Arkady
President
Man, anyone watching the market today? Amazon, which is currently one of only two individual stocks I own, is on a hell of a tear -- up 12.71% over the course of the day! I tend to buy big companies, so this is the first time I've ever had a day like this. The consensus earnings per share forecast had been just 0.01 and actual earnings per share came in at 0.52, which is a 5100% surprise. That left people scrambling.
I'm kicking myself right now. Although I own a bunch of Amazon, I'd planned to buy a little less than $10,000 more of it a month ago, but was having trouble with my new broker doing an electronic transfer from my bank account to fund it (they require me to fill out some physical paperwork, and I've been dragging my feet on getting around to it). So, that money was sitting in cash and didn't get to go for this ride, which would have been worth $1200. You snooze, you lose.
I'm kicking myself right now. Although I own a bunch of Amazon, I'd planned to buy a little less than $10,000 more of it a month ago, but was having trouble with my new broker doing an electronic transfer from my bank account to fund it (they require me to fill out some physical paperwork, and I've been dragging my feet on getting around to it). So, that money was sitting in cash and didn't get to go for this ride, which would have been worth $1200. You snooze, you lose.