MMM

Ok-Barracuda39

MMM. Another lunch of reduced sodium Tomato Soup(Progresso) + an added pouch of chicken to it. $3. Better than 0.50 cup noodles.... for now.

WKUTopper

As others have said, with only a 3 year time horizon do not invest in stocks. Just stick to a CD or a high yielding moment market fund. However, I don't know if you have an IRA for retirement or not but if you don't, this is a great opportunity to fund it and that I would put it in the stock market with VOO which is a S&P 500 index ETF. The S&P 500 invest in America's 500 largest blue chip companies like Walmart, Microsoft, Apple, Coke, Johnson & Johnson and MMM for a few examples.

fire_alarmist

Cultist tulip seller trying to get more imbeciles in on his MMM ponzi scheme. Sorry dunce, just let the fucking market work naturally.

Ok_Communication6416

Speculative growth: AEVA, AMPX Value: KRNT Steady growth: V, MMM, XOM Turnaround: OLPX, EL, TNDM

ColdComplaint8

thanks - i'm acutely watching the MMM's predictions for $GT lately i'm honestly hoping for $9.25-$9.50 before they expire and I'll be cashing out a decent chunk of change

greenpride32

The main reason GOOGL was discounted was due to DOJ case and potential for breakup of parts which would really hurt their advertising revenue. Any time a company faces a substantial risk from unknown outcome, their stock will sit lower as some funds are simply risk averse and will not take any chances they have no control over. Just look at MMM chart - they had potential litigation for hearing devices that could near bankrtupt the company. Once that case was settled and the outcome known, it traded back to where it was. So parts of the rally are no threat of breakup, growth of cloud computing division, and now some deals for TPU. But it wasn't all "growth".

prana_fish

Mmm-MMM this theta manipulation some serious gourmet shit.

gggg500

I’d just go: 75% SPY, 15% BND, 10% cash. If you wanted to buy some individual companies to throw into the mix: PEP - soda and snacks giant CAT or DE - farm and heavy equipment MSFT - O/S software GOOG - search engine, Ai, maps, email, YouTube, it basically has it all. META - social media, Ai AMZN - consumer goods, web servers, Ring MMM - all kinds of materials, industrial and consumer, spun off its ear plug division which has serious legal issues BK - large integrated global bank, too big to fail PM - global tobacco manufacturer DIS - entertainment, legacy media

AccountOfMyAncestors

check out OPEN's chart, I've never seen so many MMM shapes in a row

19mambo85

Trades 230 MMM shares a day. How the fck we suddenly going to turn this 10x to $20 let alone $200. Sorry, Charlie, learn call stop orders and don’t let this mess happen again :/

DGB31988

There will be a correction with all the tech stocks at some point but I think we have another 3-5 years of the run where each company is up a few percent every week. And then when it does correct I think it will correct to a level that is higher than today’s numbers. Anytime I see correction it’s weekly. Every day like today is usually owed up by a day of people taking gains and putting money into my 2-3% div yield stocks. When NVDA is up 3%. The next day it’s down 2% and my MMM, MO, PG are up a similar amount. It’s like clockwork. This week I think will be more gains as earnings are posting plus interest rates will likely get lowered but honestly that shit is all baked in at this point, half point here and there. Only way that would change if it’s some wild full point or 2 swing (that isn’t going to happen). The folks that take money out aren’t going to go into cash in their mattress. They are just going to buy dividend paying energy and consumer staples. So the overall market should stay strong. I think the western economies will stay strong until all the boomer money runs out which is some point several decades down the road after the millennials and gen Zrs deplete that giant inherited 50 trillion dollar nest egg through taxes and debt repayment. The concerning thing to me is unemployment. All these companies posting amazing quarters are laying off thousands of employees. That doesn’t bode well for the economy in my opinion and AI is still a novelty. However I do think there is a lot of get off my lawn stuff that we last heard when computers started to become a thing. This tech is revolutionary and is only going to continue to improve.

