Author: pluginever

  • Johnson & Johnson to pay $6.5 billion to resolve nearly all talc ovarian cancer lawsuits in U.S.

    Johnson & Johnson said it plans to pay $6.5 billion to settle nearly all of the thousands of lawsuits in the U.S. claiming its talc-based products caused ovarian cancer. The deal would allow J&J to resolve the lawsuits through a third bankruptcy filing of a subsidiary company, LTL Management. J&J said the remaining pending lawsuits…

  • r/Stocks Daily Discussion Wednesday – May 01, 2024

    These daily discussions run from Monday to Friday including during our themed posts. Some helpful links: Finviz for charts, fundamentals, and aggregated news on individual stocks Bloomberg market news StreetInsider news: Market Check – Possibly why the market is doing what it's doing including sudden spikes/dips Reuters aggregated – Global news If you have a…

  • Trading based on narratives, thoughts?

    So I am 30 years old, and my options trading performance has been poor up until this point. I realized that I was gambling instead of just trading. After losing quite a bit of money, I took a break from trading and reflected on my past trades. I am starting to understand when to trade…

  • Is OXLC a good stock to put my money into?

    A friend of mine told me to put my money into OXLC, as it has a high dividend. Just wanted to know if its safe. Personally I dont see the appeal in OXLC, as it has seen a steady decrease in its price, which makes the dividend seem quite useless, (its like 8c a month…

  • TKO Holdings – Q1 2024 Earnings Play

    TKO Holdings (Parent company of WWE and UFC) will be reporting their Q1 2024 earnings on May 8th. Is anyone else planning to do an earnings play for this? There are a lot of reasons to be bullish on TKO right now. WWE just signed a 5 Billion dollar 10 year deal with Netflix, they…

  • How to account for spin-offs and M&A in Excel?

    For those that are tracking performance/trades in Excel, how do you account for spin-offs and M&A transactions in Excel. For example, when stock X automatically converts into stock Y after being bought out. Or in a spin-off when you automatically get new stock A?

  • Is it too late to hold Alphabet (Google) for long term?

    So Alphabet announced its 1st ever dividend, it has a lot of cash in hand despite the slip with Gemini. I came to the party late and got the GOOGL at $172 (trading US stocks had expensive costs in my country until the recent years) In this scenario, would you still hold it for long…

  • REITs… hidden gems?

    I’m looking to add at least 1 if not 2 more to my holdings… qualified things I must seek…. Dividend over 4% yield and they are in an industry/business that makes since…. Also I care about the direction the company is going and wanting to go. Not like esg or that crap… but like reality….…

  • These are the stocks on my watchlist (4/29)

    Hi! I am an ex-prop trader that trades equities. This is a daily watchlist for trading. I might trade all of the stocks on here, or none of them, on any given day. I might trade stocks that don't appear on here! I hold no positions in any stocks long-term but Amazon/Mag7/general broad market indices.…

  • Best ETFs for 60’s

    My parents are in their early 60’s. They made some gains on a local stock that was bought out, and are now looking for where to park the money ($