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For me, half my student loans are just over 3% and half are over 12%. I'll attack the 12% ones first. As for mortgage, I am at 5%, so you're right in that it makes more sense to invest the money and just pay that loan over the life of the mortgage.
However, if you can make quite a bit in business and investing, paying off any/all loans as quick as possible gives you a sense of freedom and the reassurance that if everything you had completely tanked tomorrow, you wouldn't have to worry about writing checks every month for loans.
I suppose something where I pay good chunks off at a time and still leave ample amounts to invest is a good balance.
I'm always interested in what people do and how they do it. I am a firm believer in automated income, especially after reading The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. And although he makes little mention of investing other than IRA and 401K plans, I think the stock market is a good place to strive for that.
Do any of you set investment goals for yourself? Not arbitrary ones, but legitimate goals to help guide your decisions. For example, I have set 2 goals for myself: first is to pay off my mortgage and school loans by the end of 2010. Second is to make a million dollars by the end of 2011. If that doesn't work out I want to be financially independent of a daily job by 2011.
Given that we probably have 5 to 10 really good years ahead where we are coming out of the recession, I think it's very obtainable. I'm jus curious as to the goals that help all of you manage your financial endeavours.
I am inexperienced here, but this seems like the best PR release they've had yet.
Between Cesari Direct, upgraded listing, and minimal debt, they are doing everything right.
I bought VGPR last week at 0.02 and then sold at 0.031. Then I bought in again at 0.026 thinking I was gonna get another sweet deal. That was right before it dropped way down. I guess some trading company just sold 4,000,000 shares. So I expect that once they get bought up, we'll be at least above 0.03.
market has been taking a hit for a little while now, eh? if TSHO stays at 0.71 or above with no news, im pretty happy.
wow, thats amazing. i bet you are pretty good with an etch-a-sketch too.
I actually bought VGPR at 0.0200 yesterday and sold today at 0.0313. I should have sold it when it jumped to around 0.036 but I waited a bit to long. I might buy back in again on Friday if I can get it down in the 0.026 range.
Another one to look at is FDMF. They seem to have some things going on. I'm doing my best to learn about their management, but I'm kinda new to this.
I'm not sure yet on whether to buy in or not. Taken from their website:
"Starting with our landmark Ionic Bulb product, we plan to market and sell a distinct and independent range of home care and household offerings."
I'd like to see what exactly that product line is and the response to their marketing campaign in Europe. If all looks good there, then a good look at their fourth quarter financials.
TSHO just can't seem to ever keep those couple cents by the end of the day. Not that it matters in a long term investment, but it seems pretty consistent.
I like the ZVTK product. No doubt that those light bulbs are good products. I know a few people who have similar products and swear by them. My question is the price tag with it. Even if the per hour cost is significantly lower and justifies the price, it's still a lot of money to spend at once for a light bulb. Also, I was looking at the lights in my house and realized that most are some form of can light or fixture where they wouldn't fit. I have only 2 lights where I could make use of them. This makes me wonder as well.
If they have already taken all that into account, I suppose it's just a decision of when to jump in and ride the uptrend. If they haven't, then some waiting is probably in order.
It seems that you experienced traders also have small money set aside for short term trading. I'm not exactly interested in making it big off that concept or I wouldn't be on the THSO wagon. But I have a couple hundred bucks I'd like to have "fun" with. Any recommendations?
I've been looking at real cheap stocks that I think have some potential with a big announcement and such. And each day I've been putting in a limit buy right at or close to the support. My thinking is that if it stays consistent, I can catch it on a dip and sell on the next jump. If it doesn't go that far down, no big deal and I wait until the next support or another stock interests me. Is this part of the technical trading theory?
This is a good thing for a company. If they are known for the quality of their picks and not the number of picks, it becomes their reputation. They then rely on that reputation. If they start making bad picks, it can kill them. I'd rather see them hike their fees up to $200/month before they ever compromise on their quality for revenue's sake. I'd gladly pay that much money if I trust them.
All the partnering instead of doing things in-house is going to keep their debt low and expenses variable instead of fixed. If these guys really know how to pick the right products and manage the projects, they are going to have great success.
Has anyone been watching Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) as of late? After bottoming at around 0.06 in February, it's now pushing 0.66, despite having 500,000 less customers than they did at the beginning of the year. It is also going into a holiday season and they have no competition in their market. Is this interesting to anyone else?
I've been watching Proxim Wireless, PRXM. They have been in wireless communications for a long time and trying to capitalize on the broadband stimulus money. Point to multipoint wireless is the fastest and cheapest way to spread broadband across a state. I know their products are strong and they have ahuge underserved market. I don't know much about their management though. I'm also waiting to see if they get access to licensed spectrum in any way. That's the key component for any wireless provider to succeed.