RayU_AZ

Take a look at these stocks, based on recent earning's reports this week. Some of the stocks reporting great earnings & revenue actually had price drop. ISRG, BSX, APH, RTX, COF, MMM, VRT & GE

RayU_AZ

**I think 60-100 stocks is too many to mangage. especially around quarterly earnings reporting.** I have about 20 stocks holdings in a portfolio that always beats the returns of the S&P 500 index. Try to pick the best stocks in each sector to make your stocks more managable. When I find a new stock I like, then I liquidate the stock that hasn't been performaing the best in my holdings. I usually make my moves during quarterly earnings reporting. ISRG, BSX, APH, RTX, COF, MMM, VRT and GE had good earnings reports recently. I still manage to have a watchlist of 60 stocks, but I manage then in groups of similar sectors or categories for comparison, categories of Banks, IT Software, semi-conductors, utilities, Healthcare, retail, etc...Then I can easily separate the best of the sector.

TimTimmaeh

Couldn’t agree more.. Latest examples where MMM, MC, KER … at the moment I would bet on Healthcare and Consumer Staples.

Blackhole_sun81

MMM day You got to be kidding me…. 

ImperialSlug

Good Question. I went looking... Vanguard. JP Morgan. Chase. Barclays. Goldman. etc. These are the buyers. The rules of the ETF's mean that every $100 you DCA into VOO, someone somewhere is buying approx. $7.75 of NVDA, $6.87 MSFT $6.32 AAPL........>....$1.71 TSLA....>.... 15c DASH, 15c MMM .....>....1c NWS. They need to buy those from the open market. Pushing up the price. Interesting data here: [look at VOO Fund flows recently](https://etfdb.com/etf/VOO/#fund-flows). Some big number are getting out of VOO recently.

liam30604

I invested in CLS a couple of years ago in my small portfolio and it has blown up since then. I'm now sitting at about 55% of my portfolio in just CLS, with some of the remaining being in MMM, RKLB, LQDA and HPE all doubling their return or more. I'd like to make some moves and add some other stocks to my portfolio by selling off about half of my CLS shares and getting around $4,000 from that. What would be some good, safe stocks that I could add with that return? Or should I just get more shares of what I currently have?

SeraphimSphynx

I would not trade your HYSA for a money market mutual account. The extra return you get right now from the MMM maybe 0.5%? Where as plenty of FDIC insured HYSA right. Have rates of 3.75% etc. Look up the 2008 money market mutual account losses. SEC insured is not a orit from from investment losses.

Ambitious-Ocelot8036

I STO $11,123, BTC $4852, Dividends 780, fees 54, Net Total $6,996.77. 82 contracts CC's & CSP's various stocks (AMZN, GME, GDX, TQQQ, NVDA, TSM, HWM, MMM), 3 to 30 day expiration.

swensodts

I cycled out of a few positions in one of my ETFs back in June and late July, I had stopped buying this one a while because the management fee were higher then my other funds and it wasn't out performing them. I had a couple lots that were lagging anyway so the gains tax will be minimal, I also had very little cash because I went all in late last year early this year as it was falling, so the sales freed some up. Anyway the result was I have some cash but it's less then 7% of the total portfolio, it's in a MMM earning like 4.7, if the market does go down I'll liquidate it, buy more and go all in again, having said that I definitely missed some of the recent gains. Point is if you want to do some tax loss harvesting or sell some laggards to move to better index funds or free up some cash, that's one thing, pulling large %s of the portfolio out is a mistake.

Laureles2

I think one of the biggest issues is that it's hard to trust the data come out of the Chinese government and Chinese businesses. Nothing is audited to the level of Western companies. Also, unless you're buying on Chinese exchanges, what you're getting with BABA and BIDU doesn't even give you rights to company equity or stock. It's not the same as if you buy MMM or AMZN. I'm not saying that things will turn out poorly, and I do own a small amount of BIDU and BABA myself, but look into it so you know what you're getting into.

julick

Here, you start speaking like the founder of MMM, the Russian ponzi scheme that has unraveled in the early 90s. Still the largest ponzi scheme in the history. His theory was that human greed, a natural and innate feeling, will keep the scheme alive. He argued that the higher the promised return, the higher the greed and the longer people will keep the money, thus keeping the MMM going in perpetuity. You know how it ends right? You make different angles, but the way you describe this virtual asset that is barely recognizable as a currency, is just a justification for the bags you are holding probably. Anyways. Good luck and hope all goes well for you.

