Boooo wifey making us less wealthy...

So yeah... the other day, saturday/sunday, I tried to convince my wife to buy some shares of AMD (100 shares to be exact) when it was right around the 52-week low.... 5.45/share (52-week low was 5.31/share)

monday, the AMD stock jumped up a dollar and change, and now its sitting at 6.83 after close, with the after-hours trading bringing it up to 6.94 a share. My wife already agreed that we could buy the stock, but she wanted to learn more about how stocks work and stuff before we start.... so now im watching AMD raise from that uber-low price and keep thinking: Hey, thats almost $200 id be up right now....

I wouldn't put my money on amd , the way they have been faring now is just pathetic...if the stock jumps up however, you should go out and search..maybe AMD is brewing up something..

Bluefalcon13 said:

So yeah... the other day, saturday/sunday, I tried to convince my wife to buy some shares of AMD (100 shares to be exact) when it was right around the 52-week low.... 5.45/share (52-week low was 5.31/share)

monday, the AMD stock jumped up a dollar and change, and now its sitting at 6.83 after close, with the after-hours trading bringing it up to 6.94 a share. My wife already agreed that we could buy the stock, but she wanted to learn more about how stocks work and stuff before we start.... so now im watching AMD raise from that uber-low price and keep thinking: Hey, thats almost $200 id be up right now....

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They heard you were considering investing...they're a little desperate for capital at the moment I'm sure.

Don't count on a stock jumping 20% like that ever when you are making decisions.

When a company is in finacial trouble, and its stock price rises, that can be indicative of a takeoer upcoming.

I heard mentioned somewhere... off the cuff.. tht it could end up under the IBM brand...just a rumour though.

The ATI/AMD merge was a costly waste. I've been very disappointed in their products since.

I wanted to buy AMD stock shortly before they released the Athlon. I was pro-AMD, but let a friend talk me out of it. (We were both coworkers in a financial company.) I would have made a lot of money, as AMD stock shot up after the first Athlon.

It goes to show that you should buy what you know. People on these forums, by and large, are much more likely to make good choices on stocks related to tech than, say, energy or pharmaceuticals (obviously there are exceptions).

I haven't been too impressed with the AMD/ATI merge, and while I still like AMD products, I won't touch ATI because of its shoddy performance in Linux. They seem to have made more of a commitment to working on producing better Linux drivers, but I won't consider ATI until those drivers are a reality.

It's hard not to acknowledge that right now, Intel has a substantial lead over AMD in the processor market, and I don't mean in terms of market share, but rather in terms of high end performance. This wasn't always true. For years after the Athlon was released, AMD reigned supreme, but the Core 2 architecture is better than anything AMD has, and with the Nehalem coming soon, and nothing really that impressive in the AMD pipeline, AMD is quickly being relegated to bargain-brand status, which means low margins. It also is bad for all of us, because if AMD is not competitive with Intel at the high end, Intel will jack up pricing and overcharge us for performance products.

For now I'm still buying AMD for several reasons. Customer support is top-notch, they are more economical than Intel at any given price point where both have a product, and I am generally unwilling to pay the premiums for the very top of the line products anyways (I usually buy somewhat under top end, because you can usually get 80% of the performance for less than half the price).

but, AMD now just means no good overclocks

for me, that's the main reason to stay away from them

AMD didn't win any points with me by locking the multis on all but their overpriced FX series either. However, Intel was already locking theirs... so it didn't help Intel's cause with me either.

In general, the manufacturer with the faster product will have the better overclocks, because they don't have to push their chips to the limit to compete. AMD does right now, which leaves little headroom. Back in the days of the Athlon T-breds, Intel was the one making space heaters and pushing the press-hots to clock speeds far beyond what they were designed for, which made for some great overclocking potential.

I just hope that it doesn't become a one horse race again.

There's are huge difference between an investor and a speculator. You really have to spend time to understand how stock work before jumping into it.

I totally understand when you said you could have been up by $200 now. On the other hand, you can also be down by $2000 now too.

I personally do not speculate on individual stocks. I only invest in diversified mutual funds. At most, I'll take a view that a given sector or region is a good bet, but even then, I just overweight in that, I still maintain a lot of diversity.

There may be other reasons for AMD stock to go up but it will not be based on its technological outlook for 2008. Therefore buying AMD stock is not a wise investment at this time.

You may get lucky, but that's like winning money in a casino, it would be luck.

Research your stocks thoroughly before parting with your hard earned cash.