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I just trade through my bank (RBC). It's limited, and the comission is high. I'll have to look into an alternative.
zou said:So what's a good UK trading platform?
Ether_Snake said:BA is really tempting.
mackaveli said:hey guys, just wondering, what trading platform do you all use?
thanks
kathode said:I would stay away personally. They still have a labor strike going on. It could let up tomorrow and the stock could jump, or it could go for weeks and affect earnings in a big way. If that dreamliner thing gets pushed (likely) or they pull out or miss the tanker contract deadline (also likely), the stock will get hurt more.
kathode said:Interest rate unchanged. Hold on, we're going down!
kathode said:Interest rate unchanged. Hold on, we're going down!
Tamanon said:Dow is really recovering actually after the announcement, up from 90 down to 50 down in a minute. We'll see what happens.
Tamanon said:WTF? Dow is doing some crazy fluctuations right now. I've seen it switch from down 50 to up 100 to even to up 50 to as of this second up 23
kathode said:Yeah I've had CNBC refreshing in a window and it's funny to watch them try and keep up. A few minutes ago the lead headline was "Stocks Tumble After Fed Holds on Rates." Now it's "Stocks Turn Higher After Fed Holds on Rates" :lol
shidoshi said:So what opinion do you folks here have on WaMu (WM)? My brother - who typically is a very smart guy with money and I trust far more than myself for financial situations - is tossing a bit of money ($3500 or so) into them because he thinks that they'll be in a decent position once all of the current market freak-out is over with. (Okay, so that's a VERY simplistic rewording of the long explanation of why he said he thought they would be worth the gamble.)
Anybody else around here taking a chance (have taken? sticking with?) on them?
kathode said:Yeah I've had CNBC refreshing in a window and it's funny to watch them try and keep up. A few minutes ago the lead headline was "Stocks Tumble After Fed Holds on Rates." Now it's "Stocks Turn Higher After Fed Holds on Rates" :lol
Tamanon said:WTF? Dow is doing some crazy fluctuations right now. I've seen it switch from down 50 to up 100 to even to up 50 to as of this second up 23
ALeperMessiah said:If by "decent position" your brother means part of JP Morgan&Chase then he's right. Otherwise...
Ether_Snake said:TXN is up now![]()
I bought AIG earlier today for 2.01 and just sold for 4.50. The stock is trading like mad today and look at the volume on the stock. The volume on the day is at almost 1 billion shares compared to 60 million on the average.sonarrat said:Jesus, AIG is going batshit insane. It was actually positive for a few seconds, I'm watching the realtime ticker and it's totally spastic.
sonarrat said:I did go long on MER earlier in the day, can't understand why it isn't closer to $29 if that's what BoA is going to pay for them. Looks like easy money to me, though I suppose the deal could fall through for a number of reasons.
RSTEIN said:It's a stock deal. It's going to trade relative to BoA.
Fatalah said:My 401 mutual funds have been doing bad all month, especially today.
sonarrat said:You mean x shares of MER turns into x shares of BAC? How does that work?
RSTEIN said:Yup. You get 0.8595 of BAC shares. So the take out price fluctuates based on BAC's stock price.
sonarrat said:That still puts it at $24.23 at BAC's current value of $28.20, and MER is trading at $20.74. Scratches head.
RSTEIN said:Well the transaction isn't expected to close until Q1 '09. There is a lot of uncertainty, plus time value of money for taking the cash now.
Davidion said:What kind of funds are you vested in? I've only seen drops in pennies as opposed to anything crazy.
sonarrat said:I see. So I should probably cash out now while I'm ahead. Thanks!
RSTEIN said:Woah horsey! I didn't say that! That's up to you, I was just trying to provide information!
horray! i'm now a part owner of AIG, being a taxpayer, right?Ether_Snake said:Government announces $85 billion loan to save AIG
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080916/aig.html
That. Is a lot of money.
What other huge player could fall that would end up NOT being bailed out because of too much money having already been loaned?
EDIT: Am I the only one who can't click on "Edit Portfolio" on Yahoo's front page, nor the stock symbols?
kkaabboomm said:horray! i'm now a part owner of AIG, being a taxpayer, right?
Full story -- http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/samsung-offers-buy-sandisk-585/story.aspx?guid={39E9726C-C48D-41B9-8143-B726BDF8CC2A}&siteid=yhoofSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Samsung Electronics said late Tuesday that it has offered to acquire SanDisk Corp. for about $5.85 billion, capping several days of speculation about a potential combination of the two companies.
In a letter to SanDisk, Samsung said it was reiterating a previous offer to buy the company for $26 per share in cash, in a deal that would not be contingent to financing arrangements.