It's my job. :)

I'm pretty into investing. I have a lot of good friends that are pretty high up at different companies that like to give me stock tips about their companies. It's been amazing, most people lose money when they try to invest, but I've seen such huge profits. It's so easy, it's hard to believe it's legal.

yeah its easy to lose a lot of money. thats why I let other people manage most of my stuff. but its fun to play around a little. Its something else to learn how to work and make a little on the side. Hopefully I do well enough to get some extra mods for the Z

this Japan business killed some of my stocks, starting to come back though. I sold my apple just before it went way down and re-bought when it was about 10 pts lower than what i sold so i did pretty good on that one

I've always wanted to do some investing, but the process always frustrates me. It's like a foreign language. Is e-Trade or other online sites really that easy to get started?

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I'm glad I can always count on you to catch things:rofl2::rofl2::rofl2:

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yeah the sites are pretty easy to understand. I think e-trade has 60 days of commission free trades so you have a bit more freedom in making moves and not paying the $10 commission on each buy/sell.

Understanding what to invest in and how to study companies and take chances on speculative companies is much much harder. You can be safe with large companies and not lose too much money and you will most likely make some. But the smaller riskier plays will make you more.

I really do suggest watch Jim Cramers show on cnbc. He at least explains how to look at companies and the market in general. I dont suggest taking all his advice but he does make it kinda simple.

we need a thread called 'stevie's stock tip of the day' in the premo section. right MEOW.

but i did make a killing off of WYNN :tup: only black marks against me was i held onto Wachovia like a dumbass, and lost a lot when it got bought by wells fargo...and i got into southeast asia mutual funds at the completely wrong time.

Haha I signed a disclosure agreement. Bad things happen when I open my mouth...

Bad things... :yum:

i can think of a few good things

I inherited a broker from my father with a beneficiary IRA that has a decent amount in it, but not huge. He manages it and I use blind faith. He was great for my dad, and its money I never had anyways.

My 401k, I do mostly index funds, but the broker helped me allocate a little better than I was doing.

I understand all the ins and outs of the market, but don't have the time or interest, other than putting 20% of my pay away every month.

Any investors here?
 

Anyone here interested in investing in a Sports Performance Facility? PM me and I'll give you details. Great return and almost ready to open. Tks!

what type of sports performance facility? shoot me a PM with details, I may be interested.

sounds a lil sketchy.....:wtf2:

Just a little bit :icon17:

nah check out our website www.texasstateselectsoftball.com. We had an investor but the backed out and never bought the machine! Probably not the place to post that but oh well.

We are trying to buy 2 virtual batting machines from probatter.com. Would be the only facility here and our surrounding area that has them.

Yeah female sports are big down here. Especially fastpitch softball and basketball. Mainly because they can be played year around. Heres the machine we are trying to pick up.

http://www.the370z.com/members/roadz...e-neeeeeed.jpg

Here's a pic of our girls at the 2011 Christmas Party. We have about 80 registered right now. It's at the facility that has no machines!!

http://www.the370z.com/members/roadz...lity-party.jpg

Other than it being profitable and a great thing for the community (because these girls could be out there getting pregnant, I'm not saying all of them would in case someone gets offended) Heres another reason why I'm so passionate about this.

This is my daughter:

http://www.the370z.com/members/roadz...y-daughter.jpg

I would like an estimate on return on invetment. What amount are you looking from investors?

If anyone is interested. PM me your email and I'll shoot you the proposal. Tks!!

Can you PM me your email and I'll shoot you the info?

I agree with that last statement but for the last year we have been exclusively operating as an all female program and have doing pretty well. It also makes us different than anyone else in this or the surrounding area.

Thanks for the nod. I know, the kids love our program. I just would like to see it grow.

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone that PM'd me regarding interest. Our facility does mean a lot to the girls. I wanted to clarify about my "pregnancy" comment. Seems like maybe I did offend a few folks out there. We have several 14 y/o girls who have older siblings that are already raising little ones. They got pregnant when they were in high school. I'm sure that I don't have to tell everyone here that South Texas has amongst the highest preteen/teen pregnancy rate. I know that TS3 can't prevent little girls from getting themselves pregnant; however, I believe that if at least we can give them somewhere to go and something to do other than doing that, well, at least we are doing something. I also have 4 daughters. I can attest that I would do anything for them. I may not attend a professional basketball game, but I would definitely drop 50 bucks so they could participate in a year around sports program that not only develops their athletic skills but also develops their integrity and work ethic as well. Thanks again for everyone's support.

