Author: pluginever

This is the weekend edition of our stickied discussion thread. Discuss your trades / moves from last week and what you're planning on doing for the week ahead. 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…

If I have to liquidate stock to pay my cap gains but the liquidation of that stock creates additional cap gains how do I calculate how much stock I need to sell? Feels like a spiral. For example let's say I have 100k of long-term cap gains I have to pay the IRS for 2024…

Hello, I’m new to investing an I’ve been reading trying to find an explanation for todays fall. I read that it was something related to Israel announcing it’s attack on Iran this coming week and the rise in oil prices, is there anything else I’m missing? Also why does Oil prices effect the prices of…

Looking forward to identify new high yielding dividend stocks. I'll break down them into 4 categories. BDCs – Arcc, Htgc, Gbdc, Tslx, MLPs – EPD, ENB, MPLX, Et REITs – O, Ohi, NNN, Frt, stwd, wpc, ritm Tobacco – o, Bti, Vgr, Uvv Financials – omf Telecom – Vz, Tu, BCE, T Others (CEFs/ ETFs)…

i know its old news but why he shorted the s&p500 while we are in bullmarket Burry's hedge fund Scion Capital disclosed Tuesday in a federal filing with the SEC that it had closed out “put” positions on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), which tracks the Nasdaq 100 index,…

Net interest income (The difference between what banks earn on their assets and the payout on their deposits) dropped from the fourth quarter to the first quarter. It is 4% lower net interest income for JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and 2% lower for Citigroup. “Depositors are seeking out higher yields, as they have at smaller banks,…

Here is a brief article I wrote about gold ( No link, as my intention is not to promote the site). Mainly just looking to start a discussion about the current state of the market. I still think it has some more room upward, but I wouldn't be surprised by a retracement first obv. Feel…

As the title says. Was talking witb a colleague aboutlarge trades by institutions, hedge funds and the like. Colleague sugested that they would take out insurance policies against a trade in case it went south. I argued that the only “insurance” was a hedge trade of some sort. Is there such a thing as an…

I did some light reading and found this on one of Tesla's 10-Q filings. Bottom of Page 52 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000095017022012936/tsla-20220630.htm In January 2021, we updated our investment policy to provide us with more flexibility to further diversify and maximize returns on our cash that is not required to maintain adequate operating liquidity, allowing us to invest…

If I buy and sell for a $300 loss and then buy back in less than thirty days, the wash sale rule is activated and thus I’m not able to harvest that $300 loss against my other profits for the year. What if I bought it back activating the wash sale against the $300 loss,…