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Old 10-30-2009, 08:36 AM
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thoughts on amzn???

what do you think of the company/business, regardless of current price?

its jumped 30% in the past month.
Old 10-30-2009, 09:39 AM
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That wasn't a difficult top to call. Didn't short much but I got the hell out of my longs near the top.
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Originally Posted by MasterForce,Oct 27 2009, 08:56 AM
hmm well i just invested $100 on stocks. well not all 100 bucks since im new to this stock thing. i bought 2 Intel shares and 2 western union shares. we will see what happens.
Why bother with that small amount? The commissions will be eating your costs.
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[QUOTE=ExOdy,Oct 30 2009, 01:51 PM]Why bother with that small amount?
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yes sir you are correct!
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Look out below!
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This used to be updated all the time with people and their thoughts... it seems that this is dead now.
Old 11-04-2009, 10:26 AM
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its cuz nobody has any money??!

most my money is in old man stocks. hnz, mo, kft...
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I wonder... I'm thinking of adding more money into my account and always got great ideas from other people in stocks I never thought of.
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Originally Posted by ExOdy,Oct 30 2009, 01:51 PM
Why bother with that small amount? The commissions will be eating your costs.
i just wanted to see how it works. why am i going to spend thousands of dollars on something i have never done before or know nothing about. i like to start out small and see how things work.


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