Stocks and Trading Thread - Channeling your inner Mono

[MadImmortalMan]

Sell sell sell!

[Ed Anger]

Cramer is calm on CNBC. "They have a strong bench".

We are now at the sports analogy stage.

[MadImmortalMan]

 

[Ed Anger]

Holy fuck, down 20.

[citizen k]

S&P is down afterhours.

[DGuller]

Great, we just keep losing Jobs. 

[Caliga]

Good news!  That turtleneck-wearing douche gave guys named Steve everywhere a bad name.

[MadImmortalMan]

It's taking the entire Nasdaq down with it. Poor guy probably isn't going to live much longer. Of course, "Steve Jobs Resigns" is not nearly as bad a headline for AAPL as "Steve Jobs Dead". Best of luck to him.


Lets just hope Tim Cook doesn't turn out to be another Steve Ballmer.


@Guller 

[MadImmortalMan]

Good news!  That turtleneck-wearing douche gave guys named Steve everywhere a bad name.

You still have this guy!

[Caliga]

Lets just hope Tim Cook doesn't turn out to be another Steve Ballmer.

I don't trust guys named Tim. 

[Caliga]

I also still have this guy:

[Zanza]

So Deutsche Bank offers me a free depot where I can use a savings plan that would allow me to buy ETFs. I noticed that a few of the ETFs have no upfront cost and no management fee. How does Deutsche Bank even earn money on those?

[Admiral Yi]

So Deutsche Bank offers me a free depot where I can use a savings plan that would allow me to buy ETFs. I noticed that a few of the ETFs have no upfront cost and no management fee. How does Deutsche Bank even earn money on those?

I would assume on the difference between the bid and offer prices.

BAC up another 8% today.  The Sage of Omaha has taken a position.  Window of opportunity: closed.

[DGuller]

Must be nice to be the guy who can move the market with every fart he makes.  No wonder he holds efficient market theory in contempt.

[MadImmortalMan]

So Deutsche Bank offers me a free depot where I can use a savings plan that would allow me to buy ETFs. I noticed that a few of the ETFs have no upfront cost and no management fee. How does Deutsche Bank even earn money on those?

I would assume on the difference between the bid and offer prices.

BAC up another 8% today.  The Sage of Omaha has taken a position.  Window of opportunity: closed.

It sagged back down again all day. I don't know if it can hold the Buffett Bounce.

I opened a straddle option trade on the XLF going into the weekend's Fed/ECB hoedown. I figure the banks will go somewhere. Staying flat is the least probable outcome.