thoughts...usually with attitude...
Nothing like dividing up property to end up in a big family mess. I have seen it happen in the best of families.....as to keeping stock, if it pays dividends and the payoff ratio is better than 4 percent, me I would keep it. I have been buying stock that pays out dividends. Where else are you going to get a return on your money right now. As to whether stock will go up or down, it always goes up or down. I have had PGE stock for 20 years and have seen it go up and down a dozen times. But it pays 39cents a stock dividend and I just keep it. Right now bonds are at a premium, CD rates are about 2.8 percent.....nothing is paying anything right now.
by the way, I love the pictures of flowers and trees and sky. They are the best things to take pictures of......
thanks a lot, nea! you know so much more than me about stocks & bonds, etc...that's why i'm always on the 'motley fool' website! makes that stuff easier to understand...
Maybe you just don't want to "snap" at people?
God must be smart to have a cat not a dog.
Your brother is a celebrity? Your last name is Rockefeller? or Kennedy? Not Hilton I hope.
It depends on how long you want to hold it. If you are looking to sell off in a couple of years, you might look into selling now. However, if you are going to keep it as a nest egg for retirement, stocks traditionally end up higher if they are diversified or solid companies. If they are fly by nighters that don't generate confidence, perhaps open a brokerage account and buy some mutual healthcare funds. Those are always pretty safe and steady to hold for a while.
sj-HAHA!! i only wish i was a rockefeller...never would want to be a kennedy....i surely wouldn't mind being warren buffet's daughter...(but he has a totally different look at politics than me!) and, yes, in my opinion, God is smart to have a cat!! he probably has a dog too, but it's out causing trouble right now i bet!
and no, not celebrities, just a popular construction business owner who
knows EVERYONE!!
christine-well, it's a pretty good company, where Dad retired from, had these stocks since around 1962...still don't know what to do! maybe see if i NEED the $$ now...i dunno...
(1) I would say more God's photoshop.
(2) Sorry there's dissent within the family again. Perhaps if Bro holds a yard sale first, he can minimize his trips to the dump--and defray some of the cost of that 1K he's laying out.
(3) Depends on what stock it is. If it is a stable stock, it would eventually go upsward, even if performance stalls on it. If you get dividends from it, that's nice too. If it's a b-list stock or worse, you'd have to keep an eye on it--read about the company in a newspaper, know the issues facing it, etc., to have a good take on whether downward or upward tends are real, or simply market corrections.
I wish I had advice on lawyers or stocks but unfortunately I don't.
But I do enjoy riding in big ass trucks too, and I love love love the pictures. hehehehehe
x-bro doesn't NEED to hold a yard sale..it's not HIS crap, and he's not worried about the $$...besides, he lives way out in the country, and you can hardly see his house cuz it's way off the road and surrounded by big trees! and, yeah, i'm still watching the stock...it's split twice that i remember!
burfica-thanks! i knew you'd like that first picture!
All I know about stocks is what I've learned in school and hear on NPR... and that is:
Never sell in a down economy.
A down economy is a time to stay cool, keep what you've got, and if you've the extra $$$ and nerve, buy what you've had your eye on because it's the stock exchange equivilent of a "sale".
As for your 'other brother' I guess the big unanswerable question is, "Why?" as in, why be a such butthead???
Hurmph
dorko-that's a question for the sage who lives on top of a mountain in Tibet, i guess...
doeko-btw, i decided to hold rt now...it's a lg cap, advisor on line rated it a 9 out of 10...
good to know your brother is still being a complete tool, Lib. sheesh.
i wish i knew stocks and all that jazz. i don't. i think it's cool when people watch that and move stuff around-keeps ya fresh and on your toes.
figure it all out lib and get back to me.
hey question for you-you ever hear from under the undies chick at all anymore?
i miss that blog.
kim-i'm trying real hard to figure out all this investing shit! warren buffet is my hero! the best investor of the century (that's a quote)
You're not boring, Libby. Love the first picture, thanks for stopping!
And God's cat! LOL!! I love it.
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