Be careful. Remember, AAPL now has a tremendous wind to its back with the falling dollar (versus what happened in 2022).Read through to AAPL?
Qualcomm gives light forecast, phone chip sales fall 17%
Qualcomm reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that saw sales from handset chips, a core business for the company, decline.www.cnbc.com
I don't think earnings will be a big deal. They have been pretty transparent with the lack of patients to date. Getting those sites up and running and of course the next trial/approval is key.BLUE up over $4. Earnings next week, but I guess that's not as big a catalyst day as the results of the trials.
I’m more a fan of dividends than buyback. That’s real money coming back to me as a shareholder.Good lord, that's a big number.
And with the new Fed pause, AAPL and all others may be off to the races! Exciting times.
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Going to do some after-hours buying. Nothing fancy, but adding to existing positions.
Rather have buybacks now than dividends. Don't need the income or extra taxes. Give me higher stock prices! :)I’m more a fan of dividends than buyback. That’s real money coming back to me as a shareholder.
Buybacks are often ill timed. Like during this recent tech crash, that would’ve been a good time to up the purchases but I wonder how many did.
Qualified dividends are taxed at a lower rate.Rather have buybacks now than dividends. Don't need the income or extra taxes. Give me higher stock prices! :)
Once again, for now.
Give me qualified dividends AND higher stock prices, please. I mean, since we're just wishing here.Qualified dividends are taxed at a lower rate.
A pause is not a pivot. We might be at the terminal rate for the rest of the year. Powell explicates stated that there is not inclination to lower rates.Good lord, that's a big number.
And with the new Fed pause, AAPL and all others may be off to the races! Exciting times.
😁
Going to do some after-hours buying. Nothing fancy, but adding to existing positions.
When I was working I didn’t want the dividends and, as you say, didn’t want the associated taxes (even if qualified are taxed lower). Since retirement, I like the dividends. I’m not opposed to buybacks either, though.Rather have buybacks now than dividends. Don't need the income or extra taxes. Give me higher stock prices! :)
Once again, for now.
Pause = one big step closer to the pivotA pause is not a pivot. We might be at the terminal rate for the rest of the year. Powell explicates stated that there is not inclination to lower rates.
Rate cuts coming soon! 😜PacWest crashing overnight. Down 50%
This kind of discussion has come up before with regards to taking profits on a position.When I was working I didn’t want the dividends and, as you say, didn’t want the associated taxes (even if qualified are taxed lower). Since retirement, I like the dividends. I’m not opposed to buybacks either, though.
that not the rate cut you are looking for.Rate cuts coming soon! 😜
WOLF - better semi choices out thereWOLF has dropped like a rock. SBUX big drop. Anyone like either?
Stop losses are a good thing and I couldn't say I would have done anything different for LLY. JNJ is a name in pharma I would accumulate using technicals and such if it were dropping a lot but LLY I don't think I would. BTW JNJ spinoff of their consumer health biz is this week. Ticker KVUE
I've mentioned LLY here a few times in the past with regards to their diabetes drugs used for weight loss. NVO as well. This Alzheimers one could be another big one for them.
J&J's consumer health business Kenvue is going public this week. Here's what to know
J&J's consumer health spinoff Kenvue is expected to set an initial public offering price Wednesday night and trade Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange.www.cnbc.com
SBUX has had like a 20% run in a little over a month. I suppose it was sell the news on earnings which didn't seem bad. It looks like China has stabilized with reopening as well but guidance for it was kind of muted. Valuation is somewhat high as well.WOLF has dropped like a rock. SBUX big drop. Anyone like either?
I understand your point and agree taxes shouldn’t be the primary consideration. I try to maximize my wealth but manage my income. Being retired, I take into the following regarding “managing income”: tax bracket, Roth conversions, IRMA surcharges, qualified dividends, tax gain and tax loss harvesting, estate planning, etc. that’s not to say I wouldn’t sell something if the time was appropriate.This kind of discussion has come up before with regards to taking profits on a position.
