3.83% yield? Not such a great return for a dividend focus. There are plenty of 7-10% stocks discussed in these boards, many that have been and are stable.
Hugo has some great advice.
DIA is also a good one (at the right price!), as it pays out monthly dividends which you then can reinvest via drip - dividend reinvestment program. You could purchase (at the right price) and make $ a year later even if it was flat! Wait for the next 'oversold' cycle and get a small amount, set up the drip and be patient - add to investment if/when you decide its needed. I'd think up some tolerance levels on when to -consider- adding. Remember that reducing would only be feasible if the amount you'd gain is significant enough to forgo capital gains tax.
One thing is near certain, DIA is not going to go 'tits up'. Beware of leveraged etfs and especially etns - they are not buy and hold - they are trading vehicles to make a quick buck.
Check on something like morningstar to see if an etf is trading at an obscene premium to nav.
Also pick up lqd if this bond bubble ever bursts - it'll always beat the treasury.
3.83% yield? Not such a great return for a dividend focus. There are plenty of 7-10% stocks discussed in these boards, many that have been and are stable.
Who would they sell to? They were big time debbie downers around early July.. They don't get front row seats to the semiconductor rally. The dollar is still strong, so you can probably rule out any foreign companies thinking... yes.. now is the time to buy an American company.. Leverage that forex! It would serve most other semi companies to make an acquisition in the semi manufacturing space - SMI, UMC come to mind. TSMC would be.. a bit much.. but it would be funny.. Definately shake up a ton of companies.. assuming TSMC would sell.
What time is the nVida report?
Lots of exuberance into the NVDA earnings call. Either it'll blow away estimates and pop to $16 or it's going to sink to $13. Volatility here will be wild.
NVIDIA really hit it out of the park!
FIO did well, but goddamn is the valuation out of whack there.
hmm question is do I leave tomorrow or see how high it goes. Next quarter should be pretty good too. Might just try to do a manual trailing stop, though I fear a intraday dip will set it off.
Pops always fade. Don't wait until supply exceeds demand at xyz price.. Its better to make a little than lose a lot. Who really knows with a stock like FIO. The big bright warning label for FIO is the span of days between its 52wk high and low..
Do you have it now? pre-earnings? I only have 2k shares @ 20.86 but lots of options.. sold puts and out of money calls. here we go.. that noid guy is going to yell at me. Can't believe someone paid 55 cents premium on the 18 strike put.. I paid that kindness forward by selling some lucky ducky the 22 strike call for 1.65 :-/
hmm question is do I leave tomorrow or see how high it goes. Next quarter should be pretty good too. Might just try to do a manual trailing stop, though I fear a intraday dip will set it off.
Like every NVDA earnings report, it sold off. Picked a little bit up at $14.89. This is a GOOD company with a pristine balance sheet, excellent management, and holy heck is Tegra 3 seeing good adoption now.
NVIDA is here to fight.
Tegra3 is EoL. It also runs super fucking hot. For a quad core, technically pentacore... not impressive at all. The qualcomm s4 is amazing. TI OMAP5 looks good on paper (don't they always?) Don't get me wrong.. I have NVDA.. but I wouldn't (or rather didn't) buy at this price.
Not even a month ago.. 12.22 So buyer beware..
My favorite buy in the past month was STM, and most recently FIO...
gotta add that there is some kinda shenanigans at +.04 cents on that earnings beat.. so I guess I probably would've bought at +.04 cents.