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a $25 dollar gift card will cost $4.95!! it's a 20% commission for a partial share! C'mon... it's cute, but not reasonable.
It's not good, but it is far better than the almost insane amount that services like giveashare are charging. There are a …
Partial shares.
I hope they start 2 for the price of 1 sales and Thanksgiving free turkey farm stock.
I want some of that $25 B-H stock. Is that partial shares or do I have to add my own money to buy the gift?
Scott....good point which I hadn't considered. They could make nice "stocking stuffers" for Christmas.
Exactly, and there's actually a very nice selection of stocks, including things like Liberty Media (LMCA).
Plus, in terms of stocking stuffers:
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I actually am very happy with this as I think it will make it much easier than other current options to buy someone getting started a little of a particular stock.
Thanks for all these ridiculous articles on MLPs lately and other factors that allowed me to add to ETE (which will now be the largest pipeline/energy infrastructure company with the purchase of WMB) at $19 the other day.
Brookfield will spin-off a…
I really Sorry, Puddinhead, but I'll take the other side of this bet.
I think you are going to prove to be a wonderful contrarian indicator for the healthcare and biotech sectors. I am a buyer not a seller and I am targeting the ETFs (FXH and IB…
I don't have an issue with Blodget in particular, but I have difficulty really listening to him simply because his website - BI - really often exemplifies the worst of financial media. It constantly fawns (often in frat speak) over unprofitable unic…
Other than some near term volatility due to what I believe is purely some overvaluation and then some natural profit taking and angst fueled consolidation, I think healthcare will be fine...for a few reasons.
There will always be a market for impro…
When we get a functional government perhaps something can be done, but things like Hillary yelling about price increases is purely "tellin' em what they want to hear" and latching onto media stories.
Healthcare is insane in this country and it is i…
Pretty decent exposure to convertibles and almost 20% in stocks (and the stocks look to have mostly done terribly this year.) I see some Greek and Puerto Rico bonds, as well as some Brazilian and Petrobras bonds.
Wait, I thought Janet said that everything was great and getting better.
Honestly, I'll wait for the Fed apologists to ride to their rescue and explain how everything is great and the Fed didn't just spend years and devote enormous amounts of money…
Uh, Valeant might be in a spot of trouble - or at least have some considerable explaining to do.
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2015/09/valeant price chart.jpg
With all the billions in the foundation accounts, seems to me as "fiduciaries" and stewards, individual, emerging market issues would be scrupulously avoided.
The last 13F filed by the Gates Foundation Trust:
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/…
I don't believe Professor Shiller is getting "schooled" in supply and demand.
But certainly "schooled" in some sort of price-based discrimination. I believe the airline selected the Shillers because they had relatively inexpensive tickets, as n…
I looked at Chipotle's menu. I've never been to one. Thought I'd build a kid's meal.
Kid's Cheese Quesadilla, with corn tortilla and cheese, filled with carnitas, guacamole, white rice, pinto beans, chips and an organic chocolate milk.
1200 calo…
After becoming more caffeinated and a few hours later, I'll note:
Still have the same feelings on the MLP structure - that it isn't going away.
However,
Do I think the MLP sector is going to thrive in the years going forward? Probably not. It wi…
How much does one have to earn per hour so one can eat Kale everyday? Before it gets genetically modified and mixed with roadside grass and sold at McDonalds of course.
Even better:
I don't agree. I do think that there will be continued consolidation in the energy pipeline industry. Energy Transfer bought Williams earlier this week and now that is one of the largest energy enterprises in the world and the largest pipeline compa…
Thanks, catch22. I just noticed that myself. Also, GLFOX is not as heavily invested in energy per se. I see about 8.5 % whereas TOLLX is about 25%. I'm sure that's part of the difference as well.
That's probably the core difference - pipeline compa…
why not incentivize people like @Maurice and @dicksonL who are serious (and successful) about improving their health?
With all of the technology - phones, fitbits and the like, I think it will eventually head in that direction. You'll be able to wea…
I still own BIP (Brookfield Infrastructure) and just reinvest the dividends (another of which I believe comes tomorrow.) That does result in a K-1, though. I own that long-term and don't think about it. I also own pipeline co's. As for TOLLX, the en…
@little5bee: "I remember Warren Buffett singing the praises of SEQUX during the recession"
@scott: "I believe Buffett has recommended Sequoia as a Berkshire alternative for quite some time."
I've never seen or heard Buffett recommend SEQUX, and wo…
I remember Warren Buffett singing the praises of SEQUX during the recession...hmmm...interesting, considering he is a vocal proponenet of everyone paying his/her "fair share". Thanks for the background info @LewisBraham!
Buffett is a tremendous ex…
With Valeant, you basically have people saying on one hand that it is the next Berkshire Hathaway and on the other hand, you have Berkshire Hathaway being very negative on it (Munger has been very negative - “Valeant is like ITT and Harold Geneen co…
What happened to rich people deserve to be rich because they take risks mantra? What about individual investors who lost with Petrobras?
How about suing an individual - the CEO - of the company for incompetence? Of wait, incompetence is not illegal…
"Probably both V and MA! But debt levels and debt spending don't appear to me to be the kinds of problems they were in the lead up to the 2008 crash. Thankfully, its my impression the consumer is somewhat more conservative now."
V and MA have no cr…
With Prime Pantry, Amazon is inching a little towards Costco.
When will the drones fly by and offer free food samples.
Costco will be around for a long time I think partly because of a continued positive customer experience (although the thing tha…
Even if Amazon does charge for sales tax in some instances (it may vary by which warehouse the product is coming from), there are a lot of instances where Amazon will offer the product cheaper. I don't go into Best Buy anymore, for example. Unfortun…
I might suggest adding REGN to GILD and CELG as cornerstone holdings in the biotech space. I will be adding to ETNHX as a basket.
Not to be overlooked is a stock I've held for many years which is now available for what I consider to be a bargain p…
There appears to be value appearing in healthcare. JNJ, CVS, THQ, HQH & GRX.
CVS in the mid-lower 90's is really - I think - rather compelling. You're looking at the Target partnership coming into play next year probably where they take over ph…
let us know what's on your list, okay?
Celgene (CELG) and Gilead (GILD) are the primary two that I have as long-term holdings. Amgen (AMGN) is also worth a look at these levels. Celgene has basically given investors guidance out to 2020 and while it…
http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2015/09/09/visa-citi-nasdaq-invest-30-million-in-blockchain-startup-chain-com/
"In another sign that Wall Street sees potential in Bitcoin technology, Visa, Nasdaq, Citi and other industry players invested $30…
Boehner is resigning from congress in October, which potentially makes for more concern regarding government shutdown question (and.... http://www.businessinsider.com/congress-could-cause-the-fed-to-delay-rate-hike-liftoff-2015-8)
http://www.zerohe…