If you were going to buy 100 shares of stock......

[Sooner24]

what would it be?

[usmc-sooner]

I wouldn't mind having 100 shares of Chesapeake, The company that makes Viagra,

oil and gas or medical

but I don't know squat about stocks.

[mdklatt]

Easy: Find something that's going to go up in value by a large amount.

[Octavian]

whoever makes the twisty tie

[mdklatt]

Plastics. The future is in plastics.

[usmc-sooner]

Easy: Find something that's going to go up in value by a large amount.

I don't know if you were a Cheers fan back in the day but you remember when Sam needed a lot of money either to buy his car back or the bar and he was like

all I need to do is come up with something that everyone needs but nobody's ever thought of

[mdklatt]

I don't know if you were a Cheers fan back in the day but you remember when Sam needed a lot of money either to buy his car back or the bar and he was like

all I need to do is come up with something that everyone needs but nobody's ever thought of


Yeah, that was a good one. :D


Nanotechnology and logistics seem like the up and coming fields right now.

[Sooner24]

Plastics. The future is in plastics.


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/13/xinsrc_56212021314223592322728.jpg

[Sooner24]

I just bought 1000 shares of Vonage at the IPO and can't wait for the big returns. ;)

[SoonerBorn68]

I wouldn't mind having 100 shares of Chesapeake, The company that makes Viagra,

oil and gas or medical

but I don't know squat about stocks.

Pssst, I've heard from several of the direction drillers that Chesapeake is a paper tiger...and they pay their bills at 120 days.

[49r]

Berkshire Hathaway. Currently trades at $92,600 per share. Went up $1000 today.

[usmc-sooner]

Pssst, I've heard from several of the direction drillers that Chesapeake is a paper tiger...and they pay their bills at 120 days.

I know they spend a lot.

How much is there stock worth? I haven't got a clue. What do you mean about the 120 day thing? Just curious. Are they a good company to work for?

Hate to bug you with all these questions, just curious. I always thought of checking them out to work for one of these days.

[mdklatt]

Berkshire Hathaway.

I don't trust that Warren Buffet guy. He's rich enough to live anywhere in the world--hell, to own just about anywhere in the world--and he lives in Omaha? That's just not right.

[49r]

Gotta live somewhere! :)

[SoCal]

I wouldn't mind having 100 shares of Chesapeake, The company that makes Viagra,

oil and gas or medical

but I don't know squat about stocks.

Pfizer produces Viagra...after the release of Viagra Pfizer was selling for over $50.00 per share now its around $23.50 with no quality drugs in the pipe line.

I like GM and Ford myself.

[GDC]

I wonder how Frozen's Adobe stock is doing.


critical_phil is pretty knowledgeable in this area, maybe he'll see this thread.

[royalfan5]

I don't trust that Warren Buffet guy. He's rich enough to live anywhere in the world--hell, to own just about anywhere in the world--and he lives in Omaha? That's just not right.
And not in a particularly spectacularly great part of Omaha at that. It turns out he just really likes the Saddle Creek Bands and Runza's.

[Jimminy Crimson]

It turns out he just really likes...Runza's.

Well now we know he's not right. :eddie:

[homerSimpsonsBrain]

I go with the Will Rogers school of stock picking. Buy a stock and when it goes up, sell it. If it dont go up, dont buy it.

[skycat]

And not in a particularly spectacularly great part of Omaha at that. It turns out he just really likes the Saddle Creek Bands and Runza's.

ewww. Now I don't trust that guy.

[critical_phil]

critical_phil is pretty knowledgeable in this area, maybe he'll see this thread.

my question would be, why are you wanting to buy 100 shares of one particular stock? how long do you want to keep it?

i'm assuming that you've got ~4K to work with, which is enough to go ahead and diversify a little (if you aren't already).

if i had to pick one stock today, i'd say merck. i like dividends. while i normally stick to buying small dogs, the news from pfizer lately kind of scares me.

[Jimminy Crimson]

If Bluetooth SIG was publicly traded, I'd buy fiddy million shares.

[SoonerBorn68]

I know they spend a lot.

How much is there stock worth? I haven't got a clue. What do you mean about the 120 day thing? Just curious. Are they a good company to work for?

Hate to bug you with all these questions, just curious. I always thought of checking them out to work for one of these days.

