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- Apple is reportedly buying music app Shazam in one of the company's largest deals to date
- I trained a deep learning model to find the best investments.
- Bitcoin Futures Start Sunday.
- What happens when the shoeshine boy tells you something is a bubble?
- Why the difference in virtually identical ETFs?
- Daily advice thread. All questions about your personal situation should be asked here
- 2017 portfolio performance
- What did you pick up during the "Tech Dip"?
- Confused about ETFs
- eTrade killed the one commission-free index mutual fund they offered. Now what do I do?
- Help on UA I took a hit on.
- If I need to liquidate some stable stock by a deadline, why not sell it through a covered call?
- How To Begin Trading (College Student)
- Do you use optimal position size techniques?
- What are the most likely scenarios once Bitcoin futures are available?
- CDN Bank Stocks. Say you want to own a spread on the banks. At what dollar value are you better off buying stocks vs an ETF like ZEB? At what point is the MER too much.
- Is there a database of legitimate investment research and reports?
- The future of mobile gaming
- Reading the faq, they say to buy a book before going into investing... which one book would you recommend?
- Investing Game
- How do I search for mutual funds which hold certain securities?
- A question about buy and put options (exercising) and also - a question about futures (cost).
| Apple is reportedly buying music app Shazam in one of the company's largest deals to date Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:12 PM PST More details you can find here https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/08/apple-buys-shazam-music-recognition-app.html [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| I trained a deep learning model to find the best investments. Posted: 08 Dec 2017 09:50 AM PST It didn't work. I occasionally see posts suggesting this (one by /u/craino the other day), so I thought I'd give it a try. Here's the details: I downloaded the Sharadar SF0 dataset from Quandl https://www.quandl.com/data/SF0-Free-US-Fundamentals-Data/documentation/about It has 63 indicators on 2000+ companies (they say). I selected the indicators for each company on 12-31-2015. I then went and got 12-31-2015 and 12-31-2016 closing prices using Quandl WIKI EOD to compute the percent gain during 2016. https://www.quandl.com/data/WIKI-Wiki-EOD-Stock-Prices/documentation/database-overview I put together a table that looked like this
The table has 65 columns and 1072 rows. Each row is a different company. Each company has about 63 indicators, but some were not available for particular companies. I tried to train a deep learning network on the data. "Training" basically says try to find some type of relationship using the 63 indicators in the table to predict the 2016%Gain. Here's how the model training went: training graph The way training works is that you split the 1072 rows into two parts: a training set (blue) and a validation set (orange). You can see from the training graph that the blue training deviance (difference between actual 2016%Gain and model's prediction of 2016%Gain) got substantially smaller, indicating better predictive value. However, that had no effect on the validation deviance (orange), which is data that the training process is not using. This says the model is just overfitting the data and has no predictive value. I'm definitely not a pro at this, just learning. It's possible that someone could come up with a model that works, but I'll say it isn't easy. Some technical details for those who are interested: [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| What happens when the shoeshine boy tells you something is a bubble? Posted: 08 Dec 2017 05:22 AM PST | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Why the difference in virtually identical ETFs? Posted: 09 Dec 2017 03:35 AM PST I've seen this on a few instances in general sector-based ETFs. Here I'm looking at Consumer Discretionary: Fidelity FDIS vs Vanguard VCR. The holdings were virtually identical and so is the performance. So how come the price difference? Is it because the Vanguard fund has been around longer and has more AUM? Theoretically, would the Fidelity fund eventually reach those price points? Just trying to understand why the price is so different. Thanks for any info. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Daily advice thread. All questions about your personal situation should be asked here Posted: 09 Dec 2017 04:05 AM PST If your question is "I have $10,000, what do I do?" or anything similar. There is no single answer to this question, but we will also need A LOT MORE information if we are to give some sort of answer
