Share Picks 2018

q85dw7osi4lebg · 20-02-2018 4:38pm

Well done to anyone who got in on HIVE recently. Thanks to DrunkMonkey for the tip, my favourite and most resourceful boards forum.

drunkmonkey · 20-02-2018 4:53pm

Saanvi Important Blank wrote: »

Well done to anyone who got in on HIVE recently. Thanks to DrunkMonkey for the tip, my favourite and most resourceful boards forum.

Yea everyone doing well except me:o, Jamie Lanister is probably kicking himself for taking the small boat. Looks like were at the 12th of October again right now it's looking to break out. It done very well to come out the right side of last week with all those cheap shares hitting the market.
Next bunch is at 2.80 in March. Hopefully well past that by then. I'd love to be day trading this only i'm in to high to free up the cash.

JaimeLannister · 20-02-2018 8:01pm

Yeah very happy with how Hive has been going. My timing was mainly luck now i have to admit. I only put in 20% of my available balance at the time with a view to buying more but happy to just let it run for now as is. So could be up 5x times as much but given the volatility in the stock at the time i played it relatively safe and no regrets about that. Might add more if there's any dips in the next week in the run up to results. But would rather just see it rise each day!

Was expecting a good day today after the market being closed yday and how well cryptos had done over the long wknd

OwlsZat · 20-02-2018 11:34pm

OwlsZat wrote: »

Pluristem Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PSTI)

Anyone following?

Not sure on the timing of their regulatory approvals but the approach is imo likely to be the real birth of modern medicine. 3 million doses ready to go. Insane money being spent too. Will have to time the entry point well.

kitchenchair · 21-02-2018 9:11pm

Do people think it is worth jumping on the HIVE bandwagon now (around the $2 mark) or has that ship sailed?

drunkmonkey · 21-02-2018 9:29pm

kitchenchair wrote: »

Do people think it is worth jumping on the HIVE bandwagon now (around the $2 mark) or has that ship sailed?

I'm still waiting for lower, nothing happening at the moment so it's still drifting, failed to get filled again today had a buy order in a 1.95 will drop that to 1.85 or 1.90 tomorrow.
Anything under two is a bargain.

kitchenchair · 21-02-2018 9:33pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

kitchenchair wrote: »

Do people think it is worth jumping on the HIVE bandwagon now (around the $2 mark) or has that ship sailed?

I'm still waiting for lower, nothing happening at the moment so it's still drifting, failed to get filled again today had a buy order in a 1.95 will drop that to 1.85 or 1.90 tomorrow.
Anything under two is a bargain.

Yeah I was wondering whether to hold out to 1.90 myself. Thanks for the reply.

drunkmonkey · 21-02-2018 9:38pm

kitchenchair wrote: »

Yeah I was wondering whether to hold out to 1.90 myself. Thanks for the reply.

I missed out on 1.80 as was hiding in the bushes at 1.70, 1.85 and i'd be happy, there's no catalyst to drive the price up at the moment so it could happen. Possibly at start of trading tomorrow.

kitchenchair · 21-02-2018 9:45pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

kitchenchair wrote: »

Yeah I was wondering whether to hold out to 1.90 myself. Thanks for the reply.

I missed out on 1.80 as was hiding in the bushes at 1.70, 1.85 and i'd be happy, there's no catalyst to drive the price up at the moment so it could happen. Possibly at start of trading tomorrow.

I have my order in anyways and we'll see what happens tomorrow.

paddylonglegs · 21-02-2018 10:06pm

Can I ask a complete newb question, and probably a personal one at that - but how many shares do people generally buy when trading €1.50 - €2 shares?

Sorry if that’s like asking how much someone’s take home pay is, but I’m still learning the ropes and just wanted a gauge of things

Thanks

q85dw7osi4lebg · 21-02-2018 10:26pm

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Can I ask a complete newb question, and probably a personal one at that - but how many shares do people generally buy when trading €1.50 - €2 shares?

Sorry if that’s like asking how much someone’s take home pay is, but I’m still learning the ropes and just wanted a gauge of things

Thanks

300 shares mininum at that price. Ultinately comes down to the cost of the trade for me.

drunkmonkey · 21-02-2018 10:39pm

That's it, all down to the cost of trade.

Note of caution, cheap shares (aka penny stocks) can give great rewards but also can bring you to tears.

You'll see some of us talking about Hive above, this is pure madmen stuff, It's around 2 dollars as it's only released 12 days earnings and is in the crypto space. It's about as speculative as you can get when it comes to shares. Not for beginners.