Just a quick a follow-up. Wanted to let everyone know that our facility finally got an investor. We are going to order our machines this week. Exciting times for the kids! We also got someone to finance the exercise equipment as well. It's amazing how things just fall into place if you think positive!

On a side note, next to our facility is "The Soldier's Angels". Since we are across the highway from Brooke Army Medical Center, we have gotten some interest from different organizations that support wounded war veterans. I just want to say that we will not charge anyone in the armed forces to use our facility, ESPECIALLY the ones that have been wounded in action. "The Soldier's Angels" is doing a great thing for these soldiers and I am so proud that we can give them something to do and somewhere to go that will give them a break from reality. I come from a family of military veterans and my brother is currently serving in the army. It really makes you think about how awesome our country is and how wonderful the people are that make it so. Anyway, just thought I'd share. God Bless America!!

I'm only doing what everyone SHOULD be doing! I mean, its the least we can all do. I would do anything for anyone who served or is serving our country. I have been to the BAMC burn unit and seen some really horrible injuries. The battle doesn't stop when they get back home. My brother joined the military when he was 18. He has seen a lot of time out of country. 24 years later, he's a Colonel and still serving. My dad served in Vietnam. My grandfather, Korea. I was on the way to the recruiter almost 22 years ago when my Dad stopped me and said, "I can only give them 1 of my boys, go to college". I ended up going to Nursing school, then Law School after that. Sometimes I regret that I walked out of the recruiters office that day. Then again, maybe my Dad knew something i didn't. It wasn't until I toured BAMC this holiday season that I really understood what he was thinking. My Dad is nearly 100 percent disabled. I really believe that our country suffers from a lack of compassion, responsibility and accountability. We are weaker today because of it. I demand that the girls in our program provide service hours because I want them to know what it is like to serve others rather than just themselves. That is what our military does for all of us. They do not stand at enemy lines thinking about what movie they are going to watch tonight. They do not lie on foreign grounds wondering where they will go out to eat. They are out there so we can be here enjoying our freedom. One day I read something on my brother's facebook, it said "Dying for my country is the only way to live and fighting for my country is the only way to die".

goosebumps.

Thanks for your service Fl4motion and to all those that serve and die for this country.

So ... facebook IPO. Everyone is talking about it; it's supposed to raise the company's value from 75 to 100 billion dollars. But Pandora, Linkedin, groupon, and zynga all went public recently, and only one of them is trading above it's opening price. Not to mention, americans are ditching facebook in high numbers due to all the bad publicity. Doesn't seem like a smart one to buy in on ... or am I missing something?

I have a feeling that facebook will fall soon after it's ipo because it's a lot of hype. However, on the bright side facebook has a real business model. I believe 85% of their revenue is from ads and becauce traffic is so high on their site (second in the world) they sell. Groupon's business model was flawwed.

The real question I would ask is how long will facebook be popular / sustain growth? Will they become another myspace in a few years? That's where I see the risk. Google as a comparison is constantly growing by introducing new features, patents, making android faster/better. Will facebook be able to introduce much more "value adding" features?

I will follow their IPO closely, but will hold off making moves until I do more research and see the market reaction.

It's bad timing. G+ is starting to gain traction, Facebook is about to force "timeline" down everyone's throat, which will result in even more people quitting. Initial openings will be through the roof because of the hype, but I can't imagine it increasing profits.

Not sure what happend with groupon. Got too big too fast?

Groupon has no business model. They IPO'd so the insiders could :gtfo2: :p

Exactly!

Seems like they have a good base, finding businesses who will offer discounts for their offerings, and then split it with the companies. Even the payment terms groupon made to the companies are good for Groupon. But growing too fast meant it had more bills than incoming revenue, and it also failed to address getting consistent revenue. A regular jow like me may look here and there, and buy something here and there, but it's sporadic at best. So in my mind, some months it can really pull in money, and other months it may not be able to pay the bills. Guys like me, who only use the service once or twice are the nemesis of them being able to stay sustainable.

A little on groupon:

Is Groupon's Business Model Sustainable? - Forbes

How Sustainable Is Groupon's Business Model? - Knowledge@Wharton