Good Time To Invest?

[THERESONATOR]

I read that Intel is growing quite significantly and if their current success with their processors is anything to go by, now seems like a great time to invest in Intel shares. I've never bought shares before, and even though Intel's are expensive, they seem about to boom even more than they have. Or have I missed the boat? Missed boat or not, probably will make a really good profit on this. What do you think?

 

[Noirish]

it's interesting that you should ask.
their share just tanked aftermarket.
i doubt it'll recover in the next 3 months.

 

[THERESONATOR]

ORLY? Thanks for the tip.

 

[shikhan]

Originally posted by: Noirish
it's interesting that you should ask.
their share just tanked aftermarket.
i doubt it'll recover in the next 3 months.

I'm curious why you don't think it will recover in the next 3 months. INTC just posted a record breaking quarter. During the last 3 months , INTC reached their 52 week high of 27.99. All in all, I'm not sure what spooked off investors. PO reported that INTC isn't really feeling the pinch that the rest of the market is and expects a strong first quarter.

I'm not saying your wrong, I'm just trying to figure out why the investors panicked. Was it because earnings per share was 2 cents short? Because that sounds like a pitiful reason and I'd expect the stock to jump back up to the mid to upper 20's pretty quickly in that case. Just a week or two ago, there were plenty of reports that called for INTC to reach/break 30.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Tomorrow is going to be another big fat red day...jeez. The market sure over reacts on news and earnings.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: shikhan

Originally posted by: Noirish
it's interesting that you should ask.
their share just tanked aftermarket.
i doubt it'll recover in the next 3 months.

I'm curious why you don't think it will recover in the next 3 months. INTC just posted a record breaking quarter. During the last 3 months , INTC reached their 52 week high of 27.99. All in all, I'm not sure what spooked off investors. PO reported that INTC isn't really feeling the pinch that the rest of the market is and expects a strong first quarter.

I'm not saying your wrong, I'm just trying to figure out why the investors panicked. Was it because earnings per share was 2 cents short? Because that sounds like a pitiful reason and I'd expect the stock to jump back up to the mid to upper 20's pretty quickly in that case. Just a week or two ago, there were plenty of reports that called for INTC to reach/break 30.

Well the Phenoms are out now, and while Intel still holds the performance crown, AMD has bridged the gap, so it's going to be steady until the new chip lines come out, hence a few months of slow growth.

Though I don't think it'll stay THIS low, I also don't think it'll go to a 52-Week high or anything.

 

[state 08]

I remember when intel was like "we are teh suukkk lol teeheehee preshottt ftl!!" l

now they like, "core2duo motherfucker."

 

[imported_Lothar]

INTC is a much better investment than AMD is, that's for sure.

That drop to $19.45 certainly makes me want to consider investing in it...But I predict that the market will notice that the drop was a complete overreaction. This drop almost seems to make Intel a value stock.

In general, I'm pretty much bearish on the tech sector overall.
HPQ has been the only tech stock I've owned for my mom's portfolio for the past 3 years.
I'm not looking to buy another tech stock or sell out the positions I already have in HPQ.

So to answer your poll question, I'd vote no only because I'm bearish on the tech sector.
Again, Intel is a much better investment than AMD is. I wouldn't touch AMD with a 10ft pole.

 

[Jadow]

I think TOMORROW MORNING will be an historic opportunity for investors. Go ALL IN on Financials! Folks, we are AT THE BOTTOM in the financials, I'd be buying any bank, esp Citigroup.

 

[Noirish]

Originally posted by: shikhan

Originally posted by: Noirish
it's interesting that you should ask.
their share just tanked aftermarket.
i doubt it'll recover in the next 3 months.

I'm curious why you don't think it will recover in the next 3 months. INTC just posted a record breaking quarter. During the last 3 months , INTC reached their 52 week high of 27.99. All in all, I'm not sure what spooked off investors. PO reported that INTC isn't really feeling the pinch that the rest of the market is and expects a strong first quarter.

