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snowlover91 said:
One thing y’all will want to consider when investing is the overall cash flow, debt ratio, etc of stocks before investing in them. Companies with a ton of debt will be risky in these key industries being impacted. You want a company with a healthy cash flow and minimal debt imo. Those usually bounce back the quickest and have the best chance of surviving.
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And a dividend's nice, too!!
 
LetItSnow said:
Just keep in mind great dividend yields today may not be there tomorrow; go into it with eyes wide open. Right now we're basically in un-charted territory; there hasn't been a global shutdown like this many if any of us have actually seen..
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buy barbed wire, duct tape, iodine and any other depression era things that serve to preserve what exists ... buy staples ... hold off a few weeks on thinking gold is around the next bend in the creek ...

and don't toss out the old Sears and Roebuck's ... just yet ...
 
Futures are level. Big Trump/FDA anouncement at 11 am ish. Think we see a spike tommorow. See coronovirus thread for insider trader info lol. Jed Clampant [ Beverly Hillbillies]shooting that hole in the ground has nothing on Jimmy tommorow.
 
tramadoc said:
What is Spy Calls?
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Etf that invests in s&p 500.. basically as s&p goes up, spy stock price goes up (or down if it goes down). A call allows you to buy at a fixed price in the future based on current strike price (plus premium/fee). Essentially buying spy call now is betting on the s&p going up in the future. It is huge risk,reward bet. If it doesn't go up to strike price you lose everything. Quick example i buy spy call with 7/1/20 strike price of 100 with a premium of 10. I would need spy stock price to be at 110 on 7/1/20 to break even. If is is less than 100 i lose everything. If it is between 100 and 110 i lose some
 
Broken024 said:
Etf that invests in s&p 500.. basically as s&p goes up, spy stock price goes up (or down if it goes down). A call allows you to buy at a fixed price in the future based on current strike price (plus premium/fee). Essentially buying spy call now is betting on the s&p going up in the future. It is huge risk,reward bet. If it doesn't go up to strike price you lose everything. Quick example i buy spy call with 7/1/20 strike price of 100 with a premium of 10. I would need spy stock price to be at 110 on 7/1/20 to break even. If is is less than 100 i lose everything. If it is between 100 and 110 i lose some
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To add, you can trade the option through 7/1 for a profit or loss to others. Once you hit that date it expires worthless or or in the money.
 
Dont buy options if you dont know what you are doing. You can lose whole investment very quickly, or make a stupid profit ... like 100% gain in a few hours if stock value goes up quickly. Right now it needs to go up a crazy amount because no one is selling without a high premium due to market volatility. Buying a put is thr opposite, you bet stock goes down.
 
Broken024 said:
Dont buy options if you dont know what you are doing. You can lose whole investment very quickly, or make a stupid profit ... like 100% gain in a few hours if stock value goes up quickly. Right now it needs to go up a crazy amount because no one is selling without a high premium due to market volatility. Buying a put is thr opposite, you bet stock goes down.
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THIS !!!!! I lost my ass years ago . Take Broken’s advice !!!!


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To add even further, options (call/put) are bought to hedge investment positions. Investing in these are very dangerous. You can see extreme examples if you look on reddit wallstreetbets (likely to see more people posting gains vs loss)
 
Oh I'm not using options, I just know about them vaguely which is why I replied and maybe I shouldn't have.

I'm shaky about doing anything outside of holding the bag on my cash in the account for now (preferably I'd have pulled out of all stocks in my account except for Google/maybe Verizon at the point after a couple highs, been patient on Delta, and then planned on reinvesting/buying more during/after this dip, but I'm still in my first year in this). I hope the Bayer stuff is the magic deal, but I don't think this deal is going to start ending overall until we start seeing the Q2 reports for this quarter, as we're already to the point where Q2 is likely to be bad for many companies.

Edit: Futures are currently tanking so far btw. That 11 AM press conference is going to need to be a magic bullet or we might go red red for the first time during this stretch.
 
Heelyes said:
I will be the bear and say we aren't near the bottom. Reality hasn't even set in yet for this slowdown
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Eh i would bet the market is already pricing in the slowdown. Not saying it will not go down more but i think market pricing is several weeks ahead of how bad we think it gets
 
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