The Rokslide Stock Traders Thread

[NDGuy]

I had bought some more MU, NVDA and related Data Center stuff and it paid off big.

I was blown away seeing how much Caterpillar jumped up this year from Data Center builds.

 

[Beendare]

I was blown away seeing how much Caterpillar jumped up this year from Data Center builds.

Clever angle I had not considered

 

[eddielasvegas]

Lol what is this Iran 10 point plan? If we agreed to that, what a massive fuckup.

This isn't over yet, not by a longshot.

I agree. While I support the drive for peace, Iran is a master at talk and delay.

Even DJT said they've been doing it for 40+ years.

I'll be very disappointed in DJT if he gets played by Iran (or Israel) and I'd hardly call the last few hours a ceasefire is news reports are accurate.


Eddie

 

[BBob]

So something to note if your broker is Schwab and you have purchased US Treasuries and have them on an automatic rollover. Their process has changed and there is now a longer delay in crediting your cash account during the rollover period. Basically it is now a 3-4 day process to sell, re-buy the treasuries and during that time your cash account can go negative. When this happens (negative cash balance) you will not be able to trade within that account for those 3-4 days until your account corrects itself. To further clarify: You will not be able to place a trade online or with TOS but may be able to place a trade with a direct call to the broker during the transition period. This has to do with how the interest earned is dealt with. The upside is there is no or less loss in interest over the previous procedure but the downside is there is a longer delay in the process. Alternatively if you choose to buy and sell on the secondary market the account crediting delay will be only 1 day.

 

[eddielasvegas]

So something to note if your broker is Schwab and you have purchased US Treasuries and have them on an automatic rollover. Their process has changed and there is now a longer delay in crediting your cash account during the rollover period. Basically it is now a 3-4 day process to sell, re-buy the treasuries and during that time your cash account will go negative. When this happens you will not be able to trade within that account for those 3-4 days until your account corrects itself. To further clarify: You will not be able to place a trade online or with TOS but may be able to place a trade with a direct call to the broker during the transition period. This has to do with how the interest earned is dealt with. The upside is there is no or less loss in interest over the previous procedure but the downside is there is a longer delay in the process. Alternatively if you choose to buy and sell on the secondary market the account crediting delay will be only 1 day.

Thanks @BBob.

They also do some weird things with DRIPs, reporting and FI criteria.

I was migrated from TD in 2023 and am none too impressed with CS. As a matter of fact as soon as I get the right money (in a deposit bonus) to move my portfolio, I'm long gone Sally.

It's not big money (Elon would jump out the window if he woke up with my portfolio), but it's worthy of a few dollars as new money and I just can't move it and get nothing. I want to go to Fidelity, but I'm told their days of offering deposit bonuses are over for the foreseeable future.


Eddie

 

[BBob]

I was migrated from TD in 2023

Same, it was a bit of a cluster in transitioning, recovering and repopulating all of my work in TOS.

 

[Beendare]

Good heads up @BBob.
FWIW, Schwab has a few US Debt backed Money market fund that you can trade in and out of in a day. One I use is US Treasury backed SNSXX, currently 3.38%

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Did you guys see there is a new Roundhill ETF focusing on memory chip companies? DRAM. Micron and the Korean chip companies SK Hynix and Samsung all are about 24% of the total fund....so you are pretty much buying those 3 companies. The Korean companies are highly dependent on Shipped in Nat gas....so they were struggling but popped on today's news in Iran. That might change when reality hits.

I would be tempted to just buy Micron as its not dependent on world politics, its mostly based here in the US and soon to have a mile long facility in Boise. I just bought more recently as I mentioned here prior, up 7.7% today but it has some wild swings with 6% down days recently. Some down days Its a gut puncher.

MU has what I would consider a reasonable valuation considering they make money hand over fist, production is sold out for the next year almost 2 and they make a hefty profit margin of over 40%. EPS is projected to increase 150% all with a PE of 17. I'm bullish on it with a big position in it....but of course the Data center/AI story is volatile as hell.

DRAM will bounce if the OIL thing looks to be evening out [up 10.3% today]- those Korean companies are top notch and cutting edge competitors. Those have a pretty high valuation compared to MU probably due to their high quality products. Some were playing them through the Korean ETF- EWY it's been hit hard in the last week.

