HD

RoboCrypto7

No one knows the next big company. Stick with the now big companies: MAG 7. Outside of Mag 7, You can get a heck of a deal buying HD right now. I don’t think HD is leaving anytime soon. Go big or go home.

ThinkingOfTheOldDays

looking real hard at HD leaps.

ElectricOne55

I've held Meta since 2019 and dealt through 2 drawdowns. I agree though I have had other stocks like twlo which has been down 70% since 2021 and never came back. I've also only held 3000 dollars in meta and 100 in twlo. So, I can imagine it would be even harder if I had 20 to 50k or more in those stocks. At the same time, when you see something like NVDA you feel like you're taking a massive L. But, TSLA a few years ago was like NVDA is now, so I'm thinking if AI turns out not to deliver as expected then NVDA could end up like tsla. I also didn't know whether to keep contributing to Meta since, I already own some? Whereas, with vti or voo, I'd be starting a new postion. That could be my sunk cost fallacy kicking in though. As far as my IRA should I keep contributing to fbgrx, or switch up to vti/voo in my IRA? My top 3 stocks I was looking at adding were FB, HD, or UNH. But, from what you're saying you'd prefer an ETF? And which would you recommend between VTI or VOO?

jesuschristislord666

It's absurd that no one has done this yet, because it's by far the most efficient way to tow/haul long distances. Small company called Edison has actually already made a functioning semi, and is currently working on creating a diesel/electric retrofit package for existing HD trucks.

Legendver2

If porn dictating the format war of the 80s and Blu-ray vs HD-DVD is anything to go by, then VR is gonna blow up

Bronto_Chad

Someone sold their growth stocks at the bottom today and is now heading to home depot or lowes for ropes , calls on $HD and $LOW

grizzly_teddy

Yeah I'd hardly call a car that only can operate in a city that it pre-mapped with HD data, and has lidar and other expensive equipment, and doesn't go on the highway, etc. That isn't a solution and is so far behind Tesla at this point that there is no foreseeable way to catch up. Tesla at 1b miles driven, likely to get to 3b by the end of the year. Waymo has **20M miles driven**. This isn't a competition. It's a downright slaughter. Waymo and others will have no way to compete. Period.

paristexas-

Maybe you think it’s full HD since you’re eye sight is compromised

gini_lee1003

They are available in HD lol.

Kingregard69

Forward P/E way too high, 53% of sales in foreign markets. A third being Asian markets. Earnings next week. Going to cycle down just as LOW, HD, TEX, KMTUY are.

grizzly_teddy

> If it was actually a competitive advantage  they would have won already I think the estimate for what they needs is 6 billion miles of video. They have 1b. Your assertion that 'they would have won already' is based on what exactly? Are you suggesting they don't have the video? What's so hard to understand that they have by far and away the most video, but at the same time, not as much video as they need to complete FSD. Is that really so hard to comprehend? > basically what waymo I think at this point, Tesla collects more data in one day than Wyamo gets in a year. Waymo doesn't have the miles other than to somewhat work in very closed environments with lidar and HD maps. That isn't a scalable solution.

arBettor

"My view, interest rates will eventually rise, which will be beneficial to the bonds the fund holds and therefore capital growth on the price per point of the fund could/should rise." Interest rates rising will hurt the value of the bonds. Rates and bond prices are inversely correlated, and especially so for longer duration bonds. The 2% front load isn't the worst I've seen, but you could probably just as easily open a brokerage account and buy a similarly-exposed ETF for no commission or load, and with a lower expense ratio. Reviewing what appear to be the top holdings, I don't think they are actually generating all the yield they are distributing. The underlying holdings (at least the top ones) don't appear to be as safe and dividend-focused as you indicated you wanted. MSFT/AMZN/NVDA/HD were the top equity holdings, assuming I'm looking at the right fund: [https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/funds/snapshot/snapshot.aspx?id=F00000OXXD](https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/funds/snapshot/snapshot.aspx?id=F00000OXXD) Average forward dividend yield on those 4 positions is 1.14%. Investment grade bonds aren't yielding anywhere near 8% either. So yeah, I wouldn't rush into this thing for a variety of reasons.

