Twitter IPO / Who Buyin?

Buy watch list ARII, VRX, HRL, WMT, F, GILD to name a few

Short watch list CMG, MNST, AOI, C

Gold still has upside imo

edit: C may not be a short, institution buying just occurred and C is actually down 95% from record highs (they did a 10:1 reverse split so although its charting at 40-50 range, its really 4-5 range......)

It seems to be at a bargain right now (somewhat). Here is what scares me though:

Period Ending 12/31/2015
Net Income -2,219,182 ,000
Total Cash Flow From Operating Activities 1,051,392,000 (down ~35-40% over 2 yrs)
Operating Income or Loss -2,817,297,000

This year hasn't been great either. If oil can rebound you should see a good return though, hope you get there. I am no expert though, I bought SDRL which prob has more debt than Whiting I'm sure... what is your exit strategy? will keep it as a watch...

VRX up 3.60 today, over 30 now.... maybe a merger is in sight?

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Last Tuesday the company reported an earnings loss, missing projections for the first half of the year. The company did, however, maintain its guidance for the rest of the year and said that it would seek to pay down debt by selling non-core assets (worth an estimated $2 billion), so the market cheered.

Last Friday the Wall Street Journal reported that Valeant is under federal criminal investigation for allegedly defrauding insurers through its now-defunct, formerly secret distributor pharmacy, Philidor.

And on Wednesday, the company, which is over $30 billion in debt, has to come to an agreement with lenders to relax its debt covenants. Valeant offered to pay higher interest payments in order for one of the covenants to be loosened.

Aug 11
Shares of NVIDIA popped around 3 percent in extended trading after the company's second-quarter earnings and revenue beat.

NVIDIA reported earnings of 40 cents per share on revenue of $1.43 billion, compared to analysts' expectations of 37 cents per share on revenue of $1.35 billion, according to a Thomson Reuters consensus estimate.

Aug 17
On Aug 16, 2016, Zacks Investment Research upgraded NVIDIA Corporation NVDA to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). With a robust return of 171.2% over the past one year, positive estimate revisions over the last 60 days and an encouraging revenue guidance for the third quarter, NVIDIA is an attractive investment opportunity.

Why the Upgrade?

Over the past 60 days, 11 out of 13 estimates for fiscal 2017 were revised upward, taking the Zacks Consensus Estimate up by 27 cents (17.3%) to $1.83 per share. NVIDIA also delivered positive earnings surprises in the last four quarters with an average beat of 28.5%.

NVIDIA’s revenues not only increased 23.9% year over year to $1.428 billion in second-quarter fiscal 2017, but also surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.355 billion. The year-over-year increase was primarily due to better-than-expected growth across all the platforms, that is, GPUs gaming platform, Professional Visualization, datacenter and Tegra automotive platforms.

The company posted earnings (including stock-based compensation but excluding other one-time items) of 44 cents per share for the quarter, up on a year-over-year basis. The Zacks Consensus Estimate was pegged at 37 cents.

Buoyed by the better-than-expected second-quarter results, the company provided positive third quarter fiscal 2017 guidance. For the third quarter of fiscal 2017, NVIDIA expects revenues of approximately $1.68 billion (+/-2%). The Zacks Consensus Estimate is pegged at $1.68 billion.

Moreover, from a valuation perspective, the stock looks very attractive as it currently trades significantly lower than the industry average based on a forward earnings estimate, which signifies a huge upward potential. NVIDIA currently trades at a forward P/E of 34.47x compared with the industry group average of 52.40x.

Adding to the positives, the company recently announced three new high end graphics cards for notebooks. GeForce GTX 1080, GTX 1070 and GTX 1060 are the first consumer graphics cards based on the Pascal architecture. We believe this will take the mobile gaming experience to a new level.

With the launch of these GPUs, NVIDIA can maximize user experience by offering high performance computing (HPC) capabilities. Also, these GPUs are said to be more energy efficient than the earlier versions. Hence, the launch of this product will enable NVIDIA to increase its customer base and help in garnering additional revenues.

Furthermore, we believe that NVIDIA’s innovative product pipeline and strength in gaming and high-end notebook GPUs keep it well positioned. We also believe that the higher adoption of NVIDIA’s Tegra processors could act as a catalyst, going forward.



Intel should have bought NVIDIA 4-5 years ago..............

who will gobble up twitter?

they are building up quite a bit of media streaming (i.e. sports games)

Twitter Inc
NYSE: TWTR - Aug 18, 3:36 PM EDT
19.00USDPrice decrease1.17 (5.80%)

nothing wrong with exiting short term trading, with the way this market is cutting, though real estate looks like it is in a bubble again (not identical to 08 but something to watch)

Califas giving money (via federal funds) to people who don't deserve to own a home (or at least don't deserve to own the home they bought): keepyourhomecalifornia.org

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(watch SRS: ProShares UltraShort Real Estate (ETF))

Fund Summary
The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Real EstateSM Index. The fund invests in derivatives that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return characteristics as two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily return of the index. The index measures the performance of the real estate sector of the U.S. equity market. Component companies include, among others, real estate holding and development and real estate services companies and real estate investment trusts ("REITs"). The fund is non-diversified.

Hell yeah! I am trying to get a group together to buy beach front properties. Much respect!

Our whole economy is in a bubble though, being propped up by the imaginary money printing negative to sub prime interest carrying global banking cartel putting the debt on the masses who refuse to stop paying half a house for new vehicles and buying what they cannot afford. Time will tell but the emperor has no clothes

I know I have been causing myself stomach pains by not putting in more buys and sells