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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3580 on: May 16, 2019, 09:28:45 PM »
They're back in Green from IPO price.

How about FB/AMZN etc..All where bleeding $$$ in the beginning...
Bleeding but with a plan...
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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3581 on: May 17, 2019, 05:53:50 PM »
...which at that point forces Uber to rely solely on Google for their Waze/Google Maps data/integration.. and Google will gently turn around with their back facing Uber and officially launch Waymo... It’s a checkmate.

When your competitors only path to profitability depends on your proprietary data, you pretty much won the game.
They are selling the dream of autonomous cars.

There are many horses in the race to develop autonomous cars. From tech companies like Google and Apple to all the major car manufacturers and many companies that have been fabricated in pursuit of development (most notably Tesla and Uber). I would venture to say that at least one hundred billion dollars has been spent in R&D on autonomous driving and the many technologies needed to create a fully self driving car (batteries, LIDAR, microchips, processors etc). Probably more.

Picking a winner is never easy and is likely more luck than skill.

This article connects Warren Buffett's  famous quote about shorting horses in the advent of automobiles .

https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/05/09/1-warren-buffett-quote-that-shows-why-berkshire-ha.aspx

My advice? Invest in supplementary technology and short the horses (which ironically would be car insurance companies like Gieco).

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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3582 on: June 04, 2019, 03:55:13 PM »
Are there any Jewish classes for stock trading like they have for real estate and other things ?

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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3583 on: June 04, 2019, 04:02:28 PM »
Are there any Jewish classes for stock trading like they have for real estate and other things ?
Bussiness accounting.

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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3584 on: June 17, 2019, 07:10:54 PM »
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-17/wealthy-families-are-adding-forests-to-their-portfolios

I've been interested in Timber as an asset class for several years. There are some easily tradable securities (REITs and ETFs) in the space. WY pays a decent dividend, and obviously, there's the growth that's built into this kind of asset.

Any thoughts?
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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3585 on: August 14, 2019, 12:32:20 PM »
anyone heard of this? Had a pretty convincing meeting about it but sounds too good to be true.
http://www.kaizenplan.com/what-is-kai-zen/

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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3586 on: August 14, 2019, 02:13:44 PM »
anyone heard of this? Had a pretty convincing meeting about it but sounds too good to be true.
http://www.kaizenplan.com/what-is-kai-zen/

Yes. I'm familiar. Don't know why you put it in this thread.
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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3587 on: August 14, 2019, 02:21:42 PM »
anyone heard of this? Had a pretty convincing meeting about it but sounds too good to be true.
http://www.kaizenplan.com/what-is-kai-zen/
Sounds legit "...maintain your current lifestyle in the event of..., premature death" Run for the hills. This smells like a scam. Sounds like a way to just sell you more life insurance so that they earn premiums.

Let me see if I got this a bank finances the premiums so you can buy more insurance...which leads to...you paying more over the long run.

From the website:
The Kai-Zen strategy is simple. Premiums are jointly funded by bank financing and the participant or employer. The bank financing provides the majority of the total contribution to the plan, and the life insurance policy itself is the full security for the loan.  Who pays the bank? This strategy is specifically designed so that the participant is not required to go through financial underwriting or sign any loan documents. So its your typical Term policy that employers offer that requires no underwriting and every employee is eligible for a minimum policy. This is just different because the policy amount is larger.  As an additional protection, Kai-Zen’s structure is also set up to protect your benefits in the event of employer bankruptcy.

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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3588 on: August 14, 2019, 03:00:49 PM »
Sounds legit "...maintain your current lifestyle in the event of..., premature death" Run for the hills. This smells like a scam. Sounds like a way to just sell you more life insurance so that they earn premiums.

Let me see if I got this a bank finances the premiums so you can buy more insurance...which leads to...you paying more over the long run.

From the website:
The Kai-Zen strategy is simple. Premiums are jointly funded by bank financing and the participant or employer. The bank financing provides the majority of the total contribution to the plan, and the life insurance policy itself is the full security for the loan.  Who pays the bank? This strategy is specifically designed so that the participant is not required to go through financial underwriting or sign any loan documents. So its your typical Term policy that employers offer that requires no underwriting and every employee is eligible for a minimum policy. This is just different because the policy amount is larger.  As an additional protection, Kai-Zen’s structure is also set up to protect your benefits in the event of employer bankruptcy.

