Stocks and Trading Thread - Channeling your inner Mono

[MadImmortalMan]

Market crashing this morning. If this happens four straight days, I'll make a lot of money.

[Admiral Yi]

Eh?  Not open yet.  Are you looking at overnight futures?

[Valmy]

Market crashing this morning. If this happens four straight days, I'll make a lot of money.

How do you know this and why would four consecutive market crashes make you a lot of money?

[MadImmortalMan]

I have March puts. They are dead atm, but the closer it gets the more they wake up. 400 dow points would do it.

[Admiral Yi]

Not crashing.  500 is down 0.5% at the open.

[Admiral Yi]

And rising.  Sorry Mimsy.

[MadImmortalMan]

Puts went completely worthless. Calls now have the straddle in the green.  The last four days have been kinda wasted time. But hey, I'll take it.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I'm fairly pleased with a large (for me) purchase of Rexam shares I made in January. At £4.40 they seemed undervalued, a few weeks pass and Ball corporation have made an offer of £6.28 

[Monoriu]

Going to try to buy these tonight: HCP (HCP), Philip Morris (PM), General Electric (GE), Vanguard S&P500 ETF (VOO), Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI).  Also will add a little to AT&T (T).   

One problem with buying US stocks is the time difference.  I need to stay alert and awake at 11pm.  I have an early flight tomorrow to boot 

I slacked off and didn't buy VTI.  Put the money in VOO instead 

[Monoriu]

Another bond will mature soon.  Thinking of buying shares in Royal Dutch Shell, Mattel and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. 

Ok idea?  Stupid idea?  Alternative ideas? 

[Admiral Yi]

You need some index fund.

[Monoriu]

You need some index fund.

Ok.  Vanguard Mid-cap (VO), Mattel (MAT) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A).

[Admiral Yi]

Residents of Iowa are not allowed to invest on Lending Club. 

[Admiral Yi]

Just bought me some Germany.

[MadImmortalMan]

All this sideways movement is annoying. It just melts away the time premium.