USA Stocks discussion

[Perisher]

3m still doing well despite the red sea...

 

[htngwilliam]

No one interested in Berkshire A or B?

 

[Perisher]

No one interested in Berkshire A or B?

Everyone is interested, maybe not the A but surely the B. Just waiting for it's price to come down. If you read the first few pages, got a few mentioned they have it.

 

[Perisher]

V finally break $250. May be tempted to average up.
MCD breaks $90. Looks like MCD is gone case le. Selling a few.

 

[GoldenBargain]

the USD should be steadily rising barring any major events. What is your concern regarding?

Currency doesn't affect stock price, it affects company performances. Especially those with high international exposure like PM. A rising USD would make it's performance look worst than it really is as $$ are convert to USD for accounting.

Anyway, tonight 3M! another one of the behemoth I can't wait to buy ,reporting earnings. according to research, it will beat earnings due to strong 3rd quarter performances. Looks like I might have to wait even longer before dipping in.

Exactly that i am concerned that the strong USD might affect the company performance. Esp if they have international exposure. Eg Apple, PM. Pharma maybe also affected? Maybe? Still reading and analysing

 

[Perisher]

Exactly that i am concerned that the strong USD might affect the company performance. Esp if they have international exposure. Eg Apple, PM. Pharma maybe also affected? Maybe? Still reading and analysing

If you are looking for in-depth analysis, I highly recommend seeking alpha, and especially read the comments section.

Currency risk is always there, most companies would hedge some of their currency risk. USD won't rise forever, you just stack your way in perhaps?
Main thing is still how much a company is earning vs debt and expenses.

 

[GoldenBargain]

If you are looking for in-depth analysis, I highly recommend seeking alpha, and especially read the comments section.

Currency risk is always there, most companies would hedge some of their currency risk. USD won't rise forever, you just stack your way in perhaps?
Main thing is still how much a company is earning vs debt and expenses.

Yea....been spending my spare time reading Seeking Alpha. Great site...and yes the comments are very useful but at times the conflicting opinions in articles gets me really confused. I start doubting my own reasearch. LOL

 

[Perisher]

Yea....been spending my spare time reading Seeking Alpha. Great site...and yes the comments are very useful but at times the conflicting opinions in articles gets me really confused. I start doubting my own reasearch. LOL

That's why even experts disagree, those are for research purposes, you have to form your own opinion, it may be Contrarian to general consensus but that usually is where $$ is made. See which side of the coin are you more in agreement with.

 

[archcherub]

No one interested in Berkshire A or B?

im very interested. just no capital. haha....
the day i can afford A shares, i think im quite steady liao.. LOL

That's why even experts disagree, those are for research purposes, you have to form your own opinion, it may be Contrarian to general consensus but that usually is where $$ is made. See which side of the coin are you more in agreement with.

i agree too... many experts have conflicting views.
microsoft revenues up, but stock price chiong down (i know there are related warnings of future revenues, but still.... revenue up leh, plus windows 10 seems pretty good)

stock is a pretty amazing wonderland

 

[Perisher]

Us futures is looking for direction... not much up/down.

BA (Boeing)
EPS $2.31, beats by 20cents.
Revenue up y-o-y 2.9%
Pre-market up 3.4%

 

[Perisher]

BABA (Alibaba)
EPS $0.81, beats by $0.06.
Revenue misses by 230m with $4.22B.
Pre-market up by 2.59%

S&P 500 Futures Steadies

 

[felixleong]

Qualcomm -8.3% premarket after reducing its outlook for fiscal 2015, saying it expects its newest Snapdragon mobile chip to not be used in a "major customer's" flagship smartphone. The company also blamed increased competition in China for the reduced guidance. Still showing surprising growth for its latest quarter, Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) reported that first-quarter net income rose 5% from a year ago to $2B.

 

[Perisher]

Qualcomm -8.3% premarket after reducing its outlook for fiscal 2015, saying it expects its newest Snapdragon mobile chip to not be used in a "major customer's" flagship smartphone. The company also blamed increased competition in China for the reduced guidance. Still showing surprising growth for its latest quarter, Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) reported that first-quarter net income rose 5% from a year ago to $2B.

U follow QCOM arh? Haha, I only post counters I'm looking at or vested in. Even my alerts are set that way, sometimes didn't look at others.

 

[felixleong]

U follow QCOM arh? Haha, I only post counters I'm looking at or vested in. Even my alerts are set that way, sometimes didn't look at others.

I nowadays only take the morning breakfast from seeking alpha nia, never really play US market already hehe

last time I like to play banks and tech stocks, damn exciting hehehehe

 

[Perisher]

I nowadays only take the morning breakfast from seeking alpha nia, never really play US market already hehe

last time I like to play banks and tech stocks, damn exciting hehehehe

ya, bank and tech really exciting.
I'm still 30% invested in US, the rest in SG. I can see why people don't wanna play US market, watching market at night is tiring. Even I mostly just buy and hold big blue chips, not much TA, amazingly avoided a lot of noise in the process though.

If SG market got blue chips with long history of incremental dividends growth, I wouldn't mind just focus on SG.

 

[Gentleblade]

lao jiao here,

anyone using this to buy US shares?

actually quite bo hua right? cos other broker like etrade, thinkOrSwim, interactive brokers. has lower cost per trade? like $8 $10 per trade.

while SCB charges by %%%. so theres no higer limit..

anything im missing?

also,

for US shares, u all buy those got give dividend 1 not shag meh? always kana tax 30% right?

 

[Perisher]

lao jiao here,

anyone using this to buy US shares?

actually quite bo hua right? cos other broker like etrade, thinkOrSwim, interactive brokers. has lower cost per trade? like $8 $10 per trade.

while SCB charges by %%%. so theres no higer limit..

anything im missing?

also,

for US shares, u all buy those got give dividend 1 not shag meh? always kana tax 30% right?

Using what? SCB most value for money if you are small investor, limited budget. Otherwise try IB lor. Yes, jin gek sim when taxed 30%, but on the other hand, capital gain is $0 Tax.

 

[Shiny Things]

other broker like etrade, thinkOrSwim, interactive brokers. has lower cost per trade? like $8 $10 per trade.

while SCB charges by %%%. so theres no higer limit..

anything im missing?

Yep, a couple of things.

Stanchart has no minimum brokerage, just a flat 0.2% or whatever it is, so if you're a normal investor buying small lots then Stanchart's going to be the cheapest.

ETrade charges a flat $10 per trade, so if you're trading gigantic lots then they might be cheapest, but I reckon if you keep pumping 10,000-share trades through E*Trade they're going to call you up and say "sorry, we're changing your commission, you're losing us money".

IBKR charges half a cent per share with a $1 minimum, so they're likely the cheapest in most circumstances.

for US shares, u all buy those got give dividend 1 not shag meh? always kana tax 30% right?

Yes, there is a 30% dividend tax on US shares. No, you can't avoid it or claim it back. No, there is no magic tax dodge (except for some ETFs, where you can buy the Irish-listed equivalents that get taxed at 15% instead of 30%).

 

[Perisher]

Bought more GILD, DIS, EPD during the red early market, turns green so fast.

 

[mynazman]

Anyone know if they allow new applicant to apply for new account in sg, the last time i wanted to apply they told me they close the application for new applicant in sg n hongkong