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by Xav de Matos, Jan 03, 2011 5:00am PST

2010 is over. Time to start clearing space on our shelves for the swarm of new titles hitting in 2011. In the first three months alone we're going to be bombarded with quality titles. Then a steady stream of other anticipated games are going to trickle out. In November we have Uncharted 3 landing and my personal "OMGOMGOMG" game of 2011, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, arrives. Then Gears of War 3 and, well, all those games that have yet to be revealed.

This generation makes me happy to be a gamer. You know who else is happy? Credit card companies and loan sharks; the only two options I use when making mass video game purchases. What I'm saying is, I make bad decisions.

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If only I had bought some AAPL in the late 90s or early 2000s

http://mashable.com/2011/01/03/apple-300-billion/

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If only I had bought some AAPL in the late 90s or early 2000s http://mashable.com/2011/01/03/apple-300... : action roommate
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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
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    A clue is that Apple renogotiated contracts and stock options for their top employees when it was around $100 a share in late 2008. Those options cannot be cashed in until the contract expires in 2012. A few weeks prior the stock was trading at around $180, so they knew it was a fantastic time for their employee stock options.
    
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    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. : 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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    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

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