 

[NDGuy]

Good heads up @BBob.
FWIW, Schwab has a few US Debt backed Money market fund that you can trade in and out of in a day. One I use is US Treasury backed SNSXX, currently 3.38%

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Did you guys see there is a new Roundhill ETF focusing on memory chip companies? DRAM. Micron and the Korean chip companies SK Hynix and Samsung all are about 24% of the total fund....so you are pretty much buying those 3 companies. The Korean companies are highly dependent on Shipped in Nat gas....so they were struggling but popped on today's news in Iran. That might change when reality hits.

I would be tempted to just buy Micron as its not dependent on world politics, its mostly based here in the US and soon to have a mile long facility in Boise. I just bought more recently as I mentioned here prior, up 7.7% today but it has some wild swings with 6% down days recently. Some down days Its a gut puncher.

MU has what I would consider a reasonable valuation considering they make money hand over fist, production is sold out for the next year almost 2 and they make a hefty profit margin of over 40%. EPS is projected to increase 150% all with a PE of 17. I'm bullish on it with a big position in it....but of course the Data center/AI story is volatile as hell.

DRAM will bounce if the OIL thing looks to be evening out [up 10.3% today]- those Korean companies are top notch and cutting edge competitors. Those have a pretty high valuation compared to MU probably due to their high quality products. Some were playing them through the Korean ETF- EWY it's been hit hard in the last week.

MU makes me sick how long it was bouncing around in the 40s and 50s. Ugh

I think it’s got more room as well and likely a candidate for a split the coming years.

 

[Customweld]

MU makes me sick how long it was bouncing around in the 40s and 50s. Ugh

I think it’s got more room as well and likely a candidate for a split the coming years.

My daughter works at the Micron site in Boise as an electrician, the amount of money being thrown at the contractors working out there is insane.

 

[Coveyleader]

I was blown away seeing how much Caterpillar jumped up this year from Data Center builds.

For sure. I got a few shares back at 300. I'm in that industry, and data centers are exactly what is driving that gig. Tomorrow my shorts go to longs on CAT.

 

[HuntHarder]

TSMC is talking more expansion in Az. Most of you already know this is a good stock. I read an article talking about quite a bit more investments in new Fabs. Also saw that their chops are pretty much spoken for thru 2028.

Piggy backing off of them, Amkor (AMKR) is also building a giant facility next to TSMC. They are going to package for TSMC. Stock is up pretty good since breaking ground.

Both have done well for me and I expect or hope them to continue for the foreseeable future.

 

[Pharmseller]

Market was up 1,100 points and I lost my ass with PLTR.

 

[dieselchessy]

Good heads up @BBob.
FWIW, Schwab has a few US Debt backed Money market fund that you can trade in and out of in a day. One I use is US Treasury backed SNSXX, currently 3.38%

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Did you guys see there is a new Roundhill ETF focusing on memory chip companies? DRAM. Micron and the Korean chip companies SK Hynix and Samsung all are about 24% of the total fund....so you are pretty much buying those 3 companies. The Korean companies are highly dependent on Shipped in Nat gas....so they were struggling but popped on today's news in Iran. That might change when reality hits.

I would be tempted to just buy Micron as its not dependent on world politics, its mostly based here in the US and soon to have a mile long facility in Boise. I just bought more recently as I mentioned here prior, up 7.7% today but it has some wild swings with 6% down days recently. Some down days Its a gut puncher.

MU has what I would consider a reasonable valuation considering they make money hand over fist, production is sold out for the next year almost 2 and they make a hefty profit margin of over 40%. EPS is projected to increase 150% all with a PE of 17. I'm bullish on it with a big position in it....but of course the Data center/AI story is volatile as hell.

DRAM will bounce if the OIL thing looks to be evening out [up 10.3% today]- those Korean companies are top notch and cutting edge competitors. Those have a pretty high valuation compared to MU probably due to their high quality products. Some were playing them through the Korean ETF- EWY it's been hit hard in the last week.

Not sure why you say Micron is “mostly based in the US”.
Micron is aiming to have -40% production in the US in the next decade per the inter webs. Micron’s production is largely in Asia.

I dont think any of the big Semiconductor manufacturers have most of their production stateside. Even Texas Instruments has a dozen or more fabs outside the US. They are expanding stateside as well.
I’de expect the war to help TI, good bit of their chips used in defense products.