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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on May 26, 2018 8:52:14 GMT -5
Thanks sneakers. Do you have the symbol for diamonds, too?
There is an exchange-traded fund known as the "DIAMONDS" but it doesn't track precious stones. What it does track is the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). Around 9.5% of the fund is invested in Boeing stock, corresponding to Boeing's weighting in the DJIA. |
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on May 26, 2018 9:08:30 GMT -5
BTW what do commodities, ETFs, and stocks have to do with computers, other than a computer is keeping track of their value?
Back at That Other Site, when it also had forums other than those relating to news stories, somebody started out tracking Apple. I added Lenovo, Intel, and Microsoft (all stocks that I own). Somebody else did HP. Now, on this site, we have a list of stocks related to the computer industry in one way or another.
Recently, we've had a bit of topic drift into commodity ETFs. Tsk, tsk!
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Post by goldie on May 26, 2018 11:38:45 GMT -5
Sneakers, thanks for trying. Maybe it's because there is so much variation in quality: color, clarity and all that. Anyway, I'll be at the mercy of whichever jewelry store I take them to and what they offer.
It looks like you own some wonderful stocks (ie, I'm jealous) 
Back when I got my first iMac I loved it so much that I would have bought some Apple stock if I'd had any available cash. Sadly I didn't, or I'd be doing much better now! That was before iPads and iPhones, etc.
I did inherit one stock, from a "little" local company that hasn't done too badly: 3M. Unfortunately it was only a small number of shares. Another local stock has done very well, too, although I don't have any: Target. I wonder about its future, though, with the shift to online retailing. But it doesn't matter to me personally, since I don't own.
How is Warren Buffets' doing these days? I can't remember at the moment what it's called (aagghh it's on the tip of my tongue!). That's another that years ago I wished I had the money to invest in. My aunt owned some, maybe only one share. It did very, very well for a long time, but I wonder if that continued. IF I recall, he was hesitant to invest in the tech industry, which was probably a good thing back then, since there were so many failures before they learned how to monetize what they had. But that's changed.
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Post by picturefreak on May 26, 2018 15:01:40 GMT -5
Berkshire Hathaway bought AAPL recently too?
Sigh.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on May 26, 2018 16:23:20 GMT -5
Berkshire Hathaway bought AAPL recently too? BRK has about $28 billion in Apple stock among their various investments. On the other hand, AAPL has an enterprise value close to a trillion dollars. Insurance companies have a lot of investment reserves. State Farm Insurance, as of the last time I looked, owned about 10% of Nucor (NUE). My late father was quite skeptical when I told him I owned part of a company that makes steel. Of course, NUE is not your grandpa's steel company. Neither is Steel Dynamics (STLD). |
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Post by picturefreak on May 27, 2018 10:52:12 GMT -5
maybe this needs to be in the finance forums...
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Post by goldie on May 28, 2018 15:12:30 GMT -5
I tried putting BRK in my little stock tracker to see what it's selling for now, but it wouldn't take just plain BRK. It had BRK-A, BRK-B,BRKA or BRKB, all for Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE). Do you know which one, or should I try all four to see what happens? I guess now he's convinced that tech stocks won't all fail. |
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Post by lind on May 28, 2018 15:26:38 GMT -5
A post from sneakers (Metro Houston) May 1, 2018 at 10:16am was used to generate this list. Data grabbed: Monday May 28 2018 14:26:09 (Markets closed today) | Symbol | Company | Price | Change |
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| AAPL | Apple Inc. | $188.58 | unchanged | -- | | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | $13.54 | unchanged | -- | | CHTR | Charter Communications Inc. | $270.20 | unchanged | -- | | CMCSA | Comcast Corporation Class A Common Stock | $31.75 | unchanged | -- | | GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | $1075.66 | unchanged | -- | | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. | $1084.08 | unchanged | -- | | HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | $15.52 | unchanged | -- | | HPQ | HP Inc. | $21.91 | unchanged | -- | | IBM | International Business Machines Corporation | $143.64 | unchanged | -- | | INTC | Intel Corporation | $55.44 | unchanged | -- | | MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | $98.36 | unchanged | -- | | ORCL | Oracle Corporation | $47.00 | unchanged | -- | | STX | Seagate Technology PLC | $57.47 | unchanged | -- | | T | AT&T Inc. | $32.51 | unchanged | -- | | TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | $39.30 | unchanged | -- | | TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | $111.56 | unchanged | -- | | VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | $48.52 | unchanged | -- | | WDC | Western Digital Corporation | $86.35 | unchanged | -- |
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on May 28, 2018 16:45:59 GMT -5
I tried putting BRK in my little stock tracker to see what it's selling for now, but it wouldn't take just plain BRK. It had BRK-A, BRK-B,BRKA or BRKB, all for Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE). Do you know which one, or should I try all four to see what happens?