Single_Afternoon_386

I didn’t buy heavy but dabbled in 2008. Lulu I got in the $40s PHM at $8. There were others but I sold Lulu at $90 thinking it’s athletic wear and it went to $500 and PHM is at $110. You can never time the market so now I’ve learned take profit and be happy but try not to buy at the top. I look forward to solid companies having a bad earnings report so I can snatch up cheaper shares. I got MMM at $80 when it dropped and then sold around $130.

callmecrude

Unless you are VERY knowledgeable in these industries, contrarian investing like this is usually a coin flip. UNH and NOVO are two recent examples, but over the past few years there’s been dozens of them. BABA, NKE, PYPL, MMM, CRWD, CVNA, etc, etc, etc. All of them went through rough patches similar to UNH and NOVO. Some have recovered and some haven’t. It’s VERY complicated trying to figure out which are short term issues and which are long-term problems. Only advice I have is to make sure your entire portfolio isn’t full of stocks like this. Diversify with some growth companies or blue chips or something.

GammaSeeker44

The pricing is dependent on how much time the option has to expire, as well as potential volatility. For UNH, the stock has been beaten down and super cheap from an earning perspective, which could cause the stock to potentially run (which is why you’re looking to buy)… but others know that as well so they’re not going to sell you options at the “lower” cost your seeking. Other potential stocks that have been beaten down: ASML, MMM, TGT, LOW. (I am not advocating for any of these, and only own ASML out of this group) Google… while not beaten down, imo it’s undervalued. The stock I’m getting more bullish on is HRGT… it’s not sexy, but it’s a growing small cap company that has consistently beat earnings.

bossofmytime

I am mainly into dividend growth businesses in various sectors. Some of them that I hold are XOM, WFC, O, T, MMM, … all 11 positions give me USD 39,000 passive income this year while I sleep. My total invested amount is USD 650k, which includes USD 195.5 k dividend received in total since end 2015 (this is after 30% withholding tax as I am not US citizen) that I reinvested in. Original invested amount of USD 650k has grown to USD 1.4 million.

Prior_North_2456

I dont know what ive been told but Eskimo pussy is mighty cold. MMM, good.. Feels good... Is good... Real good... Tastes good... Mighty good... Good for you... Good for me...

ShadowLiberal

I mean nothing lasts forever. MMM used to be cited as a golden stock that every dividend investor should have in their portfolio. But they've really fallen apart in the last few years, and they lost their dividend king status after cutting their dividend.

AntoniaFauci

This part is most interesting: > let’s list the current most favored stocks (as of mid-April 2022): SPGI, NKE, FANG, COP, and ADBE (all over 90% buy rated). The current least favored stocks are CLX, MMM, and FL (majority sell rated).

gniv

Why was MMM up 3% pre-market (but post earnings) and is now blood red?

Neeyaanallo_Kodathi

So tomorrow morning I should buy HBAN, MMM, RF, etc… ? And when to close ? Sorry for dumb questions

Rivercitybruin

ORCL on long and now huge run Disney? Wow.. Interesting... Are,they doing GE, MMM big spinoff soon? ADBE was next big name 5 years ago LLY would have,been on list recently

GamblerTechiePilot

[https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=MMM](https://www.gptplots.com/?ticker=MMM) seems like a short too

