INVESTING- Stocks, mutual funds and IRAs

[desertrunner]

It’s in my gambling account in case it goes meme. I mostly have dividend and qqq for retirement.

I do love selling covered calls for disposable income.

What is qqq?

Also, I do like following Sunoco (SUN) gas stock, It is in my Tier 2 ranking and returning about 6.5% Watching them, they seem like a long term winner.

Im still watching Verizon (VZ) and curious how they are going to pan out. I am hoping Druff starts watching them and then advises me down the line on what he thinks.

A female friend likes AMD stock, I would like to follow it when I get a chance, but seems too volatile.

[Goodpoop]

It’s in my gambling account in case it goes meme. I mostly have dividend and qqq for retirement.

I do love selling covered calls for disposable income.

What is qqq?

Also, I do like following Sunoco (SUN) gas stock, It is in my Tier 2 ranking and returning about 6.5% Watching them, they seem like a long term winner.

Im still watching Verizon (VZ) and curious how they are going to pan out. I am hoping Druff starts watching them and then advises me down the line on what he thinks.

A female friend likes AMD stock, I would like to follow it when I get a chance, but seems too volatile.

Invesco QQQ is the NASDAQ ETF. It's just like the SPY for the S&P. The QQQ is a little more volatile b/c it holds a lot of tech but the top 10 holdings of the QQQ and SPY are a lot alike. MSFT, Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, Meta, Costco, Tesla, Alphabet ect...

If you are relatively new to investing it's very hard to beat QQQ or SPY by picking individual stocks. If you follow W.Buffet he says this a lot. He even recently advised to by the spy vs Berkshire.

I have a few hundo shares of VZ and still don't know about it. It pays a nice dividend but I like a little growth with that amount of risk.

Some of my top holding now beside QQQ are Msft, LMT, JNJ, Pepsi, KO, XOM, Amgen, Ni, CSX, UNH. These are old man stocks.

I like AMD but it can be volatile.

I sell a lot of covered calls off QQQ. It keeps me active without going crazy.

[sonatine]

[desertrunner]

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I have a few hundo shares of VZ and still don't know about it. It pays a nice dividend but I like a little growth with that amount of risk.

Some of my top holding now beside QQQ are Msft, LMT, JNJ, Pepsi, KO, XOM, Amgen, Ni, CSX, UNH. These are old man stocks.

I like AMD but it can be volatile.

Ahh, two that I like and follow- XOM and VZ.

Thanks for the info on all of the other stuff. I have been a very small and conservative investor for a long time. I know Druff is working on some stuff and I want to follow him as it will be interesting.

[Sanlmar]

I sell a lot of covered calls off QQQ. It keeps me active without going crazy.

The world is/was selling puts for income. Market never goes down. There are idiot income etfs that do this for you. Make a little income in what seems like guaranteed risk free income.

0 days to expiration options and all kinds of ploppie extremism

Until it blows up. Some kind of gamma squeeze. And people die.

Oh wait, I’m late with the news

[Goodpoop]

I sell a lot of covered calls off QQQ. It keeps me active without going crazy.

The world is/was selling puts for income. Market never goes down. There are idiot income etfs that do this for you. Make a little income in what seems like guaranteed risk free income.

0 days to expiration options and all kinds of ploppie extremism

Until it blows up. Some kind of gamma squeeze. And people die.

Oh wait, I’m late with the news

I’ve sold puts but prefer selling calls. Selling puts on Qqq or spy has a lot less risk. The yield max funds are hilarious.

0 DTE are when you can’t make it to the craps table.

[desertrunner]

I have a few hundo shares of VZ and still don't know about it. It pays a nice dividend but I like a little growth with that amount of risk.

Some of my top holding now beside QQQ are Msft, LMT, JNJ, Pepsi, KO, XOM, Amgen, Ni, CSX, UNH. These are old man stocks.

Can you please get more specific on XOM and VZ? How long have you had them, why do you like them and are they a long term hold. Do you feel strong on both of them?

Thank you for answering me on this, I'd really like to hear what you think on them.

[Goodpoop]

I have a few hundo shares of VZ and still don't know about it. It pays a nice dividend but I like a little growth with that amount of risk.

Some of my top holding now beside QQQ are Msft, LMT, JNJ, Pepsi, KO, XOM, Amgen, Ni, CSX, UNH. These are old man stocks.

Can you please get more specific on XOM and VZ? How long have you had them, why do you like them and are they a long term hold. Do you feel strong on both of them?

Thank you for answering me on this, I'd really like to hear what you think on them.

