Solid stock tips on the way....

[chaos]

Alex23, what's the chance of Ron making a business forum to discuss these issues?

Been there for years.........

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?board=42.0

[io856]

what about when you recommended GM?

[brooklynbruiser]

Been there for years.........

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?board=42.0

Damn it, you're right. i usually navigate using 'unread posts', so I click through assuming I'm in G&O.

Now, I must ask, 'Why is this in G&O?' LOL

[Voice of Doom]

The market is overpriced 40% easy and due for a correction.  Consumers aren't spending and government injections are running out.  The healthcare reform passed this year had nothing to do with people, left, right, dem/conservative.  It had to do with flooding the market with public monies...something the Bush admin couldn't do with the Social Security in 05.  The market/ponzi scheme requires constant incremental feedings and if people wont do it willingly and the Fed won't print it to death the government will mandate it from Joe public.
It's a house of cards and the average investor has no business in the market these days, what we've been seeing since 07 follows no markey rules.  80% of market holdings now come from four major players and they short for political pressure.

Gold, silver, stored food, fuel.

[JOHN MATRIX]

exactly


yoru just speculating on ford and bofa, using the same info that everyone else has. really zero potential for any big gain there.

its all in the timing, for instance if you had bought Ford during the auto bailout crisis thing when it reached a low of like $1.20 or something, you could have sold it like 2 months later and made 3-4 times profit because it ended up rebounding fairly quickly. at the time Ford was one of those rare 'for sure' ones. nowdays, idk i dont follow it anymore.

[kawaks]

investing is always easy when you already have money.

good job pointing out how 'rich' you are yet again 

All you need is $5000 and some good analysis of the US indexes and stocks.

Wait till an overbought condition exists and short the index.
How? Prices keep hitting tops, falling, hitting top again, falling.

The Dow went up to 11200 late april now its crashing to 10200

You can turn $5k into $20k in a matter of weeks, just do 'your time'

[Alex23]

what about when you recommended GM?

What about it? Did you sell when I said so?

[El Diablo Blanco]

The stock market is the biggest insiders game. Sure you can make thousands but this game is for those that make billions. These fuckers, primarily the jews team up, buy stock then a few months later you hear all of these stories on CNN and 60 minutes about the next big thing, everyone jumps in, raises the price and the original fuckers sell all for billions  leaving you holding your nuts wondering what the fuck just happened.

It's amazing how a company that makes $1 million a year can be worth $1 one day on the stock market and $100 million the next.  There is no reason why that should happen.  It is pure bullshit manipulation.

[XFACTOR]

its all in the timing, for instance if you had bought Ford during the auto bailout crisis thing when it reached a low of like $1.20 or something, you could have sold it like 2 months later and made 3-4 times profit because it ended up rebounding fairly quickly. at the time Ford was one of those rare 'for sure' ones. nowdays, idk i dont follow it anymore.

Life is all timing!!  Success, stocks everything.  One of my favorite books of the past 2 years has been Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell hits the nail on this head.

[saopl]

That would be a great idea my friend. Unfortunately, as of now, these threads usually get slammed under the politics boards with is managed by tools who probably poop blood daily...

nothing wrong with a little blood in your stool.

[JOHN MATRIX]

The stock market is the biggest insiders game. Sure you can make thousands but this game is for those that make billions. These fuckers, primarily the jews team up, buy stock then a few months later you hear all of these stories on CNN and 60 minutes about the next big thing, everyone jumps in, raises the price and the original fuckers sell all for billions  leaving you holding your nuts wondering what the fuck just happened.

It's amazing how a company that makes $1 million a year can be worth $1 one day on the stock market and $100 million the next.  There is no reason why that should happen.  It is pure bullshit manipulation.

yes, this.

[G_Thang]

good stuff.  where is the street guy w/the Cessna from the financial boards to confirm these buy/sell recommendations?

   

[spinnis]

Alex, Give me a job which pays me 2000$ a month and Im good. I can be your swedish translator, you never know when you need one!  

[G_Thang]

Alex, Give me a job which pays me 2000$ a month and Im good. I can be your swedish translator, you never know when you need one!  

is healthcare like states or uk in sweden?  if like the first...then i can help you out.

[spinnis]

is healthcare like states or uk in sweden?  if like the first...then i can help you out.

we have amazing healthcare

[noworries]

jut got off the phone with my uncle cause he had a custom bracelet for sale and I had soemone to buy it.  He told me he sold some of his gold last week when it was at a high of $1256 an ounce.  He took all the diamonds out of the pieces he decided to get rid of and was just shy of 48 ounces.  He owns no stock I think though

[noworries]

Actually he does own at least 1 share of Disney stock.  Our friend every year used to buy one share of Disney Stock and give that out for a present.  It was something that was cool cause the certificates look really cool.  I had and lost it.

[Alex23]

Alex, Give me a job which pays me 2000$ a month and Im good. I can be your swedish translator, you never know when you need one!  

Can you clean soiled posing trunks?