Spear_n_Magic_Helmet

MMM best ticker wordplay, calls

nimpimpsky

I’ve been involved in MMM threesomes straighter than these futures

SunTintFlorida

How big is your bank roll? I think you are correct in your assessment of Selling vs Buying. Buying a Call hoping the stock goes up and you 4x your money is much riskier than own 100 shares of a dividend paying stock and selling a Call and collecting the Premium. I've been running the so called Wheel by selling Calls above where I don't think the stock will go and by selling CSP below where I think it will be in the next 10 - 21 days and collecting premium and dividends along the way. It's not sexy but I'm avaeraging about 10% per 6 months. (I'm not sure how to calculate ROI% so I use Net Premium collected / Portfolio Value.) For example, I Sold to Open 10 different Calls & Puts with 4 to 11 DTE on MSFT, GD, MMM, AMZN, ORLY, NVDA, TQQQ for $1,450 in Premium and collected $480 in Dividends on Monday. I don't expect anything to be assigned but I'm OK if anything is assigned. They are not all going to be winners. I don't watch the market during the day and only check in after work. Good luck. \*Not ffinancial advice, don't listen to me, past performance is no guarantee o ffuture results.\* \*\*I'm not selling anything and I don't recommend buying courses. All the info is free at the library and CBOE\*\*

thefinancejedi

IVV - everyone is VOO heavy, but I use a lot of Blackrock funds, so I opted for IVV. PG - World ends, you all still buy toilet paper as you saw in 2020. JNJ - Same deal as PG. Still buy medicine. MMM - 3M makes everything around your life. From the tape you used to wrap the gifts you are in credit card debt over to special soaps in hospitals SGOV - Bonds. As risk free I can get without just putting it in high yield savings Honorable mention to SOFI, HOOD, and IBIT, whose growth has grown to near large position level.

KingAngeli

Apple so edible today MMM

PixelPunkRS

I think you are referring to the Expected Move or Market Maker Move (MMM).

SpinelessFir912

Prob home building supply retailers like HD, LOW and safety gear manufacturers like HON and MMM

greenpride32

I do swing trades on stocks I don't have high conviction on long term. They are good companies, which is why I'm confident they'll rebound. But they wouldn't be my within my top picks for holding long term. Some recent examples would be TGT CVS BUD MMM LULU NKE. But when you're talking about the likes of MSFT GOOGL NVDA AVGO, these are some of my "forever" stocks. I add more on big dips. But I would never risk missing out on big gap ups because I traded out and my timing didn't align with how the market played out. Also you must consider capital gains for selling out.

floo82

Yep I had MMM for a few years and was kinda amused to watch it go from 20% down from where I bought to green real quick

dimethylhyperspace

What's kind of surprising about this market, is that industrials are leading. They're keeping up with semis. Kind of bizarre, oh well, calls on MMM or XLI

Dagobot78

JPM: Berkshire B: Amazon; GS; MMM; Uber

G0RD0N_CLARK

MMM

DeeMarie1976

MMM

When_Rug_Pull

V is going to be an MMM

Elibroftw

Portfolio: 26% in Google, 4% Air Canada, everything else is < 4%. Google is that much because it's my benchmark for stocks to invest in. My target price is $200+ which yield a 26% annualized return, and since it's a mega-cap I'm comfortable holding that much. Regrets: Selling MMM, NET too soon and all of a quantum computing stock (I still think it's overvalued, but did not expect the market to go so crazy over it). Not buying HOOD last year when it was down 7% that one day. I should've bought META. SBUX was a good play just before the CEO announcement. Would've sold for a bag right after the pop. Some stupid fuck on reddit fear mongered over XP and I sold it even though it would've been a 60% return if I still owned it. I was fucking around in my FHSA and owned TQSM at one point. Absolutely dumb move on my part. Another regret is bying STLA instead of Volkswagon. I drive a Lexus, but Audi's are cool too. Losers: INTC (100% on me), XIFR (yield traps are real lol), HUMA (I believed reddit in thinking FDA approval would be a catalyst, and it turns out to be the opposite LOL). Biases: I still think XIFR (2%) and LAC (3%) will pay out in the long term (5+ years). I'm unsure about what the future holds for HUMA (1%).