SwellsInMoisture

Appreciate the comma separated list! Makes it easy to just copy/paste into my query script. GDX is an ETF, so that doesn't get included, but the rest are here. Ticker Symbol: LMT P/E: 16.35 P/E Rank: 72.64 P/S: 1.60 P/S Rank: 61.02 P/B: 15.82 P/B Rank: 10.39 P/FCF: 17.39 P/FCF Rank: 62.80 SHYield: 8.10% SHYield Rank: 90.84 EV/EBITDA: 12.33 EV/EBITDA Rank: 66.55 Overall Score: 364.24 6 month price momentum: 3.15% Ticker 'GDX' not found in the data. Ticker Symbol: HD P/E: 22.71 P/E Rank: 62.41 P/S: 2.23 P/S Rank: 48.11 P/B: 325.79 P/B Rank: 6.10 P/FCF: 18.93 P/FCF Rank: 60.77 SHYield: 4.79% SHYield Rank: 77.40 EV/EBITDA: 15.61 EV/EBITDA Rank: 57.18 Overall Score: 311.97 6 month price momentum: 15.04% Ticker Symbol: V P/E: 32.26 P/E Rank: 52.03 P/S: 16.62 P/S Rank: 10.98 P/B: 14.53 P/B Rank: 11.01 P/FCF: 28.99 P/FCF Rank: 49.65 SHYield: 2.94% SHYield Rank: 64.21 EV/EBITDA: 23.82 EV/EBITDA Rank: 44.48 Overall Score: 232.36 6 month price momentum: 17.09% Ticker Symbol: UNH P/E: 18.42 P/E Rank: 68.89 P/S: 1.09 P/S Rank: 73.56 P/B: 4.57 P/B Rank: 28.02 P/FCF: 15.77 P/FCF Rank: 65.53 SHYield: 3.42% SHYield Rank: 68.19 EV/EBITDA: 12.89 EV/EBITDA Rank: 64.88 Overall Score: 369.07 6 month price momentum: -16.20% Ticker Symbol: PEP P/E: 25.63 P/E Rank: 58.64 P/S: 2.53 P/S Rank: 44.25 P/B: 12.48 P/B Rank: 11.87 P/FCF: 29.16 P/FCF Rank: 49.40 SHYield: 3.54% SHYield Rank: 68.97 EV/EBITDA: 16.43 EV/EBITDA Rank: 55.17 Overall Score: 288.29 6 month price momentum: 3.37%

Charming_Raccoon4361

Can you do the followings: LMT, GDX,HD, V, UNH, PEP

ElectricOne55

I think I'm mainly between UNH, HD, or an index like VTI or VOO.

CelticsWin7

As the main portion of your portfolio yes VTI or VOO If I had to pick one of those I'd pick UNH as it's down 20% from all time highs and healthcare will continue to be expensive in the future. Plus you have all the millions of baby boomers retiring and they'll need healthcare. HD is risky as I don't see interest rates going back down to record lows, meaning people likely are going out to buy houses and fix them up. MCD I'm indifferent with this stock. I think they could boost profits significantly if they continue to automate their process to where they don't need to hire workers and have it mostly ran on machines. If ONLY given those stocks, but there are so many great stocks to choose from.

No-Improvement3164

HD and BLDR pulled back 10-12%?

ElectricOne55

Thanks bro would you take voo over unh or HD as well?

No-Improvement3164

You still holding HD?

ElectricOne55

Voo pretty expensive too at 470 a share 🤔. That's just as much as UNH or HD and more than PEP or MCD.

WedWealthist

Depends how much you want to research and babysit your positions imo. If you want to set it and forget it I’d probably go with the voo . At least this way you’ll match the market average. Regarding HD and PEP it’s probably more about familiarity than anything else. Pep is quite stable and pays a 3% dividend or so, and in terms of HD not sure I’d buy at the current prices but it operates in an oligopoly so if it dips to a pe of less than 20 I’d take a hard look. Mcd is also a good choice as well but it operates in a fairly competitive industry. I’d look at it too for the right price.

WedWealthist

Good picks. Depending on the holding period my inclination is towards HD or PEP

Historical_Low4458

I view PEP just like I do KO. Home improvement stuff is some of the early stuff people stop buying during a recession, so I'm leery about HD. People also cut back on eating out durimg economic turmoil, but since MCD is fast food, then it could be more resilient, in my opinion. However, all of them are blue chip companies, and none of them are going to go bankrupt any time soon.

