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Recently an analyst stated that the IS market is going to decline....meaning not as much of the double digit returns. Still money to be made but that it might be better to focus attention to other economies if you’re looking big. China for example.

So, if this is true what are some stocks or funds that you really like?
Exactly what analyst? We read a lot of those, that person could certainly be correct, overextended bull market. Honestly, I’ve usually been behind the curve with international investing since 1990, hold nothing currently, though an India ETF would be my choice if I were younger. The late John Templeton would say buy the countries where the pain is greatest, he was a master at buying low overseas.
 
Exactly what analyst? We read a lot of those, that person could certainly be correct, overextended bull market. Honestly, I’ve usually been behind the curve with international investing since 1990, hold nothing currently, though an India ETF would be my choice if I were younger. The late John Templeton would say buy the countries where the pain is greatest, he was a master at buying low overseas.



It was on Yahoo’s main page with a link to Business Insider or something. To me it doesn’t matter much who said it as much as is the premise of whether diversifying overseas is a good idea or not?

To me it makes sense. But I’m not a bid-ness guy.
 
It was on Yahoo’s main page with a link to Business Insider or something. To me it doesn’t matter much who said it as much as is the premise of whether diversifying overseas is a good idea or not?

To me it makes sense. But I’m not a bid-ness guy.
As I said, if you chase them like American stocks, my 30-40 years of experience says you won’t buy low. EPI and INCO were two ETFs I liked in India. I would buy them and hold a long time if I were younger and still working, keep adding some money to them during downturns to India’s stock market.
 
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I've set a personal limit of 18. Waiting on that juicy dividend. Should go ex-div near end of this month. Plan on evaluating some other issues soon.
I just looked at NWL again. It's really been grim death since October of 2017 but only recently has been pushing up against the 200-day moving average. Hard to say if it gets over that threshold but right now that's about $19.57. Since it's above the 50-day perhaps it gets over the hump soon but until then it has a ceiling of resistance.
 
I just looked at NWL again. It's really been grim death since October of 2017 but only recently has been pushing up against the 200-day moving average. Hard to say if it gets over that threshold but right now that's about $19.57. Since it's above the 50-day perhaps it gets over the hump soon but until then it has a ceiling of resistance.
Right and noted earlier.. Problem is 300 shares sit in an IRA. Tax-loss harvesting is out of the question. At the moment, we're just hoping for modest appreciation until sale.
 
Right and noted earlier.. Problem is 300 shares sit in an IRA. Tax-loss harvesting is out of the question. At the moment, we're just hoping for modest appreciation until sale.
I lost your patience years ago. Everything I’ve owned since retiring 12 years ago has been in an IRA, but stagnant stocks are opportunity costs and I dump them perhaps too quickly at times, but so many better stocks out there for me.
 
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Right and noted earlier.. Problem is 300 shares sit in an IRA. Tax-loss harvesting is out of the question. At the moment, we're just hoping for modest appreciation until sale.
Been there done that. I rode a stock all the way down once for that reason. Sort of in that boat now with GE but I sold half of the position around $14 to buy more diversification like VFH, VEA and BLV. Also about a year ago PG at $76. Guess it bought me more time before I have to either exit GE or watch it recover further.
 
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Supposedly a big early morning selloff re: tariffs being raised on China goods.
 
Supposedly a big early morning selloff re: tariffs being raised on China goods.
Yeah a deal is looking bleak lately and even if we get a good deal, it can be pretty difficult to regulate. Would not surprise me though to see losers like healthcare get a bounce as all are mostly domestic enterprises.
 
Beyond Meat (BYND) IPO was priced at 25, started trading at 46 and closed at 65.75. Wow.

A derivative play on Beyond Meat is Tyson Foods. They own a sizable stake in Beyond Meat and they are coming out with their own version of that same product in the coming months. Plus you get some diversity with their regular poultry offerings. Its kind of like playing the pot stocks with Constellation Brands which has major pot investments but also has major wine and beer products too.
 