I bought XOM end of last year. I think around 100 per share. I didn’t have any oil stocks and xom is a dividend king. Probably not the greatest growth but solid with it 3% dividend. I just looked I guess I’m up 20%

I’ve had VZ for a long time so I’m down. The 6.5% is nice but I’m not thrilled with the company. A lot of competition.

If you like energy look at Ni. Electric and gas. It pays 3.7% dividend and I believe has a lot of growth potential. I got a Merrill Lynch guy that likes it but had it before him.

Of course I like QQQ and it’s down 5% this week. Probably should buy more now.

When is Druff going to comment?

[desertrunner]

Over this thread, I’ve asked about and addresses Verizon stock. Suddenly, CalPERS (Druff can confirm I’m a member) dumps all of their Verizon stock and I am curious. As I have said many times here, why is Verizon such a wild card and I still don’t know.

Druff- Any insight?

[desertrunner]

Update-

I have been a fan and holder of ConocoPhilips-76 (COP) stock and that company recently purchased Marathon Oil, a crazy good buy.

COP is now projecting a 34% profit boost in the 4th Q. In my opinion, this was already a good long term stock buy, not even better.

Fidelity's projections on COP-

1-year +9.12%

2-year +18.78%

5-year +83.43%

10-yea +30.44%

[1dollarboxcar]

[desertrunner]

Update-

I have been a fan and holder of ConocoPhilips-76 (COP) stock and that company recently purchased Marathon Oil

I've sold COP for Sunoco (Sun) stock, better dividend.

[desertrunner]

For months I have been watching Verizon and not too confident in their company. Ive also asked others about their opinion and no one else has much to offer.

Currently- Verizon just bought Frontier Communications and this is a major play. Now this is getting interesting.

Ive also been asking Druff to watch Verizon and give me an opinion and he will get back to me eventually.

Also, a news story on their dividends- Sept 4- Verizon increases dividend for 18th consecutive year

[Sanlmar]

Over this thread, I’ve asked about and addresses Verizon stock. Suddenly, CalPERS (Druff can confirm I’m a member) dumps all of their Verizon stock and I am curious. As I have said many times here, why is Verizon such a wild card and I still don’t know.

Druff- Any insight?

It’s your money but I suggest you don’t take any queues from Calpers investing strategy. They are awful for many reasons but (given the alt right theme here) their environment/social etc silliness is a giant anchor.

I don’t even think they meet their own pitiful targets annually.

Don’t let Calpers pollute your thinking

[Sheesfaced]

Over this thread, I’ve asked about and addresses Verizon stock. Suddenly, CalPERS (Druff can confirm I’m a member) dumps all of their Verizon stock and I am curious. As I have said many times here, why is Verizon such a wild card and I still don’t know.

Druff- Any insight?

It’s your money but I suggest you don’t take any queues from Calpers investing strategy. They are awful for many reasons but (given the alt right theme here) their environment/social etc silliness is a giant anchor.

I don’t even think they meet their own pitiful targets annually.

Don’t let Calpers pollute your thinking

Along those same lines I wouldn’t seek out investing advice on a 8th tier poker forum either.

[sonatine]

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[desertrunner]

It’s your money but I suggest you don’t take any queues from Calpers investing strategy. They are awful for many reasons but (given the alt right theme here) their environment/social etc silliness is a giant anchor.

I don’t even think they meet their own pitiful targets annually.

Don’t let Calpers pollute your thinking

As a CalPERS retiree, I agree with you on all points. I was just watching what they do and why they do it.

I do know they did hit some targets and missed on others.

The thing about Verizon stock- I was always looking for a key indicator and finally saw it this week with their purchase of Frontier Communications. Now I wonder if the CalPERS managers are thinking maybe they made a mistake by off loading, I do.

[desertrunner]

Along those same lines I wouldn’t seek out investing advice on a 8th tier poker forum either.

I swear to you, if Druff got into investing like he does poker, he would be super rich and a wise knowledge base to tap into. I'm still hoping he gets into it.

[Sanlmar]

Along those same lines I wouldn’t seek out investing advice on a 8th tier poker forum either.

I swear to you, if Druff got into investing like he does poker, he would be super rich and a wise knowledge base to tap into. I'm still hoping he gets into it.

Maybe you could start a portfolio that mirrors the Druff Family Trust

[desertrunner]

I swear to you, if Druff got into investing like he does poker, he would be super rich and a wise knowledge base to tap into. I'm still hoping he gets into it.

Maybe you could start a portfolio that mirrors the Druff Family Trust

In all seriousness, I think Druff would do well if he mirrored my current portfolio. Also, if his son's portfolio matched my daughter's, it would work well. I really have my daughter's E*Trade account dialed in.