ElectricOne55

No HD fam 🤔 Dududud da da dudududu da da Can't get that theme out my head 😆

ElectricOne55

I'm trying to decide between adding either UNH, MCD, HD, or PEP?

ElectricOne55

I'm trying to decide between adding either UNH, MCD, HD, or PEP?

rameyjm7

What different tiers of premium would that be? like more HD stuff or more content, only super-premium can access?

theknowndudereturns

anyone care to explain why HD is dropping so much?

Historical_Air_8997

My speculative position is RKLB, imo it’ll either not exist in 5-10 years or be a 10+ bagger. But then I have SPOT, AXON, ODFL, HD (not exactly growth but I bet it does better than average)

theknowndudereturns

bought 15k GOOGL, 20k HD and 15k PANW

theknowndudereturns

HD pls

ThePrideofKrakoww

I have Spotify on at least 50% of my day. I have huge playlists, listen to new releases, huge catalogs for my favorite bands. My friends all send songs or albums almost every day. Managing all of that by either paying for mp3s or pirating it is a very tall order that I don't have time for. I still have a pretty large library of mp3's on an external HD from my pre-Spotify days but I barely use it. I have a family plan with my parents and siblings and we split our subscriptions so it works out to about $5 a month. It's not an "obsession", it's just easier for me

Squrtfrz

!banbet HD 365 3d

questiontoanswer44

HD puts

SPY225

Home depot charging 0.50$ per bag when you check out Getting desperate #HD PUTS

theknowndudereturns

why did HD drop 10% from high last month?

theknowndudereturns

can someone tell me why HD dipped 8%?

theknowndudereturns

HD bounce?

grizzly_teddy

Waymo working well in a single city, using HD maps and Lidar is not a scalable solution. Tesla gets 500x more video data per day than Waymo (maybe more than that). Waymo will never be able to compete. Flat out.

PeteWenzel

>LIDAR doesn't have an advantage over cameras That’s simply not true. >Radar does, and they already introduced a new HD radar Sure, it makes sense to incorporate radar as part of a sensor fusion architecture for ADAS. But LiDAR makes just as much sense, or even more so. LiDAR has unique advantages and it makes no sense to deliberately, actively exclude it. An ADAS architecture without it can never be as good as it would be if it used it. >The radar camera combo will be able to do FSD. I’ve no idea what FSD even means. But go off, I guess.

self-assembled

There is a new HD radar unit in model s/x as of last year, but they didn't aggressively roll out to all cars. They're probably comparing internal FSD data (simulation mode compared to real drivers) with and without radar to see what the best choice is going forwrad.

self-assembled

LIDAR doesn't have an advantage over cameras as both use visible light. Radar does, and they already introduced a new HD radar to model s/x, probably for gathering data. The radar camera combo will be able to do FSD.

ElectricalGene6146

It’s not that good. It still makes mistakes about 10000x more than it should to be driverless capable. Root cause analysis of most of these events would say that they could have solved them with an HD map and Lidar, hence why Waymo is running around without a driver and Tesla still doesn’t have robotaxis.

mafkickers

HD . Haha

32no

What are you talking about? Waymo does not have a scalable solution. LiDAR and HD mapping is way too expensive and intensive for the solution to scale beyond the couple cities it is in. Waymo only has 20 million miles of driving in their system that is teleoperated by humans when it gets stuck. Tesla has 1 billion miles of supervised FSD driving and tons of cars sending them data to train their end to end AI model on. Waymo got to a robotaxi service first, but their solution won’t scale. Tesla’s solution is already scaled - and the immense amount of data feeding an end to end ai approach will get them there

swolebird

> they're HD DVD all over again while Waymo is blu-ray. So who's netflix then? Cuz that was the real winner

Chornobyl_Explorer

How heavy are your bags dude? Tesla is *years* behind in self driving if not more. Due to Elons inflated Ego they bet on the wrong technology, they're HD DVD all over again while Waymo is blu-ray. Waymo has *proven working tech on the streets* while Tesla has open betas that habitually crash into cars and people. Tesla can't solve this with mere AI. Not the ones we have today. Their "years of road data" is utterly useless since it's 95% or more open highways in optimal conditions where *their weak ass excuse for FSD works*. What Tesla can't even solve is cities. It's people, it's random events and split second decision making. They need to be *better then humans, always. And they can't beat a drunk drivers reaction*. This isn't a software issue, it's hardware. Anyone who knows the smallest thing about AI or traffic in general would tell you so. Feel free to buy more Tesla. It'll be self driving just 2 weeks after hyperloop... Or Elon saving those kids in the cave... Or wait, Elin has said FSD would already be here many years ago! Fool me once, be a Tesla buyer. Fool me twice? Sunken cost fallacy

