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Hang on to your Stroh’s!!!!!!
A Ernie Harwell line … Fire brewed!
Not gaming much on the post season. Hard to watch a complete game. Most of the announcing has been good, but they lose me when they bring in the player’s teenage fantasies, first…
You might not really need one. But if you do, there's some very good advice up above here.
+1 / A very helpful thread. Will give all this some thought.
Interesting. I had the impression a shredder mostly replaced a standard waste basket and one pitched 100% of office waste into it. Apparently, for reasons I’m not certain of, there is a need to sort through and shred only “sensitive” documents. I’…
Just watched glimpses. Nice slide into home plate (“safe” call challenged unsuccessfully) ) and a nice diving play at 3rd by a Dodger 3rd baseman. Dodgers had opened up a pretty good lead when I left the broadcast.
Trump “open” to invoking the Insurrection Act / Portland’s ”A burning Hell hole”
Story
“You look at what’s happening with Portland over the years, it’s a burning hell hole. And then you have a judge that lost her way that tries to pretend that …
where the Consitutional Order of things can be found?
Dunno. Maybe burried somewhere in the Epstein Files?
From October’s Commentary: ”… the level of stock ownership is now at a record high; almost 45% of Americans’ net wealth rests in their sto…
Federal Judge blocks sending california nNational Guard to Oregon. Link
The White House is yet to respond to Sunday's ruling but Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff, called the ruling on X "one of the most egregious and thunderous violat…
Not sure how many know that M* does a lot of stock analysis. I’m a subscriber. Little experience however using their metrics. FWIW they are favorably disposed toward OTIS and have a fair value of $106, substantially above its recent close.
Baron’…
Thanks OJ. Yeah. Just heard that on the news. Sickening. Without the support of the gutless wonders in congress (lower case c), there’s only so much the courts can do.
I’m the same way when it comes to looking like been in a fight.
@Derf, despite my fondness for the flavor of scotch I keep myself on a “short leash”. Not an option for pain relief unfortunately.
Sorry - I didn’t at first comprehend the number of times you were stung. Sounds awful. My sense is that the critters have become more aggressive this summer (maybe breeding related). The one that stung me at the recycling center was buzzing me as I…
Read the Barron’s article and would not buy any of the three. TROW is a crap show. The company is poorly managed and their best days are in the rear view mirror. I would buy BLK, but only at a lower entry price.
Thanks. I agree, although TRP migh…
The rhetoric used to justify sending troops into Portland is disturbing. All major cities have longstanding crime problems. Different from the type of external threats the military is designed for. Policing the streets on which you and I walk is a …
@hank : Just a guess, thinking for long term holders?
P.S. I didn't read the article.
Not sure reading the article would help much with my question. I’m interested in what happens to these types of stocks if the markets enter a steep downturn? Bar…
”Evidently each nest exists for only one year, and at this time they are grooming a queen to survive over the winter and start a new nest next spring. Getting near their nests is especially dangerous right now”
Fascinating isn’t it? Saw a flock of…
From David, ”And the level of stock ownership is now at a record high; almost 45% of Americans’ net wealth rests in their stock portfolios (Federal Reserve data, 9/28/2025). So the American consumer is propping up the stock market, and the stock mar…
I got stung twice this summer (Michigan). Probably yellowjackets. Both on right arm. First one came from what seemed a random attack while mowing close to the house. Couldn’t locate any nearby nests. No further complications. The second time was…
Thanks @Yogi for the statistic. It’s humbling to know that when I buy a few shares of this or that I’m competing against all those robots ”with trade intervals measured in milliseconds.” I’ll try to work faster. :)
@hank- Which sort of takes us back to my original question- if a great number of gamblers investors are all doing that at the same time, won't that have a significant distortion effect on the markets?
Yes. That’s my concern. Unless there are multip…
I don’t know. Many are making a case for the affirmative. (Here’s one.) The problem is that you can be “right” and yet early by several years. So, often skeptics end up looking like idiots six months or a year later.
I’ve been searching in vain …
:)
One crew apparently did not hear controllers tell them to hold short of the taxiway. The other plane had clearance. Late at night. Fatigue maybe a factor? LGA is one busy airport. And the best alternative, Newark, has been a mess due to interm…
If you think too much about this it can drive you nuts. OK, so above I asked about the accuracy of AI answers, and the response, from some type of AI, was "not so good".
The thing is, how do we know what the accuracy is of the answer that I receive…
Reason I posted was I something I came across on another site where somebody wondered if retail investors using AI might be helping stoke the overheated market. Dunno. Lots of other factors. Managed futures etfs are hot now. The ones I’m familiar …
I wonder the extent to which Artificial Intelligence is keeping this turkey afloat? Anybody here using AI to pick storks or funds?
Forbes explains how AI can help you pick winners.
Hegseth: "It's tiring to look out at combat formations, or really any formation, and see fat troops … Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals in the Pentagon and leading commands around the country and the world."
Famous Fat Peo…
Last evening I put 50 cents on the Yankees in the 3rd inning when they were down a run. It would have paid $1.54 had they won.
Any suggestions who I should bet on in game 2 today? Red Sox or Yankees?
FWIW - 50 cents wagered on NY tonight only pa…
Hegseth’s War on Fat
Has he looked at his boss? Obviously not familiar with Julius Caesar
CAESAR: “Let me have men about me that are fat,
Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep a-nights.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
He thinks too much…
The passive bid is overwhelming. Bill Fleckenstein sometimes calls it “the tractor beam in operation.” Not sure what that means. But funny. From my perspective that makes it hard to really get a grip on reality (reasonable valuation).
And also…
I caught a bit of the Tigers vs Guardians game today while getting my car serviced. Not really a big Tigers fan, but nice to see them defeat Cleveland 2-1. Tigers really stunk up the joint the last couple weeks of the season blowing an 8-10 game le…
Was speaking to the generals when I flipped on the TV today. I first thought it was an SNL parody. But no. It was PH. Didn’t stay around for Trump who followed him. Sounds like they’re trying to scare the living hell of the brass not to question ord…
Thank you @bee for the link to David’s “Investing Without An Ulcer” piece. (Your 2nd link) Nice.
Omeprazole is a common ulcer medication. Not on that. But am currently using 2% injections of SPDN, DOG, TAIL and SJB. (Hurts just a little.) H…
:) My generic “ … not leading the pack” isn’t substantiated. Not sure what I’d compare PRWCX to. I’m running slightly ahead of PRWCX’s 10.28% YTD, which highly unusual. I generally lag. And in The Observer’s September issue @David_Snowball repo…
Just watching PRWCX from a distance, Giroux seems to be in defensive mode. Expecting better buying opportunities ahead. +10.20% over the past year ain’t nothing to sneeze at. Not leading the pack either. His 3-5 year time horizon is probably a …
The very reason that we only have a stupid-phone, and it's not even turned on unless we're actually using it, usually for a text message.
I love music when driving too much not to have my phone active. They long ago stopped putting CD players or cas…
