silvercruiser Posted September 19, 2008 #26 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I bought in at around $40...it went down a little, now it's back up to $40. My total OBC for 2008, since I bought it in April, will be $600. For 2009, at least through July, it'll be $1250. That's getting close to the total cost of the stock in only16 months. For a cruise of 6 days or less you get $50 7-13 days.....$100 14 or more days.....$250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercruiser Posted September 19, 2008 #27 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Meant to say that my total OBC so far is close to half of the $4000 I paid for the stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjkTX Posted September 20, 2008 #28 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Looking at the stats it looks like Carnival is making twice the percent of profit Exxon is - they should have a windfall tax imposed! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Times Prince Posted September 20, 2008 #29 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Carnival Corp is a publicly traded company. Strangely, Carnival Stock does not perform very well and has a record of rather poor, but consistent, dividends. Perhaps Wall Street knows more than we financial geniuses posting on this board??? I think there is some confusion between how well a company does (e.g. does it make a profit?) vs. whether it meets Wall St. pundits' "expectations", which largely control stock price. There are plenty of companies that make good profit, increase market share, yet have declining stock prices, making it likely the "financial geniuses posting on this board" aren't the only people not quite in touch with reality. We can only hope that Carnival continues to make a reasonable profit, as that is what gives us the opportunity to take a luxurious cruise (at a reasonable price) and get away from the current insanity that is the business marketplace. Oh forget it. I'm going on a cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongerob Posted September 20, 2008 #30 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I really would like to see a breakdown of each line's performance, which I'm sure is available. At the corporate level, though, I think it's safe to say that some days they make money, and some days they make even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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