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Stern, 2001Quoted from pinnyheadhead:Loaded up on PLTR average for price $13.50. I am holding. TLS is an IPO coming out soon that may be similar. You know anything about it?
Familiar with Telos from a prior life. Pretty small company (805 employees) doing fairly niche things. This is not one that personally interests me.
Quoted from Spyderturbo007:I have a stupid question. I'm terrible at making money in the stock market, so perhaps I should just stick to my crypto.
Anyway, how do you know when they aren't winners anymore? That's my hardest part. I don't know when to get out regardless of if it's going up or down. Do you just set a blanket percentage and go with that number? For example, buy stock X and if it goes down 10% you sell, if it's up 20% you sell.
That's where I get stuck.
Like Elvis pointed out, read my post above. Buy great companies for the LONG TERM and buy more when they go on sale. Dollar cost averaging into a stock monthly/quarterly is a good way to build a position long-term.
Btw, EPD is on the "ditch" list. Collecting a 9% plus dividend while it slowly climbs back is not a bad deal. Next summer? Cars, boats and planes should be in full swing. 
11/02 it was $16.40, now $19.12. I would look to add on any more lockdown panic dips.
Quoted from Elvishasleft:I am out of the loop on this stuff...
can some one explain why its not legal to play poker online for real money anymore but this shit is OK ?
Market profits are reported and taxed. Online poker is not, in most cases, taxed.
Quoted from iceman44:Adding to my TDOC position for the LONG-TERM. Had a bigger position in LVGO before the acquisition. Already a multi-bagger.
Looking to add to PYPL again. A stock to own for the next decade, along with V, MA and SQ.
My wife got an email last year pre “pandemic” that Teladoc was covered under our family plan. No co pay no waiting in a doctors office half the day, quick and efficient! Big fan of Teladoc.
Quoted from iceman44:Adding to my TDOC position for the LONG-TERM. Had a bigger position in LVGO before the acquisition. Already a multi-bagger.
Looking to add to PYPL again. A stock to own for the next decade, along with V, MA and SQ.
took a profit, but of course got out of PYPL too soon
What's your target for reentry?
Quoted from athenspin:My wife got an email last year pre “pandemic” that Teladoc was covered under our family plan. No co pay no waiting in a doctors office half the day, quick and efficient! Big fan of Teladoc.
Our company insurance has had it for free since last November as well. I won't ever use it though. A doctor visit needs diagnostics and compassion that you can't get through a video chat. You need your vitals checked and often a blood draw or an x-ray. Honestly I'd choose WebMD or a google search before I'd use Teledoc. Can a doctor through Teledoc prescribe medicine? That would be the only benefit I could see in order to save a trip to your local physician just for a renewal of maintenance meds.
I live in a small town and can get in to see my physician pretty much any time with no wait. The waiting room rarely has more than 3 or 4 people in it and it's only about 3 miles from my house.
Quoted from loneacer:Our company insurance has had it for free since last November as well. I won't ever use it though. A doctor visit needs diagnostics and compassion that you can't get through a video chat. You need your vitals checked and often a blood draw or an x-ray. Honestly I'd choose WebMD or a google search before I'd use Teledoc. Can a doctor through Teledoc prescribe medicine? That would be the only benefit I could see in order to save a trip to your local physician just for a renewal of maintenance meds.
I live in a small town and can get in to see my physician pretty much any time with no wait. The waiting room rarely has more than 3 or 4 people in it and it's only about 3 miles from my house.
Respectfully, I think you might consider revisiting your opinion on this. There are a tremendous array of areas that telemedicine is providing real benefit for right now. From simple consultations to reviewing of lab work to mental health, telemedicine is providing care quickly, cost effectively, and with greater coverage of care. A lot of medical facilities are doing X-rays and labs with the hospital consultation occurring remotely now. One of my very good friends is a psychologist for the VA and is providing care as veteran's need it, without them having to wait weeks and months to get an appointment. In rural areas where folks might not have a lot of access to care, telemedicine is a boon to those residents.
In my professional life, I am involved in modernizing one of the largest telemedicine networks deployed. The benefits and impacts are real.
Quoted from loneacer:Our company insurance has had it for free since last November as well. I won't ever use it though. A doctor visit needs diagnostics and compassion that you can't get through a video chat. You need your vitals checked and often a blood draw or an x-ray. Honestly I'd choose WebMD or a google search before I'd use Teledoc. Can a doctor through Teledoc prescribe medicine? That would be the only benefit I could see in order to save a trip to your local physician just for a renewal of maintenance meds.
