Investing megathread extravaganza

[DaFace]

A place to talk about investing stuff.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Thought this was pretty interesting

[Abba-Dabba]

Originally Posted by lewdog

I think their ER comes back pretty solid and we see a bump in the stock.

Temporary though. China looks to stay in a bear market for now.

Not all positive ER's come back with correlating price bump. Not saying this is what is going to happen but... look at MU after it's last ER.

[Abba-Dabba]

Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin

Thought this was pretty interesting

Loving that. Can you imagine the power bill on ten 90,000 watt flower rooms alone? Wonder what a 900,000 watt Bill looks like. Although I bet they are using at least 2 million watts if power with all rooms combined. Lights look like 1k Gavitas in the flower room

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Another interesting video on the two major Cannabis companies

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by RubberSponge

Loving that. Can you imagine the power bill on ten 90,000 watt flower rooms alone? Wonder what a 900,000 watt Bill looks like. Although I bet they are using at least 2 million watts if power with all rooms combined. Lights look like 1k Gavitas in the flower room

Maybe things have changed since Trump came in, but at one point, you couldn't deposit proceeds from sales from (Federally) illegal activity into a bank. So can you imagine rolling into the electric office with a box full of hundos? LOL

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Maybe things have changed since Trump came in, but at one point, you couldn't deposit proceeds from sales from (Federally) illegal activity into a bank. So can you imagine rolling into the electric office with a box full of hundos? LOL

You'd get civil asset forfeiture'd real ****in' quick.

[Abba-Dabba]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Maybe things have changed since Trump came in, but at one point, you couldn't deposit proceeds from sales from (Federally) illegal activity into a bank. So can you imagine rolling into the electric office with a box full of hundos? LOL

I doubt Aurora has too many banking issues considering they are in Canada but without a doubt banking can be hazardous here in the U.S. in the cannabis industry.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by RubberSponge

I doubt Aurora has too many banking issues considering they are in Canada but without a doubt banking can be hazardous here in the U.S. in the cannabis industry.

Ah hell. Shows what I know.

So all the legal growers in legal states are still operating off the pimp roll?

[lewdog]

Apple looking good after close.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Apple looking good after close.

cause they make monies.....

[philfree]

I have several stocks in a long term portfolio and one took a dump today. Anybody own IGPG? I did till today but I sold short for a loss today.

[ChiliConCarnage]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Apple looking good after close.

Great quarter. Came in right at the top of their guidance for revenue.
Services killed it again w/ 31% growth and continues to carry. Cook pointed out that Apple Pay did triple the transactions from the quarter a year ago. Said they took more total transactions this quarter than Square and more mobile transactions than paypal. Sort of surprised me.. I don't know many people who use the mobile payments like that

[ChiliConCarnage]

Me trying to listen to the IQ earnings call

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by ChiliConCarnage

Me trying to listen to the IQ earnings call

[lewdog]

Holy shit. Mega buybacks have happened and will happen.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple...230934844.html

By Noel Randewich and Sonam Rai

(Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Tuesday it handed its shareholders $20 billion through share buybacks in the June quarter, bringing its tally this year to a record $43 billion and helping push its stock price to an all-time high.

With a mountain of overseas cash freed up by last year's sweeping U.S. corporate tax cuts, Apple's share repurchases in the first half of calendar 2018 exceed the stock market value of almost three quarters of the companies in the S&P 500, including Ford Motor Co (F.N), Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N).

Apple's share repurchases in the June quarter were only eclipsed in the history of the S&P 500 by Apple repurchasing $22.8 billion of its shares in the prior quarter, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices analyst Howard Silverblatt.

The recent pace of Apple's buybacks, disclosed in a quarterly report that beat Wall Street's expectations, could help support the iPhone maker's stock as investors worry that some high-flying technology companies have become too expensive.

Confidence top-shelf technology and consumer stocks has been shaken in recent days following poor results from Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Netflix Inc (NFLX.O).

Apple said in May it was adding $100 billion to its budget for buybacks. Its stock is up 16 percent in 2018, compared with the S&P 500's 5 percent rise.

"I see the buybacks as a major determinant of near-term price appreciation," said D.A. Davidson & Co analyst Thomas Forte.

Apple reported strong quarterly revenue and profits in its report after the bell, driven by sales of higher-priced iPhones and from services like the App Store.

Its stock rose 3.7 percent in extended trade to $197.34, a record high, putting its market capitalization at $954 billion, based on Apple's share count at the end of the quarter. Apple is tickling at becoming the first publicly listed U.S. company valued at $1 trillion.

However, Apple's quarterly filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, expected on Wednesday, might reveal that it further reduced its share count since the end of the quarter, which would mean its market capitalization is lower.

Apple also paid $3.7 billion in dividends during the quarter, bringing its total in the first half of calendar 2018 to $6.9 billion, the company said.

The decision to turn over record amounts of cash to shareholders was a direct result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by Republican lawmakers in December.