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    Wednesday, August 1, 2018

    Apple (AAPL) reported its Q3 2018 earnings Tuesday, posting earnings of $53.3 billion revenue on $2.34 earnings per share. That beats analysts’ expectations of $52.31 billion on $2.18 earnings per share. Investing

    Apple (AAPL) reported its Q3 2018 earnings Tuesday, posting earnings of $53.3 billion revenue on $2.34 earnings per share. That beats analysts’ expectations of $52.31 billion on $2.18 earnings per share. Investing


    Apple (AAPL) reported its Q3 2018 earnings Tuesday, posting earnings of $53.3 billion revenue on $2.34 earnings per share. That beats analysts’ expectations of $52.31 billion on $2.18 earnings per share.

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 01:41 PM PDT

    Ex-SolarCity employees: We were fired after reporting millions in fake sales

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 09:54 AM PDT

    IQ Second Quarter 2018 Highlights

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 04:36 PM PDT

    Second Quarter 2018 Highlights

    Total revenues were RMB6.2 billion (US$932.5 million1), representing a 51%2 increase from the same period in 2017.

    Operating loss was RMB1.3 billion (US$200.7 million) and operating loss margin was 22%, compared to operating loss of RMB990.7 million and operating loss margin of 24% in the same period in 2017.

    Net loss attributable to iQIYI was RMB2.1 billion (US$316.9 million), compared to RMB953.2 million in the same period in 2017. Diluted net loss attributable to iQIYI per ADS was RMB3.01 (US$0.45).

    The number of total subscribing members were 67.1 million as of June 30, 2018, representing a 75% increase from 38.3 million as of June 30, 2017. The number of paying subscribing members were 66.2 million as of June 30, 2018.

    https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/07/31/1545080/0/en/iQIYI-Announces-Second-Quarter-2018-Financial-Results.html

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    AAPL - Earnings release today, "only" ~5% price increase away from $1 Trillion market cap

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 07:57 AM PDT

    I know that tech has been disappointing the market lately and overall trending downward, but if Apple delivers promising results, we could very well see the first trillion-dollar company today or tomorrow. Seems unlikely to me but it is definitely something cool to look out for, whether or not you care for AAPL!

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    How to evaluate a company based on the Piotroski 9 step method

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 12:13 PM PDT

    Hello ladies and gents,

    Today I'm going to show you a great scoring method you can use to develop an idea of the financial stability and growth of a company.

    It is designed to find undervalued companies that are recovering.

    Joseph Piotroski is an accountant who became famous for this 9 step method he coined "the F score". His method has a good track record and was shown to perform a 23% annual return from 1976 to 1996! More information can be found in his paper titled Value Investing: The Use if Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers.

    Before we begin the prerequisites for the scoring method is that you should invest in the bottom 20% of these companies that scores a 7,8,9 based on their P/B ratio. So lower the P/B ratio the better.

    Without further ado here is the 9 things to look for according to Joseph Piotroski and his 'F-Score' method.

    1. (ROA) Return on Assets = Net income / Total Assets

    1 point if this ratio is positive

    2. (CFROA) Cash flow return on assets = Operating cash flow / Total Assets

    1 point if this ratio is positive

    3. ROA (Current Year) > ROA (Last year)

    1 point if current year higher than previous year

    4. Quality of Earnings. Find difference between CFROA and ROA for current year

    1 point if CFROA > ROA

    5. (Long term debt / Total Assets (current year))/ (Long term debt / Total Assets (Last year))

    1 point if Current Year ratio is lower than last years ratio

    6. (Total Current Assets / Total Current Liabilities (Current year)) / (Total Current Assets / Total Current Liabilities (Last Year))

    1 point if Current year ratio is higher than last years ratio

    7. Compare current years shares outstanding to last years shares outstanding. (Shares should stay the same! They should NOT be issuing more shares)

    1 point if there were NO new shares issued

    8. (Current year Gross Profit / Revenue) / (Last years Gross Profit / Revenue)

    1 point if Current years ratio is higher than last years

    9. (Current year Revenue / Total Assets) / (Last years Revenue / Total Assets)

    1 point if Current year ratio is higher than last years ratio

    If Total score adds up to 7, 8, or 9 then it's Good

    If Total score adds up to 0, 1, 2, 3 then it's Bad scores

    Remember, we also want our P/B ratio as low as possible. Some people believe the best time to sell is when the P/B goes over 1.1 but I haven't found statistical evidence pointing to this being the best method of approach.

