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The fact that there is a 2nd Trump Administration is a testimony to the utter spineless stoopidity (sic) of too many US voters. Can't think for themselves. Willing to drink the Orange Kool-Aid which promises easy answers to complex issues. Not to me…
We all know the answer to that. Maybe I should be angrier than I am with all the illegals: my wife had to wait two years to be admitted to the US legally. But you have how many people desperate to escape shit-hole countries to the south (and in Afri…
31 Jan, 2025:
Uncertainty. Hedging bets, loathe to make predictions.
Lowest level of bond volatility in years.
Collin (sic) Martin, Schwab Fixed Income. Amaury D'Orsay, Amundi Fixed Income.
No cuts expected anytime soon. Stand pat at least for th…
Can't bring myself to retreat and pull most of my stuff from the Market. Today's swoon was predictable due to the unpredictable and petulant Orange Doink. Yet I now do own more in bonds than in stocks, by a bit. Adding to MM fund lately, not at risk…
@hondo, nope, the majority of American people did not vote for Trump. But, just as I understand that a trump supporter would blame the fires in LA on LGBTQ and the plane crash on DEI, I understand why a trump supporter would say that the majority of…
Project 2025....
Dismantle, destroy, destruct. It amounts to intentional SUBVERSION. Which is the Repugnant Party's raison d'etre. Anti-science. Anti-reason. Anti-fact. Anti-truth.
"Deep State?" Bullshit.
I gotta catch up with that one. I didn't cotton to it, back then. I recall one from the '80s with Bess Armstrong. "All Is Forgiven." Hysterical and SMART.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Is_Forgiven_(TV_series)
Bless Caroline!
https://en.wikipe…
No ethics, no spine. What's in it for me? Repugnant Party. Trump Cult. Sieg Heil. I've had a few conversations with Trumpers. They like his "straight talk" approach, and that he's a disruptor. Some years ago, it was reported that the same people wer…
Yup, same here. Looks to be correct. For now.
But WAIT. i've noticed such before, too:
My BLX shows the correct share price at M*. But the indicated percentage rise today does not jive with a different website. I go visit Stocktwits a lot. And Stoc…
I loved scrolling through! Memories. But the music gave us a sense of solidarity and power in numbers, too. Here's some more:
Joni Mitchell: "Woodstock."
T. Morelo, B. Springsteen: "Ghost of Tom Joad."
Warren Zevon: "Roland, The Headless Thomps…
The ones on the Colombia-bound flight were cuffed. That would not happen on a civilian flight. That's a part of what Petro was objecting to. But could such a civilian flight from the US even be arranged which would ensure that the deportees don't ma…
Thanks, @hank. I do recall once, being unpleasantly surprised by bid-ask stuff. The posted, PUBLICLY KNOWN share price hit the same limit-order price I was offering, to buy some shares, but the purchase did not go through. That is the next possible …
The OP was initiated with a very limited scope, rubbing up against politics, anyhow. A few responses warned about that. Wanna move the thing to "off-topic?"
I wouldn't touch Wells with a ten foot pole, given their history, though I appreciate the kind gesture, the way @Edmond was cluing us in. Sadly, politics is ordinarily all FUBAR. But lately, it has also become threatening. I wonder how much of the R…
Privacy is gone. Has been that way for some years. If gummint should ever decide again to do what government is supposed to do (serve PEOPLE) then at least the theft of our privacy might be a bit slowed-down. But every time I turn around, the cry is…
That "Nuts!" Richardson piece is brilliantly accurate.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-24-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=155674466&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r…
Tongue in cheek here: is this the time for Dan Bern to resurrect the earliest band he was part of? They were called "The International Jewish Banking Conspiracy." Perfect target for uncle Orange. The spam is already hitting the fan. I won't be surpr…
Heather Cox Richardson - Letters From an American, January 25, 2025
NUTS
"German fascists under leader Adolf Hitler had taken that ideology to its logical end,
insisting that an elite few must lead, taking a nation forward by directing the actions …
24 Jan, 2025:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-01-24/bloomberg-real-yield-01-24-2025-video
CEOs and CFOs and CIOs are all "optimistic." Uh-oh.
Outlook on rates is muddy.
Duration looks better-priced than in the recent past. FED and the…