I'd advise picking safe companies starting off until you get the hang of things. Stop losses, take profits etc. For example nobody has got roasted buying Microsoft in the last 8 years but you can still make profit buying and selling it daily if you've enough money.

Put in what you can afford. You won't loose it all. You might if you listen to some of us but start safe and you should be fine. I find it a lot easier invest in companies i've an interest in as you don't mind tracking the news which can give a bit of movement up or down in share price. Set up google alerts for whatever stock you buy.

paddylonglegs · 21-02-2018 10:46pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

That's it, all down to the cost of trade.

Note of caution, cheap shares (aka penny stocks) can give great rewards but also can bring you to tears.

You'll see some of us talking about Hive above, this is pure madmen stuff, It's around 2 dollars as it's only released 12 days earnings and is in the crypto space. It's about as speculative as you can get when it comes to shares. Not for beginners.

I'd advise picking safe companies starting off until you get the hang of things. Stop losses, take profits etc. For example nobody has got roasted buying Microsoft in the last 8 years but you can still make profit buying and selling it daily if you've enough money.

Put in what you can afford. You won't loose it all. You might if you listen to some of us but start safe and you should be fine. I find it a lot easier invest in companies i've an interest in as you don't mind tracking the news which can give a bit of movement up or down in share price. Set up google alerts for whatever stock you buy.

Thanks. Yeah Iv read up on the more safer stock for long term, but could be next year until I dip my toe in the shorter trade end and have some knowledge under my belt. Cheers

Captainsatnav · 22-02-2018 1:15pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

That's it, all down to the cost of trade.

Note of caution, cheap shares (aka penny stocks) can give great rewards but also can bring you to tears.

You'll see some of us talking about Hive above, this is pure madmen stuff, It's around 2 dollars as it's only released 12 days earnings and is in the crypto space. It's about as speculative as you can get when it comes to shares. Not for beginners.

I'd advise picking safe companies starting off until you get the hang of things. Stop losses, take profits etc. For example nobody has got roasted buying Microsoft in the last 8 years but you can still make profit buying and selling it daily if you've enough money.

Put in what you can afford. You won't loose it all. You might if you listen to some of us but start safe and you should be fine. I find it a lot easier invest in companies i've an interest in as you don't mind tracking the news which can give a bit of movement up or down in share price. Set up google alerts for whatever stock you buy.

That's great advice for newbies to be fair. Thanks. (Went in on a few different companies on Degiro last week - ones that are 'blue chip' and not going anywhere - Ryanair, Smurfitt Kappa, Dalata and Providence. Various share prices and amounts but put in about €1500 altogether. Portfolio currently down a whopping €13

:P!

Browney7 · 22-02-2018 3:03pm

Cork123456789 wrote: »

That's great advice for newbies to be fair. Thanks. (Went in on a few different companies on Degiro last week - ones that are 'blue chip' and not going anywhere - Ryanair, Smurfitt Kappa, Dalata and Providence. Various share prices and amounts but put in about €1500 altogether. Portfolio currently down a whopping €13 :P!

Why just focus on Ireland? There's a whole world of shares out there!

Captainsatnav · 22-02-2018 3:04pm

Browney7 wrote: »

Why just focus on Ireland? There's a whole world of shares out there!

Need to work eat and sleep as well. Can't research every publicly traded company on the planet! For now I'm gonna confine myself to Ireland stocks I think.

drunkmonkey · 22-02-2018 3:26pm

kitchenchair wrote: »

Yeah I was wondering whether to hold out to 1.90 myself. Thanks for the reply.

Think it's going to open at 1.86 or below today judging by the pre market. Don't see today having a good ending, well good for me trying to pick up cheap shares but won't be pretty I think.

Cute Hoor · 22-02-2018 3:29pm

Cork123456789 wrote: »

Went in on a few different companies on Degiro last week - ones that are 'blue chip' and not going anywhere - Ryanair, Smurfitt Kappa, Dalata and Providence.

You were going great there with your list of 'blue chip' companies, and then you mention Providence.....................

drunkmonkey · 22-02-2018 3:33pm

Buy Canadian green chips, they grow a lot faster than the Irish blue chips.

Captainsatnav · 22-02-2018 3:35pm

Cute Hoor wrote: »

You were going great there with your list of 'blue chip' companies, and then you mention Providence.....................