UuuBetcha

Most of the answers I’m seeing amount to (paraphrasing): "sell each stock before the downturn, eat the CG tax, and move it into another stock with a solid 5-10 year outlook?" If I may rephrase my question: **Is there any way to assess the long-term viability of a company to the extent that it feels like a stock you can hold for 20-30 years?** For example, I know people who have had stocks in certain companies (TRV, IBM, MMM) for decades, having never sold them, even during downturns. So I’m curious if anyone has a way to assess that type of long-term viability.

IncidentSome4403

MMM yeah gimme that Carlton fade! Gimme that Carlton fade!!! Bols actually thought. 

hv876

Can MMM go parabolic? Asking for a friend

SawToothKernel

> If this is a real rally why are all the stocks that track economic demand flailing? You mean like CAT, MMM, GE, and DE?

VegasWorldwide

thanks for the info. he's been great and gave me some big time winners like $ESS, $MMM and $FNMA so he earned my respect but this Albermarle has me stumped

Coogiez

M vs MMM Mango vs mad eyed moody Who will win 

Ok-Barracuda39

MMM. Another Friday; another lunch of $1 cooked rice and $1 cooked pulled pork that I put together in a bowl. 

Vinrace

MMM and DuPont are horrible for the planet

Mediocre_River_780

Are you old enough to trade? Just fade the MMM if you do anything. If you have 100 shares, then sell a call. Don't buy a put. Don't buy a call. I don't trade MSFT. I just hold it, but good luck, regard. Keep us updated tomorrow.

gtani

look at tasty and Tos, expected move, MMM https://support.tastytrade.com/support/s/solutions/articles/43000435415

Large_Patient_9332

I participated in a work discounted stock program for many years. 1 stock / 3M / MMM To capitalize on the recent stock correction, I am considering selling that company stock to reinvest it into a broader ETF for max opportunity. Quick feedback? Any kind recommendations on the best ETF? I see it as a long term investment and we do not need the money currently. I sincerely appreciate the time and feedback. Thank you! MNFamilyMan

Unlikely-Wall-1513

Yes you are, wrong on VZ, wrong on ENPH wrong on MMM and countless others. You said "your bot is the best", but you are not the best

AssociateGreat2350

When you zoom out on the year the last few months look so ridiculous MMM

Leva7890

Thoughts on MMM puts?

JuchOfEden

today my bets are VZ CALLS RTX PUTS MMM PUTS DHR calls GE calls

RetiredByFourty

Unfortunately this subreddit is controlled by the Bogle cult and they are anti-dividend anything. You could be making $15k/quarter in KO, PG and/or MMM dividends and they'd still downvote you.

Rex-Trillerson

What? You can. Put in one leg of the order - buy or sell - as a limit at whatever point across the bid/ask you want then I can do the same for the other leg of the transaction. Wide bid/ask spreads are less liquid than ones where it’s very narrow and so it’s more difficult for our respective legs of the transaction to line up with respect to our order types and have our prices line up. But the process of lining up buy and sell orders at the same price is literally how stock prices move at all. Period. So for example if we’re talking about say NOC or DOW or some other Industrial like that then you will note that the price movement through the day generally moves the most at open and near close when volume will be highest and then trade flat for the rest of the day, as we expect for illiquid industrial behemoths and indeed the broader market as well. The key is volume. Higher volume means more successful buy/sell transactions which implies higher liquidity since a narrow bid/ask means more successful transactions. It’s easier yo line up buyers and sellers when the different is like $0.05 instead of several dollars or several hundred/thousand in the case of options on illiquid stock and commodities futures. But like we could trade some EXTO-eligible industrial like MMM or OSK right now and as long as we communicate what price we are gonna put - OR if we both put in BLAST-ALL + Market orders - then we can day trade to each other like retards lmao

greenpride32

IMO - There is little reason to hold stock of a company that has low or no growth. You can get similar dividend yield from SCHD where capital risks are not tied to a single stock. What is that little reason? When a stock price is severely depressed, it might be an opportnity for a swing trade. I would say a NKE is in that state currently, and MMM was in that state not too long ago. But I'd don't believe that's the case for PEP are current valuation.