Class A - which is about $290,000.00 a share (counts as 10,000 votes on shareholder resolutions): BRK-A, BRKA, BRK/A (I've seen all three designations used for the stock)
Class B - which is about $194.00 a share (counts as one vote on shareholder resolutions): BRK-B, BRKB, BRK/B (all three designations are used)
Royal Dutch Shell also has Class A and Class B shares, but in that case the shares are very close in price. It's how they tax the dividends. Class A has Netherlands tax treatment, Class B has UK tax treatment.
Ford Motor Company has Class A and Class B shares, but in that case the shares have the same price and only the voting proportions vary. All the Class B stock together is 40% of the voting power. Somebody named Henry Ford has to be your ancestor for you to inherit Class B stock.
Comcast, Meredith, and Nike have multiple share classes with different voting rights. Usually tied to the founders of the respective companies.
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Post by goldie on May 28, 2018 20:13:50 GMT -5
Thanks, sneakers. I used to know they had two classes of shares but forgot.
I'm very uninformed. Is there a good, easy to understand website you recommend for keeping up on these few, etc? The Motley Fool? I've looked at that a bit in the past.
Sorry for taking (and keeping) this off-topic. Is there another more general one that I should be looking at instead?
(If you read this before this edit, I figured out what I had mis-read)
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Post by lind on May 29, 2018 15:26:39 GMT -5
A post from sneakers (Metro Houston) May 1, 2018 at 10:16am was used to generate this list. Data grabbed: Tuesday May 29 2018 14:26:03 (Data may be delayed) | Symbol | Company | Price | Change |
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| AAPL | Apple Inc. | $187.90 | down $0.68 | -0.36% | | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | $13.36 | down $0.18 | -1.33% | | CHTR | Charter Communications Inc. | $266.36 | down $3.84 | -1.42% | | CMCSA | Comcast Corporation Class A Common Stock | $31.51 | down $0.24 | -0.76% | | GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | $1060.32 | down $15.34 | -1.43% | | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. | $1068.07 | down $16.01 | -1.48% | | HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | $15.38 | down $0.14 | -0.90% | | HPQ | HP Inc. | $21.30 | down $0.61 | -2.78% | | IBM | International Business Machines Corporation | $141.22 | down $2.42 | -1.69% | | INTC | Intel Corporation | $55.32 | down $0.12 | -0.22% | | MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | $98.01 | down $0.35 | -0.36% | | ORCL | Oracle Corporation | $46.26 | down $0.74 | -1.57% | | STX | Seagate Technology PLC | $57.25 | down $0.22 | -0.38% | | T | AT&T Inc. | $32.33 | down $0.18 | -0.55% | | TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | $38.16 | down $1.14 | -2.90% | | TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | $110.94 | down $0.62 | -0.56% | | VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | $48.20 | down $0.32 | -0.66% | | WDC | Western Digital Corporation | $86.49 | up $0.14 | 0.16% |
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Post by lind on May 30, 2018 15:26:38 GMT -5
A post from sneakers (Metro Houston) May 1, 2018 at 10:16am was used to generate this list. Data grabbed: Wednesday May 30 2018 14:25:58 (Data may be delayed) | Symbol | Company | Price | Change |
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| AAPL | Apple Inc. | $187.50 | down $0.40 | -0.21% | | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | $13.82 | up $0.46 | 3.44% | | CHTR | Charter Communications Inc. | $266.94 | up $0.58 | 0.22% | | CMCSA | Comcast Corporation Class A Common Stock | $31.48 | down $0.03 | -0.10% | | GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | $1067.80 | up $7.48 | 0.70% | | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. | $1077.47 | up $9.40 | 0.88% | | HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | $15.57 | up $0.19 | 1.23% | | HPQ | HP Inc. | $22.16 | up $0.86 | 4.04% | | IBM | International Business Machines Corporation | $142.62 | up $1.40 | 0.99% | | INTC | Intel Corporation | $55.68 | up $0.36 | 0.65% | | MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | $98.95 | up $0.94 | 0.96% | | ORCL | Oracle Corporation | $47.05 | up $0.79 | 1.71% | | STX | Seagate Technology PLC | $58.03 | up $0.78 | 1.36% | | T | AT&T Inc. | $32.57 | up $0.24 | 0.74% | | TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | $38.34 | up $0.18 | 0.47% | | TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | $111.85 | up $0.91 | 0.82% | | VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | $48.60 | up $0.40 | 0.83% | | WDC | Western Digital Corporation | $86.53 | up $0.04 | 0.05% |
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Post by picturefreak on May 30, 2018 23:53:33 GMT -5
lind, quote fb
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Post by lind on May 30, 2018 23:55:53 GMT -5
Checking commands: Data grabbed: Wednesday May 30 2018 22:55:24 (Data may be delayed) | Symbol | Company | Price | Change |
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| FB | Facebook Inc. | $187.67 | up $1.93 | 1.04% |
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Post by picturefreak on May 31, 2018 0:03:43 GMT -5
lind, quote MRK
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