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suppose a portion of my IB account is long term and I want the dividends on select stocks reinvested back into the stock... can IB do that?

Hello all, This is a stock I don't follow very much can someone help me understand the difference between CMCSA & CMCSK? from what I can gather 'CSA has voting rights while 'CSK does not. So if that's true, why would anyone choose to not have voting rights if there is an alternative...

GL, I think you may still be too early, but with a $2-3 stock.... not much downside left, unless you're an idiot and blow your entire wad at one price. Long term I think you'll be fine. it's the short term 3-6 months that are still a question.

NFLX has what KO & PEP have, brand loyalty. All my friends who use NFLX swear by it. so any competitor has such a huge hurdle to climb it really won't affect NFLX. I liken it to RC Cola trying to take on KO & PEP SHLD you are right, brick and mortar is no place to be, way too much competition...

Yes, especially usuing LEAPS. It is a cheap way to participate dollar for dollar with any move in the underlying, for much less cost. For example... Amazon.com (AMZN). Say you wanted to buy this stock buy didn't have $14,000 to buy 100 shares available at the moment. You could buy a...

This is why you need to find cheap stocks that pay divys... one of my favs at the moment is MRK. Nice steady 4.2%, P/E Ratio of 6.7, even for pharma a generally cheap sector this is rediculously cheap. and the 4% Div will more than compensate you for the price risk in the stock.

Awesome info in this thread... I have a couple pairs that seem to make sense to me. I read through the entire thread all million pages! lol. Anyway I'm just starting out in learning about pairs trading and am interested in your thoughts on these pairs... SBUX-GMCR (Coffee) V-AXP...

NBG: Beaten up pretty good YTD but I think it has room to fall further before bouncing back.

So essentially you're doing a Bear Call Spread, with the purchase of 2 OTM calls as a hedge I really like this play. Its a very cheap hedge with some nice sized potential rewards.

Did you buy near month options or futher out? You looking to lock in your entire gain thus paying very high premiums with ATM or even ITM Puts, or just a certain percentage of your gains so you buy OTM puts? Hard to tell weather this is a good strategy until you take into account how much you...