Anyone want to talk stocks and retirement?

[medford]

Originally Posted by medford

While we're talking stocks and dividends, just want to share my glee to have just found out (they reported 1st quareter results this morning) that TAXI has increased dividends 24% to $0.21 a share for the 1st quarter. yeah me

Another year (actually I guess it was 3/4 of a year since their last div increase), another quartley dividend increase, this time up to $0.22 a share (4.5% increase)

[kaldaniels]

So what's the deal with Apple?

Dow (broader market I know AAPL is Nasdaq) at all time high
AAPL P/E at 9.7x
I believe the company has ~100.00 cash on hand per share

I know increased competition from Samsung and the like, but future earnings projections still seem robust.

Why is the stock so "cheap"?

[JaxRed]

I'm a big fan of the Seeking Alpha site for financial discussion. Here's an article about Apple from a guy who runs a mock retirement portfolio.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1189...apple-s-growth

He gets very defensive in some of the comments when challenged which isn't good but overall it's an interesting read. Basically he's saying it's no longer a growth stock. But he likes it as an income stock.

[BuckeyeRed27]

Originally Posted by JaxRed

I'm a big fan of the Seeking Alpha site for financial discussion. Here's an article about Apple from a guy who runs a mock retirement portfolio.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1189...apple-s-growth

He gets very defensive in some of the comments when challenged which isn't good but overall it's an interesting read. Basically he's saying it's no longer a growth stock. But he likes it as an income stock.

It's hard to say that at this point. Even Apple doesn't know what it is going to do with that mountain of cash.

[UCBrownsfan]

Originally Posted by UCBrownsfan

My position right now is buying ZNGA, and selling the call.

ZNGA right now is at $3.20
The Jan 15 call, at $5 / share is at $.83

That means an immediate return of 25% on the stock with room for growth in the next 2 years of an extra 56%. With cash on hand of $1.67 / share, unless something goes seriously wrong the floor is $2.50 / share, and the ceiling is $5.83 / share... not a bad position for $3.20.

It's up to $3.73, and the call is up to about $1.15 - it's been a great gain so far. There's 3 or 4 great strategies with options and ZNGA right now.

[JaxRed]

Seeking Alpha has an article about Zinga

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1320...with-potential

[redsfan4486]

A stock i really like is Qcom . Its chips are in smart phones and tablets from apple to samsung. 2% plus dividend and a history of raising it. And a stable growth stock with room to run.