Investment BS Thread - Stocks/Futures/Mutual Funds/Bonds/Commodities/Options/ETFs/401ks/Etc

A lot has happened since then

 

True, but it really wasn't that long ago lol

I am pretty bullish on the market in general, but for some reason I don't see Tesla existing as a company in a few years. Something about Elon, I don't know what it is, but I like watching the show.

 

reminds me of Delorean even though I wasn't born yet. Just a flashier version.

 

Today Morgan Stanley put out a "bear case" scenario for Tesla, and it's $10 a share!

 

their price target was still 230 or so, if it drops to 10 i'll be pissed since I bought in when I though was really low.

 

Yea it wasn't a bold call, but I still couldn't believe they put it at $10 in one scenario. That would probably take bankruptcy or something extreme.

 

Oil falling today. Just sort of teetering on breakeven to +5%

 

Does anyone think GE is a buy? They are at financial crisis / 1995 levels right now..

 

Sometimes buying the dip is good, sometimes not so much. I keep hearing bad things about GE so I don’t know, risky, but could easily double or more. Not my style but might be a good risk to take.

 

I mean, I'm just looking at the buy low/sell high approach. Seeing as how they've been around for over a century, somehow I think buying at these near all-time lows might not be a bad idea for a long term play. Hearing bad things means good buying opportunity to me. Apparently the new CEO is cleaning things up.

 

I agree, in 10 or 20 years it could be 10x+ what it is now. I’d just dig around hard to make sure there’s no risk of going to 0.

 

yep that's kinda what I'm doing now, just reading articles about it

 

If they paid a 3% dividend I’d probably get in and just hold for a long time. It’s too bad they don’t, it’s a long running business that I don’t see going away.

 

I'm sure if they fix a lot of their issues, they'll bring it back. Might be a few years though.

 

How long you guys holding if your buying stock just for the gain. In my play account it seems a 2 months is the longest I have gone. Target was kind to me again today. Had good luck with buying the dip and selling on the bounce- $5 dollars here $5 there.

 

Generally depends on what you think the stock is gonna do and risk management (your investing style as well). And typically evolving/adapting that estimation as you go based on news, performance, etc.. Thats kinda why you'll see a lot of people here talk about breaking their money down to categories like long term/short term buys, High risk/low risk buys. Not really a good rule or timeline for timing the market

 

Sometimes its good to check their balance sheet and look at cash. Cash is always KING! then i would look at their income statement and just check out their operating income....i wouldn't have any issues buying on a dip if i knew the company was ok with cash and they are having no issues at the operational level. I haven't looked into GE but if you decide to...please share the wealth.

 

GE:

 

It’s really hard to time short-term in my opinion. Example, AAPL went up to around $214 at the beginning of May from good earnings and guidance. Looking good right.. Now it’s back at $182. I think it’s mostly luck when you flip stocks quickly, and has a lot to do with the general market direction at the time.