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So that means interest rates stay low until tax revenue can cover current obligation plus interest (at normal rates) on the debt. We we're just playing a waiting game until GDP gets up to a certain figure?
Is this what Japan has been doing for 30 years?
Is this what Japan has been doing for 30 years?
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Sold my entire holding of MSFT today, they are supremely overvalued. Made out with over 30% as I bought in April 2015 right before they shot up.
Replaced with POT.
Replaced with POT.
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Canadian Potash? Do you mind sharing your reasons? I was thinking of buying the Potash (TSX) stock for dividends...cmonkey wrote:Replaced with POT.
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Of the three I was considering P/E for POT was historically a bit lower than they other two. The yield is nice but I'm not sure they won't cut that dividend, however, if they do it probably will be line with earnings which should be just under $1/share the next year or two. Would still be a nice yield. This is in my HSA, and I'm typically a little riskier with that.
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thanks, cmonkey!
That's exactly my thought process too, but I'm new to this and usually prefer to validate my reasons with someone more experienced
That's exactly my thought process too, but I'm new to this and usually prefer to validate my reasons with someone more experienced
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Only getting started on my portfolio, but I bought some Lloyds today (LLOY in London, LYG in New York). On a share price of 53p, they will earn about 8p for the full year 2016. Bank valuations as a whole just seem crazy low, I hope I am doing the right thing by backing up the truck!
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Picked up WDC today, now that we have some numbers to play with after they bought Sandisk.
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Last week sold covered calls in IBM, O, WY and MMP. Bought some more GS.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ ... his-decadeAnother notable feature of the new findings: they're really pessimistic. If growth over the next 20 years otherwise held near its average for the 1960-2010 period — about 1.9 percent — adjusting for the demographic shift would lower per-capita GDP gains to 0.7 percent this decade and 1.3 percent next, based on the estimates.
Note that's just average growth(*). However, given the impact, this also means that some sectors should benefit more. Particularly those servicing the old demographics and those who provide a yield. Of course, since this has been known for a while, it could be it is already priced in.
(*) A full percent will mean that historic firecalc calculations will be optimistic (compared to expected reality) for the next two decades.
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I have noticed that utilities have been on an absolute tear for the past 6 months or so.
My holdings in ED ( +25% ), NWN ( +30% ) almost look in bubble territory but I'm not sure. PPL and MDU not so much but there are many others that are up a lot YTD.
Why are utilities so high right now? I'm not looking at selling ED or MDU, but am considering NWN as it looks abnormally high and its in my HSA so the gains are tax free.
My holdings in ED ( +25% ), NWN ( +30% ) almost look in bubble territory but I'm not sure. PPL and MDU not so much but there are many others that are up a lot YTD.
Why are utilities so high right now? I'm not looking at selling ED or MDU, but am considering NWN as it looks abnormally high and its in my HSA so the gains are tax free.
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@cmonkey - Not just utilities. Pretty much any income producing bond-like investment. Reason being that the market finally realized that hiking interest rates would be delayed longer than previously thought. Great news about the economy will boost equities at the expense of income. Like we're seeing today.
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More than likely it's desperate attempt to find yield.cmonkey wrote: Why are utilities so high right now?
*Oh, I see Jacob already answered it.
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Aha! I have so much to learn, I hadn't even thought of that. Thanks guys.
I'm selling NWN since the gain is tax free. If the trend of yield seeking continues, I would be wise to find a low price, high yield champion that hasn't been found yet.
I'm selling NWN since the gain is tax free. If the trend of yield seeking continues, I would be wise to find a low price, high yield champion that hasn't been found yet.
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bryan wrote:will be going short on VRSN, GDDY, maybe AMZN.
bryan wrote:to scratch the itch I'll just short another stock for fun: SYMC (though my gut says it will run up for a while yet.. so just a small bet for now and probably more in a month or so)
doubled down on shorting VRSN, GDDY, and SYMC (gut was right.. oh well). Never did bring myself to short AMZN (AWS business is just too strong).
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That's a good thing, as right now they are the fastest growing internet shopping company in India. They are beating homegrown Flipcart. Not to mention they are crushing it with cloud services here. I keep waiting for a pullback, because I want in.bryan wrote:Never did bring myself to short AMZN (AWS business is just too strong).
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@Chad, I was originally thinking about it because I've cancelled my own Prime membership in the last year and figured a lot of others might. Additionally, I sold something on Prime recently and the fees were much higher than they were (maybe) 2 years ago. After thinking about it, these changes could actually be better for Amazon's profits...
Reminds me of those situations of shorting companies that should underperform, but they take actions to get out of the worst markets and reduce costs (layoffs) and the stock shoots up.
Reminds me of those situations of shorting companies that should underperform, but they take actions to get out of the worst markets and reduce costs (layoffs) and the stock shoots up.
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Amazon introduced changes in 2016 like higher shipping costs for non-prime members, more items excluded from prime shipping (or requiring a min shopping cart total for the free prime shipping), and added a more expensive monthly membership option. Not to mention the decreasing profits of third party sellers (at least those that don't pay some monthly fee or have high volume?) on Amazon, but that was probably before 2016. On the face these were not good changes for the users of Amazon, so I cancelled (and am trying to find alternatives to selling on Amazon: tough). On the flip side, these will likely will be a boon for AMZN profits.Chad wrote:You are in the minority.
https://www.engadget.com/2016/01/28/ama ... -earnings/
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-incr ... ime-2016-4
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Anyone thinking about shorting YELP now? Unexpected positive earnings and hit a 52w high..
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A nice read. A snippet in there about the question I raised last week about utilities. I had noticed the same with REITs as well.
As Treasury yields have fallen to such low levels, it has spurred investors to search for higher-yielding assets in other markets. One area in particular that has benefitted has been bond-proxy, or high-dividend yielding equities, including stocks in the utilities, REITs, and consumer staples sectors. During the past year, bond-proxy sectors such as REITs and utilities have attracted a net $11 billion in inflows, while the overall equity market has seen a net outflow of $96 billion.1 The surge in demand has pushed high-dividend-yielding stock valuations to historically high levels relative to their own past, as well as to the broader equity market (see chart, below).