I live in a small town and can get in to see my physician pretty much any time with no wait. The waiting room rarely has more than 3 or 4 people in it and it's only about 3 miles from my house.
I have immediate access to my Dr also,
but I text him often and get things accomplished without a physical visit - not every issue requires you to be with him in person and few people have ready access to a DR
Quoted from loneacer:Honestly I'd choose WebMD or a google search before I'd use Teledoc.
I'm sorry, but this is a dangerous line of thinking. Telemedicine has real, trained doctors diagnosing conditions, providing care, and following up with patients. They are actually working with you and your medical history, and have access to your records. WebMD and google provides none of this, and is easily misinterpreted.
Quoted from DBLM:Respectfully, I think you might consider revisiting your opinion on this. There are a tremendous array of areas that telemedicine is providing real benefit for right now. From simple consultations to reviewing of lab work to mental health, telemedicine is providing care quickly, cost effectively, and with greater coverage of care. A lot of medical facilities are doing X-rays and labs with the hospital consultation occurring remotely now. One of my very good friends is a psychologist for the VA and is providing care as veteran's need it, without them having to wait weeks and months to get an appointment. In rural areas where folks might not have a lot of access to care, telemedicine is a boon to those residents.
In my professional life, I am involved in modernizing one of the largest telemedicine networks deployed. The benefits and impacts are real.
I have been dealing with some issues and the virtual appointments are not very comforting. I can't even see a GI doctor in person right now in my area, only virtual. A virtual appointment is fine for something minor but when you have something that is puzzling and not cookie cutter it is dangerous.
Quoted from DBLM:Respectfully, I think you might consider revisiting your opinion on this. There are a tremendous array of areas that telemedicine is providing real benefit for right now. From simple consultations to reviewing of lab work to mental health, telemedicine is providing care quickly, cost effectively, and with greater coverage of care. A lot of medical facilities are doing X-rays and labs with the hospital consultation occurring remotely now. One of my very good friends is a psychologist for the VA and is providing care as veteran's need it, without them having to wait weeks and months to get an appointment. In rural areas where folks might not have a lot of access to care, telemedicine is a boon to those residents.
In my professional life, I am involved in modernizing one of the largest telemedicine networks deployed. The benefits and impacts are real.
I respect your opinion and I'm sure there's plenty of folks that see a benefit to telemedicine, but it's not for me. I despise talking on the phone. I don't own a cell phone and have never done a video chat for any reason.
I can say that no member of my extended family or my wife's family has ever used telemedicine or expressed any desire to do so.
Quoted from MrBally:Market profits are reported and taxed. Online poker is not, in most cases, taxed.
They were all offshore back in the day but why wouldnt anyone just start one up in the US at this point?
They just kind of blanket made it illegal... kinda sucks because I used to make pretty easy money on there. People in general suck at poker. 
Quoted from iceman44:Like Elvis pointed out, read my post above. Buy great companies for the LONG TERM and buy more when they go on sale. Dollar cost averaging into a stock monthly/quarterly is a good way to build a position long-term.
yah I just find it amusing that everyone loves your advice on here except this bit which is the most important thing. lol
Otherwise its just day trading and throwing darts.
Quoted from DBLM:I'm sorry, but this is a dangerous line of thinking. Telemedicine has real, trained doctors diagnosing conditions, providing care, and following up with patients. They are actually working with you and your medical history, and have access to your records. WebMD and google provides none of this, and is easily misinterpreted.
I think you can learn a lot from your own research. I've diagnosed a few ailments online before going to the doctor and having them confirmed. I've had kidney stones and last year I had a hernia. Maybe those are somewhat obvious to people that have had them, but the kidney stone pain could have been from several other sources.
I've been dealing with shoulder pain for about 5 years and I've spent dozens of hours researching what it could be. It's going to take an MRI to confirm it though. When I feel like shelling out another $4k for an MRI and likely surgery I'll get it taken care of.
Quoted from loneacer:Our company insurance has had it for free since last November as well. I won't ever use it though. A doctor visit needs diagnostics and compassion that you can't get through a video chat. You need your vitals checked and often a blood draw or an x-ray. Honestly I'd choose WebMD or a google search before I'd use Teledoc. Can a doctor through Teledoc prescribe medicine? That would be the only benefit I could see in order to save a trip to your local physician just for a renewal of maintenance meds.
I live in a small town and can get in to see my physician pretty much any time with no wait. The waiting room rarely has more than 3 or 4 people in it and it's only about 3 miles from my house.