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In a nutshell, this is an arbitrage play which could work in a low-interest rate environment.
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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3589 on: August 14, 2019, 03:10:37 PM »
In a nutshell, this is an arbitrage play which could work in a low-interest rate environment.
he claims it works in high interest too because the earnings are higher

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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3590 on: August 14, 2019, 05:00:06 PM »
Are there any Jewish classes for stock trading like they have for real estate and other things ?
You do not need classes, they are all a bluff, read Victor Sperandeo's 3 books, you will learn more than any trading classes done by marketers.
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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3591 on: August 19, 2019, 11:46:16 AM »
anyone heard of this? Had a pretty convincing meeting about it but sounds too good to be true.
http://www.kaizenplan.com/what-is-kai-zen/

Yeh sure, I'm very familiar with it, I have one for the last 5 years, It has outperformed expectations, and it would work even if interest rates go up.
 (I'm in finance and many years ago I had a life Insurance license and was involved in insurance) If you have any questions about it you can ask me.   

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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3592 on: September 05, 2019, 03:43:27 AM »
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-04/michael-burry-explains-why-index-funds-are-like-subprime-cdos?srnd=premium

One more voice (out of just a few, as far as I am aware) calling out the risk of index investing.
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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3593 on: September 05, 2019, 09:28:30 AM »
I think Howard Marks of Oaktree also had concerns on index funds. The question becomes what alternative can we invest in if we want market diversity?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-04/michael-burry-explains-why-index-funds-are-like-subprime-cdos?srnd=premium

One more voice (out of just a few, as far as I am aware) calling out the risk of index investing.

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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3594 on: September 05, 2019, 01:43:20 PM »
Not disagreeing that there are risks with index investing, but the parallels to CDO/CMO are weak and exaggerating the risks. The index funds are by definition broadly diversified and NOT tranched. So while there are weakly traded companies in the mix in an index fund they are not the majority of holdings. With sector funds and other even narrower bundled instruments the comparison may get stronger.

My own worry is where index investing and robo investing intersect, because if a large number of portfolios are all following the same algorithms and they all try to rebalance at once it could have a spiraling effect. Luckily I don't think robo investing has caught on nearly as well as it was hyped to do.

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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3595 on: October 02, 2019, 04:11:17 PM »
With Schwab eliminating commissions on online trades of Stocks, Options and ETFs and TD Ameritrade following suit (will E*Trade, Fidelity and others also fall in line?) the cost of trading those products no-longer becomes a deciding factor. What are some other advantages/disadvantages that you have seen with any of the online brokers?

While ETFs have become extremely popular and work well in certain situations, there's still room for more traditional Mutual Funds the availability of funds and ability to trade them without any commissions or loads, still differentiates between the online brokers, though it might be very product specific. Another potential differentiation is the availability of products and features (for example FOREX, Option trading level within IRAs, etc.).

Any other observations?
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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3596 on: October 02, 2019, 07:42:49 PM »
E*Trade matched this afternoon.
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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3597 on: October 02, 2019, 08:17:40 PM »
E*Trade still has a .50-.65 fee per option contract. Dunno about the others.

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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3598 on: October 02, 2019, 09:56:12 PM »
E*Trade still has a .50-.65 fee per option contract. Dunno about the others.

Others are at .65 per contract.

E*Trade currently doesn't charge anything to close option positions priced at 0.10 or less. I wonder if that will remain. (This might only be applicable to grandfathered accounts that came over from OptionsHouse, which also had grandfathered commissions of $3.95).

Other than some products and tools, one differentiator might be interest rates (crediting and margin). I haven't been able to find out yet if IBKR Lite will have the same margin rates as regular IB accounts.

All of this will definitely be a major challenge to Robinhood, as they lose a competitive advantage to the more established players.
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Re: Stocks
« Reply #3599 on: October 02, 2019, 10:11:58 PM »


Others are at .65 per contract.

E*Trade currently doesn't charge anything to close option positions priced at 0.10 or less. I wonder if that will remain.
 
I believe this is only on a short position.