Marcusnovus

I'm long on HD and MAS with 96% gains. I'm scared to sell. Lol

UnKnOwN365

This play HD already squoze on March 14th. Don't see much room for any price improvement honestly. This sounds like a bag holder play for sure

TreatSimple

I can see that with IIPR, I'm not chained to it. I agree with HD, I had no reason to think they wouldn't continue as an aristocrat 🤷🏾‍♂️

NefariousOctet

It's a big amount to put in a small cap. Looks like skew is pretty indifferent. Option positioning is mostly ATM within next two months then more bearish after that. Unless something unexpected happens, looks like IIPR will trade sideways for a couple months then fall. For HD it looks more bullish, and they had consistent returns over the years. Can't say if it'll outperform though.

Money_Ball_3396

Incorrect as someone in the industry hurricanes are EXTREMELY bullish 🚀🚀🚀HD 🌝

Ready2gambleboomer

*No homie (HD) noooo! I don't wanna get fukt in the anoos again.*

Agitated-Savings-229

They also bought Hughes Supply which i believe was actually the genesis of HD supply I worked at hughes when it went down and rebranded.

Known-Jacket-8995

Hello everybody - I am depositing 5k into a my brokerage account and will be spreading out the money via the ETF's/stocks down below. I am in my early 20's and make around 60k a year. I am hopeful to contribute $750-$1000 a month towards these percentages but want to make sure my foundation is good. I am looking for long term growth to set myself up 25-30 years from now. I currently only had the money sitting in a 4.5% savings account but felt this would be a more productive way of approaching my retirement. I am fairly new to all of this and would appreciate anyone's feedback. 80% ETF * $V00 - Vanguard 500 Index Fund (35%) * $VDC - Vanguard Consumer Staples (20%) * $FTEC - Fidelity Technology Index (20%) International ETF - $VXUS - Vanguard International Stock (5%) 5% Income stocks - $HD - Home Depot Inc (5%) 15% Growth Stocks/Blue Stocks * $Meta (7%) * SJPM - JPMorgan Chase (4%) * SJNJ - Johnson $ Johnson (4%) Cryptocurrency? * Bitcoin * Alt-coins Couple of internal questions I had was should I stick with one or two ETF's? Should I invest in more stocks? Am I overly committed into the tech sector? Thanks.

Responsible-Point421

ben graham in the talks i have seen with him, is not trying to beat the market or even achieve consistent market returns. He is trying to beat the 60/40 portfolio with super safe investments. He will miss the nvidia's of the world every time, but he also misses blowups . When I think of him, i think HD, Texas Instruments, steady growers with value, nothing sexy. At the end of the day you have to do you and what you are comfortable with, me I am a bit of a gambler at heart so my portfolio is like 30% high dividend, 20 percent spy, 20 percent growth leaning towards tech, 10 percent turn around stories, example rig(once i realized it wanst going bk i bought a shares over 6 moth period, avg under 3....i think it can go back to 30 or 40....Lastly, remainder I trade, not daily but more like monthly to 6 monthly....my fav is DE, it moves up for a while then tanks....it does this frequently, so i have probably been in and out 10 times in last 5 years. Things to trade and not own, retail, auto, airlines. The research for trades keeps me up to date....good luck, don't get married to any one strategy, date it, see if you like it, maybe a newer prettier one comes around that fits you better

Grapester21

ETFs are a good stable form of investment if you choose the correct ones. However, growth on these are slow and the returns are nowhere near that of stocks. I would choose 6 or 7 good companies to invest in such as HD, Appl, Cost, Shw, etc...They have strong growth, very stable companies with the benefits of dividends. When investing, do not buy on the peak of the stock price. Wait for pullbacks.