Be aware that these answers are just opinions of Redditors and should be used as a starting point for your research. You should strongly consider seeing a registered financial rep before making any financial decisions! [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 08 Dec 2017 04:19 PM PST 2017 has obviously been a strong year for most investors. I am evaluating my portfolio performance for the year and am curious about the returns others have seen. As a long-term investor, I'm most interested in those who have stuck with an allocation model pretty consistently throughout the year (i.e. not a lot of speculation) For context, it would be helpful if you also describe your allocation Of course, I can't ask others to share if I don't. Mine: 16.7% return YTD. Portfolio is comprised of: 75% domestic and foreign stocks, 12% domestic and foreign bonds, 7% REITs, 2% Gold, 2% Cash, 2% Other (commodities, energy, etc.) [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| What did you pick up during the "Tech Dip"? Posted: 08 Dec 2017 10:17 AM PST Any other buyers of the tech dip over the past week or so? 20 shares of ADBE, 20 shares of BABA here. I wanted TCEHY at 48 but couldn't get the money in my account fast enough. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:16 AM PST I started looking more into ETFs and I'm finding that the performance is just horrible for some of them. That's why I figure I'm doing something wrong in terms of interpreting it. Taking a look at VEU, for example, I see the value was higher in 2007 than it is even now. There's no reason to thrown money in there, when there hasn't been an increase over a 10 year period, but is this actually the case? Do ETFs pay dividends as well or something else that can give you gains? Thanks! [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| eTrade killed the one commission-free index mutual fund they offered. Now what do I do? Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:15 PM PST I'm invested heavily in NOSIX, which follows the S&P 500 the same way SPY does. It Well, that's gone. I am having difficulty finding another MUTF or ETF that tracks an index that I can buy weekly, for free. I am not opposed to opening an account at a competitor if it comes to that. Requirements: Commission-free on the exchange. Tracks DOW or S&P. MUTF or ETF. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 08 Dec 2017 08:33 PM PST So early on in my investing days(last year, still very new at this) my research was mainly based on friends saying "hey I've got this great stock to buy" ... and I'd just throw some money at suggestions without research and see what happens. (For the record I now take a more measured approach). I bought about $1500 worth of UA stock. When it was in the 30s. A month later took an absolute dive into the low teens and has been hovering there for several months. So I'm at a 56% loss at this point. It's improved slightly the last few weeks but nothing noteworthy. Do I just ride this out long term and hope for the best? Or cut my losses? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| If I need to liquidate some stable stock by a deadline, why not sell it through a covered call? Posted: 08 Dec 2017 01:54 PM PST To cover a down-payment in a month, I need to sell stock that I've been holding for a while. Price has recently risen but looks like it stabilized and unlikely to fall. What would be the downside of selling some covered calls on it? The way I see it, I'm selling on the expiration date anyway, regardless of price, since I need the money. Might as well try to make some premiums by then. The only thing I'm losing is if I'm mistiming the market, and my stock goes up way more than my strike price earlier than the expiration date. Does this sound logical, or am I missing something. Thanks. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| How To Begin Trading (College Student) Posted: 08 Dec 2017 08:25 AM PST I'm a 19 year old university (US) student majoring in finance. Per the finance curriculum, many accounting and economics courses must be completed before eventually commencing finance courses in one's junior year. So, I have not read much of anything on finance, to my fault, and although I got an A in microecon., I did not learn or do much work. Essentially, I have little knowledge in investing and finance (applied micro). I recently opened a TD Ameritrade brokerage account. I was thinking of selling a small portion of my current assets (own a large value of current and fixed assets in another country) to deposit a large initial sum to begin trading. The problem is, I don't know the first thing about trading. Also, my university has 2 finance labs loaded with Bloomberg Terminals. At my dorm, all I have is a 14 day free trial of Money.net. What market data analytics platform do you day/individual traders use? BB's software is above $20k a year, which is more than my post-aid tuition. If you individual traders use Bloomberg Terminals, you're balling. So, I think I should reread (or read for the first time, actually) my micro textbook (McConnell/Blue/Flynn), then what fundamental/principles of finance textbook do you guys recommend and is highly used at top educational institutions? All input is welcome. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Do you use optimal position size techniques? Posted: 08 Dec 2017 10:55 AM PST If you have a determined amount of money, for example 100000 usd and you are confident about 5 differents companies, one way to invest on them is buying 20000 usd each, or 50000 usd of your favorite and 50000 of the rest (12500 each). The problem with those methods is that they are not scientific, why 50% and not 40 or 30%? I've been reading about Modern Portfolio Theory and there are some statistic based methods, such as the optimal hedge ratio, that could be used to solve this problem but i'm not sure about how to implement them on my portfolio. Do you use something similar to manage your risk or choose your positions sizing? Do you know how to implement it or some literature about it? