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Stock Thread 2018

news last week , Chinese stocks entered a bear market, as they too are impacted by concerns of how they will survive a trade war


be careful buying stocks in Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-05/fraudulent-chinese-companies-pose-risk-to-u-s-markets-block --interview with Carson Block, founder of Muddy Waters Research



hey afm199, how is your stock portfolio doing? wonder if it is bullet-proof or fluctuating like the rest of ours :)
by the way, i heard you coined the term "get off my lawn". did someone kick your dawg? tell us the story, would love to hear it ...
 
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can someone explain what private equity is?

all i know i that it's where calpers and large pension funds park some of their money. differs from hedge funds ...
 
The stock is Webistics :twofinger

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Cycle61 said:
Short answer: partial ownership of a company that isn't publicly traded.
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i like short answers :thumbup

which is why big institutional investors obviously can diversify by making that choice, not average Joe
what i heard yesterday is that the private equity firms are borrowing money from the big banks for different terms, so the math on the return on investment is less transparent
 
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my TDmeritrade IRA account with individual stocks: up 26% so far this year

work 401k with limited funds to choose from: up 6% this year.
 
AwakeNAlive said:
i like short answers :thumbup

which is why big institutional investors obviously can diversify by making that choice, not average Joe
what i heard yesterday is that the private equity firms are borrowing money from the big banks for different terms, so the math on the return on investment is less transparent
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Yes, that's how private equity works. Like buying a house, those firms will put some money down and borrow a large chunk from lenders. Then they use the cash flows generated by the business to pay down that debt. Similar to how you would rent a house you own to pay down the mortgage. In the meantime, they improve operations to increase the amount of cash flow that their business generates in the hopes to sell it for more a few years down the line. That's traditional private equity. Other types include venture capital and REITs for example.
 
santa said:
Yes, that's how private equity works. Like buying a house, those firms will put some money down and borrow a large chunk from lenders. Then they use the cash flows generated by the business to pay down that debt. Similar to how you would rent a house you own to pay down the mortgage. In the meantime, they improve operations to increase the amount of cash flow that their business generates in the hopes to sell it for more a few years down the line. That's traditional private equity. Other types include venture capital and REITs for example.
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:thumbup i appreciate your elaborating on this for me :)

i listen to financial news on the radio when i get a chance. it's awful not knowing the fundamentals of what they're talking about, especially when someone is giving a warning about some general topic
 
AwakeNAlive said:
news last week , Chinese stocks entered a bear market, as they too are impacted by concerns of how they will survive a trade war


be careful buying stocks in Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-05/fraudulent-chinese-companies-pose-risk-to-u-s-markets-block --interview with Carson Block, founder of Muddy Waters Research



hey afm199, how is your stock portfolio doing? wonder if it is bullet-proof or fluctuating like the rest of ours :)
by the way, i heard you coined the term "get off my lawn". did someone kick your dawg? tell us the story, would love to hear it ...
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Get off my grass.

I'm happy with my dividend stream. I just sold large positions (35% of my stock portfolio) to take gains and park the money. It's in a 2% money market fund for a while. I'm seeing the market upswing as done for a while.
 
afm199 said:
Get off my grass.

I'm happy with my dividend stream. I just sold large positions (35% of my stock portfolio) to take gains and park the money. It's in a 2% money market fund for a while. I'm seeing the market upswing as done for a while.
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:thumbup
good to hear from you, afm
 
there was some negative news recently about netflix. their subscription volume did not meet analysts' expectations or something? is their stock seen as being devalued now?
 
AwakeNAlive said:
there was some negative news recently about netflix. their subscription volume did not meet analysts' expectations or something? is their stock seen as being devalued now?
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Correct. The price is, IMHO, far beyond what is justified by income stream and customer numbers. The stock is way overpriced.
 
Its always been overpriced. Would have been nice to see it down 20% but this dip is a buying opportunity.
 
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