Grapester21

The best investors get it right 65%of the time. If the stocks you have are of quality companies like JNJ or HD etc... hold. The whole market came down in 2022 and only Tech and Financials held up well. Consumer staples, home builders, and consumer discretionary are following. Stay away from Real Estate stocks

InternetSlave

I don't care what you call em, the HDs by me are always packed. They have added some automotive supplies and cleaning supplies years prior.  As long as we are still building homes HD is just going to keep making money  

VeteranWallSt

Yes, so the PVI ratio is all I care about to know where VALUE truly exists from the Options Pricing vantage point...it's an Apples to Apples comparison. There's a ton of ways to use this data & I don't do anything without the Macro PVI Spreadsheet each week. 1) DELTA Traders would need to decide, do I buy a BLUE Straddle or Strangle? or am I Bullish/Bearish and only want to play on 1 side this week (Long/Flat or Short/Flat). 2) THETA Traders- if the markets are GREEN...sell the higher RED PUTS after 10am and cover at the close. Put on a Fly or BWB to skew the trade. Sell OPM where PVI strikes are much wider. 3) Sometimes we get excellent LONG/SHORT or PAIRS Trade ideas that still needs more DD & Research. **CALL EXAMPLE:** $HD ($0.78) 17D have a PVI rating of 54 (Orange compared to SPY 38) $LOW ($0.47) 14D have a PVI rating of 35 (White & under SPY) **PUT EXAMPLE:** HD $0.89 17D w/ PVI 62 (Orange compared to SPY 48) LOW $0.55 15D w/ PVI 39 (White & under SPY **HD Strangle-** $1.67 (34 combined Delta) **LOW Strangle-** $1.02 (29 combined Delta) **IDEA if you're neutral on both:** SELL 2x HD Strangles- $ 3.34 (34x2 = 68 total Delta) BUY 3x LOW Strangles- $3.06 (29x3= 87 combined Delta) That **HYPOTHETICAL TRADE CONCEPT** gives you a $0.28 CREDIT, and you have positive Delta (19) as your cushion

cryptohorn

Sometimes I watch news coverage from 9/11 on YT. Like how didnt we gave HD back then.

GordoKnowsWineToo

HD gonna Pop

Alarmed_Expression77

Not yet, but damn I wished we did. Much better stores than HD or Lowes

Alternative-Study210

Are you me? I had every HD in a 100 mile range mapped out and used their shitters religiously.

suhdudeeee

Depends where you are. Lowe’s out west was dogshit compared to HD. Now on the east coast where I live the Lowe’s are superior to the Lowe’s

HamRadio_73

We've owned HD stock since 2015. We're not selling.

Several_Meringue2767

I got TGT, COST, and HD in my portfolio. I literally have 90% of where Americans spend a Saturday morning and afternoon. Come at me bro!

ThinkingOfTheOldDays

shocked that LOW is up after the HD news. They're both overvalued as it is, but at least HD is making moves to sow up the pro segment.

phatelectribe

Local lumber suppliers. The only contractors that I know that buy lumber from HD are small mom and pop type home renovation companies who need stuff that day. Anything larger they go to lumber suppliers.

Dunesday_JK

Typically yeah.. it can be. I own a roofing company and if it’s anything more than a couple sheets delivered with my Material order for convenience sake, I’ll happily go get it at Home Depot to save a a ton of money. Roofing supply houses obliterate Lowes/HD on the actual shingles and roofing products but for everything else I go through HD.

idkAboutYouMan

My first day joint the corporate development team at HD supply was the day they announced the acquisition

Posting____At_Night

Ah you're probably outta luck then. The ply supplier in my area has fairly nice veneered ply for around $50 a sheet, $80-100ish for the really high grade stuff like baltic birch that HD doesn't even have to begin with. If you're trying to buy hardwood lumber at HD, I would consider online wood suppliers over that. Their hardwood selection is a joke, and it's absurdly overpriced. I do still buy dimensional construction lumber there but you really have to spend some time picking through the stacks for good boards if your project can't tolerate some super twisted and warped stuff. As for why it's so expensive, probably a combination of factors. There's still lingering supply chain issues from COVID, and the big box stores are a bit price gougey for the convenience factor. If I need only a few 2x4s I'll go to home depot, but if I need dozens or hundreds I go to a supplier and it's like half the price.