Teladoc is clutch for things like sinus infections, bronchitis, basic things. Yes they can prescribe antibiotics to your local pharmacy. It may not be ideal for everyone but for my families situation it works well for basic stuff. My wife and I both work full time jobs and have 2 young children, it’s easier for us to make a call than deal with going in person. I’d say real medical issues that need real attention need in person attention for sure though.
Quoted from loneacer:Our company insurance has had it for free since last November as well. I won't ever use it though. A doctor visit needs diagnostics and compassion that you can't get through a video chat. You need your vitals checked and often a blood draw or an x-ray. Honestly I'd choose WebMD or a google search before I'd use Teledoc. Can a doctor through Teledoc prescribe medicine? That would be the only benefit I could see in order to save a trip to your local physician just for a renewal of maintenance meds.
I live in a small town and can get in to see my physician pretty much any time with no wait. The waiting room rarely has more than 3 or 4 people in it and it's only about 3 miles from my house.
As far as renewal and maintenance meds I’m not sure.
Quoted from athenspin:As far as renewal and maintenance meds I’m not sure.
I had to go last week because it had been a year since my last appointment and they wouldn't renew my prescriptions without seeing me again. I felt great, blood pressure and everything checked out. On the way out, the doc said "why don't you stop off and get blood drawn on your way out", so I did. They called and left a message a couple hours later saying I had high something or other and need to cut down on sugar and take fish oil. A Teledoc appointment would have completely missed that and maybe led to significant issues down the road.
Quoted from Bospins:guys. what should i do with my bitcoins. +60% in the last month. holy cannoli.
As someone who had 100k in BTC and ETH and other cripto in 2017 right before the crash... I wish I would have cashed in. Who's to know what it will do... but I know I should have taken it and paid it on my house. 
Quoted from Bospins:guys. what should i do with my bitcoins. +60% in the last month. holy cannoli.
HODL HODL HODL
WE GOING TO THE MOON BABY!
Quoted from RojerLockless:As someone who had 100k in BTC and ETH and other cripto in 2017 right before the crash... I wish I would have cashed in. Who's to know what it will do... but I know I should have taken it and paid it on my house.
At lot of those FOMO buyers really screwed themselves when bitcoin crashed and their panic buying and selling CAUSED the crash. HODL until 6 digits. Good friend of mine convinced me to go into bitcoin back in 2012. Coulda been swimming in mad money at many different points. Bitcoin is cyclical and unironically will be worth millions in the next few years. Just like brands, it’s all about the name. There are new, better and more practical crypto’s out there now, but they are nothing till their name becomes as spooky and ethereal as bitcoin.
Anyway, HODL till you’re a billionaire. That friend of mine bought his at $12 a bitcoin. His wallet is worth about 264 million, and that was when I checked LAST MONTH.
Quoted from RojerLockless:As someone who had 100k in BTC and ETH and other cripto in 2017 right before the crash... I wish I would have cashed in. Who's to know what it will do... but I know I should have taken it and paid it on my house.
Isn't there some saying about only investing in things that hurt when dropped on your foot? I don't know how well that holds up in the 21st century, but I sleep better owning silver bars than a bunch of 1s and 0s on a computer somewhere.
Quoted from loneacer:Isn't there some saying about only investing in things that hurt when dropped on your foot? I don't know how well that holds up in the 21st century, but I sleep better owning silver bars than a bunch of 1s and 0s on a computer somewhere.
Wrong.
Bitcoin is owned by you. It is not on “a computer”. The blockchain is basically a digital ledger of literally MILLIONS of computer all acknowledging the same transactions at the same time. You can buy your bitcoin, print out your wallet and digital key. Then they are protected, safely in “cold storage” offline, meaning if everything died and collapsed tomorrow, you’d still have your bitcoins and access to them.
Quoted from loneacer:I had to go last week because it had been a year since my last appointment and they wouldn't renew my prescriptions without seeing me again. I felt great, blood pressure and everything checked out. On the way out, the doc said "why don't you stop off and get blood drawn on your way out", so I did. They called and left a message a couple hours later saying I had high something or other and need to cut down on sugar and take fish oil. A Teledoc appointment would have completely missed that and maybe led to significant issues down the road.
A very good point! Makes me wonder about future opportunities with health monitoring devices. How long until a wearable device monitors vitals, blood and what not and alerts you when you have a problem or are low on something.
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:Wrong.
Bitcoin is owned by you. It is not on “a computer”. The blockchain is basically a digital ledger of literally MILLIONS of computer all acknowledging the same transactions at the same time. You can buy your bitcoin, print out your wallet and digital key. Then they are protected, safely in “cold storage” offline, meaning if everything died and collapsed tomorrow, you’d still have your bitcoins and access to them.
