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Is Elon Musk Giving Index Funds FOMO - Spencer Jakab, WSJ
"Membership Has Its Privileges
Buying and holding index funds is one of the smartest things investors can do, but it’s hard. It’s even harder if they fear they’re missing out.
Owning pie…
Naw OJ, not you. Your makeup is nowhere near gaudy enough. Besides, I can't see you enjoying a bottle of bleach with a good ribeye or a plate of bacon & eggs.
Anyone know whatever happened to all those high paying manufacturing jobs that were supposed to be coming to America? While they are waiting for that magic to appear I hear there might be openings in the roofing, construction and farm labor fields. …
So make it up as you go then. What's that old saying about one hand not knowing what the other hand is doing? In this administration one empty head doesn't know what any of the other empty heads are doing.
I was introduced to Richard Feynman back during my Berkeley days. While I am more of a botanist rather that a physicist he has fascinated me as well. Here are a few links I have saved over the years:
Who is Richard Feynman
Celebrating Richard Feyn…
Does anyone know if there are legal ways to stop this desecration? From what I've been able to discern it seems like Congress (what a joke) allegedly owns some keys so I don't expect much help, if any, there. Public pressure? He doesn't care what th…
Since musk seems to be giving up on tesla this strikes me as simply musk manipulation to save his failing enterprise. He can't say we didn't warn him. Follow procedures you whiny baby.
Something I learned a long time ago in the way back after selling PRWCX when it was experiencing a slowdown. Just go have a margarita and let Giroux do his thing. I am doing so with PRCFX.
Robert Reich - Know Your Enemies
"Friends,
Buckle up. Primary elections start in a few weeks.
Primaries have become increasingly important because, as American politics has polarized, most Republican or Democratic candidates who prevail in the pr…
Oh they do huh. Who would have ever predicted that. Duh!
Maybe if they fired all their lobbyists shoveling funds under the table to get laws and favors passed that benefit them. Maybe quit buying the votes of congressmen and senators that reflect w…
Robert Reich:
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
Found this via Yahoo Finance:
"PayPal (PYPL) stock dove 20% in Tuesday afternoon trading, reflecting its weaker-than-anticipated Q4 results, soft guidance for 2026, and market share losses, especially in it…
+1 @Mona & @larryB
Assuming that there will continue to be elections run with voters filling out ballots what's the over-under in the prediction markets that these voting sites will be manned by ICE and/or border patrol and/or proud boys and so…
Re: vance - I'm curious about whether or not he has the allegiance of the other knuckleheads in that nothing party or could there be some serious infighting? Would like to see them all take each other out.
To this day I miss living in CA having moved years ago. There's just a vibe there that I don't get in other areas including my home state. If only my income met my wanderlust.
I tend to agree with both @sma3 and @DrVenture. I don't trade my mutual funds either and I like to look for funds going against the grain if I'm going to pay for active management. Doesn't seem to make much sense doing otherwise.
@rono - Here's a little backup help from Prince ' Lets Go Crazy' if you want to give it a go:
Let's go crazy
Let's get nuts
Let's look for the purple banana
'Til they put us in the truck
Let's go
We're all excited
But we don't know why
Maybe it's …
The Borowitz Report, Feb. 2,2026
"WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump announced on Monday that he had successfully completed the first phase of the Kennedy Center’s renovation by removing its audience.
Arguing that a building cannot u…
Rolling Stones - "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration
If we don't, we're going to blow a 50-amp fuse"
....
'Patriot Warriors' are more like a bunch of sicko's armed and paid to inflict maximum cruelty w/o fear of retribution. I wonder how long they expect that to last or is that the set up?