I was wasn't I?! Kinda lost the run of meself. Got cocky thinking I knew what I was on about !

q85dw7osi4lebg · 22-02-2018 8:16pm

Anyone get in low today with HIVE?

drunkmonkey · 22-02-2018 9:09pm

Picked up a few in Frankfurt at 1.25. Happy enough with that, had a buy in at 1.85 and it flashed down to 1.86 on the tsxv kicked myself as usual.
Looking to break out over 2 by close by the looks of it.

littlevillage · 22-02-2018 11:41pm

Cute Hoor wrote: »

You were going great there with your list of 'blue chip' companies, and then you mention Providence.....................

Providence could yet be the bolter of that lot. The others, for various reasons are now trading in tight bands and will need major good news to make any significant gains.

Cute Hoor · 23-02-2018 12:55am

littlevillage wrote: »

Providence could yet be the bolter of that lot. The others, for various reasons are now trading in tight bands and will need major good news to make any significant gains.

You may be right but....
Since they announced their whopper of a gusher the share price has dropped by 98/99%, some people have made a lot of money, very few of them shareholders, one lad in the company has made around €6.2 million, is there some golden nugget out there to provide some value for shareholders, I'll believe it when I see it (on second thought I'm not sure I will).

23-02-2018 9:01am

drunkmonkey wrote: »

That's it, all down to the cost of trade.

Note of caution, cheap shares (aka penny stocks) can give great rewards but also can bring you to tears.

You'll see some of us talking about Hive above, this is pure madmen stuff, It's around 2 dollars as it's only released 12 days earnings and is in the crypto space. It's about as speculative as you can get when it comes to shares. Not for beginners.

I'd advise picking safe companies starting off until you get the hang of things. Stop losses, take profits etc. For example nobody has got roasted buying Microsoft in the last 8 years but you can still make profit buying and selling it daily if you've enough money.

Put in what you can afford. You won't loose it all. You might if you listen to some of us but start safe and you should be fine. I find it a lot easier invest in companies i've an interest in as you don't mind tracking the news which can give a bit of movement up or down in share price. Set up google alerts for whatever stock you buy.

HIVE is probably on the crypto scale for risk, and also volatility I'd imagine. A good stock to have fun with.

Captainsatnav · 23-02-2018 9:30am

RoboKlopp wrote: »

HIVE is probably on the crypto scale for risk, and also volatility I'd imagine. A good stock to have fun with.

Which is what I'm doing

What's driving the interest? Earnings statement next week?

littlevillage · 23-02-2018 10:04am

Cute Hoor wrote: »

You may be right but....
Since they announced their whopper of a gusher the share price has dropped by 98/99%, some people have made a lot of money, very few of them shareholders, one lad in the company has made around €6.2 million, is there some golden nugget out there to provide some value for shareholders, I'll believe it when I see it (on second thought I'm not sure I will).

Thats exactly the reason my friend. Remember Cork123456789 didn't buy in at €7.50 a share a couple of years ago, he bought in a couple of days ago at probabaly .09 per share.

Cute Hoor · 23-02-2018 10:45am

littlevillage wrote: »

Thats exactly the reason my friend. Remember Cork123456789 didn't buy in at €7.50 a share a couple of years ago, he bought in a couple of days ago at probabaly .09 per share.

Fair enough, so Cork123456789 is only down around 11% after the week, but give it time. I hope Cork123456789 or whoever else is invested in this BOS makes a killing, but blue chip it certainly aint.

Captainsatnav · 23-02-2018 10:50am

Cute Hoor wrote: »

Fair enough, so Cork123456789 is only down around 11% after the week, but give it time. I hope Cork123456789 or whoever else is invested in this BOS makes a killing, but blue chip it certainly aint.

Me sums could be wrong but I think i'm up a couple of € in net terms after de giro fees. Erra, it's not one that's gonna bother me. If this and Hive goes through the floor and evaporates, I've only a couple of hundred in them. Can still pay rent:)

drunkmonkey · 23-02-2018 7:24pm

Think it's worth mentioning stop losses as have a feeling not everyone is used to them.

Going to use Company A as an example, I don't think their stock will ever got to 1.65 or something is seriously wrong. So you should set a stop loss this is a sell order.

So I buy 300 shares @1.95, I set a stop loss to trigger if the share price hits 1.65. Therefore my maximum loss it 300 x .30 cent. (difference between the buy and sell price). So your exposure to a falling price is limited to a 90 euro loss.

Never enter a trade with the intention of ending up with 0.