I could use a translator too.. couple of Swedish chicks at work would be cool to impress. 

[spinnis]

Can you clean soiled posing trunks?

I could use a translator too.. couple of Swedish chicks at work would be cool to impress. 

for 2k a month Im your man.  (no homo)

[Alex23]

PMed to a couple already:

lots of merger and acquisitions going on this quarter:

TDC bought by HPQ: my guess from what I heard is 50/50 to close by Q4, or early Q1 11
INFA bought by ORCL: 75% chance of closing by the end of the year
Netezza will get acquired in 3-4 months, there's about 5 vendors on the line, this is a done deal.
TIBCO (TBX), oracle or SAP... definitely going...

EMC, huge HW upgrade cycle coming in; also Vmware is selling like hotcakes, earnings will soar by end of year..

Max Linear (MXL) just about to release new chipset for power management on handhelds (OEM by qualcomm, do the math) my EOY target is high 20's

Ford (F), many say already priced in but in the recent couple of weeks stock has been beaten down regardless of the company's outlook. Similar to what happened over a year ago.

I also like BofA... always beaten down too much in downtrends and always bouces back. Chose your valleys, sell at peaks.

listen to King23..

Chiefs of staff, Don't wait.... take action before it's too late....

http://msn.fool.com/investing/general/2010/05/25/finding-the-next-tech-takeover-stock.aspx?logvisit=y&source=eedmsnlnk0010001&published=2010-05-25


By Alex Dumortier, CFA
May 25, 2010 | Comments (0)

The tech industry's mergers-and-acquistion boom has begun. So far in May, tech companies worldwide have announced a total of $16.1 billion in buyout deals. Now, the CEOs of two of the industry's largest, most acquisitive companies have detailed their growth strategies -- and helped me zero in on two potential targets for their next takeovers.

Oracle: Consolidating the bet on Sun
In an interview with Reuters, Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison made it clear that his company's sticking to its highly acquisitive ways. Buying Sun Microsystems gave Oracle a presence in the hardware market. Now, Ellison seeks deals that will build on that approach, adding semiconductor, storage and data technologies to his shopping list.

Last Thursday, Oracle announced that it was acquiring private company Secerno, which provides firewalls that protect databases -- Oracle's and others.

IBM: Software is the new priority
While Oracle fortifies its hardware efforts, IBM (NYSE: IBM) CEO Samuel Palmisano announced that his company is now focused on building its software business. He wants IBM to get half of all its pre-tax profits from software by 2015.

Palmisano seems particularly interested in data analytics software, which allows companies and governments to make sense of the mountains of data they generate. As with Oracle, acquisitions will be crucial to this new focus.

"In five years we will spend more on acquisitions than the previous 10 years," said Palmisano. IBM expects to spend $20 billion on deals between 2011 and 2015. The company didn't waste much time getting started. Yesterday, IBM announced that it will purchase Sterling Commerce from AT&T for $1.4 billion.

In light of these developments, I've found two companies that I believe are high-probability acquisition candidates, either by Oracle, IBM or another tech major.

Informatica (Nasdaq: INFA)
Informatica's software helps corporate clients with data integration -- the ability to access and use data stored on different platforms across the company. Takeover rumors have followed the company for several years, usually with Oracle as the likely suitor. However, the timing and strategic rationale for acquiring Informatica looks more favorable now. Oracle has had time to reorganize Sun, and it's now marketing 'appliances' that bundle hardware, software, and databases, a strategy that plays to Informatica's capabilities.

As the largest independent software firm in its market, Informatica has the scale that Oracle requires. But at a relatively modest $2.3 billion market cap, Oracle could easily pay cash to snap up the company.

Teradata (NYSE: TDC)
ATM manufacturer NCR spun off Teradata in October 2007. The company focuses on data warehousing and analytics, helping customers turn mounds of raw data into useful information they can act upon. Teradata is well-respected for the sophistication of its applications, with a roster of blue-chip clients; for example, the company helped Wal-Mart discover that strawberry Pop-Tarts sold particularly well in hurricane-prone regions.

While Teradata may be less attractive to Oracle than Informatica, I think it's a perfect fit with IBM's new orientation. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) might also pay up for Teradata; HP CEO Mark Hurd spent three years heading it up when it was still a unit of NCR. As with Informatica, any one of these three suitors could pay for Teradata in cash, given its $5.2 billion market cap.

Final thoughts
In a volatile economy, megacap tech companies' massive piles of cash give them greater security, and greater freedom to act. If anything, the market's recent slump could make the companies they want to buy even cheaper. I believe that the tech sector's kicked off an important M&A cycle, driven by companies' relentless need to fuel their growth and put their cash hoards to good use. I also suspect that companies specializing in application and systems software will most often find themselves on larger rivals' menus.

Given their respected positions in their industries, and their just-right sizes for hungry buyers, I'd rank Teradata and Informatica among the most likely targets. If neither one receives a takeover bid within the next 12 months, I'll be very surprised.