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Shortly after Fri's close CNBC's Mike Santoli did a great S&P chart piece on what he called "Dark Crosses" (Death Crosses to many) including a look back at two prior, similar crosses. He showed the time it took to get back to Golden Crosses, an…
Hey @Junkster! Thanks for that.
It was after all, one of the bigger short squeezes of all-time!
From a definition perspective, it's pretty easy to argue at this point it was a DCB, as it was NOT based on fundamentals (rather the deep fear that a…
Four straight months of decline...I trust the fact that the buffoon was elected five months ago is purely coincidental?
"Fact number 1. Consumer spending is a big driver of the economy."
Yeah, ~68% kinda big!
"Fact number two..."
AI Overview (Rea…
Oh, I thought this thread was about the buffoon's tariffs "achievement."
A buddy of mine uses an alternate meaning for it, but he refers to us as a country of "liquid intelligence." Meaning, we do not routinely/consistently turn what we momentaril…
Just BOT a 5-yr, CP CD paying 4.05% on the Secondary Issue market for a nice enough Discount to throw of an effective APY of 4.2%.
New Issue CP CD APYs currently top out at 3.8%
Though FAR, very FAR, from an expert, we use major indexes T/A most times to determine our overall investment strategy, especially our level of stock allocation that is currently comprised of funds. (We do very little indv stock investing, usually …
"...I’m hopeful that sanity will prevail and we’ll move through this period of time on the global trade front relatively quickly.'”
I'm told that when it's certifiable, it's pretty damned hard to cross back over to the sanity side.
Thanks for the response. And very interesting.
The T/A provided in the link is primarily Fibo retracement stuff and gap filling, with a look back at similar scenarios and outcomes.
BTW, I wasn't clear. My question was more about index or fund/E…
So if MFO stock investors aren't interested in some pretty good T/A, what do you use to guide your stock investment decisions?
Fundamentals? Good luck discerning them during this buffoon-induced disaster
Emotions? That usually works out well, eh?
'I’m hopeful that sanity will prevail and we’ll move through this period of time on the global trade front relatively quickly.'”
Sanity -----> Insanity: Reasonably certain given enough time
Insanity ----> Sanity: Good luck with all th…
If only the buffoon knew what AEI's Derek Scissors so concisely explained the other day (that I've posted somewhere) and what any Econ 101 student knows about China tariffs and tariffs in general...
...he'd probably still proceed with the insanity.…
And so the selling began in earnest overnight and is continuing throughout the day.
Way too early for the T/A to claim victory, but he clearly has a leg up on it based on today's action. Further gains beyond yesterday's close appear improbable and…
Well, he only tallied one notable accomplishment in his 1st term, reducing taxes for the wealthy.
If he can get this shower head initiative booked in the 1st year of his 2nd term, maybe that frees up even more time for golf down the road?
Gonna have to throw a WEAK flag on his play!
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/trump-tariffs-live-updates.html
Excerpt:
‘BE COOL’: Three times Trump dug in on tariffs before he reversed course
The president for days has insisted that his tariffs w…
Charlie Gasparino says "What happened in the bond market overnight, the spike in yields on the 30-year and the 10-year bond, which showed that people were dumping our bonds," he noted. "And from what I understand, this is what forced the hand of thi…
The official adm position:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/trump-tariffs-live-updates.html
Excerpt:
Bessent says that Trump was always planning to pull back his sweeping tariff plans for dozens of countries just days after announcing it.
“This w…
A dear, long-time friend asked me to put up his Xmas tree a few years ago. He's a Trumper and he had Fox Entertainment on full blast for the 1/2 hour it took me to hurriedly put up his fake tree.
I ran home and hosed myself off. Literally. I f…
So it took all of one week for him to buckle under the pressure.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/trump-announces-90-day-tariff-pause-for-at-least-some-countries.html
Excerpt:
Trump’s Truth Social post credited his decision to pause the full eff…
The US looses a trade war to penguins.
Another milestone to add to the chronology of Donald JOHN Trump's many accomplishments as 'president.'
LMFAO! Thanks man! Made my day!
So the "econ team" (sic) got a leg up on the "tariff team" (sic) finally.
But just like the postponement from March to April, doesn't this just postpone the bulk of the pain and suffering to start again in July, with all due respect to that which h…
"ONLY THE WEAK WILL FAIL!"
There's always a bit of truth in what liars say!
The starts/stops all somehow remind me of those classic lines from Blazing Saddles:
"He keep's coming and going, and coming and going. But always too soon!"
This just in:
‘BE COOL! ... THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY’
And don't forget:
"ONLY THE WEAK WILL FAIL!"
OK. OK. Granted, he was a wee bit off about the whole disinfectant cure for COVID thingie, but I trust he's got us covered on this one, being t…
I previously posted:
Linking a Fox Entertainment video in the OP of a thread to start a discussion or prove a point says everything you need to know about a poster.
I stand corrected. Turns out that's not completely true.
We now know that this pa…
Words of wisdom from Josh Brown while the bounce was happening.
Scoring at home: Two dead cat bounces or failed relief rallies on two consecutive days as the country "takes it's medicine."
If only the buffoon understood (tariff basics and) that China has (paraphrasing AEI's Derek Scissors from 04/07/25) perfected locating and using the entry routes that make US tariffs on China in large part meaningless to them.
As they say, perception is reality.
That said, your perception of my original post is flawed. I explained it to you after you called me out on it, though nobody else but you seemed to need an explanation.
And in your post, you told me to "ease up…
TSLA is (or at least was) DOWN something like 20% since Lutnick's (illegal?) Get Rich Quick proclamation!
https://apnews.com/article/musk-trump-tesla-stock-lutnick-commerce-secretary-ethics-5a89c2f4a68a9470692630b5c56cffd6#:~:text=A week after Pres…
...For more than 40 years, US equity investors have benefited from buying on dips...
Great writer, but I am always skeptical of broad, over-generalized statements like that one:
MW recently did a detailed study of dip buying over time (that I thin…
Huh?
I asked a simple, objective question, intended to be a learning exercise for what appeared to be a new poster, trying to prompt him/her to move it elsewhere.
I also wanted to comment on it but why bother if it's in Off-Topic?
I'm fine wit…
Disclaimer: These are OPINIONS being expressed here so the is no right or wrong.
That said...
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On your first point, McCarthy was used as an analogy of the dominance that one Red Party elected official had over the part…
As I anticipated, New Issue, CP CDs paying over 4.00%, actually as of this AM, 3.75%, except for 3-6 months, are now gone for the time being at least.
We hold a 5-yr ladder now paying a smidge under 5% with the addition last week of a replacement …
