Slightly off the topic of stocks, however I know bonds were brought up earlier and I'm kind of looking for more on that.

Is anyone able to give a good explanation of what to look for in individual corporate bonds, where to be looking, and how to make transactions? I've heard and read a decent amount about them recently, however I've really been struggling to find a place where the hard numbers are available, or a way to do transactions without going through a commercial brokerage firm that takes a significant percentage.

Thanks

Planning on buying oil but have never bought before, anyone able to give me some quick tips on what/where to buy? I have a TD Ameritrade account set up that I use for stocks.

I was lazy and didn't do this yet. Very glad I waited.

Just woke up and missed all the chaos, is there somewhere I can go on TDAmeritrade to just buy straight up oil contracts? The last time I asked this the only tip I got was oil stocks, and when I browsed around I couldn't seem to find straight up oil contracts on there.

Thanks in advance for any help

Downloaded Thinkorswim and this is super helpful, thank you!

Still got some research to do on how the oil contracts actually work so I don't buy something stupid, but using this program to see it all is very helpful.

The management's new planned dividend payment policy would likely cut the dividend by about 50% what it is now. The spin offs are unlikely to pay a dividend as Discovery already doesn't pay a dividend, and they'll be inheriting debt from AT&T that they'll have to pay. Theoretically it's possible that they do but I would plan on the worst case that way it's an upside if you get more than what you expect, not a loss if you get less.

Anyways though definitely don't look at AT&T as having an 8-9% dividend yield because that is back-looking at previous dividend payments that are not planned to continue. You can find other businesses paying yields like that but typically will have to look in other markets, America is very expensive right now overall.

It also isn't expected to go through until 2023, so you have both the chance that it won't go through, and that your money will be tied up in Activision while you wait to find out if the deal goes through or not.

If someone thinks Activision is worth this amount even if the deal doesn't go through (which I assume those people are out there since people were willing to pay this price for Activision a few months ago), it's probably a bet they're happy to take; they get a business that they like if the deal doesn't go through, and the 15% profit if it does. For someone who doesn't think Activision is fairly priced it's definitely a gamble, because if regulators don't approve and you don't get your 15% then you're stuck with a business you don't want that you don't expect to be worth what you paid for it.

Just like everything in investing it's all about people's personal take on the risk/reward of it. It's certainly an interesting proposition, 15% is a fantastic gain, even if you have to wait a year or so, but predicting government decisions is not really a fun game to be playing, and multiple governments have to approve this.

One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch

That's the truth, I really find myself having nothing much to say here since things change so slowly, there's no one single day that makes or breaks a long term thesis, just gotta watch it develop overtime like watching paint dry.

People would've said the same thing about AMD a decade ago, AMD will never catch up, buy Intel instead, and look what happened since then. Catching those dynamic shifts is where the biggest money is made, because not only are you catching the growth, but you're also catching the multiple expansion that comes from when the hated player turns into the beloved player.

Gotta be doing the research and following along with the reports to be understanding about what the company's doing, how much cash and financing opportunities they have to actually achieve their goal, what they're spending on, and what progress they're making towards improving to determine that the management is capable of pulling it off.

I'd be looking to make sure the assets that are there are good and stable and justify the price I'm paying as to lower the risk, then keep that eye on how things can look a few years down the road and how things are developing.