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Title: Anyone Ever Purchase Micron Technology?
Post by: Eldon on June 09, 2015, 09:51:33 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MU

The company that makes semiconductors and RAM.  I often type "MU" in the address bar, and before "Scoop" can follow, I've impatiently already hit the enter key and it takes me to google and the first link is always to Micron Technology and their stock performance (ticker: MU).

I've inadvertently become keenly aware of this company's news and financials.  As a result, I shorted their stock last month and have since made a killing.  Thanks, MUScoop!
Title: Re: Anyone Ever Purchase Micron Technology?
Post by: MU82 on June 09, 2015, 11:47:03 PM
Quote from: Eldon on June 09, 2015, 09:51:33 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MU

The company that makes semiconductors and RAM.  I often type "MU" in the address bar, and before "Scoop" can follow, I've impatiently already hit the enter key and it takes me to google and the first link is always to Micron Technology and their stock performance (ticker: MU).

I've inadvertently become keenly aware of this company's news and financials.  As a result, I shorted their stock last month and have since made a killing.  Thanks, MUScoop!

That's like going to Vegas and betting big against Marquette!

Of course, you would have made a killing doing that last year, too!!
Title: Re: Anyone Ever Purchase Micron Technology?
Post by: GooooMarquette on June 26, 2015, 01:34:18 PM
Looks like shorting MU was a great idea.  Down 44% YTD and 18% today alone. :o
Title: Re: Anyone Ever Purchase Micron Technology?
Post by: jficke13 on June 26, 2015, 02:05:47 PM
Wouldn't be indefensible to call a bottom on MU here (just like the bottom of our season last year?) and bet that it's oversold and due to recover somewhat. Might be able to catch a regression upwards and sell after taking a few points of gain?
Title: Re: Anyone Ever Purchase Micron Technology?
Post by: GooooMarquette on June 26, 2015, 02:49:27 PM
Quote from: jficke13 on June 26, 2015, 02:05:47 PM
Wouldn't be indefensible to call a bottom on MU here (just like the bottom of our season last year?) and bet that it's oversold and due to recover somewhat. Might be able to catch a regression upwards and sell after taking a few points of gain?

Don't know enough about the stock to take the plunge, but the thought occurred to me as well....
Title: Re: Anyone Ever Purchase Micron Technology?
Post by: jficke13 on June 26, 2015, 04:25:56 PM
Guess it all depends on your risk tolerance. Gotta make sure it fits whatever your strategies are. If you embrace buying and selling securities based on charts rather than investing long term in companies, then the underlying company's attributes don't matter as much.

The question then becomes: Does the chart point to a regression upward, or is this dog going to keep on getting kicked?
Title: Re: Anyone Ever Purchase Micron Technology?
Post by: GooooMarquette on December 23, 2015, 10:58:50 AM
Quote from: jficke13 on June 26, 2015, 02:05:47 PM
Wouldn't be indefensible to call a bottom on MU here (just like the bottom of our season last year?) and bet that it's oversold and due to recover somewhat. Might be able to catch a regression upwards and sell after taking a few points of gain?

I pondered this back in June, but never bought.  Glad I didn't - in the last 6 months, MU is down another 42%.  There were one or two brief moments in mid-to late-July that it got very slightly above its late-June price, but for the most part it's been down, down, down.  Even in June, MU82's shorting strategy would still have been the winner.
Title: Re: Anyone Ever Purchase Micron Technology?
Post by: MU82 on December 23, 2015, 04:29:02 PM
Quote from: GooooMarquette on December 23, 2015, 10:58:50 AM
I pondered this back in June, but never bought.  Glad I didn't - in the last 6 months, MU is down another 42%.  There were one or two brief moments in mid-to late-July that it got very slightly above its late-June price, but for the most part it's been down, down, down.  Even in June, MU82's shorting strategy would still have been the winner.

Got the wrong guy. I didn't short it, darn it.

Didn't buy it, either, thankfully.
Title: Re: Anyone Ever Purchase Micron Technology?
Post by: GooooMarquette on December 23, 2015, 09:27:03 PM
Quote from: MU82 on December 23, 2015, 04:29:02 PM
Got the wrong guy. I didn't short it, darn it.

Didn't buy it, either, thankfully.

Oops!  Meant Eldon.
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