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Thanks @Stillers. Comment was a tease. The tariffs on Mexico have been delayed one month pending negotiations.
PS - It’s a good thing nobody’s making drastic portfolio changes based on every word emanating from the White House these days.
Huh. I did not expect the US markets to react this way. We remain in bizarroworld.
Haven’t you guys heard? Mexico’s been cancelled.
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”Who’s on first. I Dunno’s on second.”
Most are going down only 1 basis point. Not sure why it's generating this level of media coverage ... it's a non-issue for most people who wouldn't even notice.
Yup. The media needs something to rant about on an otherwise slow day I guess. VG’s m…
Maybe they could keep the fees the same and have a functioning website and good customer service.
My thought too. :)
I’m thinking if this gets enough positive PR in the press it will encourage more retail investors to plow more money into VOO. Jus…
”I'll see how things look after I get back from my workout.”
My daily ”workout” is 6” deep in the driveway and accumulating. :)
Thanks folks for continuing this very informative thread. I’m watching closely but don’t see any need to make changes…
Musk Says DOGE Halting Treasury Payments to US Contractors
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down some payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive…
Thanks for the link @Sven. I can live without an AI App for now until more is known. Truth is we expose ourselves (privacy, financial assets, etc.) to some small degree every time we login to some account. And need to guard against some pretty sop…
If the stock market enters correction territory in the near-term due to tariffs,
Trump may rescind tariffs and quickly declare victory based on an inconsequential outcome.
He has a strong preference to be associated with robust stock market returns.…
"From the WSJ - Pentagon releases name of third helicopter crew member - after unexplainable delay."
Trump and Hegseth blamed this accident on DEI programs.
Cpt. Rebecca M. Lobach's family requested that her name not be disclosed.
I believe they di…
From the WSJ - Pentagon releases name of third helicopter crew member - after delay.
Excerpt from above linked article:
The Army released the name of the third crew member who died Wednesday when the helicopter she was co-piloting collided wit…
I believe I posted something similar to @rforno’s Bloomberg data back on January 27 under @Mark’s ”Howard Marks” thread. Here it is (scroll up a bit).
Re: the ongoing discussion (as much about sources as NVDA), I’d agree cable “financial” te…
”Brave browser installed the option. I never use it “
Yeah @Crash - A link to AI would be less invasive than installing the actual software on your device. I’ve used such links and generally have been awed by the results. @Anna recently posted a …
The usual TDS.
You mention Trump, and you get 10 "great" posts within an hour.
...and of course you have to open new threads on the investment forum :-)
Maybe if he could shut his mouth for 10 minutes people wouldn’t constantly feel the need to resp…
”But if it is still the same, civilian air traffic and military air traffic use completely different radio channels (frequencies). The controllers can of course hear both, but the civilian and military air traffic cannot hear each other.”
Yes - I…
His tweets last night/this morning were sufficient clues to project what the buffoon would say to the world today. I sadly got stuck in a barber's chair for most of it and had to see and hear the buffoon for the first time since election day.
Em…
Edit: what David said.
Please consider giving less oxygen / airtime to nonsense. He feeds on attention - no publicity is bad publicity for him. The media gives him enough. Have you not learned enough about attention seeking posters in this forum…
Why is this racist quote crap being posted here ? And with that faux innocuous hed ?? Kerrist
David. These are not my views. I’m quoting President Trump’s comments today on last night’s tragic airliner / helicopter accident. Please do not shoot th…
”All trade data for listed stock transactions occurring on ATSs, including dark pools, must be submitted to a FINRA Trade Reporting Facility (TRF) and is published on the consolidated tape, an electronic system that provides real-time trade data for…
Has the SOB blamed Biden yet?
Perhaps indirectly. He pointed fingers at the civilian government employees in the control tower in a social media post last night. News Story
“Why didn't the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of a…
I hope he’s not just letting the illegal immigrants “test” the facility first - before filling it with other designated “enemies” of the nation. I like flying south to Key West in the winter - but don’t wish to go any further.
”Front running is useless, unless others react and push the prices farther in the intended direction.”
Thanks @BaluBalu. That’s good to know.
Actually I was asking whether the hidden trading might sometimes serve to intentionally hide certain tra…
Thanks @yogibearbull for the excellent summary. Usually enjoy listening to the “Powell Show” following the statement, but missed it today. He must have performed a marvelous “balancing” act during the news conference.
Market reaction uncharact…
We are becoming a nation of imbeciles who cannot think.
We have become a nation of imbeciles who cannot think.
I’m binge-watching 325 twenty-minute episodes of ”Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!”, a Norman Lear production that aired weeknights for a ye…
Apologies if it’s already posted above.
Here’s a 6-minute clip of Carolyn Kennedy reading the letter
Gruesome, funny in places, alarming …
But I must add that Mr. Trump is a very good judge of character.
From @Old_Joe’s linked CNN article: ”The aircraft was at an altitude of 498 ft (152 metres) flying at 161 knots (298 km/h or 185 mph) at the moment the blackboxes stopped recording … .
Fascinating detail. What to make of it? The craft apparently …
@Mark. Thought about it, but never took flying lessons. First ride was for about 10-15 minutes in a friend’s dad’s Piper Cub in the late 60s. Next came a ride on a DC 8 (one of the early passenger jets) out of Detroit in ‘74. Do enjoy flying on ju…
@Soupkitchen - I’m weighing in on this because you posted it in off-topic. As a rule, I do not make comments about Trump or other political figures in the investing section and reserve the right to edit or delete my comments should the thread be…
Possibly debris from an engine part (ie broken fan blade) struck / damaged the the plane severing cables or other components relative to the data / voice recorders and / or flight controls (control surfaces / hydraulic / electronic). It’s still ea…
Bloomberg reports that NVDA set a record today for biggest dollar loss in a single day by any company.
Lead sentence from longer article at Bloomberg Media LLC online site: ”Nvidia Corp's plunge, fueled by investor concern about Chinese artifici…
:)
The good news is that coffee is about the only commodity that’s actually up today amid a lot of carnage in that sector. So the FIC (Felon in Chief) is good for something.
Thanks for the informative chart @bee / Bloomberg’s talking heads today report that a leveraged 2X QQQ etf drew in very high sums last week. It’s best week ever!
QQQ down less than 3% at the moment. VPU down considerably more at -4%.
NSRGY popped 4% today (partially due to strength in the Swiss franc). But I gave up on it some time ago. I’m not cut out for that kind of volatility / wait time.
@Mark - I…
I couldn’t get Symantec VIP to work with Fido. Went with DUO which seems fine. No idea how to add it to a second device. No sweat. Yesterday had trouble downloading / printing tax documents from Fido when logged in online. But when I instead used …
Bloomberg reports downloads of Six Pack Deep Six Sink Deep DeepSeek are running silly hot today at Apple’s App store. Are those real aficionados of the new app? Or maybe mostly folks who are short NVDA trying to drive it down? Wonder if App…
