Jim Cramer said buy JBLU!!

[satpak77]

Holy sh*t!! LUV has 780 million shares outstanding. No wonder why that pig hasnt gone anywhere in 5 years!!

yes and thats why "small cap" stocks will double or triple in a short time, while huge pigs like GE or IBM will NEVER double. Its like small speed-boats versus huge ocean liners

lets look at Exxon versus Valero energy, cross compared this year

both are well-run enery and petroleum companies.....

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=XOM&t=1y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=vlo

now lets look at shares outstanding

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/ownership/ownership.asp?Symbol=xom

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/ownership/ownership.asp?Symbol=vlo

all things being equal, always buy the smaller company.

 

[temcgrew]

Peter Lynch does not have a TV show, Warren Buffet does not have a TV show, Paul Tudor Jones does not have TV show, the Hunt family does not have a TV show

if you were to "model yourself" after the top investors in the world, do NOT get a TV show nor follow anyone who does

This looks like the satpak77 show!

 

[satpak77]

copy that

This looks like the satpak77 show!

it does, and I apologize....

 

[buttercup]

yes and thats why "small cap" stocks will double or triple in a short time, while huge pigs like GE or IBM will NEVER double. Its like small speed-boats versus huge ocean liners

lets look at Exxon versus Valero energy, cross compared this year

both are well-run enery and petroleum companies.....

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=XOM&t=1y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=vlo

now lets look at shares outstanding

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/ownership/ownership.asp?Symbol=xom

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/ownership/ownership.asp?Symbol=vlo

all things being equal, always buy the smaller company.

Excellent points for newbies!! If it involves buying and holding they must considering shares outstanding!!! That's why alot of them get crushed on penny stocks. They buy and hold on a penny stock, meanwhile the company keeps diluting(putting more outstanding shares out for sale) for that is their only way generate revenue as a startup to sell shares!! Then the price keeps going down and down!! I used to trade pennies when I first started out. If you dont have alot of money initially they are a good way to build up $$ . The greatest number of outstanding shares I've ever seen was 700 Billion with Casavant Mining CMKX!! I made out with a ten-bagger on that one though!! Accumulation and money flow combined with a drying up volume while maintaining current price level were precursers to the pop!! I'm suprised more pilots dont trade, there is a positive transfer of learning with many of the skills attained in flying..and trading is much more lucrative too!!