SeveralBollocks_67

Just spent $3k on 530c's. Not that I think any of this news is good, just that 🥭 market manipulator (MMM) supreme is unpredictable.

AntoniaFauci

MMM?

panderson1988

I would argue they never were outside of the Dow 30 in most cases. So many stocks react more to broader things like their industry, outlook, etc over actual fundamentals such as beating earnings. Only the established blue chips like Walmart or MMM seem to be fine in the long run.

Born_Establishment14

SMAWF, MMM. 3M should be red for me any day now though, sitting at 1.81% gain at the moment.

SpiritualClub4417

MMM 90p 1/16/26 @3.75 Was up at close. 

International_Ad5119

Its not just MMM / QE. That helps and of course that plays into inflation direclty which would ultimately affect bottomlines through consumer spending habits(lower demand/lower money available for discretionary spend) The fact is our laws and regulations have gotten stronger / better especially since the GD and GFC - I mean we didnt even have Social Sec for gods sake in the 1930s - Secondly - bailouts to stabilize the market after the GFC Lastly - tech - imagine COVID happening in a 1970s / 80s world - impossible to recover - but in 2020 - we were all prepared and able to work from home and get the economic machinery going

Spankynpetey

BRK.B, PPL, ABBV, GSK, MRK, MMM OXY, T, VZ & XLU. Ugly day overall.

greenpride32

The company lost 1/3 of their revenue last year due to a change in MSFT's Bing advertising platform. I didn't validate it, but other poster said guidance is for another 18% drop in the coming year. MMM dropped substantially in recent times because of pending lawsuits that had potential for extremely large payouts. After lawsuit was settled the stock rocketed back up because that huge risk was mitgated. Key difference here is their operational business was not impacted. Often times it's better to know the actual story than just looking at charts.

Robert_-California

I did not miss the theta comment, but the advice of being told "you should have sold on 2/27" does not address the reason I posted. Yah, I could have sold on 2/27. I could have sold on 2/26. I did not want to - I wanted to wait until ER so the price could move up and then close the position. I think this has everything to do with that MMM price and I was completely boned unless the stock actually move BY that much. I don't care about the $45 loss, it is trying to understand the principle. Looking back, had I bought APR 17 calls, I'd have printed nicely.

kellendreilly

Hey man, thanks for doing this. Very informative and humbling. Im too late to the thread but thought Id throw out a question in case youre still checking. I believe were at the end of a larger economic cycle and started exiting my real estate investments in 2022. However, I still have about a $4m equity position in two real estate investments that I havent been able to sell. The buildings are office and largely vacant at the moment. I think the downside risk is a 30-40% loss in equity. Ive been stressed about my risk so decided to hedge with puts on in the stock market. Ive only traded options recreationally and never held onto any of my gains. Up about $100k over the last year but it was mostly luck. I took the following positions because the premiums were cheap so I figured I had good leverage and could limit my invested capital in something I dont know enough about yet. And mostly that the type of economic conditions that would hurt my real estate would also hurt these stocks: $40k AXP 240p sept19 $40k GS 520p jun20 $60k MMM 130p sep19 $60k SAP 240p jun20 $60k TMUS 240p jun20 $50k WMT 82.5p sep19 Reading your comments in this thread, I realize theres no surefire payout the way I was imagining as a hedge. Even if the market goes down, it may not pay out on these specific trades. These stocks are all high relative to their mean forward PE ratios, but Im realizing I could lose money on both my real estate and these puts. Is there a better way to go about this? I know youre a real estate guy as well so maybe you have a similar hedge. Hopefully you dont feel like you have to hold my hand but maybe just a quick reality check or point me in a better direction. Thanks again for your time. Cheers, Kellen

I_Own_A_Fedora_AMA

WSB will never admit it but europoors run this market. You people will blame MMM, PJ traders, fake internet money, and the moon cycles on after hours moves before you acknowledge the billions of dollars worth of American companies being traded on the London stock exchange. There’s a reason futes get steadily less fake and gay the closer the get to EOD.