I love PR's that have to do with approvals. I watch tech stocks jump all the time when they get a patent approved, regardless if it's worth anything. I suppose the medical industry isn't much different.
I've never seen it hold this steady for this long before. A good sign.
The infinity flashlight looks useful. I am surprised I don't see more crank-chargers for cell phones at the store.
i hope its $5 by xmas. not selling till its at least that.
I do believe SkyMark specified that the chart reflects success on the low end of the scale, $20M in revenue per campaign. I expect that that is factoring in a weak economy. If we do better, than the chart moves up.
Congrats. I am envious I did not tap in at that time. On the other hand, being new to all this, I probably did the right thing by waiting longer. My experience would not have justified buying earlier. Than it simply would have been gambling.
I do hope we enter battle together on the big ESR/SkyMark pick. I've been on a few boards now and this one has consistently been more informative than the others.
Amazing. So you are going to have an unbelievable turnaround on this one. Well done.
Do they have a timeline for their next recommendation? I'd assume they want to be careful not to stack recommendations on top of each other or to close. This could cause people to become confused or overexcited and not hold stocks long enough to realize full profits.
What was the PPS at when Skymark made their official recommendation? I thought it was in the $0.60s.
We're about to pop aren't we? After all the DD and speculation, increase and decline of stock price, discussion back and forth, we're on the eve of the real deal. We are about to soar into a whole new world aren't we? The moment of truth has arrived.
Berry, other than that issue, how do you like Ameritrade? I am interested in their trend analysis feature and would consider switching from Scottrade.
Interesting take. I see that this has crossed your mind before. The burn rate and animal feed aspects interest me.
I also don't see a war with China. That's not happening. Also, I am well aware that while China is a major player right now, it isn't the only one. So once VSPC is in full stride, they should be present in every emerging and modern country in the world.
Thanks for the input, it always helps me.
Excellent post. I always like this types of analysis. Here's one thing I would ask: what are the current negative factors in play? There have to be some, and if we can't uncover them and monitor them, then we're not doing our job.
I know one thing: China still operates under a Communist regime that has some democratic facades. When a business becomes to profitable, they just take it. This makes for a tumultuous business climate. I doubt they would ever take Viaspace since it is a U.S. company, that would be political suicide. However, they can take the land being leased and anyone else who operates with them. On the other hand, this will destroy their supply chain of GKG and can potentially cause a power shortage. Depends how far integration is at the point?
Thoughts?
I hope so. If this is true and they do release some products to these retail stores, we're talking about a whole new ballgame.
Let's say they just sell at Walmart. EVERYONE shops at Walmart. Price it right and exposure is more than ample to have major sales. And Walmart buys in big numbers. When you see something in more than one place, i.e. tv and store, it then catches the eye.
Let's say it is just Costco. Costco is particular about the quality of what they sell. You might walk down the isles and 99% of the stuff you would never need, but you can be assured that everyone meets a stringent QC factor from Costco. Reputable.
If it's both and infomercials, hmmm...that changes everything exponentially.
Whoa, wait a minute. Cesari Direct has relationships with retail chains? That's huge. That's the biggest news I've heard in a while. Are you aware of any intent for them to use them as a distribution channel?
I'm going to try and take a sabbatical from watching this stock for a bit. I have the number of shares I want and it isn't healthy to look at it 10x a day. Good luck to everyone. I hope that when I come back, the infomercial is out and we're on Cloud 9. Actually, I hope we bought Cloud 9.
Yeah, I wasn't really going to e-mail them on redesigning it. I was however going to ask them if it might be better to just remove it. It is awful. As an investor, I don't think it helps our image one bit. It might not hurt it a lot, but it definitely doesn't help and is thus not useful.
I do web design. You think I can convince them to let me overhaul the site in exchange for shares? ;)
Perhaps we should ask them to take that one down then. It's a bad reflection. If that site was all I knew about them, I'd dismiss them as nothing right away.
Does anyone else think their retail website, www.ontvco.com, is really bad? It's ugly and looks like it was built by a high school kid.
I say this because, as a web designer, I know how important it is to maintain an image. And that site seems to go against their image.
Anyone know what the deal behind it is?
10-4. on that note, i think ill stay away from it completely for the rest of the day. i actually just bought on that pullback and now have my target # of total shares i wanted. so now its time to sit back and watch the fireworks.
did someone just sell off a bunch of shares? why would they do that??? fear?