Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
well AMD's native quad core is on the way (and they have some bold claims about performance since its not just a 4 core K8) so we'll see how that compares to Core2 duo and core 2 quad.
also
R600 GPU is here in march, and the rumours suggest its even faster than nvidia's G80 chip. its specs look really might though, 1gig of GDDR4, 512bit memory bus with 1024bit ring bus all squeezed on a 9inch PCB. its bound to be expensive, and possibly rare. but things are looking up for sure.
can some one point me to good stocks explanation?
what are stop and limit buys? what are the Nasdaq, NYSE, FTSE 100, Dow Jones etc? what the hell does volume mean (in stock terms), why wouldnt virtualtrader.co.uk let me buy 50,000 shares in corus? it only gave me 2042?
limit buy is when you buy only at a certain lower price
limit sell is when you sell only at a certain higher price
stop sell is when you sell only if it drops to a certain price (i think its generally called stop loss)
i dont think you have "stop buys" per se at least i've never heard that term used though i guess the principle is for if you are short. so a stop buy would cover a short position . so if you are short at $25 you could put an order in to cover it if it say went over $25.50 so you would stop.
basically stops , stop you from losing more , and limits generally are for starting a position or ending one with a gain.
at least thats my understanding of it.
dow jones is a company that forms indexes of stocks. standard and poors too (i.e. s&p 500) . nyse is new york stock exchange, nasdaq is another exchange, the ftse it hink is an index of 100 shares representing the frankfurt exchange.
lastly , i guess my general opinion on amd vs. intc as far as stocks is this. intel generally wins. they have tons of money and they are always ahead with process technology. it always seemed to me like, the yankees outspending some small market team . sure a team like tampa bay could proably beat the yankees, but i think if you wanted to play it safe, you'd probably say that the yankees would have to royally screw up to lose consistantly over time.
the only time amd really ever wins is if intel screws up or they come up with something really brilliant. the athlon 64 and the utter failure of prescott / smithfield etc, just happend to be like all the planets aligning for them thats why their stock had been doing great until about 9 months ago (around when core 2 stuff started leaking out etc).
now, who knows, ati fusion could be awesome. barcelona for all the rumors probably won't blow intels pants off, itll maybe be competitive. and since ati fusion wont be out for quite a while and is still an unknown then who knows. amd probably treads water for a while, maybe falls. plus you dontk now what intel has up its sleeve. that integrated cpu that has been talked about recently by intel could be better than ati fusion, or CSI based chips could be just around the corner, or AMD could miraculously win their lawsuit .
overall though amd probably isnt that safe a bet right now. if you wanna buy something and play it at least slightly safe, get intel.
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