Investing megathread extravaganza

[DaFace]

A place to talk about investing stuff.

[ChiliConCarnage]

Originally Posted by Romosexual

what I really want to figure out is - how to invest in Fiber Internet. Cable is going to be dead in a few years and Fiber Internet is going to be the next thing EVERYONE has. Can't seem to figure out how to put my money towards that ... maybe it's not even possible. Maybe the cable companies like Comcast will be the companies that adapt to Fiber. No clue.

You might want to look into 5g first. AT&T is already doing testing in Austin. Verizon and Tmo have already shown off tests that exceeded 10Gbps. I'd research who stands to profit from 5G. Look at patents. People who get paid no matter what other companies win marketshare. Qualcomm might be one

Not saying fiber won't move forward but I know Google had halted a lot of their rollouts. They have their own wireless option that is sort of building to building that I think they just started offering in certain cities.

[Halfcan]

Originally Posted by DadLeft4Cigarettes

I look at thes place and I don not immenstiatley thing peeple heer are real good at investment. u have to role dies constisintely to make earth shackleling different in in-come. big life change move.

I alway say do stuffs like bingo, molotto and play pocker with friend. get paid more often then stock market or cd a count. I go bingo two time in grain valleys per week. I say may b one time per month I drive off lott with 500 dollas. so luck, someskill don be efraide to take chance with money. lotto also very good long time invessments

I put this through the Google translator.

Great advice-I just cashed out all my assets and bought scratch off lottery tickets. Me b pimpin large soon-u feel me yo.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by DadLeft4Cigarettes

I look at thes place and I don not immenstiatley thing peeple heer are real good at investment. u have to role dies constisintely to make earth shackleling different in in-come. big life change move.

I alway say do stuffs like bingo, molotto and play pocker with friend. get paid more often then stock market or cd a count. I go bingo two time in grain valleys per week. I say may b one time per month I drive off lott with 500 dollas. so luck, someskill don be efraide to take chance with money. lotto also very good long time invessments

do what need done hog this whyi go to eat owe brakefeast evry morning u cant I get hashbrown and 19 yr old woman rid on my skin chevelle by or b4 luntch thyme. u farm piggy for loving

you mus take chance roll die spin the dial turn ova stone look fro diamone n ruff u got to take chences if u have extra money some thymes or die old an grumpi u can take money wit you 2 the grove when u die u now?

[HonestChieffan]

Originally Posted by DadLeft4Cigarettes

do what need done hog this whyi go to eat owe brakefeast evry morning u cant I get hashbrown and 19 yr old woman rid on my skin chevelle by or b4 luntch thyme. u farm piggy for loving

you mus take chance roll die spin the dial turn ova stone look fro diamone n ruff u got to take chences if u have extra money some thymes or die old an grumpi u can take money wit you 2 the grove when u die u now?

This is exactly what I was thinking.

[lewdog]

Interesting thought about putting a Put Option on Sears stock. They had a recent spike but I don't see that lasting through 2017.

I can't see that company staying a float much longer. It's dropped so much you'd think mutual funds start dropping it's shares as well. I haven't been in a Sears store for anything in years.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Interesting thought about putting a Put Option on Sears stock. They had a recent spike but I don't see that lasting through 2017.

I can't see that company staying a float much longer. It's dropped so much you'd think mutual funds start dropping it's shares as well. I haven't been in a Sears store for anything in years.

Sears is done. I think they got the spike because they sold craftsman. I don't think they have anything left to sell.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Sears is done. I think they got the spike because they sold craftsman. I don't think they have anything left to sell.

I refuse to go there for tools now because their floor staff are now rabid salesmen. I cant just browse along and then ask when I need help. I'm attacked by a salesman every 30 seconds. F that.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by loochy

I refuse to go there for tools now because their floor staff are now rabid salesmen. I cant just browse along and then ask when I need help. I'm attacked by a salesman every 30 seconds. F that.

Come out here. It's all high schoolers, and they probably don't even know what most of the tools in there are. If they do, they're too busy playing grab ass to actually do any selling.

I will say the outfit here has a price match policy on the outdoor stuff. Probably on their appliances and other hardgoods too.

But looking at their store, they're done. I could look up their retail metrics, but they're done. The biggest player in the direct business for a ****ing century. Done.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Come out here. It's all high schoolers, and they probably don't even know what most of the tools in there are. If they do, they're too busy playing grab ass to actually do any selling.

I will say the outfit here has a price match policy on the outdoor stuff. Probably on their appliances and other hardgoods too.

But looking at their store, they're done. I could look up their retail metrics, but they're done. The biggest player in the direct business for a ****ing century. Done.

One stat I liked when I was younger was that back in the day, Sears accounted for 1% of the US GDP. For every $100 spent in the US economy, $1 of that was spent at Sears. That is how big they were.

A few years ago, though, Wal-Mart was 2% of the economy, so I guess it's not quite as amazing as I thought.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

One stat I liked when I was younger was that back in the day, Sears accounted for 1% of the US GDP. For every $100 spent in the US economy, $1 of that was spent at Sears. That is how big they were.

A few years ago, though, Wal-Mart was 2% of the economy, so I guess it's not quite as amazing as I thought.

Wow. That is incredible.

Yeah Wal-Mart is the devil, but look at the per capita retail stores. There used to be corner stores everywhere. I don't know the numbers, but I'd bet Sears had a larger percentage of all retail sales than did Wal-Mart, but I may be wrong.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

One stat I liked when I was younger was that back in the day, Sears accounted for 1% of the US GDP. For every $100 spent in the US economy, $1 of that was spent at Sears. That is how big they were.

A few years ago, though, Wal-Mart was 2% of the economy, so I guess it's not quite as amazing as I thought.

I wonder where Amazon ranks these days.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I wonder where Amazon ranks these days.

Apparently way behind. According to this list, Wal-mart sales are $350 billion compared to $61 billion for Amazon. 2015 data

https://nrf.com/resources/annual-ret...retailers-2016

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I wonder where Amazon ranks these days.

In order to completely derail the thread, wife tells me Wal-Mart has free 2 day shipping to compete with Amazon.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

In order to completely derail the thread, wife tells me Wal-Mart has free 2 day shipping to compete with Amazon.

While looking up the stat above, I learned somewhat to my surprise that Wal_mart is the second-biggest online retailer. Their $13 billion in sales is dwarfed by Amazon's, but they're still number two.