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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…
”If I want to get an opinion, I read it from one of the best in business, David R. Giroux, the guy who runs PRWCX, T. Rowe Price Group Chief Investment Officer, + more who publishes his thoughts a couple of times annually.”
“MFO monthly issue i…
The 2 recorders? Dunno. Out of my realm. But the ipad I’m typing on right now is 3 years old with near daily use over that period and 500-1000 full discharge / recharge cycles. Still performs admirably for 5-10 hours on one charge. Assuming those …
"Didn’t a cockpit crew member survive? Able to talk?"
@hank- No sir... both of the two survivors were cabin crew who had been seated in the tail section- about as far back as possible.
Thanks for the info.
Thanks @Old_Joe
That’s an excellent summation. Still lots of unanswered questions. One possible reason for gear retracted and flaps not deployed is that would have significantly increased drag. Depending on AS they could also have induced stall. …
”David Giroux’s 5300 is a 14% drop from here. So many members of this forum are invested heavily with David.”
It Giroux is right, I’d expect he’ll be on the cover of Barron’s shortly thereafter.
If he misses by 25% …. ? ? ?
Fame is a fickle f…
Thanks for all the comments. I’ve edited the thread’s caption slightly since I am no longer considering the Manning & Napier fund that prompted my inquiry.
Regarding my other comments in the thread -
There were a couple different spec pla…
I did not fully understand this concept when I posted the topic. Your comments have made it a bit clearer. No - @Crash - this is not a “black box” in the sense we normally apply the term. I have no idea if this move to non-public (apparently secret…
$2500 for one hour for your time...(offer ends soon)
Anytime I try and do something in a hurry it ends up backfiring - sometimes badly. They say haste makes waste.
Good one @Old_Joe! But “an hour”? More like 3 minutes.
Siri is useful but has its limitations. We speak into it to find specific contact for driving direction; useful in the dark after pick up a rental car.
Agree. Siri can read a map frontwards and backwards. I was totally impressed by the assistan…
Probably fixed now. I don’t keep a portfolio there, but tested a few funds on the M* site (7:30 PM) and it appears to have correct prices.
Since @Art posted at 12:58 PM, he must be pricing ETFs or some other securities, as the OEFs aren’t priced u…
Wow. Is that ever right on.
Yeah - That last line really hit me.
(Somebody posted it in the Q&A on Fleckenstein’s board yesterday. How I happened upon it.)
+1 Good luck. Hope it works for you.
I wasn’t trying to persuade anyone not to invest in these funds. It’s the overall trend across fund managers and the financial services industry that concerns me.
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Carl Sagan’s Prophecy …
”Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the …
Oh they'll still claim it alright but a rational, informed citizen will have no part of it. However, as we have seen lately, that may be a tall order for 50% of the electorate.
Ya wonder where their brains are … ? ?
