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  After the big dive the stock took back down to 140 or something a couple years ago, my friend that worked... : sreyes22
  • It was trading in the $80s for a few days. : Flying h4x0r
  • A clue is that Apple renogotiated contracts and stock options for their top employees when it was around ... : Serpico74
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    even then the stock was so high that unless you had a large chunk of change that wasn't doin jack shit cu... : proclone1
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      Percentage of return on investement does not change regardless of amount invested. For example, $100 bec... : pres589
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        Correct, the only time it makes a difference is if you go too low, ie $250 you would pay more in comissi... : nickjolly
        • unless it is a huge gain or you have a deal on commission rates due to volume trading or whatnot. : nickjolly
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  i bought it at like $12-16 \m/ : multisync
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    I hate you I think I remember when you bought it. Why didn't you tell me to buy some? : action roommate
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      he did tell people to buy it, but the question is has he sold it or still held on to it. : stgdz
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        still have it : multisync
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=9080445 oh i got it at 26 then it split so i effectively got it at 1... : multisync
          • I'm not sure I want to know but... how many shares? : action roommate
          • Oh... and that's why too. I was fucking broke in 2004 =/ : action roommate
          • The best thing will be in 20 years, when you send him a G4 iBook with the change from the stock's couch : geedeck
          • johnny rotten was such a killjoy : sludge vohaul
          • the G4 ibook is now a macbook air btw :p : Toraz Chryx
• Really amazing when you consider where that company was headed not too long ago. It'll be really interes... : owly
• uck just wait until its on verizon. yes i hate myself for not buying stock when i had the chance, but tha... : smacknca
• I got some last year at $203. Still kicking myself for not getting it in the $70 range. But I'm not ... : Mrc32
• dont remind me. seriously 1998, I almost did something stupid (at least I though at the time) and shifted... : hirez
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  Even if you bought it exactly a year ago you'd be up almost 50%. A friend of mine loaded on my recomme... : Serpico74
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    Yea but the whole market is up ~40% so while that's above market and a good return, it is spurious to imp... : twifosp
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      Incorrect, SPX and SPY (both representing the S&P 500) were both up just under 6% over the same period of... : Serpico74
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        Woops I am wrong, but the nasdaq is up ~30% from it's low last Feb. Which is the market I was referring ... : twifosp
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          QQQQ made only 10% from this time last year. If we are changing the time frame and going to the bottom : Serpico74
          • No doubt. : twifosp
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  If only you had bought gold.

  Jan 03, 2011 11:44am PST
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  If only you had bought gold. : twifosp
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    Or invested at all, really. Once of these days I'll make the plunge. It's just so... intimidating. I... : action roommate
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      I told shacknews dot com to buy gold in 2008 and was stabbed with pitchforks. : twifosp
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        There are people who are simply punchable. You are stabable. : omnova
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          It's ok, I'm protected by my suit of +1 I was fuckingrightandyouwerewrong. I realize this makes me 100% ... : twifosp
          • I'm stabbing you with a rusty spoon since that's all I can afford thanks to not taking your advice. : riptyde
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      For me its the selling that always makes me nervous, I keep thinking a little bit more a little bit more ... : stgdz
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        I use a set rule for my portfolio. I only keep 35% of my entire investments (401k doesn't count) in what... : twifosp
        • Do you have like... a newsletter. You know, the kind one could subscribe to? : action roommate
    • Dvorak-Horowitz Unplugged http://www.dhunplugged.com/ Some of the stuff they talk about on the show... : i38warhawk
    • I'd like to be second mic. : pancake humper
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    Even gold hasn't run as well, which is crazy given the run on commodities. GLD opened 2010 at under 110 a... : Serpico74
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      What? You are looking at a specific gold trust rather than the price of an ounce of gold. Gold is up to... : twifosp
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        he's talking a year ago though, gold opened 2010 @ 1097 or thereabouts : multisync
        • Yes, and I also specified gold's bottom in 2008, which has the same percentage return as the price of spo... : Serpico74
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        GLD tracks the price of spot pretty well. I opened up my trading platform (look at what you're making me ... : Serpico74
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          No question, this subthread isn't about aapl. : twifosp
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            You posted about gold in a thread about AAPL. If you want to talk about gold without AAPL comments being ... : Serpico74
            • And if you want to keep talking about gold, the Jan 2010 GLD call options I bought July-August of 2009 an... : Serpico74
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      So is the run-up in the price of gold linked to actual mining/economic factors, or is it a speculative bu... : riptyde
      • 2 years ago it was linked to people wanting out of global currencies. Half of gold's increase is directl... : twifosp
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        The run on commodities is mostly due to the US dollar declining in value. In 2008 it was funny watchin... : Serpico74
        • jinx : twifosp
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          *waits for oil to shoot up to $140/bbl* : riptyde
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            You are probably making a joke, but if you happen to see oil refinery capacity slow down in, let's say Ap... : twifosp
            • Everything you've said about investing in this thread has been wrong so what ever dude. : pres589
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  I did and cashed out a few months ago. It was pretty cool, but only 5 shares, so no millions :( : gakera
  • yeah this was what i did. i bought it at $90, cashed out to pay for some school stuff, re-bought at $150i... : Demius
• I sold mine at $105 and mocked my friend who bought it at $105. : riptyde
• I bought at $48... When it was at $80 I thought of putting all my money into it and then thought "nah, ho... : stuka
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  Would it be a good idea to buy apple stock now? : mr.sleepy
  • It has good market manipulation behind it even if it stops performing as well as it has for a while it, i... : nickjolly
• I bought 50 shares at $104 in 2008, cant complain. I was 4 at the oldest in the 80's so I missed that tra... : nickjolly
• I wish I had bought a local paper mills stock here. it went from .02 to .03 cents a share to 6.50 somethi... : Warmaker
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  when stocks show up on the shack you know they are getting close to their peak : gyokuro
  • to be honest, AAPL showed up on the shack when it hit $90 : Demius
  • This is true for most stocks anywhere they are overly discussed/hyped, probably not for apple though, it ... : nickjolly