I understand all that. I'm a software architect. If everything collapsed tomorrow, what would that printed out wallet do for you?
Quoted from loneacer:I had to go last week because it had been a year since my last appointment and they wouldn't renew my prescriptions without seeing me again. I felt great, blood pressure and everything checked out. On the way out, the doc said "why don't you stop off and get blood drawn on your way out", so I did. They called and left a message a couple hours later saying I had high something or other and need to cut down on sugar and take fish oil. A Teledoc appointment would have completely missed that and maybe led to significant issues down the road.
So don't buy the company, according to your singular experience - it will never work.
Same with the people complaining how crappy Pinterest is and that nobody would ever use it
If you are not comfortable with a business, you should not buy the stock.
But .... sometimes you have to look outside your immediate bubble when evaluating a business/stock
Tele-medicine is 100% here to stay and effective for many issues and for many people
Quoted from BMore-Pinball:So don't buy the company, according to your singular experience - it will never work.
Same with the people complaining how crappy Pinterest is and that nobody would ever use is
If you are not comfortable with a business, you should not buy the stock.
But .... sometimes you have to look outside your immediate bubble when evaluating a business/stock
Doesn't it help to hear both pros and cons for something you want to invest in? Is it only ok to post reasons to buy something, but not reasons not to buy? I want to hear both sides of the story and make my own decisions.
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:HODL HODL HODL
WE GOING TO THE MOON BABY!At lot of those FOMO buyers really screwed themselves when bitcoin crashed and their panic buying and selling CAUSED the crash. HODL until 6 digits. Good friend of mine convinced me to go into bitcoin back in 2012. Coulda been swimming in mad money at many different points. Bitcoin is cyclical and unironically will be worth millions in the next few years. Just like brands, it’s all about the name. There are new, better and more practical crypto’s out there now, but they are nothing till their name becomes as spooky and ethereal as bitcoin.
Anyway, HODL till you’re a billionaire. That friend of mine bought his at $12 a bitcoin. His wallet is worth about 264 million, and that was when I checked LAST MONTH.
Thanks for this.
I"ve got some cash reserved to invest on the next pullback.
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:HODL HODL HODL
WE GOING TO THE MOON BABY!At lot of those FOMO buyers really screwed themselves when bitcoin crashed and their panic buying and selling CAUSED the crash. HODL until 6 digits. Good friend of mine convinced me to go into bitcoin back in 2012. Coulda been swimming in mad money at many different points. Bitcoin is cyclical and unironically will be worth millions in the next few years. Just like brands, it’s all about the name. There are new, better and more practical crypto’s out there now, but they are nothing till their name becomes as spooky and ethereal as bitcoin.
Anyway, HODL till you’re a billionaire. That friend of mine bought his at $12 a bitcoin. His wallet is worth about 264 million, and that was when I checked LAST MONTH.
I used to drink the 100k bitcoin kool-aid too 
Quoted from loneacer:Doesn't it help to hear both pros and cons for something you want to invest in? Is it only ok to post reasons to buy something, but not reasons not to buy? I want to hear both sides of the story and make my own decisions.
Sure does, but your experience with your Dr doesn't represent what most Americans have access to.
Most people can't get appointments quickly or even get their Dr on the phone in a timely manner.
Yes, I agree - you still need physical visits but this does help a large enough percentage of the time that it's valid.
I have immediate access to my Dr, yet I don't run to see him in person for every little issue.
Most of the time a call or quick text can take care of it.
After that, if he feels a visit is warranted, he will request it.
Quoted from RojerLockless:I used to drink the 100k bitcoin kool-aid too
Some of my co-workers bought in when BTC was $20k back in 2017 I think it was. They aren't too fond of crypto now.
But I have other co-workers that mined bitcoin when it was under $10/coin and they are millionaires now.
Quoted from loneacer:Some of my co-workers bought in when BTC was $20k back in 2017 I think it was. They aren't too fond of crypto now.
But I have other co-workers that mined bitcoin when it was under $10/coin and they are millionaires now.
Sure, I know a guy who invested in Amazon at 20 bucks a share pre splits.
What's that got to do with the price of tea in china?
Anybody else invested in pot stocks?
They have been my best performers this year
GRWG up 680% since April!
Quoted from RojerLockless:Sure, I know a guy who invested in Amazon at 20 bucks a share pre splits.
What's that got to do with the price of tea in china?