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A derivative play on Beyond Meat is Tyson Foods. They own a sizable stake in Beyond Meat and they are coming out with their own version of that same product in the coming months. Plus you get some diversity with their regular poultry offerings. Its kind of like playing the pot stocks with Constellation Brands which has major pot investments but also has major wine and beer products too.
Correct. I've heard Tyson plans on divesting their stake in Beyond Meat because their own version is coming and they're trying to avoid conflict.

Nestlé is another alternative in the plant-based, protein space, with Incredible Burger.

Whoever develops the best process wins this battle.
 
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IIPR has been a dandy for me, though it’s dropped some lately.
 
Welp, anybody doing anything?


Unfortunately, it's slow. Seems like much of my portfolio is just bobbing up/down, but not really gaining ground. And I haven't seen anything I'm feverish to jump for recently.
 
Unfortunately, it's slow. Seems like much of my portfolio is just bobbing up/down, but not really gaining ground. And I haven't seen anything I'm feverish to jump for recently.
Exactly, too late to sell, too early to buy. Could buy some Inverse Bear etfs, but I got badly burned when I tried those several years ago.:weary:
 
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Also, Gilead is supposed to pay $0.63 dividends per stock. With their liver meds, they might be a really good pick long term.
 
IIPR has gone crazy the last two days, though it seems overpriced...helps that it’s one of the few cannabis stocks making a profit, CGC a long way from that point.


I'm kicking myself for not getting in on IIPR when I had the chance a yr or so ago. Maybe I'm not too late to the party.....
 
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I'm kicking myself for not getting in on IIPR when I had the chance a yr or so ago. Maybe I'm not too late to the party.....
It’s always hard to judge, I’m sitting the same way, luckily, in CYBR. Unfortunately, I’ve bought and sold some dogs the past year, so my return is only 5% or so for the year.
 
Bought F a couple weeks ago and dumped RDN today. F is slowly climbing, up over 5% now. RDN has been a winner over the years but the talk of a rate hike might stop that right away. Need something more boring for my wife's IRA.
 
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Whoah?! Bought into IIPR a day or two ago when we talked about it......it's already jumped up about 10%. Man, I hope they can keep this up.......
 
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Whoah?! Bought into IIPR a day or two ago when we talked about it......it's already jumped up about 10%. Man, I hope they can keep this up.......
Best thing going for us is the future for the US market, may keep it going for awhile longer despite being overpriced...just don’t get carried away, my friend. CWBHF starting to move upwards for the same reason, though a different type of US company than IIPR.
 
Best thing going for us is the future for the US market, may keep it going for awhile longer despite being overpriced...just don’t get carried away, my friend. CWBHF starting to move upwards for the same reason, though a different type of US company than IIPR.


I won't go overboard. Besides, marijuana is a long term play......so, whatever I invest in pot, it will sit there for the duration.

I think what really sold me on IIPR is that they are really busy laying a bunch of groundwork in the US even though we have yet to legalize federally. Once legalization occurs, they'll be in a prime position to pounce and merge with other entities.
 
I won't go overboard. Besides, marijuana is a long term play......so, whatever I invest in pot, it will sit there for the duration.

I think what really sold me on IIPR is that they are really busy laying a bunch of groundwork in the US even though we have yet to legalize federally. Once legalization occurs, they'll be in a prime position to pounce and merge with other entities.
True, but several Canadian companies will go under, IMHO, lots of new public companies up there, could eventually happen in the US, and then it will get very difficult to sort the winners from the losers. Keep nibbling on price drops in IIPR and CWBHF long term is good strategy, but I’m not so sure on Canadian small companies and I still hold one, OGI.
 
Bought my first stock. Had to grab a few shares of AMD just to see what happens. They landed Xbox, Playstation, and might be grabbing Nintendo, too. They seemed poised to rip market share away from both Intel and Nvidia.

.. although who knows about GPU's in general. They spiked when the bitcoin craze was happening and now they've fallen back. If that ever picks up again, GPU's could see another spike.
 
