Apple, Crocs, Stocks oh my

I find it funny people actually bother picking stocks(Individual stuff - where's the point? It's all bars and candles..).

After watching the indices for over half a year I'd just as soon trade index futures and go with what I know for the "whole" market.

Chart it on MT4, trade it as a future, no real difference to forex(I've seen index spreads come as low as 2-4 points depending on where you go, but then again I'm preeeeeetty darn clueless in that regard), now that I'd actually consider..

Mostly indices/futures tempt me because I could actually SLEEP without feeling something's trading merrily away without me

Porn stocks worth, um, watching

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...mWatching.aspx

I've had Apple since $74.87...

God bless you Steve Jobs

PS Booooo Merlin for hating on Apple

What happend to Crocks?

Might have been something to do with the investigative news story that ran last month--people getting their toes sheared off on escalators.

It became a cheaper buy, Here is the story on msnbc

Finally we have Crocs (Nasdaq: CROX). The maker of the super cozy shoes earned $0.66 a share in its latest quarter. With analysts banking on just $0.63 a share during the period, Crocs has now beaten expectations in every single quarter since going public.
Crocs shares fell, though. The problem? Inventory levels grew at an alarming clip, leading investors to believe that the shoes aren't selling as briskly as they used to. This doesn't appear to be Heelys (Nasdaq: HLYS) revisited. Crocs continues to diversify its product lines and reach out globally. No, that isn't enough to explain away the stubborn inventory growth, but the stock hasn't been this cheap in a long time (if it really is just a blip).
So, keep watching the companies that lap expectations. Over time, it will be a rewarding experience for investors as the market rewards the overachievers

My post about the sheared toes is for real. A few Croc wearing kids have lost their toes on escalators. The sole of the shoe gets pinched between the sliding treads.
That and knockoffs are beginning to flood the market.
Crocs are cool though, and they are expanding their product line. This could actually be a buying opportunity, but I could use a little more convincing. I did read a few articles today that concur with the msnbc story.
And also one that dismissed Crocs as a fad gone stale. But Crocs is more than just shoes now.
As far as the stubborn excess inventory--I wouldn't think of Fall and Winter as their peak season, though that observation is too obvious to be worth much. Still, I wouldn't be surprised to see people buying it back up.

How about you, BWR? Gonna grab a little more at this price?

P.S. FF member, TPO, just let me know by PM that Crocs have been recently banned from U.K. hospitals as they are thought to harbour disease.

Okay, that hospital bit is a joke as they are a non pourous material, Tell the doctors and nurses to wash their feet as I believe that has more to do with thier personal hygeine then the shoe.
Crocs did by an Itailien shoe design company and have some interesting models coming out, plus they are the number one perscribed shoe for people with diebetic feet or various foot and back problems. Once they start making buisness shoes and inserts for normal shoes watch out, I believe crocs is more than just a fad, Yes those ugly sandals may be on the way out but its other products will carry them through. IMO
It all depends on how they adapt and if they really can produce normal shoes for the stylish consience people.
I am still holding and possibly buying more.

P/E ratio 1 year ago: 30
P/E ratio today: 2

Current stock price is $0.81

A lot of people just got schooled in value investing.

The world market was just schooled, I foresaw the times ahead last December and January and closed all of my assets. Crox was a disappointment but I still got out in profit. Speaking of value investing some good infrastructure plays are really cheap.
Bottom o' bottom where art thou?

Who cares, Go dollar go
I love good trends.

S&P and Dow are at critical support levels, they both were briefly on the other side of this support, but are now holding. I doubt this is the bottom but I am getting greedy as there are some really, really cheap companies out there that are going to be the biggest growth companies for the next 10 or more years. Apple and crocs are not two of these companies, crocs is finished and I believe apple will not see it's $200 high for a long time. (I could be wrong) but I found better area's to spend my cash. Just waiting for this damn bottom to round out.

what stocks are you looking at bigwave? im bargain hunting with you, mainly looking at midcap technology companies, but deciding on the names isnt easy in these crazy times.

edit...just noticed the "10+" badge on my posts, cool feature, but does this mean that nobody below 10 can disagree with me?

I'm setting myself up to take advantage of the "Obama New Deal" plan. That includes some infrastructure companies, some solar, wind and other "green" companies, and I'm also bottom picking GM, Ford and a few financials for my IRA account (20 year holding period) Solar is kind of hard to pick due to new technologies that come out every month, but there are a few solar companies that are in position to "acquire" some of these new upstarts and are staying ahead of the others. Also there are a few solar and wind companies that that produce the other parts and are not reliant on the latest technology and these companies are doing great. If you search for them you can find them but I don't want to publically announce them.(send me a p.m) Here is a hint though, two of my companies will do even better with the lower euro and are also building new plants even in the middle of this crisis. I was holding some of these companies up until January when I liquidated all of my assets and have been sitting in cash since. I have already bought a few back and I'm waiting for a reasonable bottom before I start buying the others. It's a waiting game right now.