I'm not saying your wrong, I'm just trying to figure out why the investors panicked. Was it because earnings per share was 2 cents short? Because that sounds like a pitiful reason and I'd expect the stock to jump back up to the mid to upper 20's pretty quickly in that case. Just a week or two ago, there were plenty of reports that called for INTC to reach/break 30.

because of missing profit and grim forecast.
stock market is an investment in the future not present.

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: Jadow
I think TOMORROW MORNING will be an historic opportunity for investors. Go ALL IN on Financials! Folks, we are AT THE BOTTOM in the financials, I'd be buying any bank, esp Citigroup.

ROFL, you are kidding, right?

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: Jadow
I think TOMORROW MORNING will be an historic opportunity for investors. Go ALL IN on Financials! Folks, we are AT THE BOTTOM in the financials, I'd be buying any bank, esp Citigroup.

ROFL, you are kidding, right?

LoL... after watching this morning's discussion about Citigroup... I'm sure a lot of people will want to jump in on that.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: Jadow
I think TOMORROW MORNING will be an historic opportunity for investors. Go ALL IN on Financials! Folks, we are AT THE BOTTOM in the financials, I'd be buying any bank, esp Citigroup.

ROFL, you are kidding, right?

Are our sarcasm meters broken?

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: Jadow
I think TOMORROW MORNING will be an historic opportunity for investors. Go ALL IN on Financials! Folks, we are AT THE BOTTOM in the financials, I'd be buying any bank, esp Citigroup.

AMD stock is a BUY! BUY! BUY!
BUY it while it's still close to it's 52 week low.

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: Jadow
I think TOMORROW MORNING will be an historic opportunity for investors. Go ALL IN on Financials! Folks, we are AT THE BOTTOM in the financials, I'd be buying any bank, esp Citigroup.

ROFL, you are kidding, right?

Are our sarcasm meters broken?

Text is a great way to transmit sarcasm.

 

[shikhan]

Originally posted by: Noirish

Originally posted by: shikhan

Originally posted by: Noirish
it's interesting that you should ask.
their share just tanked aftermarket.
i doubt it'll recover in the next 3 months.

I'm curious why you don't think it will recover in the next 3 months. INTC just posted a record breaking quarter. During the last 3 months , INTC reached their 52 week high of 27.99. All in all, I'm not sure what spooked off investors. PO reported that INTC isn't really feeling the pinch that the rest of the market is and expects a strong first quarter.

I'm not saying your wrong, I'm just trying to figure out why the investors panicked. Was it because earnings per share was 2 cents short? Because that sounds like a pitiful reason and I'd expect the stock to jump back up to the mid to upper 20's pretty quickly in that case. Just a week or two ago, there were plenty of reports that called for INTC to reach/break 30.

because of missing profit and grim forecast.
stock market is an investment in the future not present.

Missing EPS by 2 cents and having a forcast which includes what the analysts predecited for Q1? (INTC forcasts revenue of 9.4-10 billion, analysts predicted 10 billion). I just don't see how this is a grim forecast and causing the 15% after market drop that happened.

 

[Jadow]

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: Jadow
I think TOMORROW MORNING will be an historic opportunity for investors. Go ALL IN on Financials! Folks, we are AT THE BOTTOM in the financials, I'd be buying any bank, esp Citigroup.

ROFL, you are kidding, right?

Are our sarcasm meters broken?

Sorry, but I'm not being sarcastic. I believe in buying stocks when no-one is positive on it and there's no "hype" and selling them when the opposite it true.

Citigroup is at a 60% discount from it's all time high, they just removed a lot of the doubt when they announced earnings and cut the dividend to a more realistic number, and frankly, I think much like a "Hot Deal" this stock (and many others) are on sale right now, and a good solid buy.

 

[SampSon]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say right now is probably not the best time to invest.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: shikhan
Missing EPS by 2 cents and having a forcast which includes what the analysts predecited for Q1? (INTC forcasts revenue of 9.4-10 billion, analysts predicted 10 billion). I just don't see how this is a grim forecast and causing the 15% after market drop that happened.

Ouch.

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: Jadow

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: Jadow
I think TOMORROW MORNING will be an historic opportunity for investors. Go ALL IN on Financials! Folks, we are AT THE BOTTOM in the financials, I'd be buying any bank, esp Citigroup.

ROFL, you are kidding, right?