Depending on your cost basis, BTC is either the best thing mankind ever invented or hot garbage? I lean towards the latter.
Quoted from loneacer:Depending on your cost basis, BTC is either the best thing mankind ever invented or hot garbage? I lean towards the latter.
That holds true for any stock/investment
Quoted from BMore-Pinball:Anybody else invested in pot stocks?
They have been my best performers this year
GRWG up 680% since April!
Nice! I’m yet to invest in pot but have been researching some. The MJ etf looks interesting and Planet 13 is on my radar.
Quoted from loneacer:Can a doctor through Teledoc prescribe medicine? That would be the only benefit I could see in order to save a trip to your local physician just for a renewal of maintenance meds.
Yes they can. My wife started to feel Ill on a long car trip. Did the teledoc call (not even video chat) from the car while I drove. He sent the script to a pharmacy ten miles up the road. We went there and picked it right up. All a few hundred miles from home on a weekend.
Teledoc rate went from $35/call to $45 this year though. Shitty insurance plan.
Quoted from loneacer:Here we go, now I have some skin in the TDOC game. Will make $600 in 9 days if it's over $180. If not, rinse and repeat.
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I was just joking - the stock is trash
Quoted from BMore-Pinball:I was just joking - the stock is trash
I'll send you a paypal donation link next Friday.
Quoted from BMore-Pinball:Anybody else invested in pot stocks?
They have been my best performers this year
GRWG up 680% since April!
I own APHA so that way I get weed and alcohol plus I’m a big Sweet Water brewery fan so it works out.
Does anyone else just trade ETFs like I do? I've been swing trading USO ever since it tanked to $2 a share last March.
Quoted from loneacer:I think you can learn a lot from your own research. I've diagnosed a few ailments online before going to the doctor and having them confirmed. I've had kidney stones and last year I had a hernia. Maybe those are somewhat obvious to people that have had them, but the kidney stone pain could have been from several other sources.
I've been dealing with shoulder pain for about 5 years and I've spent dozens of hours researching what it could be. It's going to take an MRI to confirm it though. When I feel like shelling out another $4k for an MRI and likely surgery I'll get it taken care of.
Also depends on how the dr. and staff communicate. I had to take a TB test for a job and was texted a vague response on Friday just before closing that there were problems with my test, but to call back on Monday. So of course I researched TB over the weekend and with every little cough, I was convinced I had TB and agonized over the implications and was pretty worried. Called the dr. first thing Monday, only to find out the problem was with the email address to send the results too. GTFO lol. No, i didnt have TB by the way. I see both sides of this.
Quoted from VectorGamer:Does anyone else just trade ETFs like I do? I've been swing trading USO ever since it tanked to $2 a share last March.
I love ARKK ARKQ and ARKW
Quoted from RojerLockless:Sure, I know a guy who invested in Amazon at 20 bucks a share pre splits.
What's that got to do with the price of tea in china?
And if you bought amazon even at 1k you’d be in the money by a lot. This is clown-talk. The price is rising and if you buy low sell high you make money.
I didn’t think this needed to be explained among traders... this your first time in the thread??
Quoted from loneacer:Some of my co-workers bought in when BTC was $20k back in 2017 I think it was. They aren't too fond of crypto now.
But I have other co-workers that mined bitcoin when it was under $10/coin and they are millionaires now.
This is basically all the nay-sayers lol. Salty they bought it at the top like idiots. Their FOMO caused the fall. You buy the DIPS not the peaks!
“Waaah I didn’t buy bitcoin for $12 so now I think it’s shit”
Lol this is like those people who constantly shit on Apple yet it’s outperformed their entire portfolio year after year and they’re too proud to admit it.
Quoted from BMore-Pinball:took a profit, but of course got out of PYPL too soon
What's your target for reentry?
Stealing it at $180
Quoted from DCFAN:PINS continues to do well, up about 3% today. I took the advice on this thread and bought some several days ago.
Hold it long term and buy more if it sells off
Full disclosure, I own 51,122 shares
I also sold covered calls against it. Jan 2021 strike of $75
Collected some rent. Don’t need it to go up too fast.
Same thing on TTD, my 2nd largest position
As far as Bitcoin goes ... my amateur assessment is that this time it's different
A lot of the investment houses and analysts are now following bitcoin and buying, whereas they were not previously
Once the big boys start buying ... the price is going up
Square is investing in Bitcoin
PayPal is now backing Bitcoin
Hedge Fund managers are buying Bitcoin
so you decide.... I play with money that will not hurt me if it goes to 0
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