MrRikleman

This is true even on the retail side. I’m not a builder, but do all the work on my house. Spend five figures a year. Father in law is a GC and he almost never sources from HD or Lowe’s. Last time I tried to source a project from HD it was a moderate plumbing project and went something like this. Order online for in store pickup. Learned long ago to not just stop in. Needed around 30 parts and materials plus a couple tools I didn’t have. Closest store said they had everything in stock. They pick the order and end up canceling almost a third of it because they didn’t actually have the items (this is why you don’t just stop in). Ordered missing items from second HD store, still had some cancelled. Finally tried to get the rest from Lowe’s. Now have pretty much everything I needed, missing one or two things I decided I could do without. Now drive over to three different stores to pickup. Get home, find out HD had made a couple mistakes and picked the wrong items. Back to one store for returns and the correct items. Four trips, three stores hours of my time, and still didn’t have everything. Never again, these guys just can’t get anything right. I wish this were some kind of horror story but it’s typical.

flyingcaveman

The HD supply where I live is like a shittier version of Home Depot, Its hit and miss whether or not a thing you need will be in stock, and you get the feeling the place is run by the mafia, but it has the drive though lumber yard which makes it better than Home depot for getting lumber. HD Supply also owns a company that used to be called "Whitecap" which had all the cool specialty tools and supplies for doing commercial concrete, but it always seemed kinda shady how nothing had a price on it like what you paid depended on some combination of who was buying it and what you needed it for.

Posting____At_Night

Go to a local lumberyard if you have any near you. Waaaaay better quality than HD and usually cheaper too, sometimes by a pretty wide margin. We have a dedicated plywood place near me that has better stuff for like half the price of HD or Lowe's.

Vindaloo6363

HD plus SRS puts them way ahead of all the competition in residential roofing and siding. HD’s costs should really improve SRS’s profitability.

WedWealthist

HD reported today that they are making a large acquisition. So, this means that they’ll have more plumbing pieces they say are in stock but that I can’t find.

Stachemaster86

Midwest pretty common breakdown is Menards for rough, HD for trades (although Menards on wire is very competitive) and Lowe’s for finishes.

ThinkingOfTheOldDays

have to think LOW falls today on the HD acquisition news. They've been trying to compete with HD on pro segment, and this probably hurts them in the medium and long term. shorting at open, because it may not move that much

Perfect__Crime

Absolutely. But when you are at a client's house and need an unforseen part or tool. You Google closest hardware store and if it's a difference of less than 10miles then most guys are going to HD. The PRO side is always packed. Not at Lowe's you can just walk right up to pro n do whatever. Which is kinda nice not gonna lie.

SaticoySteele

As someone who still does, HD is a useful place for the occasional random piece you need or happened to forget, but nearly any actual order for materials would go through a quality supplier instead. Only very small crews try to source their jobs through HD -- on almost any bigger jobs, electricians go to the electrical supply store, plumbers go to the plumbing supply store, framers place orders through places with decent wood, etc.

the_real_dmac

I remember when The Home Depot bought Maintenance Warehouse, called it HD Supply, then spun in out in a private equity deal just to buy back their own stock. This whole thing has been a circus for 25 years.

WedWealthist

HD making a large acquisition so they’ll have more pluming pieces that they say are in stock but that I can’t find.

BeatitLikeitowesMe

HD2 proves mtx don't have to be predatory Imo, the standout is when they do them in a respectful way. Which is super rare.

hewkii2

LOW and HD combined make up less than 25% of the home improvement market , it’s a very very big pie.

FormerSenator

LOW and HD calls now that depressing gray and white interiors are finally going out of style

theknowndudereturns

fuck this shit, i‘m out, only holding MSFT, TGT, HD and LLY

OkDiver6272

I get it. I did the same thing about 5 years ago. Had a solid base in my 401k but wanted to see what I could do with some “fun money”. I picked 10 stocks/ETF’s and put $1k in each, with the idea that if one went 10x, the other 9 could all go bankrupt and I’d still come out even. My initial picks were AAPL, AMZN, KR, GOOG, NFLX, HD, TSLA, COIN, ARKW, GBTC.

OkDiver6272

AMZN 10x past 10 years. HD 5x past 10 years and SOLID trend line (doesn’t get much better), COIN - they are now custodian to many Billions of $$ of the BTC from the recent BTC ETFs, AAPL 10x past 10 years and no signs of slowing down. GOOG - 5x over past 10 years and at the forefront of AI tech.