Are our sarcasm meters broken?

Sorry, but I'm not being sarcastic. I believe in buying stocks when no-one is positive on it and there's no "hype" and selling them when the opposite it true.

Citigroup is at a 60% discount from it's all time high, they just removed a lot of the doubt when they announced earnings and cut the dividend to a more realistic number, and frankly, I think much like a "Hot Deal" this stock (and many others) are on sale right now, and a good solid buy.

Because after the tech bust the only reason why Citi stock was at a fraction of what it was before was because it had 30bn in subprime CDO tech stock write-downs?

Ohh, that's right, it was because we went into a recession and they couldn't depend on IPO, M&A, and advisory fees to drive their business, and brokerage sucked. At least, until the next bubble hit.

When's the next bubble BTW?

 

[Jadow]

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: Jadow

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: Jadow
I think TOMORROW MORNING will be an historic opportunity for investors. Go ALL IN on Financials! Folks, we are AT THE BOTTOM in the financials, I'd be buying any bank, esp Citigroup.

ROFL, you are kidding, right?

Are our sarcasm meters broken?

Sorry, but I'm not being sarcastic. I believe in buying stocks when no-one is positive on it and there's no "hype" and selling them when the opposite it true.

Citigroup is at a 60% discount from it's all time high, they just removed a lot of the doubt when they announced earnings and cut the dividend to a more realistic number, and frankly, I think much like a "Hot Deal" this stock (and many others) are on sale right now, and a good solid buy.

Because after the tech bust the only reason why Citi stock was at a fraction of what it was before was because it had 30bn in subprime CDO tech stock write-downs?

Ohh, that's right, it was because we went into a recession and they couldn't depend on IPO, M&A, and advisory fees to drive their business, and brokerage sucked. At least, until the next bubble hit.

When's the next bubble BTW?

Oil

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: Jadow

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: Jadow
I think TOMORROW MORNING will be an historic opportunity for investors. Go ALL IN on Financials! Folks, we are AT THE BOTTOM in the financials, I'd be buying any bank, esp Citigroup.

ROFL, you are kidding, right?

Are our sarcasm meters broken?

Sorry, but I'm not being sarcastic. I believe in buying stocks when no-one is positive on it and there's no "hype" and selling them when the opposite it true.

Citigroup is at a 60% discount from it's all time high, they just removed a lot of the doubt when they announced earnings and cut the dividend to a more realistic number, and frankly, I think much like a "Hot Deal" this stock (and many others) are on sale right now, and a good solid buy.

There is still more writedowns coming up for Citigroup and Merrill Lynch.
Don't hold your breath.

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: Jadow

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: Jadow

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: Jadow
I think TOMORROW MORNING will be an historic opportunity for investors. Go ALL IN on Financials! Folks, we are AT THE BOTTOM in the financials, I'd be buying any bank, esp Citigroup.

ROFL, you are kidding, right?

Are our sarcasm meters broken?

Sorry, but I'm not being sarcastic. I believe in buying stocks when no-one is positive on it and there's no "hype" and selling them when the opposite it true.

Citigroup is at a 60% discount from it's all time high, they just removed a lot of the doubt when they announced earnings and cut the dividend to a more realistic number, and frankly, I think much like a "Hot Deal" this stock (and many others) are on sale right now, and a good solid buy.

Because after the tech bust the only reason why Citi stock was at a fraction of what it was before was because it had 30bn in subprime CDO tech stock write-downs?

Ohh, that's right, it was because we went into a recession and they couldn't depend on IPO, M&A, and advisory fees to drive their business, and brokerage sucked. At least, until the next bubble hit.

When's the next bubble BTW?

Oil

And they're going to make *so* much money from pumping that, eh? Please, financials are dead money for a while, at least until the economy pulls out of this funk and that won't be for a while yet.

I am personally waiting for C to hit 20.

 

[SampSon]

LegendKiller we all know you're working in the financial sector, but spare us the shoptalk acronyms once and a while.

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: SampSon
LegendKiller we all know you're working in the financial sector, but spare us the shoptalk acronyms once and a while.

Which ones did I use besides ones that are so common in regular news as to not be "shoptalk"?