Stocks and Trading Thread - Channeling your inner Mono

[Phillip V]

I am getting tired of the stock market keep going up. Give me a crash.

[Admiral Yi]

Buffalo Wild Wings skyrocketed after hours today, but Panera tanked. 



Edit: Panera's CFO quit.

Panera needs to kick out all the bums who camp on tables with their laptops and don't buy anything.

[Tonitrus]

Buffalo Wild Wings skyrocketed after hours today, but Panera tanked. 



Edit: Panera's CFO quit.

Panera needs to kick out all the bums who camp on tables with their laptops and don't buy anything.

I thought Starbucks cornered that market.

[Admiral Yi]

2/3 to 90% of publicly traded stock in Zynga, Groupon, and Linkedin are being used to short.

[Phillip V]

2/3 to 90% of publicly traded stock in Zynga, Groupon, and Linkedin are being used to short.

Let's bid them up.

[Admiral Yi]

Let's bid them up.

Go ahead and start without me.

[stjaba]

2/3 to 90% of publicly traded stock in Zynga, Groupon, and Linkedin are being used to short.

How do you find something like that out?

[Admiral Yi]

How do you find something like that out?

Read about it on FT.com.*

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[Ed Anger]

On CNBC they are talking Greece and Cramer mentions they need a new Archduke Ferdinand in Europe to snap Europe out of the economic shit. LOLZ.

I love Cramer. 

[Phillip V]

If rumors of an Apple iTV are true, I may hold AAPL into 2013.

[Tamas]

What's MiM's sage take on Linkedin's coming earnings report?

[Zanza]

If rumors of an Apple iTV are true, I may hold AAPL into 2013.

Apple already has a product called Apple TV, what do you expect this new product to add?

[Barrister]

If rumors of an Apple iTV are true, I may hold AAPL into 2013.

Apple already has a product called Apple TV, what do you expect this new product to add?

Lots of rumours that Apple will produce an actual Apple-branded television.  The Jobs bio really stirred the pot when it quoted Jobs talking about televisions, that their controls / interface are terrible, and that "he had finally figured out" a better solution.

[Tamas]

The people saying this as positive news, have any actual idea about the kind of competition Apple would move against?

Internet-ing on your TV is soooo 2010, and the kind of LED TVs coming, boy, Apple would have a hard time.

[Phillip V]

The people saying this as positive news, have any actual idea about the kind of competition Apple would move against?

Internet-ing on your TV is soooo 2010, and the kind of LED TVs coming, boy, Apple would have a hard time.

I want to sell the stock amidst the hype when it is announced. I personally seeing people transition to consuming video media via their computers, tablets, and smartphones. Then again, I also mistakenly assumed that the original iPad would only occupy a small niche.