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| What are the most likely scenarios once Bitcoin futures are available? Posted: 08 Dec 2017 01:16 PM PST I'm new to the concept of futures, but I imagine most investors will expect the price of Bitcoin to go up in future, so they will go long or whatever. But as far as I can tell, it's inevitable that big players will use future to manipulate the market to maximise gains, meaning pumps and dumps? It's this all correct? What typically happens when futures become available for a hot asset? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:29 PM PST I want to invest in this oligopoly with a long term hold. I like the payout idea of the monthly ZEB dividend. For a low amount, if you aren't gonna pick one stock, then ZEB seems very appropriate to me. But say at like $100,000, you'd be way better off just having $10-20k worth of each and ride it long, I think, assuming you're smart enough to balance a bit and set limits. Thinking 25-30 years. Where do you see the balancing dollar point between ETFs and just buying bank stocks? I'm invested into other broader stuff as well so don't worry about that. Let's keep this conversation to the merits and best investment options for the Canadian banking sector SVP. :) [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Is there a database of legitimate investment research and reports? Posted: 08 Dec 2017 09:13 AM PST I'm looking for a database of of investment research that is available online. I'm talking about reports that go into detail laying out numbers and historical data to back a claim or hypothesis. For example, if I wanted to know how automotive stocks generally perform during a recession relative to other industries. Whenever I use google for things like this I generally only find a bunch of click-bate slideshow articles that give no actual evidence or data leaving me very skeptical of their claims. I would prefer to read research with actual data backing their claims written by professionals. Does anyone know a place I can find these types of reports? I am a somewhat casual investor that is very interested in learning more and doing my own research. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 08 Dec 2017 09:17 PM PST The coin that's entering a 40 bil dollar market next year. The gaming market is expected to hit 100 billion next year with 42 percent belonging to mobile gaming. In 2017 the average mobile player pays about 87 dollars annually. This is what makes enjin super exciting. Imagine multiple of your favorite apps belonging to the same ecosystem. This is what enjin is going to accomplish next year with their mobile APK. I am talking about one mobile token that can be transferred across multiple gaming platforms. The cool part is your in game token can be traded for real word currency. This is going to eliminate the multiple problems with mobile gaming today. Enjin has a market cap of 30 mil right now, but is easily worth 1.683 bil. This is based on the 19 million active gamers using enjin right now with each user worth 87 dollars annually in the future. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 08 Dec 2017 07:27 AM PST I've taken a university level class on finance that covered some investing, but it's been a little bit of time. Looking for a catch all to get me through common terms, ideas, and to get me started in investing in some things other than my 401b? Mainly looking at the stock market, dividends/compounding dividends, and potentially mutal funds/etfs. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 08 Dec 2017 05:08 PM PST Does anyone here know ant investing games that I f(17) and my bro m(15) could play? [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| How do I search for mutual funds which hold certain securities? Posted: 08 Dec 2017 09:21 AM PST I want to search across all available funds for who holds the most of a particular company's stock. For example, let's say I want find which funds are made up most of $BAC? Across all brokers. Is this possible? The only thing I am able to do right now is browse each and every fund I come across individually and see what holdings they have. [link] [comments]  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A question about buy and put options (exercising) and also - a question about futures (cost). Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:14 AM PST The question may have been answered in passing but I could not find an explicit post that answered this. My question is this: is the intrinsic value of an option (the underlying value minus the strike price for a call option, and the strike price minus the underlying value for a put option, as I understand?) equal to the same value if I were to for example exercise the option outright and then sell? Does selling a call option in the money at the expiration date have the same value as exercising the option, paying for the underlying security at the strike price, then selling it (assuming no additional commissions and the market doesn't move during this time)? This is why there is more leverage with options, correct? For a long call option, the cost for the option is lower than the 100 securities it promises to call, but the profit you would make if you were to buy then sell those 100 securities is the same? Finally, futures - the contracts cost $4.50/contract at Schwab. Is this reasonable? How much does a futures contract typically cost? With a $4.50 contract can I expect a lot of leverage or would I need to buy more than that? I understand a contract can have an underlying value in the tens of thousands. Thanks reddit! [link] [comments]  |
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