No_Carob5

https://youtu.be/MTCqXlDjx18?si=HkZ_jEVY42A_HvFI "global stability" uh huh... Don't see how America paying for "global" security means it can't force the regional players to do the work but hey.. Trump suggested it so it's bad MMM Kay. Liberals have wanted lower Military for a decade and now all of a sudden it's a problem.. 

brother_maleim

I thought he meant MMM. At first

gxslim

We have used both MTA and MMM over the last six years. We've got some very good minds making these decisions.

DaDoomSlaya

CPA should be standard, you should experiment and compare CPA efficiency or use an MMM between multiple platforms so you can understand the impact more.

chumbubbles

MMM seems like a perfect stock to ride out this administration

missmypinto

Tomorrow another bunch of bull trap in the am and flat rest of the day with the MMM pump at the end of the day

Far-Ask9186

He didn’t buy 3 million he brought the Tinker MMM

warren_534

MMM is about $20, and IV expected range is +/- $22. Personally, I'd be selling naked 1 SD (16 Delta) strangles or Iron Condors.

Golden_Wizard

Not a boomer I own some sizable positions in AAPL, MSFT, T, VZ, MMM, CVX and others $125k

BackgroundEstimate21

My algorithm is bearish on AMZN, HON, JNJ, MMM, and MSFT. It is bullish on CVX and WMT. It has no other opinions (have given it the DOW30)

chumbubbles

I’m dying to get in On MMM but their supply chain is all over the place so I’m stuck

Independent-Tree-985

Only in MMM reporting can a bank that hits a yearly high earlier that day be lambasted and made out like its struggling.

my_garagegym_name

I'm loaded up on boomer stock LEAPs at least 8 months out, pretty far OTM (30-75%) and less than 25 cents a contract. Last year worked well for me on RTX, SWK and MMM. This year it's KHC, DOW, PFE, NKE and SWK again.

k1rushqa

Focus on periodic investments where you invest a fixed amount every week. I would suggest 30% in SWPPX/VOO (same thing), maybe another mutual fund for dividends or a specific sector, 5-10% in gold and some % of your portfolio in individual stocks (no more than 5) that less likely to get affected by inflation/bad news (MMM, WM, etc). 30% for SWPPX would be $31.25/weekly. 10% for GLDM would be $10.42/weekly etc. Always keep some cash and don’t invest 95-100% of your money. My number is around 15-20% cash. In other words, set it and forget it.

Forecydian

Some companies have good moats and are integral to the economy but just don’t perform well as publicly traded, like BA, MMM, etc

zxc123zxc123

Masking and masks will be banned. MAGA hats and TRUMP BIBLES will be the default protection from bird flu (blessings of god). Time to short $MMM and long guns/bullets.

SergeAlberta

What type a glue do you smell? I'm buying MMM tomorrow.

rygem1

Everyone in this thread tossing out tech stocks I'll give you an old reliable 3M $MMM classic blue-chip that is involved in the manufacturing of almost everything, if they fail human civilization has collapsed. To top it off for you, every decade or so they're caught in a big scandal because one of their newly invented chemicals turns out to not only be good at what they market it for, but also killing people. Consistent divined payout, and a history of splitting the stock at opportune times. They are rather exposed to current tarriff threats but so is every multinational firm, and you don't get involved in the manufacturing of everything without having your supply chain every where.

Remarkable_Refuse206

LEG and WBA are my worst. MMM and GE eventually paid me for being patient, but they also may have fucked me by giving me hope that LEG and WBA can recover like they did  :(

cryptocam72

BRK-B JPM MMM GOOG AAPL That’s just off the top of my head and really means nothing.

Embarrassed-Row2262

MMM busted 3 nuts AH

Dagobot78

Not really sure what this means but ok. It’s not a comment about masks or covid itself it’s a comment on they might do it again…. If so, I’ll gladly buy 3MMM and laugh to the bank.

fatuousfatwa

If you bought MMM at $80 then you are smart.