I haven't a clue what their stock is worth, but the 120 day thingy means that they wait to pay their bills 120 days after receiving it. At least that's what I've been told be some of the people in our company--that's why we don't do much work for them.

To me that means they're either waiting to get paid from others to pay their own bills or they've got a cash flow problem.

I've only worked for them a couple of times--all with no problems...but I've heard otherwise from several of the directional drillers.

[Jimminy Crimson]

maybe they just want to make sure the people they owe still want to be paid. ;)

[soonerbub]

Buy 10 googles and sale when it hits 420.

--scratch that that's only 300 to the good; I say mining stocks

[SoonerBorn68]

I'd say Wal-Mart. I remember when I worked there many, many moons ago the stock would split about every other year & be worth double within a year of it splitting.

[Jimminy Crimson]

I'd say Wal-Mart. I remember when I worked there many, many moons ago the stock would split about every other year & be worth double within a year of it splitting.

But that would kinda be like supporting Wal-Mart, which the SO is officially against. :texan:

[SoonerBorn68]

Sorry Jimminy, I guess I'll have to start my own clique and call it "Walmart is my salvation on the road" clique.:D

[Jimminy Crimson]

Sorry Jimminy, I guess I'll have to start my own clique and call it "Walmart is my salvation on the road" clique.:D

when you're in bumfudge, oklahoma/texas/etc, you gotta do what you gotta do. i'll give you that!

but in civilization, other options exist. :cool:

[SicEmBaylor]

Enron.
YWIA

[usmc-sooner]

I haven't a clue what their stock is worth, but the 120 day thingy means that they wait to pay their bills 120 days after receiving it. At least that's what I've been told be some of the people in our company--that's why we don't do much work for them.

To me that means they're either waiting to get paid from others to pay their own bills or they've got a cash flow problem.

I've only worked for them a couple of times--all with no problems...but I've heard otherwise from several of the directional drillers.

thanks

I honestly had no clue

[C&CDean]

Two words. Mason jars.

[BeetDigger]

...but I've heard otherwise from several of the directional drillers.


Please, this is a family board.

[Osce0la]

Enron.
YWIA
:mad: I got to this thread too late...


I would think buying shares of Anheuser-Busch in January and selling it around mid-july could profit you some $$$, as racing season starts in February, and then you'd be selling right after the 4th of July weekend. Seems their stock would go up during this time. It may not gain you as much as some others would, but it seems like it would be a safe bet to earn you some money.

[critical_phil]

Two words. Mason jars.


keep in mind the following before using the mason jar method:


bury your money in a rare and highly collectible mason jar with a solid gold, diamond encrusted lid. this will help offset the depreciation of the money you're burying with it.


ywia.

[White House Boy]

Plastics. The future is in plastics.

Wrongo...everything is ballbearings nowadays.

[C&CDean]

keep in mind the following before using the mason jar method:


bury your money in a rare and highly collectible mason jar with a solid gold, diamond encrusted lid. this will help offset the depreciation of the money you're burying with it.


ywia.

Says the guy who had $200K tied up in some "stocks" and today it's only worth $58K. Meh. You do it your way, and may God bless you.

I can spend my $$. I know exactly how much there is. I am not gambling on the whims and fancies of ****ing idiots. And many of my mason jars are full of food as well. I'm covered. For sure. Are you? That's what I thought.

[critical_phil]

well dean, this time you've convinced me. i'm switching to the mason jar method. i wonder if scottrade will move my money directly into the jars or if i need to buy those myself.


hey, i do need one thing before i make the move. can you post the link of the mason jar strategy's performance since 1929?

tia.

[slickdawg]

A sock company. :D

[Skysooner]

Depends on how risk averse you are. If you like a good stock that has continually posted better gains than predicted, look at LIFC. If you want a stock that could potentially go up a ton but could also go bankrupt, look at DNDN.

[C&CDean]

well dean, this time you've convinced me. i'm switching to the mason jar method. i wonder if scottrade will move my money directly into the jars or if i need to buy those myself.


hey, i do need one thing before i make the move. can you post the link of the mason jar strategy's performance since 1929?

tia.

Performance? Hell man, they've been making jars since before there was a stock market for you fools.

Like I said, you play with your fakey money. You gamble with what you ain't got. Obviously you enjoy it, and who am I to keep you from getting off? When your bottom falls out, remember, you're always welcome to eat up at the house.