I just bought 6.2 million in Apple stock

[Grub (Lenlyvit)]

Nov 16, 2014 18:22:55 GMT -5 Grub (Lenlyvit) said:

Almonaster, New Dracora, Lower Columbia, Apple is a good stock. I think it is still going to go higher as well, but I may cash out & take my profits. My guess is that it goes to 125.

Apple hit $126 today.

[Sauron]

Nov 28, 2014 5:26:04 GMT -5 Grub (Lenlyvit) said:

I am not entirely sure of these numbers, but if someone had invested 6.2 million in Apple stock when the 10000 Islands began, that stock would be worth over 8 billion dollars today. Someone should probably fact check me on that since it is an incredible profit.

Would it not be 8 million? Which is a lot closer to what I get than 8 billion. Either way it is an excellent return. It is a shame the stock market isn't up an running. Any planned return if it is fixed?

I've noticed that share prices on the XKI Stock Exchange seem to keep changing, even when the real stock exchanges that host those corporations are closed. They don't change on weekends, though, which is exactly what one would expect.

I think it is possibly due to the spread at the end of the day. I'm not sure how it works in the US, but in the UK markets close at 4:30pm with 30 minutes at the end to do after market trading and to correct any discrepancies during the day. In those 30 minutes the spread can be quite large but revert back to a normal price after 5:00pm. Some websites however when displaying the price stop updating at exactly 4:30 so still show the weird spread and inadvertently the wrong prices. Which is why I use several sites to track the stock. Likewise a few of the fantasy share games I have played stop right on 4:30 and so are inaccurate. Though on those you can't buy/sell shares until the markets are open.

My guess is the coding here isn't taking that into account, but corrects it once the market is reopened. Or alternatively I don't know what I'm talking about and it is something entirely unrelated.

[Grub (Lenlyvit)]

Biillon with a b is correct. The stock has gone up a ton & split several times.

I too want to get the stock market back, but I don't know if they fixed the problem yet.

Feb 12, 2015 18:35:24 GMT -5 Sauron said:

Nov 28, 2014 5:26:04 GMT -5 Grub (Lenlyvit) said:

I am not entirely sure of these numbers, but if someone had invested 6.2 million in Apple stock when the 10000 Islands began, that stock would be worth over 8 billion dollars today. Someone should probably fact check me on that since it is an incredible profit.

Would it not be 8 million? Which is a lot closer to what I get than 8 billion. Either way it is an excellent return. It is a shame the stock market isn't up an running. Any planned return if it is fixed?

I've noticed that share prices on the XKI Stock Exchange seem to keep changing, even when the real stock exchanges that host those corporations are closed. They don't change on weekends, though, which is exactly what one would expect.

I think it is possibly due to the spread at the end of the day. I'm not sure how it works in the US, but in the UK markets close at 4:30pm with 30 minutes at the end to do after market trading and to correct any discrepancies during the day. In those 30 minutes the spread can be quite large but revert back to a normal price after 5:00pm. Some websites however when displaying the price stop updating at exactly 4:30 so still show the weird spread and inadvertently the wrong prices. Which is why I use several sites to track the stock. Likewise a few of the fantasy share games I have played stop right on 4:30 and so are inaccurate. Though on those you can't buy/sell shares until the markets are open.

My guess is the coding here isn't taking that into account, but corrects it once the market is reopened. Or alternatively I don't know what I'm talking about and it is something entirely unrelated.

[Sauron]

Argh right when it began! For some reason I had it in my head that you meant when you invested your 6.2 million which I really couldn't work out how you'd got the 8 billion figure in such a short space of time.

But yeah in 10 + years Apple has just exploded. Which makes your figure of 8 billion correct.