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True, but several Canadian companies will go under, IMHO, lots of new public companies up there, could eventually happen in the US, and then it will get very difficult to sort the winners from the losers. Keep nibbling on price drops in IIPR and CWBHF long term is good strategy, but I’m not so sure on Canadian small companies and I still hold one, OGI.


I really stay away from the smaller fish. CGC (with it's massive financial backing), Aurora (with it's growing capacity) are the best bets. Hexo is ok since it already has a market locked down with Quebec, but it's still a long shot. The bigger companies like CGC and Aurora have done well expanding globally which helps to insure their survival......they've also started laying groundwork in the US. Everything is still in a very fragile state right now......so, I'm casting a wide net and watching it closely.
 
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I really stay away from the smaller fish. CGC (with it's massive financial backing), Aurora (with it's growing capacity) are the best bets. Hexo is ok since it already has a market locked down with Quebec, but it's still a long shot. The bigger companies like CGC and Aurora have done well expanding globally which helps to insure their survival......they've also started laying groundwork in the US. Everything is still in a very fragile state right now......so, I'm casting a wide net and watching it closely.
Ok, CGC down today after eps, mainly because recreational cannabis sales are down in Canada, and the Acreage buyout will cost a lot of money, particularly showing up in the first Qtr 2020. Good company, particularly once they get more into medical cannabis and legalization occurs in the US. I trimmed my CGC considerably today, took profits on OGI, and bought more US cannabis stocks IIPR and CWBHF today. I took out some “insurance” yesterday, buying some TZA to offset possible losses today, glad I did, though I’m on the losing end today of my high flyers like ADBE, IIPR and CYBR. All is well.
 
Ok, CGC down today after eps, mainly because recreational cannabis sales are down in Canada, and the Acreage buyout will cost a lot of money, particularly showing up in the first Qtr 2020. Good company, particularly once they get more into medical cannabis and legalization occurs in the US. I trimmed my CGC considerably today, took profits on OGI, and bought more US cannabis stocks IIPR and CWBHF today. I took out some “insurance” yesterday, buying some TZA to offset possible losses today, glad I did, though I’m on the losing end today of my high flyers like ADBE, IIPR and CYBR. All is well.


What is nice is that companies like Aurora and CGC are hitting the world market aggressively while they await for the US to open. Aurora is now making strides in over 2 dozen countries.....which CGC has a dozen or so. This should all really help insure these companies' success.
 
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What is nice is that companies like Aurora and CGC are hitting the world market aggressively while they await for the US to open. Aurora is now making strides in over 2 dozen countries.....which CGC has a dozen or so. This should all really help insure these companies' success.
I want a big drop in price of CGC before I start adding shares, no rush as competition world wide will keep coming.
 
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I want a big drop in price of CGC before I start adding shares, no rush as competition world wide will keep coming.


I here ya. I haven't really added CGC in quite some time. I accumulated early......bought/sold the waves for a little while......and then just stayed put. So, I'm way up on CGC......so, if it drops, I'm not concerned. "If" CGC ends up being the "go-to" company for marijuana, it'll go waaaaaaay, waaaaaay, waaaaaay beyond $40/share at some point in the future.
 
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I here ya. I haven't really added CGC in quite some time. I accumulated early......bought/sold the waves for a little while......and then just stayed put. So, I'm way up on CGC......so, if it drops, I'm not concerned. "If" CGC ends up being the "go-to" company for marijuana, it'll go waaaaaaay, waaaaaay, waaaaaay beyond $40/share at some point in the future.
You did good, I got in a little late on CGC, think the cannabis picture is a little clearer now. Those buying high on CGC, thinking they could make a bunch of quick money, were wrong, I didn’t do that, knew better!
 
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I’m still casting a wide net though. CHC, Aurora, NBEV, Hexo, IIPR, Scott’s.

Shoot, Scott’s is probably the safest play. Whomever wins the pot sweepstakes is probably going to have to go through Scott’s to get there.
 
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