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A few weeks back, I bought a few shares of ASGR ($100 worth) on Sharebuilder. I just logged in and found that the stock has a value of $0.00. No message or explanation. I searched the company on Google, but didn't find anything in the news about the company going bankrupt or anything. Anyone ever have this happen, or know a possible explanation?:confused:
 
The stock could be involved in a potential buy out - so regardless something will eventually turn up even if it's just cash.
 
Sensei said:
A few weeks back, I bought a few shares of ASGR ($100 worth) on Sharebuilder. I just logged in and found that the stock has a value of $0.00. No message or explanation. I searched the company on Google, but didn't find anything in the news about the company going bankrupt or anything. Anyone ever have this happen, or know a possible explanation?:confused:
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Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. Investigates Buyout of America Service Group Inc. - ASGR

"Under the proposed agreement, America Service Group shareholders will receive $26.00 per share in cash for each America Service Group share they own."
 
Just to add closure - the money is now back in my account. I bought ASGR on 5/17 for $25.90 a share, and was paid $26.00 a share. I made 39 cents! Better than what I've done with my TSP account since 5/17...
 
After jumping up to 2.46 at the end of May, LVLT pulled back in June, but did anyone see what happened this morning? It hit 1.94 near the open, but rallied right back and closed up .03 to 2.15. I actually bought it again a few days ago at 2.20 so I'm still in the hole.

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I'm just glad I wasn't watching it at the open this morning as I had a "mental stop" below the open gap, and probably would have panic sold had I seen the action - although I probably would have watched how it reacted to the 50-day EMA, which did hold.

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tsptalk said:
I decided to sell this morning's rally. Sold @ 2.11.

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My son (17) decided to gamble on a penny stock. LYJN is coming alive and has made a nice little bull flag. He's looking for a quick double (or nothing :D).

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So, with AAPL putting earnings out on Tuesday, and I suspect it will be good, should a purchase ahead of an expected bounce up be a good idea? I think I can buy a couple shares (hate those high priced stocks)???

Thanks !!
 
RealMoneyIssues said:
So, with AAPL putting earnings out on Tuesday, and I suspect it will be good, should a purchase ahead of an expected bounce up be a good idea? I think I can buy a couple shares (hate those high priced stocks)???

Thanks !!
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It's a gamble any time you buy before earnings. AAPL actually made a new all-time high on Friday. A breakout is possible, but a pullback from the highs is also reasonable.

I suspect, since it has been conslidating for so long, we could see a breakout - but that is a complete guess.

As far as prices goes, it's all percentages. Look at Google on Friday - up about $70 a share or 13%. 13% is 13% no matter what price it started at. :)
 
RealMoneyIssues said:
So, with AAPL putting earnings out on Tuesday, and I suspect it will be good, should a purchase ahead of an expected bounce up be a good idea? I think I can buy a couple shares (hate those high priced stocks)???
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What did you decide to do? The shares are halted right now but the earnings were huge! $7.79/ share vs. ~ $5.85 estimated.

It closed at 376 and should resume trading in about 10 minutes.
 
AAPL up 6%+ immediately after reopening after hours trading due to their crazy high earnings report. Good move if you made it!
 
I am fully invested in ETFs right now that are going up and even if I wanted to do it I would have had to make the decision 3 days ago (settlement). It would have been a good decision, but oh well. It's not like I haven't lost out on 20+% of gains on other transactions in the last few months. I have to be happy with what I have and not be upset with what I have missed :)
 
RealMoneyIssues said:
I am fully invested in ETFs right now that are going up and even if I wanted to do it I would have had to make the decision 3 days ago (settlement).
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I find the settlement issue interesting in that it gives us the opposite problem from our TSP (although the restrictions aren't as severe).

In our TSP, we can sell at any time, but the 3-day settlement rule outside of the TSP allows us to buy at any time, but puts restrictions on selling. :blink:

Assuming you did not sell something else within the last 3 days to buy your current ETF's, selling one of the ETF's and buying AAPL right away would not have been a problem. But you wouldn't be able to sell AAPL for 3 business days.

...Just in case you weren't aware of how that wash rule worked.
 
Thinking about purchasing soon: DIS, CSTR, KO, YUM, DTV, NWSA, PIR, SLB, BTU, C, BIDU

One goal of mine is to target companies with strong growth in China, like DIS, KO, BIDU and YUM. I'm also taking a "stick with what you understand" mentality with CSTR, DTV & PIR. My analyst-inspired picks include NWSA, SLB, BTU, & C. I'm gonna hold about 20% cash in the account for lower prices on AAPL and GLD.

I don't own any stocks right now, but I'm looking to start my portfolio with these.. Any input? Thanks :)
 
bmneveu said:
I don't own any stocks right now, but I'm looking to start my portfolio with these.. Any input? Thanks :)
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I don't know much about any of those stocks, but I just started a portfolio in May, and here's what I've learned. I'm not a high-roller - I put $100 in every two weeks for now - and I'll pay an $8 commission per stock when I eventually decide to sell. So I figure I have to have at least $800 of shares in each stock to make it worth my while to own the stock. At first I wanted to grab a little bit of a lot of companies, but I quickly realized I had to slow down and carefully decide on about 10 stocks/ETFs that I will contribute to slowly for a period of at least 4 years. Birchtree and some others opened my eyes to dividend paying stocks, and I try to look for companies that are well off their 10 year highs and don't appear to be spiking yet. T (AT&T) is a pretty good example (I think, anyway).

Good luck, and hopefully some more experienced investors will chime in.
 
I am into chart set ups and momentum stocks so only BIDU appeals to me on that list, although NWSA looks like an interesting trade. You are probably looking for investments so I am probably not a good person to ask. Birchtree would probably help you there.

A momentum stock like CMG saw some selling on earnings last night, but it is a strong trending stock, high growth stock that can be bought on dips. (I don't own it at the moment). I like ARBA on dips (I own it) APPL for a momentum trade (I own but may sell on Wed strength). Revshark told me about a stock, GSVC which has a nice chart but is unique in that it is an indirect way to own Facebook. They are kind of an venture capital company and own a few hundred thousand private shares of Facebook for some reason, and that could be reason enough to own them. I own some.
 
I am in FAZ right now looking for financial stocks to pull back from here, but as a hedge I bought some Google today near $552 - just before they report 3rd qtr earnings after the close today.

It's a gamble but they are down 12% from the summer highs and they love to gap after earnings (but which way?). I think we could see a move to $575 to $600 after hours and the coming days. That's almost exactly what they did after the 2nd quarter earnings released.
 
tsptalk said:
I am in FAZ right now looking for financial stocks to pull back from here, but as a hedge I bought some Google today near $552 - just before they report 3rd qtr earnings after the close today.

It's a gamble but they are down 12% from the summer highs and they love to gap after earnings (but which way?). I think we could see a move to $575 to $600 after hours and the coming days. That's almost exactly what they did after the 2nd quarter earnings released.
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GOOG is up 5+% afterhours.
 
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