Halfway through today's market times, and it's looking rough for everyone!

All portfolios are sliding. Falconguy, yesterday's previous leader, is down -1.99%. GeneralPE is down -2.65% after going all in on Polaris Industries. Forbidden Assets, meanwhile is down -0.98%, leading the pack only by minimizing losses for today. By total value however, Falconguy is still solidly ahead at $3923.81. With three hours to go, there doesn't seem to be much chance of a turnaround, with all investors in the red.

The week ends with GeneralPE at -2.09%, Falconguy at -1.62% and Forbidden Assets at -0.55%. FORBASS will be depositing another $145.32 within the beginning of next week.

Standings:

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FALCONGUY $3,935.31
GENERALPE $3,916.32
FORBASS $3,587.03

I'm failing the least. Hooray!

A great day for FORBASS!

Forbidden Assets invests another $145.32. This brings the total number of shares to

LQD 1.805954
VOO 2.63181
VB 7.865027
VWO 20.571737
VNQ 13.20344
SHY 2.12155
Total: $3,759.77


The day then plays out beautifully, adding another $25.40, up +0.68% since the previous close.


GeneralPE also rises, to a total value of $3957.66. Falconguy drops slightly to $3,926.11.

Edited 5/2/2016 20:28:34

Sell 15 stocks of UA.

Transaction recorded; you've currently got $677.77 in cash.

FK's investments drop -0.99%, to $3780. GeneralPE drops -$57.72 ending at $3800.94. Falconguy leads with $3901.21. Out of the investments the group has made, only Apple and the index funds SHY, VNQ and LQD posted any gains today.

FK again drops, but this time only a by paltry -0.07%, -$2.52. Total remaining at $3718.27.


GeneralPE has yet another rough day, falling -$78 to $3,823.50.

Falconguy has the roughest day yet for any investor, dropping a total of -$92.30, down to $3808.91.


May's gonna be 'fun'

Interestingly, Forbidden's portfolio has yet to give any high-yielding days since this post began tracking it, but it has managed to ride out the worst days better than the other portfolios. It remains to be seen whether that will pay off in the long term.

are there any limits to what i can invest

meaning can i invest in w/e stock as long it exist

For this thread, you can invest in any stock that can be tracked by GoogleFinance. Basically, most stocks out there.

Wut about da mitey WACO inc? Can i nvest in dat?

No.



FK ends the day up $1.47 -- +0.04%. The total is now $3719.54.

GeneralPE loses another $107.25 to rest at $3716.25. This now means that FK's portfolio has surpassed him, despite beginning roughly $500 in value below it. Falconguy drops -$2.70 to $3801.76.

I buy 10 shares of Microsoft (MSFT)

500 dollars worth of share in Sanshin Electronics
ticker symbol: 8150
exchange: TYO

Edited 5/6/2016 00:03:54

Posting an update from Friday:


FK's shares rise +0.55%, or $20.32, to a total of $3740.06.


GeneralPE's tanking hard, losing -$145.86 to a total of $3,567.27. Hopefully next week will be better for him. Right now he's down -10.82% since the initial $4,000 investment.

Falconguy remains steady, losing -$0.60 in an uneventful Friday.


Still working on getting e_e's shares tracked on the spreadsheet, will hopefully have that on solid footing by Monday's market close.

FK's also getting paid dividends soon! It's big, big money! Exactly .... 70 cents worth!


Since I can't do dividends for the imaginary accounts, I'll compromise and give them dividends proportionate to what I make from dividends, automatically reinvested into their stocks. Sound fair?

FK rises +0.1%, +$3.72, to 3744.46.


The other investors are still having a rough time, GeneralPE falls another -$27.69 and Falconguy falls another -7.80.


Since FK promised to share dividends, each player gets another 70 cents, automatically reinvested to their portfolios by the percentages they have allocated to each stock. Therefore, the following transaction:


GeneralPE buys 0.007709041468 shares of PII, and places the remaining $0.02 of the dividend into his spare change.


Falconguy leaves $0.03 in spare change, then buys:


0.001844624632 shares of AAPL
0.002766936948 shares of UA
0.00922312316 shares of GM
0.001106774779 shares of AARMQ
0.0006571314073 shares of Microsoft








While the extra $0.70 is small change, pun intended, compared to the hundreds of dollars both investors have lost since the thread began, it is noteworthy that there's still plenty of time for their portfolios to bounce back... and when they do, it'll be glorious.

A famous investor once said, after all, that it's time in the market, not timing of the market, that leads to the big $$$$$$.


Current standings are here, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L5W3cbTbVIoCK3Z6gL5PArlt7sXKKruOE_InxWR0r2k/edit?usp=sharing.

Edited 5/10/2016 00:10:53

Sell all GM shares.
Buy 1.9702537697683 shares of AMZN.