As I say, I'm a simple guy. I said for that too, paying taxes doesn't really enter my mind much at all. If it's an appropriate time to sell, I'll sell taxes or not. Same for dividends.
Money in my pocket is always a good thing, regardless of whether Uncle Sam gets a cut or not. Money in my pocket is preferred to hoping management of these companies picks an opportune time for buying back shares instead of frittering the money away at the wrong time. IMO that happens more often than not.
all they need to do is restrict lending, higher reserves, raise credit requirementsRate cuts coming soon! 😜
Do you think CMA might be in trouble, if the light is shining on them? I was thinking about shorting it Friday and now it’s down 7% pre open.Fed quietly going to the banks and demanding 24hr turnaround (very significant as it's usually 3-5 days) time on various internal metrics and outlook on deposit inflows.
ruh roh
Fed can easily solve the problem they created. Cut rates.Fed quietly going to the banks and demanding 24hr turnaround (very significant as it's usually 3-5 days) time on various internal metrics and outlook on deposit inflows.
ruh roh
FYI - sounds like T Rowe is coming out soon with an ETF version of PRWCX. 5-star gold fund run by one of the best managers ever. It may only cover the stock sleeve of the portfolio, but regardless, I will add this to all our taxable accounts if/when it is available.I understand your point and agree taxes shouldn’t be the primary consideration. I try to maximize my wealth but manage my income. Being retired, I take into the following regarding “managing income”: tax bracket, Roth conversions, IRMA surcharges, qualified dividends, tax gain and tax loss harvesting, estate planning, etc. that’s not to say I wouldn’t sell something if the time was appropriate.
I just put some money in a CD there lol but well under FDIC limits so not worried.Do you think CMA might be in trouble, if the light is shining on them? I was thinking about shorting it Friday and now it’s down 7% pre open.
I don't short but doesn't sound like a bad premise.Short 100 SPY @ 407.10
We climbed a wall of worry but failed to break through 4200 in the last 2 months. We are not looking any better than we did in January. Let’s see if I can swing this down to 390.00
People that short are awful humans.I just put some money in a CD there lol but well under FDIC limits so not worried.
Some of this I wonder if it's not the shorts just pushing and pushing like they do until things break. I read PAC West had 73% insured deposit base, that doesn't sound bad to me but yet it keeps selling off. What's the typical make up at a bank of insured/uninsured deposits?
I would think most deposits that were going to flee have fled so what's left to go? On top of which, did any depositor at SVB, FRC or whatever lose money in practice? No.
What is their main bizz/typical client?PacWest crashing overnight. Down 50%
Markets pricing a 99.8% chance of cuts by years end and a 75% chance of a cut in September.A pause is not a pivot. We might be at the terminal rate for the rest of the year. Powell explicates stated that there is not inclination to lower rates.
Average 8.7 months after last hike until cut. Median is 5 monthsPause = one big step closer to the pivot
It's a process. Stocks can do fine at any interest rate. It's the raising that matters.
Explain this to me like im 5. Whats the implicationFed quietly going to the banks and demanding 24hr turnaround (very significant as it's usually 3-5 days) time on various internal metrics and outlook on deposit inflows.
ruh roh
The clock is ticking! :)Average 8.7 months after last hike until cut. Median is 5 months
I also bet the “Don’t Pass” line in craps. Now that would be awful.People that short are awful humans.
Nobody can be that awful! By the way, if you want to short the S&P, man up and go with SPXU.I also bet the “Don’t Pass” line in craps. Now that would be awful.
Remember, Bulls make money, Bears make money but Pigs get slaughtered.
Stagflation is not an option. What might happen in a year is that the FED moves the goalposts to 3% target inflation.
My MRNA position is still in the sh!tter despite good earnings today (-15%)Nobody can be that awful! By the way, if you want to short the S&P, man up and go with SPXU.