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Can't argue with a word of that. And I can confirm that Ireland, in particular, has shaken off its old, former repressive culture to become a most progressive country, generally speaking.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49624851-a-new-ireland
...To be expected from The Left: Focusing on trivial issues while ignoring major developments.
It is no small matter that the gov't is currently in the hands of a corrupt, criminal, treasonous and inept regime. You point to progress and prosperity.…
+1. DODIX: the one with the medals and reputation! Cool. I'm using Weitz bonds, keeping it domestic. I had been all in Junk, but no more. Junk might really be quite OK, but I'm not going to go chasing every little observation from the experts.I'm st…
Took a portion of my growing MMkt. stash to buy Core-plus bonds in WCPNX. It'll go through on Monday, 19th May, '25. Planning equity purchases when the opportunity raises its head. Got a couple of single stocks in mind. Or, might add to existing pos…
"...than all of the Dems put together."
Ya. The kind of disruption we need right now is a thing that the kind, obsequious, gentle, nice Dems seem incapable of. One exception I lately saw was Maxine Waters refusing to go along with a subcommittee mee…
16 May, 2025. Dani Burger is in.
Consumer sentiment at 2nd-lowest level on record. Univ. Michigan survey. Uncertainty is the word, these days. Tony Rodriguez (Nuveen) and Robt. Tipp (PGIM.) Inflation fear is a bit more "legitimate" than the Consum…
Ya, Chip Roy is a douche nozzle. He didn't vote against the Bill because of policy, just numbers. I've heard him talking about medical coverage on PBS. Frightening. He was speaking in terms of everyone having their own private fund with which to pay…
...We look to be finishing the week in the Indices in the black. Nice. Ex-div day for one of my stocks. The lower share price will have to be forgiven.
I saw Katie Stockton yesterday morning on Sqwak. She is a well-known technician. She said that the recent period of exuberance was almost exhausted. She also said that she expected the market to retrace the April lows. She also noted that most ot…
I had a three year subscription to MorningStar, which expired in December 2024. I have never renewed the subscription. Yet for unknown reasons, I am able to log into their website as a premium subscriber. I do not think their billing department is v…
...15th May, 2025: Just opened an automated email from Schwab. It invited me to do a "portfolio check-up." I did. It offers some "X-Ray" features which Morningstar has recently decided to withhold from me. Timely. Others might find it useful, too.
The new Cold War and arms race. Doubts about the US commitment to Article 5 of NATO charter is what is exacerbating all of this. And Ukraine needs to be given enough military help in order to WIN, not just (perhaps?) survive. ..... When a place as f…
".....especially considering the Trump family business’s recent deal to build a luxury golf resort in the Gulf nation."
It's totally in your face. Un-ignorable.
So, if you transparently ignore due process and ship people off to foreign Concentration Camp Prisons, does the transparency make it OK? Or does it just all the more make it glaringly despicable, criminal and heinous?
Agreed. It's "the pot calling the kettle black." He brought this on.
Nevertheless, the point stands: the Rule of Law IS endangered. Orange Criminal, Violent, Grifting Reich.
But do they even see it that way? Meanwhile, my Texas-based ET stock has surged in the last week. Midstream pipeline LP.
https://stocktwits.com/symbol/ET
And look at REPX, an E & P company in the Permian:
https://stocktwits.com/symbol/REPX
@Crash, see here, https://finance.yahoo.com/quotes/GS,UNH,MSFT,HD,SHW,V,MCD,CAT,AMGN,CRM/
OMG.... UNH fell like a stone. ORK! Reaction to Trumpy's drug-price thing? I note the CEO's departure.
@Junkster Yes, the Squad's full-throated "woke" agenda keeps me from voting Dem. Open-mindedness and toleration are good things. But men cannot have babies. There's a difference between polite kindness on the one hand, and acceptance of unreality on…
KY Gov. is too tactful. I felt betrayed after the results of the 2024 election were made public. It was a revelation to me: too many voters refused delivery on what had already occurred during Orange's FIRST term. (I did not need to see what transpi…
Watching and enjoying today. No purchases or sells. For income, I'm becoming more and more interested in CEFs, but before committing, I want to learn more about what makes them tick, and what market conditions cause them to thrive or fall into disfa…
.....And I see that predictably, Mr. Market is gleefully overreacting to a 3-month reduction in tariffs between US and China. So much winning. For a day? Two? the volatility is killing me.
Can't admit an error, or defeat. He could end up eating his own hair because he's run everything into the ground and has no money, but he'll talk like that was the plan, all along. The Chinese own so much in Treasuries, they already own the winnin…
