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@crash
I am not referring to polls. If quality of life (inflation) for swing voters, and buyers remorse, and anger at diminished opportunity (jobs), and inflation doesn't alter the voting landscape, then they can surely state "Thank you sir, may I…
My experience for prior authorization for one of my medications has been a major pain in the ass. I expect that this will be much worse. Glad that I am in none of those locales.
Tesla market share has hit a new low @ 38%, down from a high 0f 80% at one point. It has not dropped below 40% in almost a decade.
I knew for a long time that competition from other automakers was coming for Tesla in a big way, but his ham-fisted …
It is not the end of WWII, there are alternative markets now. America's wealth is still advantageous, but not critical, to the emerging economies worldwide.
Exactly. And Trump has just managed to unite India, China and Russia. Two manufacturing and …
Carefully conceived and well-considered are not the Trump way.
New tariff rules bring 'maximum chaos' as surprise charges hit consumers
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/surprise-tariff-bills-de-minimis-rcna229375
"The bills are sudden a…
Maybe if they pissed onto an electric fence it might help reorient the brain switches.
As their brains are pisser adjacent, it should be a short trip to electroshock therapy.
Exactly as described by the WSJ. Even from this bunch of skilled liars, there is not enough deflection in the world to paper over this situation and what is surely going to follow.
And that includes the job losses, inflation and the rest of it. Th…
Wait, I remembered one acquaintance who was the victim of violence. An affluent former school principal whose wife, a teacher, murdered him in their bed. Will the troops be rounding up all the white female gym teachers? Making us all safer? After al…
More great week stuff! Trump’s Epstein letter and drawing from ‘birthday book’ released
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/trump-epstein-birthday-book-oversight.html
"We have certain things in common Jeffery" - Donald
"May every day be another wonder…
You got that right! I'd love to see 10's of thousands Chicagoans milling about the entrances and exits around that naval compound for however long it takes.
As pointed out, the former Glenview Naval Air Station is in the boonies, and a very safe are…
I think the Epstein files are the distraction from all the failures ,democracy busting ,the corruption and grifting. While folks are focused on the files everything else is going to hell. But the world’s greatest market timer is having a great yea…
Unfortunately, I see a Kent State type disaster on the horizon. Will that make the do nothing congress do something? Chicago has 2.7million people to DC's 700k, BIG difference.
Will they do the same thing as in D.C. and focus on milling around in t…
I said to my wife before the 4th quarter "this game is far from over". The Eagles, Ravens, Bills all look great (as usual). I am very interested in how the Bears young team performs tonight. They wowed in the pre-season.
My question, at this point in time, is whether "low risk" is a good choice with rate cuts on the near horizon? And with inflation around 3%, possibly going higher. I do realize that that is not the OPs question. But, wonder what various posters are …
And in 6 months, when Israeli intelligence reports that Iran is on the cusp of having a nuclear weapon, that the bunker buster did not accomplish the primary goal, will Trump's Iran policies end up being a proximate cause of a true Israeli existenti…
With recent indications of job weakness and Inflation numbers coming this week and the markets going higher, this feels a bit like the Dotcom situation, only with AI. Could we be on the heels of a huge correction? Will it be "good week" if/when the…
Trump's DOJ hiding the names of the people that Epstein paid to avoid incarceration in 2018.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-says-names-two-associates-epstein-wired-100k-250k-stay-secret-rcna229408
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/worker-confidence-in-finding-a-new-job-hits-record-low-in-new-york-fed-survey.html
Jobs going away as a result of Trumpenomics.
Another good week indeed - https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/trump-carroll-defamation-appeal.html
Trump is still a sexual offender and groomer, who fits the legal definition of a rapist!
One fund doesn't make any sense to me. For instance, I want my high growth entities in my Roth (PRSCX, TRLGX, TTMIX), next highest growth in IRA (similar, but alongside an index fund), more balanced approach in 401K (Index, growth, CEF, OEF), and a …
So many questions. Does the government have to repay every entity that they collected tariffs from, if this ruling holds up? What happens with all the side deals (investments) that were supposedly tied to these tariff agreements? How does the market…
A good summary of both pros and cons. My addition of INTL equity this year, is after more than a decade of avoiding it. INTL appears to have momentum, but I am keeping a close eye on it. Right now it is only 3% of my equity portion.
I have been at "Investcon 5" since the beginning of the year. I did opportunistically buy on April 8 and sell again about 3-4 weeks later.
I am thinking about reducing more equity exposure soon.
I owned OTCFX, in taxable and tax-deferred, for a couple decades. I sold it a few years ago when it started to underperform. I am assuming that a lot of investors did same.
Despite talk of a resurgence in small caps lately, the fund is only up 3% …
My assumption here is that these institutional guys believe hey can exit with some profit. I.e. - market goes up 10% and starts dropping, they get out with a 5% profit, versus only a couple percent in bonds/cash. The little guys stand pat and get wa…
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/14/tariff-driven-higher-prices-may-be-hidden-by-products-stuck-in-the-middle-mile.html
"With both the producer price index and the consumer price index still showing accelerations, consumers may be wondering why the pri…
Ahahahaha. "In 2000, Bessent hosted a fundraiser for Al Gore at his home in East Hampton, New York. That year, he also donated $1,000 to John McCain. In 2007, he donated $2,300 to Barack Obama and in 2013, he donated $25,000 to Hillary Clinton's cam…
Just found out that Bessent worked for (protege of) George Soros for many years. Surprising that has not spawned any weird conspiracy theories... yet.
His Wikipedia page is a good read.
If foreigners were paying tariffs the PPI wouldn't be rising. We are experiencing the largest PPI rise in three years, with a 0.9 percent increase in July.
“So much for foreigners paying tariffs. If they did, PPI would be falling,” RSM chief econ…
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/14/tapestry-tpr-q4-2025-earnings-.html
"Shares of Coach and Kate Spade parent Tapestry fell on Thursday after it said tariffs will hurt its profits." - An example of how tariffs being absorbed by an importer, hurts the …
Imagine the increased cost to taxpayers in places like Florida and Texas when the hurricanes come and they are left to their own devices. I could even see this driving up insurance costs even more in those areas. And immigrant labor to fix/repair an…
If you're a puppet haven't you given up whatever prestige or respectability you might have had? I'm guessing they all just figured Powell would rollover like they all did while also forgetting that he is just one vote of many.
And one can extend thi…
Yes, Thanks.
Something that seems appropriate here is:
https://www.alternet.org/trump-economy-2673884073/
If anyone (Yogi?) objects to this being here, I will delete it.
"Bloomberg reports U.S. box shipments to retailers — for the purpose of pa…