LG1234 · 23-02-2018 8:27pm

Has anyone invested in an Irish REIT, either Green or Hibernia? Thinking if going with Hibernia myself, any thoughts on it?

drunkmonkey · 23-02-2018 10:27pm

LG1234 wrote: »

Has anyone invested in an Irish REIT, either Green or Hibernia? Thinking if going with Hibernia myself, any thoughts on it?

Yes and sold it was like watching paint dry.

LG1234 · 24-02-2018 9:39pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Yes and sold it was like watching paint dry.

I'm looking for somewhere relatively low risk with a decent dividends, so that's why I'm considering the REITs, so I won't mind if it's like watching paint dry

championc · 25-02-2018 11:58am

LG1234 wrote:

I'm looking for somewhere relatively low risk with a decent dividends, so that's why I'm considering the REITs, so I won't mind if it's like watching paint dry

Google "shares best dividend yield" and get a feel for the levels from different countries.

Some years ago I got some Great West LifeCo (GWO.TO) shares after they bought Canada Life. I get about 4% annually, in 4 quarterly payments. This held up well all over the last couple of years despite the financial turmoils elsewhere.

q85dw7osi4lebg · 25-02-2018 3:14pm

Going to day trade HIVE commencing tomorrow. Interesting times ahead.

25-02-2018 9:40pm

championc wrote: »

Google "shares best dividend yield" and get a feel for the levels from different countries.

Some years ago I got some Great West LifeCo (GWO.TO) shares after they bought Canada Life. I get about 4% annually, in 4 quarterly payments. This held up well all over the last couple of years despite the financial turmoils elsewhere.

The tax on dividends is a killer though? If you're on the higher rate of tax you're paying 52%

jon1981 · 25-02-2018 11:42pm

Flutewood wrote: »

Is there any issues buying NYSE shares through Degiro, in terms of tax implications or fees to be aware of?

No issues and fees are listed on their site.

Of course normal CGT tax rules apply.

drunkmonkey · 26-02-2018 1:48pm

Saanvi Important Blank wrote: »

Going to day trade HIVE commencing tomorrow. Interesting times ahead.

The volume was terrible on Friday, wouldn't be a stock to day trade with volume so low. Would like to see it back to 2 million at least.

26-02-2018 2:51pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

The volume was terrible on Friday, wouldn't be a stock to day trade with volume so low. Would like to see it back to 2 million at least.

Opened at 1.20 today. Nice price

q85dw7osi4lebg · 26-02-2018 3:26pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

The volume was terrible on Friday, wouldn't be a stock to day trade with volume so low. Would like to see it back to 2 million at least.

Sure we'll give it a go anyway!:pac:

Captainsatnav · 26-02-2018 3:36pm

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Opened at 1.20 today. Nice price

€ you mean

26-02-2018 3:53pm

Captainsatnav wrote: »

€ you mean

Sorry, I'm talking about HBF.BE, which is sold in euros out of the Frankfurt stock exchange.

Captainsatnav · 26-02-2018 4:10pm

Thank chr1st. I'm on the Loonie dollars.

On a related note - why was the Toronto price moving this morn Irish time if it was the middle of the night in Toronto?

q85dw7osi4lebg · 26-02-2018 4:38pm

In at $1.89 again.

drunkmonkey · 26-02-2018 6:00pm

Saanvi Important Blank wrote: »

In at $1.89 again.

Volume is terrible agin it’ll struggle to go much higher could even go lower.

q85dw7osi4lebg · 26-02-2018 6:17pm

Have another order at 1.80. Another bounce to 2.00 and I'll sell nearly half my holdings this week for a tidy overall profit.

drunkmonkey · 26-02-2018 6:26pm

Saanvi Important Blank wrote: »

Have another order at 1.80. Another bounce to 2.00 and I'll sell nearly half my holdings this week for a tidy overall profit.

I’ll be concerned if we’re not way above $2 this week. Thursday could be the day, new month, earnings out and Chinese New Year finished.

Thargor · 26-02-2018 7:43pm

Is Amazon just going to keep rising? One of my all time regrets that I didn't load up when I first started using it years ago, I knew it was going to be big.

Captainsatnav · 27-02-2018 12:24pm

Providence Resources up over 8% yesterday - nothing in the news though...

OwlsZat · 27-02-2018 12:42pm

Thargor wrote: »

Is Amazon just going to keep rising? One of my all time regrets that I didn't load up when I first started using it years ago, I knew it was going to be big.

Likewise. Baulked at $400. Have never been able to forgive myself :D

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