    Have fun! And let me know if you have any questions!

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    Chipotle's free guacamole day is a disaster

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 12:43 PM PDT

    When will Apple begin its $100 billion buy back?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 06:14 PM PDT

    Will we hear anything about it in the news if it has begun?

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    Worker pay rate hits highest level since 2008

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 02:49 PM PDT

    Benjamin Graham Screener?

    Posted: 01 Aug 2018 02:39 AM PDT

    Can anyone recommend a site that properly implements the Benjamin Graham screener? All the top results from google look inaccurate to me. I have been using finviz to create my own screener, which is working ok, but would like to see another source show similar results.

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    Countersuit by Tripp the $TSLA “saboteur” filed today is available outside of PACER here

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 03:43 PM PDT

    Who buys Japanese bonds and why?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 09:40 AM PDT

    Taking a look at the 10 yr prices of government bonds you have the US at 2.956%, Germany at 0.443%, UK at 1.329%, France at 0.723%...and then Japan at 0.041%. So who is buying these awful bonds and why? Or for that matter, why would anyone buy anything but US bonds given the current interest rates?

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    Value Investing

    Posted: 01 Aug 2018 03:38 AM PDT

    I read an article that there will be a shift from growth stocks to value stocks. How do you distinguish and screen between the two?

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    Greenlight Capital down 18% year to date

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 12:37 PM PDT

    Lithium Stocks Are Going Stratospheric!

    Posted: 01 Aug 2018 02:25 AM PDT

    Shopify Q2 revenue and adjusted earnings rise well above analyst estimates- Stock is down 10% pre market and it was down 7% yesterday.

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 06:06 AM PDT

    Google could't compete with FB... nobody can at that point... Sleep easy bulls

    Posted: 01 Aug 2018 01:31 AM PDT

    Seriously if Google, the God of the internet tried to compete and basically surrendered your "moat" is basically unpassable Startup #5757 isn't gonna succeed where Google failed get real folks

    Larry Page is a genius and he personally pushed for google+ Can't be done folks

    And before you bring up MySpace Succesors learn from the failures of the previous iterations.

    You really think there isn't a "why myspace failed and how to avoid it" handbook on every desk?

    TLDR: Very Long FB

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    Five interesting ways to pick best stocks of 2018 to beat the market:

    Posted: 01 Aug 2018 01:08 AM PDT

    Wall Street witnessed brutal trading in the last few months, with the major indices suffering the worst weekly fall in more than two years in the previous month. The Fed rates hike, and a trade war between the United States and China were the major culprits.

    Global trade tensions are possible to threaten the stock market as talks between the two worlds largest economies are not going to unfold thus keeping the volatility alive. As a result, most investors' are still cautious about the negotiations that can resurface and what impact will it have on the stock market. Further, Washington turmoil and government tensions can still weigh down the stocks.

    The earnings season is trying to overpower the trade tensions and the re-emerging geopolitical issues. There are a few major earnings in this week and the major tech stock has started to report better than expected results. Given the optimistic trends, here are some stock-picking concepts from the for investors that might prove very helpful within the current market scenario, reducing the danger of a downside.

    Value Stocks:

    Value stocks tend to outperform over the future and are less vulnerable to trending markets. These stocks have sturdy fundamentals - earnings, dividends, and income - that trade below their intrinsic value and are undervalued. These have the potential to generate higher returns and show lower volatility compared with their growth as they are trading at a discounted price currently.

    Small Cap stocks:

    Even though capitalization stocks were victims of the broad-market sale last week, they delay far better than the larger ones. This can be as a result of capitalization stocks have less international exposure and generate most of their revenues from the domestic market. These sawed-off stocks are less at risk of a trade war or the other political issue and will higher insulate investors from Trump's advocate stance. That is the reason why we have observed the recent surge in the small-cap stocks and its benchmark index RUSSELL 2000 hitting record high these days.

