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11-04-2014, 07:41 AM
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#9076 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Anyone has any update on their investment?
I am still holding my TSM that I bought at 19.83. And the BABA that I bought off my in-law (he used to work for Alibaba, and had about 1000 shares... so I asked him to not sell the stock and I would give him cash for them) is doing nicely. I bought them just a bit under the first day closing price... about $93.
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11-04-2014, 09:39 AM
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Been taking advantage of the volatility and flipping Canadian telcos. I'm still thanking my lucky stars that I wasn't holding oil and gas stocks last month even though it was a huge part of my holdings in the first half of the year.  | 
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11-04-2014, 05:41 PM
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#9078 | | SiRVs up, dude
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Haven't posted for a while.. but I've been doing the couch potato strategy (with my own style of asset allocation). 60% in on VTI (vanguard total stock exchange). Bought a LOT in late 2012 for 70$/share and currently sitting at 118$/share (CAD$) in my account... with quarterly USD dividend as well!
It's a nice ETF ... not much volatility holds over 3500 stocks and I finally stopped watching that garbage known as financial news!
If anyone interested... look up "Canadian couch potato", your life will be changed.
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11-06-2014, 03:47 AM
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#9079 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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So the price is in CAD while dividen is paid in USD?
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11-06-2014, 06:57 AM
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#9080 | | SiRVs up, dude
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VTI - the price is actually listed as USD on the stock exchange - I just listed my "buy prices" as reflected on my bank statement (which is in CAD). Dividends are paid in USD (tip2: if you are purchasing in a non-registered account you'll get charged foreign withholding taxes, this can be avoided in RRSP only .. not TFSA)
If you want the CAD equivalent, you can purchase this.. it's exactly the same fund as VTI, except you can purchase it in CAD dollars on the exchange without bank foreign exchange fees: https://www.vanguardcanada.ca/indivi...tm?portId=9551
more info on VTI: https://personal.vanguard.com/us/fun...FundIntExt=INT
The CAD listed symbol charges a slightly higher MER, and withholding taxes are kind of embedded into the fund when they distribute their dividends.
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11-06-2014, 08:13 AM
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#9081 | | I subscribe to Revscene
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Originally Posted by hud 91gt  Finally started playing around with my own money. So far i've only had balls to invest in my own company. Over the last 2 weeks it hasn't been pretty. What can you expect from a hugely volatile company. I expect big changes over the next month. AC.B | hope you're still holding brahhhh
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11-06-2014, 10:44 AM
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#9082 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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11-06-2014, 11:04 AM
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#9083 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Thinking of trading my position in FB for BABA 
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11-06-2014, 11:34 AM
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#9084 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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-happy that I bought shares of Sierra Wireless (T.SW) for my TFSA. Their Q3 earnings report was awesome! Earnings up 27.6% compared to Q3 from 2013. Stock price is up more than 7 bucks from yesterday.  Press Releases - News - Stockhouse
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11-06-2014, 12:35 PM
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#9085 | | Everyone wants a piece of R S...
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Originally Posted by Hehe Anyone has any update on their investment?
I am still holding my TSM that I bought at 19.83. And the BABA that I bought off my in-law (he used to work for Alibaba, and had about 1000 shares... so I asked him to not sell the stock and I would give him cash for them) is doing nicely. I bought them just a bit under the first day closing price... about $93. | Good call.
I decided to sell off my positions in AAPL and slam BABA. glad I did!
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11-06-2014, 08:17 PM
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#9086 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Sold my 3000 shares in INFN today at 13.76. Average cost for the 3000 shares was 7.21.
I think the price is a bit too high now. It's probably better to take some profit. Although should have done it sooner, it was over 14 just a week ago.
It's a great stock IMO. I have bought and sold it many times through the years. But the price now is just a bit too much.
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11-11-2014, 03:38 AM
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#9087 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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Originally Posted by Hehe Sold my 3000 shares in INFN today at 13.76. Average cost for the 3000 shares was 7.21.
I think the price is a bit too high now. It's probably better to take some profit. Although should have done it sooner, it was over 14 just a week ago.
It's a great stock IMO. I have bought and sold it many times through the years. But the price now is just a bit too much. | what platform do you use to trade with?
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11-11-2014, 06:15 AM
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#9088 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by gq2xtc what platform do you use to trade with? | I just use RBC... $9.95 per transaction.
There are cheaper places out there, but just for convenience sake of linking all my accounts together.
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11-11-2014, 11:30 AM
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#9089 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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Originally Posted by Hehe I just use RBC... $9.95 per transaction.
There are cheaper places out there, but just for convenience sake of linking all my accounts together. | Is that a TFSA account?
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11-11-2014, 02:22 PM
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#9090 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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sorry if this isn't the right thread, but i am a total noob at this.
i had some options that were expiring and i set a limit to sell at $78.00. today, it reached a high of 78.20 so i went into my account and now the pending exercise says it is filled.
does it mean that it sold? and i know this might be dependent on who you deal with, does it take a few days before the cash shows up in the stock account (not bank account)?
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11-12-2014, 04:19 AM
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#9091 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by DGN23 Is that a TFSA account? | I have a TFSA setup too. But with the allowable contribution each year, I can hardly buy anything. I have one stock that's purchased by the TFSA fund, but that's it.
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11-12-2014, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by DGN23 Is that a TFSA account? | I think most major banks have this price, for most equity trades
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11-18-2014, 02:23 AM
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#9093 | | I don't get it
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Originally Posted by jackmeister I think most major banks have this price, for most equity trades | $6.95 at CIBC with no min. balance.
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11-20-2014, 02:32 PM
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#9094 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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Anyone got into HABT IPO? I got in @ 32. Hoping to let it go tomorrow for a quick flip.
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11-26-2014, 07:57 AM
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#9095 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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I wanted to short SMF @ $3.70 but RBC didn't let me. Can anyone shed some light?
"When trades are rejected for short sales, insufficient margin is not the only reason why such trades can be rejected. In the case of a short sale, you are borrowing shares from the firm's inventory to sell on the open market.
For instance, our record shows that your short sell order today from 9:50am Eastern was rejected as there was an insufficient number of shares available in our inventory."
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11-26-2014, 10:47 AM
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#9096 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by waddy41 I wanted to short SMF @ $3.70 but RBC didn't let me. Can anyone shed some light?
"When trades are rejected for short sales, insufficient margin is not the only reason why such trades can be rejected. In the case of a short sale, you are borrowing shares from the firm's inventory to sell on the open market.
For instance, our record shows that your short sell order today from 9:50am Eastern was rejected as there was an insufficient number of shares available in our inventory." | You just answered yourself. There are in sufficient shares available for you to short. Or not enough shares for you to borrow to sell.
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11-28-2014, 09:18 AM
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#9097 | | ninja edits your posts without your knowledge
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Well, I hope thanksgiving was good for you guys holding oil and energy because you guys got smashed.
Time to buy BTE and SU!
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12-01-2014, 12:43 AM
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#9098 | | I don't get it
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it has finally come time to dump my Apple and gaming companies to hold mining and o&g stocks for the long haul
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12-04-2014, 05:26 AM
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#9099 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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I'm so glad I dumped my TSLA n FB shares just last week. Should've dumped TSLA when it almost reach $300
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12-04-2014, 08:05 AM
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