Down goes the Dow

agip wrote:

getting old and not turning into a negative codger talking about the good old days while finding current times lacking...is one of the great challenges of aging. While using our hard-earned wisdom at the same time, of course.

on the other hand, one of the great parts of aging is investing. A day like today...I made more in one day than I made in a year, when I was just out of college.

m.a.s.e.r.a.t.i. wrote:

I was blown away. Literally the previous 3 times I flew in, there was very low cloud, and I saw nothing. These things are now everywhere.

Also it depends which airport and which approach is used. Wow.

agip wrote:

getting old and not turning into a negative codger talking about the good old days while finding current times lacking...is one of the great challenges of aging. While using our hard-earned wisdom at the same time, of course.

on the other hand, one of the great parts of aging is investing. A day like today...I made more in one day than I made in a year, when I was just out of college.

agip wrote:

getting old and not turning into a negative codger talking about the good old days while finding current times lacking...is one of the great challenges of aging. While using our hard-earned wisdom at the same time, of course.

on the other hand, one of the great parts of aging is investing. A day like today...I made more in one day than I made in a year, when I was just out of college.

seattle prattle wrote:

I've been hearing since the start of the year that a realistic target for the inflation rate should be about 2.6% - 2.8%, and I bet the Fed would settle for that as 'the new normal.' But of course, we aren't there yet...

As for the server farms, funny that since reading Mas's mention of that this morning, I've heard two references on the radio to the fact that AI is creating significant demands on our energy infrastructure, and it is coming at a price in this regard, and just beginning, for that matter.

Good day on the markets. Inflation numbers encouraging, which was a nice break, which brings to mind an old and timeless investing truism which seems applicable here - don't fight the trend.

agip wrote:

getting old and not turning into a negative codger talking about the good old days while finding current times lacking...is one of the great challenges of aging. While using our hard-earned wisdom at the same time, of course.

on the other hand, one of the great parts of aging is investing. A day like today...I made more in one day than I made in a year, when I was just out of college.

Flagpole wrote:

agip wrote:

getting old and not turning into a negative codger talking about the good old days while finding current times lacking...is one of the great challenges of aging. While using our hard-earned wisdom at the same time, of course.

on the other hand, one of the great parts of aging is investing. A day like today...I made more in one day than I made in a year, when I was just out of college.

Today was an insane day (which I didn't even realize until I read your post). I made almost enough on paper today to pay the original price of my house that I bought in 1999.

Inflation down. Stock market up.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

I can tell you absolutely, on almost every metric that matters 1960 was better for a majority of Americans than 2024.

Stater of the obvious wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

I can tell you absolutely, on almost every metric that matters 1960 was better for a majority of Americans than 2024.

It may have been better for white males like you, but it certainly wasn’t better for the majority which included women and people of color. That was a sicker society.

Stater of the obvious wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

I can tell you absolutely, on almost every metric that matters 1960 was better for a majority of Americans than 2024.

It may have been better for white males like you, but it certainly wasn’t better for the majority which included women and people of color. That was a sicker society.

Stater of the obvious wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

I can tell you absolutely, on almost every metric that matters 1960 was better for a majority of Americans than 2024.

It may have been better for white males like you, but it certainly wasn’t better for the majority which included women and people of color. That was a sicker society.

Sally Vix wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Today was an insane day (which I didn't even realize until I read your post). I made almost enough on paper today to pay the original price of my house that I bought in 1999.

Inflation down. Stock market up.

Kind of lame to say how much you made. What reason would you have to tell us. And you are probably lying.

Stater of the obvious wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

I can tell you absolutely, on almost every metric that matters 1960 was better for a majority of Americans than 2024.

It may have been better for white males like you, but it certainly wasn’t better for the majority which included women and people of color. That was a sicker society.

Sally Vix wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Today was an insane day (which I didn't even realize until I read your post). I made almost enough on paper today to pay the original price of my house that I bought in 1999.

Inflation down. Stock market up.

Kind of lame to say how much you made. What reason would you have to tell us. And you are probably lying.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Stater of the obvious wrote:

It may have been better for white males like you, but it certainly wasn’t better for the majority which included women and people of color. That was a sicker society.

Thru the advancement of American society our women learned the pleasures of a 40 hour work week in addition to child rearing, and a 40% obesity rate. Is this the cause of the rise of gender reassignment surgeries?