Shamu

Let's understand, I am not saying it will fail or not, just that I thought under 18.00 was a buying opportunity. My sell point would have been 20.00, just thinking there was an opportunity for some profit. I was prepared to buy 3,000 shares but wussed out. I looked as FB as a "Play" not an "Investment". IMHO, FB had bottomed for awhile and was holding in that area for a bit. That indicates some stabilization and perhaps the bottom was holding. If so that is often a buying opportunity. It may turn out that I suffer from a lack of balls because in the last few days it appears my thoughts were correct. Stocks and the market itself often hit "correction" levels, both high and low. I simply thought at below 18 was time for a "correction" and some upward movement. That is not to say it won't tank again which is what worries me. Buy low, sell high is the rule of thumb. When and if the market tanks it's the smart investor who knows when to buy back in. For what it's worth I am a little worried in general about the market and have moved much into safer investments not as directly hurt but a correction or crash. Oh well, it's all BS anyway since I did nothing.

Zuckerberg speaks: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19565937

"bios"??? Are you residing in a computer?

If only religion were so simple. Unfortunately there has been more wars and persecution in the name of religion than any other single cause in the history of man. But I tread on dangerous ground with religion, back to FB, never let a personal bias for a company interfere with a business decision. Just keep watching FB, as disliked as it is I think it will recover a bit. Had I bought at under 18 I would have also placed a sell order at 20. If it gets to 20 I will have made a very big mistake. If it tanks, nothing lost but but my foot in my mouth.

Greed is Good! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muz1OcEzJOs

Greed is Good! Just don't be too greedy. There are only Bears and Bulls in the stock market, no place for Pigs. Lets not forget, and I am not sure if I have the chicken before the egg but when the market crashes everyone suffers. 1929, 1987 and 2008 are prime examples. When the market crashes companies close, savings are lost, pensions are lost, jobs are lost. When jobs and savings are lost the economy suffers. It does not bode well to wish ill on the market. Was BP greedy on my part? I don't think so, just wise investing. Same as with Exxon. For what it's worth I will not buy gas from either of them. In both cases my form of protest is solely for the damage they did to the ecosystem. Today I am having some regrets in not buying into FB when under $18.00, it's up to $19.43, almost time for HXTR to buy in.

Our dialogue may confuse some young people who do not use the market or have any understanding. Some seem to think you just "Play" the market. Too me that is regularly buying and selling as opportunities present themselves, that is playing the market. Comes with some risk. The other way is to "Invest" in the market. Something usually seen in IRA's and 401's but also available as an individual investor. Mutual Funds and now ETF's are the general investment type for company 401's and IRA's other than buying your own companies stock. Probably on the safer side. Investing is more closely linked to saving. While playing is more closely linked to educated gambling. Sure beats risking your money at a casino. The key is to do your research. Too many great resources via the internet available to Joe Average to trust blind luck. All market plays or investments should be supported by individual research or registered broker guidance.

Severe CI's 9:05 PM, server timed out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19549367

I congratulate you on investing. Since you have money to invest then I am left to conclude you also must be wise about saving. Too many of us do not understand the value of saving and investing and fail to take advantage of what is available to all of us. Even Hxtr who thinks the market is some kind of communist plot.......... Barring, of course, unfortunate circumstances that impact on income.

You confuse me by tying the profits you made to loving a split. A split does not change the value of a share one penny. For a basic example, if a share is worth $30.00 and it splits 2 for 1 you will simply have 2 shares at $15.00 each. No additional value or money, still $30.00. A primary reason for a split is just to make the share price more attractive to future investors. It adds no value at all to your portfolio. The way you tied your comments together may be why I am questioning your love of splits since profit and splits are not directly related. The below link explains things better than I. It is worth understanding if in the market. http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/113.asp#axzz265gchTo8

If referencing my banking friend, no that is not insider trading at all in any way, shape, or form. Being a high level loan officer in a bank only gave him knowledge of the state of the credit industry in general. Credit failures were the main factor driving the crash. He could see that coming. No doubt he knew what the financial conditions were for many banks. He never referenced any company or bank, merely that he foresaw a credit crisis about to unfold that would effect the market. To be insider trading you need to be directly involved with a particular company at a specific level, generally an officer, that gives you insight into potential matters that will drive stock price either up or down. Usually all trades of company officers are registered with the FTC. In the case of my friend he could not give me information on any company he represented as a loan officer. That would be illegal be it insider trading or not. Good advice on the state of the credit industry on a whole is simply that......... damn good advice and a fair warning that the market overall might be effected.

It appears to me that FB is bottom bouncing. Personally I do not expect any drop much below 18.00 if it even hits that level again. If it does get below 18.00 again I think I will test the waters. Down .32 as I type at 18.65. Some profit taking going on.

How many dates are etched in memory as 9-11? A few but not many. Tomorrow is 9-11, hopefully each of us take time to remember the victims, the first responders and our military who sought justice for us all and still do so today.

I have smurfed in often enough an have not had issues but for one brief CI.

http://www.snopes.com/

Week close at 18.98, damn if I had balls I could have made some money.

This dumb ass defense attorney deserved to lose the OJ case if this in fact happened and was allowed to proceed without an objection. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/08/oj-simpson-tampered-with-glove_n_1866945.html?ncid=webmail1 I still think the bugger was guilty.

I thought all Hxtr knew was i-Tunes? And the stock market.

Well done Markoff. Many thanks from this guest who has enjoyed and appreciated your contributions as an Admin.

And this one holds 13 rounds of 12 gauge #00 buck!

From what I know the jets were infinitely better but just came too late in the war to have a significant effect. Because of fuel consumption they could only stay airborne for very short periods of time.

No one ever on line if I do answer, just the recorded message about telemarketing.

Is anyone else getting cell phone calls which, when answered, give you some BS recording about unwanted telemarketing calls? Never a live person, always a message about not wanting telemarketers to call. No messages are ever left, just this recording when you answer, there are a couple different versions. One call, early in the message, said to press 1 if you want to be removed from the list. To my regret I did and and now concerned that I should not have done so, sort of like opening a bogus e-mail. Pressing 1 is probably going to come back to haunt me. http://www.alldb.in/mobile/7602044215-mobile-number-tracking/ I did have my phones registered on the national do not call list from awhile back. Recently my home phone has received a lot of junk calls that hang up when it goes to a message. I never answer my home phone, it's actually unnecessary to even have but is part of a Comcast package. Anyway I just re-registered both phones in case the Do Not Call thing has an expiration date. https://www.donotcall.gov/ I am going to punish my finger for even pressing 1.

I have too many memory sticks already along with 2 PC's and 2 laptops so things are already confusing. I do try to keep my home PC as current as I possibly can remember to do but it is a chore often buggered up. I'll save something their in a folder I have for FPS.