BrandeisBrief

Almost every HD has more monthly revenue

mrbuhtkis

When I was 17 I slept with a woman I worked with at HD married woman who said she was 42 but I’m guessing was at least 50. Those were wild days.

PapaCharlie9

Using 90 to 60 is just about the only way this would work. If you are closer to expiration, the theta decay curve is steeper and won't match the almost entirely flat 1+ year curve. I compared OTM 400 calls for HD 30 to 0 DTE and HD 90 to 60 DTE (390.28 closing stock price), and the sum of fourteen 30 to 0 rolls was almost 4x as expensive as fourteen 90 to 60 rolls, assuming constant moneyness and all else equal. Going 14x the 30 to 0 lost to the 14 month June 2025 call in total cost, but 14x the 90 to 60 was about 75% of the cost of the 14 month June 2025 call. More than 90 would be better, since the curve is virtually flat above 90 DTE. But those expirations are harder to find for most stocks. As others have mentioned, you get more tax drag doing rolls, more transaction fees overhead, and more volatility drag, since rolling for a 10% loss needs a more than 10% gain on the next roll to break-even, but all that may be offset by the benefit of realizing profits sooner and taking risk off the table sooner.

LesterDiamondhands

I’ll save you some time. I read over two dozen different books on investing since the beginning of Covid. 80% of those books said the average retail investor should Dollar Cost Average into the S&P 500. That’s what I do with the majority of my investment accounts. The remaining portion I allocate to my favorite companies in the S&P that I’m very bullish on. MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, COST, HD and V. Best of luck!

MonkeyBrawler

You're kinda right, but they have their place. I was working Audio/Video when HD/Blue Ray was popping off, and it's crazy how dead the place is when people used to be packed shoulder to shoulder. I just went in just the other day to price match some stuff off Amazon, and I still buy most of my big electronics from there because it's easier to return and replace.

dicksoutforstonks

You ever notice when NVDA moves big most semis move with it? Shit, even when SNAP dumps on literally every earnings, META follows a bit. LOWE and HD etc.

No-Improvement3164

BLDR, CAT CMI TSCO HD list goes on

Haunting-Shower-4115

How to invest funds in an IRA that will no longer be contributed too? I have an old traditional 401k that I am currently rolling into a traditional IRA. I don’t particularly want to manage the roll over traditional IRA regularly. Prior to the roll over I had it 100% invested in an S&P index fund, which has been nice the last year and half but rough the years prior. My initial thought is high dividend yielding stocks/ETF’s, with reinvesting the dividends. Splitting between 6-8 of the major players; KO, HD, PFE, HON, CAT, JEPQ, KBWD, PFF, DHS etc. The roll over will be in the low $40k’s. Would this be recommended. Any other thoughts? Upside and downsides to this strategy?

Such_Box_3990

So utilities are different, think of them as a monopoly that the government allows to happen. Waste management companies, recycling companies, etc are not always like that. There are certainly scenarios where a garbage company wins a contract to be the exclusive service provider within a district for a number of years or something but that is not always the case. It is possible for more than one company to operate in a geographical zone and they can target different customer bases. They compete with one another for business. Some of them work with local governments, others work with small businesses, others work with individual home owners, others work with industrial waste or factories or have contracts with the government to dispose of stuff, even nuclear waste in some cases. Sometimes they are specialized, or maybe they are a large company that has various specialized units that are licensed to dispose of specific types of waste. From my research, which I admit is amateur at best and I am certainly not a professional investor in any way, some of these companies are run fairly responsibly. They are viewed as stable because they are not tightly correlated to “the market” (there are differing opinions on this and also instances where this is not true, historically). They (generally speaking) don’t have years where they go absolutely gangbusters (there are of course exceptions to this as well) but they also don’t have years where their business goes completely belly up (again, do research and see for yourself). They just consistently do “pretty well”. Also, it is a difficult business to break into (high cost of entry, etc), so the established players are pretty established. Think of it like Home Depot vs Lowe’s or Coca Cola vs Pepsi. They compete against one another. And as an investor, you can benefit from holding shares in both sides of this competition. When HD does well, generally Lowe’s is doing fairly well too; when one is not doing well, the same is generally true for the other. It’s the same theory. Buy WM and also buy RSG, WCN, or CLH.

sillysquidtv

HD calls is what I am hearing.

PutzOnEverything

HD