    Quality Stocks:

    Quality stocks seek safety and protection against volatility. Quality stocks tend to beat out as these are wealthy in worth characteristics with healthy balance sheets, high come on capital, low volatility, elevated margins and a track of stable or rising sales and earnings growth. In short, a stock which has a good financial soundness overall can be considered as a quality stock.

    Low Beta stocks:

    Low-beta stocks generally exhibit larger levels of stability and tend to perform better during the correction phase of the market. Although these have lesser risks and lower returns, the stocks are thought-about safe and resilient. But again the selection of stocks depends upon the investor's own risk-return appetite.

    Dividend Stocks:

    The dividend stocks provide a good passive income source and also a consistent income to the investors. Many companies that pay dividends and these stocks act as a barrier against economic risk and generally provide stability by offering payouts and yields on a regular basis.

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    How do I short the real estate market of a particular city?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 10:48 AM PDT

    Say you are very sure that rent and property values of a city will go down in the coming years and there will be an increase in rental vacancies.

    How would you profit greatly from such a prediction?

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    What Are Your Favorite "Safe" Investments: CDs, Savings Accounts, etc...

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 05:45 AM PDT

    My cash allocation is garbage. I have about 10% of my liquid in stocks and the rest sitting in bank accounts drawing little to nothing on interest. Looking for some safe places to be making money off of my money, What are some things i should be looking into. Thanks

    And i have zero debt so paying off high interest debt isnt relevant to me...but for others reading this post that are paying ~20% on credit card debt that should be the very first "investment" made.

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    3X Leveraged ETFs

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 11:54 PM PDT

    If the market decreases 33%, won't all these go bust? There's way more money in these instruments than there was in XIV, so somebody explain to me how these will not be a disaster for the market once the bull market ends?

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    When is the "Don't Catch the Falling Knife" no Longer a Falling Knife?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 06:13 AM PDT

    As for some examples:

    GE has plummeted over the last few years. The issue is completely systemic. And after following their financial and quarterly investor meetings, I'm not sure there's any actual value to the company at any price, as it currently exists. I think that anything that had value, has already been sold off. All that's left is massive debt and under-performing divisions.

    Tesla was in the news going on about falling stock prices, and while my co-workers love Elon Musk, his car company just can't seem to make money, meet deadlines, or handle press. Furthermore, Musk seems to be suffering from dementia as if from late stage Syphilis. I don't invest in his companies, and I don't know if Tesla's problems are that the company is a giant R&D money sink or if its just Musk being insane. Maybe both.

    Social Media and Tech: So Facebook and Twitter are face planting, and I hear Amazon got hit too. I don't know, again, how much of this is just bad PR or what. But while I've never understood FB and TWTR's business model, at least Amazon is profitable. I'm pretty sure whatever is going on in Tech is entirely a self-inflicted wound and the average person will lose interest soon.

    So with all that in mind, when does a rapid drop in price stop being a knife, and a floor found? Do you wait for the price to go back up? Or just time?

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    Kroger's California subsidiary to bar Visa credit cards amid fee dispute

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 01:15 PM PDT

    Kroger says it will no longer accept Visa credit cards at Foods Co. stores in Central and Northern California as the two companies clash over rates and fees.

    The ban on Visa credit cards will take effect starting Aug. 14 and affect stores in major cities like San Francisco and Sacramento.

    Visa told CNBC it is "disappointed" at Kroger's decision and will continue to work with Kroger to reach a solution.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/30/kroger-california-subsidiary-to-bar-visa-credit-cards-amid-fee-dispute.html

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    Why are people so against using non margin debt to invest?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2018 07:38 PM PDT

    Even if it's in somthing like snp500 I would say even if 2008 happened again as long as you held and only bought enough to were you could manage the payments on them you would be fine..

    Do people not have the stamina to hold or what is it?

    Now I know margin debt is bad they control when they take the money out. Horrible you can't ride out a market down turn. But somthing that's low interest I don't see a problem with investing as long as you con comftorably afford the payment.

    I want this discussion. I won't be doing this but I am really curious as to why people think it's so horrible. I think it's great if your young and can stomach the down turns.

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