I think that REITs often decline a bit or just break even, and you get them solely for the dividend. I've got a couple of similar ones (TWO and MPW), and their price muddles around but I get a dividend of 7 to 10 percent, so I'm fine.

In this environment I grimace a little because a 7 percent return trails the major stock indexes, but I still like them from a diversification standpoint, and I'm still winning against inflation.
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I think it’s likely it goes sub $15.

If it does, I️ may be on board for some.
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I feel like it might stabilize around $15, maybe dipping lower temporarily. This would be a great chance to place a 30 day limit order for something like 12.50 in case it flashes that low.

You can watch the trajectory and cancel it if it looks like it will drop hard past that, and if it doesn't, you're not out anything
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ugh, it's been brutal the last couple of days.

I'm in the red today even with this being 7% of my portfolio

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CIM means Cum in Mouth in the Escort World.

When escorts put that for an extra $50 you can CIM in their EROS ads, I generally hire them! :-)
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I don't think so......:-)

I think the 4-5x's volume the last few days was all the funds getting out that held it for the dividend and others thinking it's dead money and not value.

I will be OK down to $16.80 with my puts until next year.
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Took some profit today. I bought SPLK in 2012 during their IPO with a cost basis of $35. Over the years it's gone up and down and, while it's not at the highest ever, after a stellar earnings report yesterday it's up over 15% today. It opened today at 68.30 and I put in a limit order to sell at 81.50. I left in my original investment dollar amount but pulled out 127% profit.
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Looking at two stocks to buy this week:

IPGP and SWKS

Anybody see any reason not to ?
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SWKS Exec sold a shitload of shares recent. I don’t know why but he did.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/weekher...stock.html/amp
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Thanks, that is certainly a red flag
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An Exec selling 2% of their shares for a timed sale is one thing, selling 82% of their holdings is another.

Make sure you can find out which they did and if any other top execs sold a big percentage of their holdings......

Selling a lot of shares doesn't scare me but a big percentage does. :-)
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Yep, thanks !
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GE has been hit with a class action suit over Fukishima. $500 mil.

Those reactors were supposed to be built on a bluff 115' high. To save $ GE reduced the bluff to 85'.

And they are going to be 31 billion short on pension obligations.
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Ended up buying in to three stocks today:

MU
MRVL
IPGP
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Thanks, I just saw that. This is not a good sign. It may mean they cut corners in a lot of other places. :-)
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