
MITI at .28 as they recently opened their first telemed health care clinic in MN, paid off all debt, and raised $3 M to open up to 7 clinics by year end with a goal of 100 or more within 3 years. Should easily be a $1 stock by June and $5 later this year.
CTYX at .16 as well. Now named Curative Bio, soon to be trading under the symbol CURB, we are waiting on the name and symbol change to officially go through with FINRA and then the flood gates to lots of news and events will be opened. I am predicting a stock price of $5 TO $10 by year end as I predict it will be bought out by a big pharma (probably an eye company).
Hope everyone is well.

Most of the money in the market was made from late last March 2020 until mid Feb 2021 or so. While the past 45 to 60 days, or most of the time that Biden has been in office, the market has traded sideways to down OTHER than some of the bellweather stocks on the DOW JONES that did not go up much the past year. However money is now pouring into those companies as the Nasdaq and other tech plays are over extended and due to Quantitative easing the $ has to go somewhere.
The market has really quieted down and volatility is down as a result. Thereby making it harder to make $. Both the Nasdaq and the OTC are MUCH quieter the past 2 months.
Right now I am high on 2 stocks and have been buying everyday.
MITI at .28 as they recently opened their first telemed health care clinic in MN, paid off all debt, and raised $3 M to open up to 7 clinics by year end with a goal of 100 or more within 3 years. Should easily be a $1 stock by June and $5 later this year.
CTYX at .16 as well. Now named Curative Bio, soon to be trading under the symbol CURB, we are waiting on the name and symbol change to officially go through with FINRA and then the flood gates to lots of news and events will be opened. I am predicting a stock price of $5 TO $10 by year end as I predict it will be bought out by a big pharma (probably an eye company).
Hope everyone is well.

Tell me though- why open a bunch of clinics if the providers are doing telemed? Why not buy office space?
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04-03-2021, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted By MinisterOfLust⏩
cpng crew checking inBuying CPNG on Monday. Coupang is the Amazon of South Korea and that stock is about to rise soon.
ive got a very small position. sold off hard on friday though once it hit 50
i think a lot of the insiders who got the shares dirt cheap are selling off at that level.
if it can remain in the 40s for the short term i think it'll find footing though and rise from there
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Originally Posted By Elias373⏩
Hope your mental health is goodPLTR my body is ready
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holy phuack
actually surprised market didn't shake harder on this.
this makes GME $6 billion loss that citadel and melvin seem tiny.
The Number of the Week Is $110 Billion
ARCHEGOS CAPITAL LOST $110 BILLION IN 5 DAYS USING 500% LEVERAGE
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...is-100-billion
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since this is now lumber trading thread.
WOOD (stock symbol)
iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF has nice chart setup.
can only go up lol
actually surprised market didn't shake harder on this.
this makes GME $6 billion loss that citadel and melvin seem tiny.
The Number of the Week Is $110 Billion
ARCHEGOS CAPITAL LOST $110 BILLION IN 5 DAYS USING 500% LEVERAGE
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...is-100-billion
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since this is now lumber trading thread.
WOOD (stock symbol)
iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF has nice chart setup.
can only go up lol
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I might dump my whole portfolio in TSLA.
Just seems a no brainier. There going to crush every quarter.
Just seems a no brainier. There going to crush every quarter.
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Originally Posted By Carbonfibre⏩
was also looking at wood other dayholy phuack
actually surprised market didn't shake harder on this.
this makes GME $6 billion loss that citadel and melvin seem tiny.
The Number of the Week Is $110 Billion
ARCHEGOS CAPITAL LOST $110 BILLION IN 5 DAYS USING 500% LEVERAGE
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...is-100-billion
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since this is now lumber trading thread.
WOOD (stock symbol)
iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF has nice chart setup.
can only go up lol
actually surprised market didn't shake harder on this.
this makes GME $6 billion loss that citadel and melvin seem tiny.
The Number of the Week Is $110 Billion
ARCHEGOS CAPITAL LOST $110 BILLION IN 5 DAYS USING 500% LEVERAGE
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...is-100-billion
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since this is now lumber trading thread.
WOOD (stock symbol)
iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF has nice chart setup.
can only go up lol
but for shorting opportunities
lumber (commodity) is almost overbought on weekly candle. could drop substantially soon
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Originally Posted By Casser1242⏩
totally why not take out another mortgage dump it all on TeslaI might dump my whole portfolio in TSLA.
Just seems a no brainier. There going to crush every quarter.
Just seems a no brainier. There going to crush every quarter.
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Originally Posted By Lefticle⏩
they're working for the same price regardless, whether they charge for materials or charge a larger hourly rate. They don't fist officecels, if they did they'd be the rich ones with the million dollar houseThis.
I work in construction sales and construction companies constantly "re-sell" materials for stupid high prices. Which is why I always price out materials beforehand and usually buy them myself with a contractor discount, unless the contractor actually gives me a fair price.
Example: I had a french drain installed on the north side of my house a couple years back. I figured out the pricing for both PVC pipe (more expensive) and corrugated pipe (cheap) with a trade discount at Lowes. The company who did the first estimate quoted me cheaper corrugated pipe which ended up being 600% more than the more expensive PVC pipe at lowes. With their manufacturer discount, they were probably going to make at least 800% off materials. Told them this was absolutely ridiculous and would buy the PVC pipe myself, they can install it, and I'll pay for the labor. Then they told me they couldn't do the job because they couldn't warranty the work if I bought the pipe. The only way they could do it is if they sold me the pipe.
I told them they can fist themselves and left them a horrible review online. Ended up finding another company who immediately did it my way.
I work in construction sales and construction companies constantly "re-sell" materials for stupid high prices. Which is why I always price out materials beforehand and usually buy them myself with a contractor discount, unless the contractor actually gives me a fair price.
Example: I had a french drain installed on the north side of my house a couple years back. I figured out the pricing for both PVC pipe (more expensive) and corrugated pipe (cheap) with a trade discount at Lowes. The company who did the first estimate quoted me cheaper corrugated pipe which ended up being 600% more than the more expensive PVC pipe at lowes. With their manufacturer discount, they were probably going to make at least 800% off materials. Told them this was absolutely ridiculous and would buy the PVC pipe myself, they can install it, and I'll pay for the labor. Then they told me they couldn't do the job because they couldn't warranty the work if I bought the pipe. The only way they could do it is if they sold me the pipe.
I told them they can fist themselves and left them a horrible review online. Ended up finding another company who immediately did it my way.
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