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The way the markets act these days, I'm not surprised. Just another 'routine' ME tiff so to speak.
Of course, if there was continued escalation or expansion, it'd probably be selling off for sure.....
" I purchased the required number of CDs at full price and then cancelled my memberships. Rinsed and repeated several times. It worked out pretty well."
@Observant1 - I always wondered if that would work. I suppose something like that wouldn't fly…
In his latest rant, he's pretty much begging his rubes (well, anyone at this point) to please buy DJT to 'show their support' .... LOL
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/12/trump-tries-to-boost-support-for-truth-social-as-his-media-stock-tanks.html
This…
@Old_Joe Who you call'in 'old'? :) We're well seasoned older humans with brain cells full of experiences and knowledge.
I kinda liked the bread toasters and other items offered by banks to open an account. I still recall promotion tables being set…
You realize that buy buying that set of knives, unless you click that tiny box next to the fine print to opt-out, you are also committing to buy a set of knives from a surprise manufacturer each month for the next 12 months, just like the old Columb…
Remember, the Equifax breach affected EVERY American, including legislators at all levels. If *that* wasn't enough to spur them into taking more dramatic action to protect people's data and punish violators, nothing will.
I'm reminded how little…
Wouldn't it be nice if the default for these credit rating agencies was to lock the accounts, and only be opened, temporarily, at request? Seems like that would be a fraud deterrent.
Sure but they couldn't then sell access to marketing companies to…
Morningstar's fair market value (Q) on the stock is ... $94.96 / share.
Seriously? That 'Q' must stand for 'Quack' or the infamous 'Q-Anon' metric. That's insane...
T-Mo was a HORROR SHOW in terms of repeated data breaches over the years. Like they were an annual event sometimes. I finally dumped them and went to T last January and it's been a much better experience ... plus I'm getting better rates/coverage,…
@rforno - since you're more educated about these matters what would you advise other AT&T customers who have not been contacted by the company regarding the data breach to do with respect toward their accounts? I ask because my son's family has …
Down 20% today......lol
Oh, wait - maybe this is why? "...it had a net loss of $58M in 2023 on $4.1M in revenue."
When regulators inquired about Truth Social’s number of signups and users, the company pushed back, and ultimately disclosed only …
Down 20% today......lol
Unless he's already approved to be selling, they better warn the housekeeping staff at Mer-de-Lardo, since they may be stuck wiping ketchup off the walls by the market close. ;)
Oh, wait - maybe this is why? "...it had a…
Supposedly you can undo it for a day if you have to apply for credit.
Since then, we have had our information stolen at least two times a year. This year we have already hit three.
The only thing the companies who get hacked ever offer is "Cre…
Just wondering, when or where or how I ever gave these 3 entities + two I never heard of (thanks @rforno) the right to comb through any of my files or data batches to produce their rating/scores. Yes I know that it's all required to open accounts bl…
Except for the last 10 yrs, Mr T was a democrat his entire life. He does not belong to any party but to himself. What he discovered is that the rich are not powerful; only political leaders are and can get away with anything, and he took an openin…
So his 'bible' is selling for $59.99. Which also is '666' upside down. Irony!
Semi-relatedly, I seem to remember the old saying that fascism will "come to America wrapped in a flag and carrying a bible."
Per BBG --- Day Hagan, Sterling Capital, Cambiar, Regents Park, Rayliant, Adaptive and Running Oak are among those firms included in the so-called Surcharge Eligible ETF list, it added.
More damning reading about the demise of Boeing and their horrid QA / mgmt practices...
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2024-03-28-suicide-mission-boeing/
Kash Patel is in Trumpworld bigtime and is one of his devoted yes-men. He's the guy Trump wanted to be a hand-picked CIA Director under a political scheme until the DCI threatened to resign once the scheme came to light. He was a loyalist chief of …
It will be fascinating to watch this unfold. Meme stocks have proven resilient for periods of time, and then it often falls apart.
Purchases of DJT are really "donations" in my eyes. If you buy now and hold long-term, you don't expect to get yo…
... and then Apple goes and does something like this...Not a good move by a company that purportedly places a high value on 'user privacy' ... this is the kind of arbitrary move Microsoft might make in its products (and did, back in the '90s)....
A…
@rforno & @Old_Joe - Your issues with iCloud seem to emanate from more robust needs than iCloud can currently manage satisfactorily. How might these issues affect the casual users who most likely use the system just to store masses of photos/ima…
... yes, I'm a geek and lifelong Apple user & think they do offer some robust and mostly-trusted and reliable products, but think this is a very good case. (It's also why I'm not all-in on the Apple ecosystem with my data and services.)
@rforno…
The DOJ filing against Apple is spot-on and very long overdue.
I especially like how they fantastically torpedo the usual 'security and privacy' justification Apple invokes in such situations.
"Apple wraps itself in a cloak of privacy, security, a…
The last thing Boeing needs is financial restructuring. They need to reinstitute the pre-McDonnell Douglas merger ethos where engineering trumps cost cutting.
+1
The McDonnell Douglas merger precipitated Boeing's descent.
McDonnell Douglas manage…
@rforno
I seem to remember PRBLX being criticised for this and responding in some way, but it would be hard to locate now.
As far as financial shenanigans are concerned there are several funds that claim to look for it so as to avoid it. The one…
ESG is just one data point for investors but the GQP makes a biiiig to-do over it to stir up culture-war outrage in new and exciting ways for them to control things -- and ... ahem ... limit 'choice' in one way or another. (yay, freedumb!)
I don't …
Not to be a tease, but it's available if you know where to look.....
I'm not sure it's mass-market / retail-investor appropriate, but I'm sure most serious MFO'ers would probably find it "interesting reading" in-between posting in the forum. :)
Sold ETRN for a 15% gain in 45 days on news EQT is buying them back.
It's been trending higher in recent days and I didn't get the huge pop I was expecting on the news, but I primarily bought it for a 'trade' on the possibility of a sale. (I was h…
FWIW, CMS seems to service areas largely in Michigan, and there have certainly been major forest fires there also, though not, as far as I know, started by electric utility services.
Yup. But ya gotta take some risks sometime....and we're always …
To be honest, with the unpredictable climate induced weather changes, I'd be very nervous about any utility which has power lines capable of starting a fire. California, Oregon, Hawaii, Texas...
I'd say 'big forest fire' ... any ute could start a f…
On the surface, it looks bullish for equity, but I wonder if a lot of that money is there in lieu of 'safe' bonds? We may get a run there or in moderate funds instead?
I guess it all depends on how long-dated the bonds are in those MMFs? I still t…
