[jmg]

Originally Posted by ImolaMoop

Those are post-split prices back calculated. The stock in 2011 was in the $300's which is what you would have paid to buy it at that time.

Yup I'm mistaken. I was extrapolating vs stock price. It was actually oct 2008, $94.63. Before the split.

[ORIGIN M.]

That was a BS diversion story. No doubt Apple unlocked it for the FBI, Apple just kept it on the down-low for PR reasons.

Originally Posted by Scout10

sorry ............ android here. .................. less F B I involvement

[eluded]

Originally Posted by ORIGIN M.

That was a BS diversion story. No doubt Apple unlocked it for the FBI, Apple just kept it on the down-low for PR reasons.

What are you talking about?

[ORIGIN M.]

[arhoads335i]

So are you guys telling me as a 23 year old I should buy Apple or amazon stock?

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by arhoads335i

So are you guys telling me as a 23 year old I should buy Apple or amazon stock?

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

[arhoads335i]

yeah that's what I was just reading up on...uhg I went to school for chemistry and biology I don't have this business background. Guess I should get a book or read up on different funds. IRA

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by arhoads335i

yeah that's what I was just reading up on...uhg I went to school for chemistry and biology I don't have this business background. Guess I should get a book or read up on different funds. IRA

You don't need a degree in Finance to be smart with money and investing. Like anything else, just do your research, talk to people who are "in the know" and go from there. Chemistry and Biology aren't anything to sneeze at, they are tough majors. Experience helps, but you have to start somewhere and build a portfolio.

[jmg]

Originally Posted by arhoads335i

So are you guys telling me as a 23 year old I should buy Apple or amazon stock?

Originally Posted by CTinline-six

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Mutual funds, maximize your 401k and IRA and ROTH IRA if you qualify.

[ImolaMoop]

Mutual funds are bad advice

Maxing 401k is not necessarily good advice either

[NFiftyWon]

Android is on the rise my friend.

[bimmer456]

Originally Posted by arhoads335i

So are you guys telling me as a 23 year old I should buy Apple or amazon stock?

I say put all your eggs in one basket and ignore any advice to the contrary, best decision I ever made. More risk but way more reward. You don't want your earnings in one stock canceled out by losses in another stock. Wish I did it when I was 23.

[Xtabi]

Originally Posted by arhoads335i

So are you guys telling me as a 23 year old I should buy Apple or amazon stock?

I'd go with MSFT over Amazon.

[BayMoWe335]

Originally Posted by NFiftyWon

Android is on the rise my friend.

They can keep being a loss leader while Apple literally makes over 90% of the profits in the mobile space.

[jmg]

Originally Posted by ImolaMoop

Mutual funds are bad advice

Maxing 401k is not necessarily good advice either

Why is that? Fees? What's wrong with an established mutual fund with low fees?

[BayMoWe335]

Originally Posted by ImolaMoop

Mutual funds are bad advice

Maxing 401k is not necessarily good advice either

Awful advice. You have to love the guy telling you what not to do (which is wrong anyway) but not actually what he thinks you should do.

[ImolaMoop]

Originally Posted by jmg

Why is that? Fees? What's wrong with an established mutual fund with low fees?

ETFs generally have an order of magnitude lower fees. You also have more trade flexibility.

Maxing 401k may not be good advice because he needs to weigh his tax situation and investment options versus a normal brokerage account. At minimum you should contribute enough to get the full employer match, but automatically putting $18k doesn't make sense for everyone.

[ImolaMoop]

Originally Posted by BayMoWe335

Awful advice. You have to love the guy telling you what not to do (which is wrong anyway) but not actually what he thinks you should do.

I'm sorry you feel that way.

[Xtabi]

Originally Posted by ImolaMoop

ETFs generally have an order of magnitude lower fees. You also have more trade flexibility.

Maxing 401k may not be good advice because he needs to weigh his tax situation and investment options versus a normal brokerage account. At minimum you should contribute enough to get the full employer match, but automatically putting $18k doesn't make sense for everyone.

Good advise on taking advantage of the company match. Luckily for me my company matches 50% to the irs max. So $9,000 (free) a year. I max that puppy out every year!

[eluded]

Originally Posted by Xtabi

I'd go with MSFT over Amazon.

The clouds rise.

[ImolaMoop]

Originally Posted by Xtabi

Good advise on taking advantage of the company match. Luckily for me my company matches 50% to the irs max. So $9,000 (free) a year. I max that puppy out every year!

That is certainly an unusually nice employee match, so it makes sense to accept the free money.

[DoZZa]

Originally Posted by tdott

Been an iPhone user since the iPhone 2G, this year switched to a Samsung S6 Edge Plus, can't wait to get a new iPhone. Android is just too buggy, apps crash too much, the fingerprint reader is useless because no apps support it, I hate typing on it. Nothing is ever easy or where you expect it. Funny/odd shit happens all the time. The better screen and camera is not enough to suffer with such a crappy OS. My wife has the S8 and it is a good looking device with a great screen and great camera, my plan was to get one but I can't stand it so im going back.

iOS is just way more efficient and polished, it just works and I'm much more productive on it, the apps (non-google) are on average much better on iOS. Android has gotten better over the years, I still have a Nexus tablet but for my phone, I need it to be fast and efficient, I don't have time to waste fiddling with it.

iOS is better polished than Android? Seriously?!