Sold some SOXS up 37% in a couple of weeks.
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While the stock market gently weeps:
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seattle prattle wrote:
la gente esta muy loca wrote:
Looks like it's going to be
Funny how applicable those lyrics are...
Wondering if I should follow it up with:
And to finish with:
someday, gents
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Sally still has not apologized for NVDA not hitting $200 in 2024. Massive miss.
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Ghost of Igloi wrote:
Sally still has not apologized for NVDA not hitting $200 in 2024. Massive miss.
Pretty close, no…?
😂
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comfortably retired from the other ipad wrote:
Ghost of Igloi wrote:
Sally still has not apologized for NVDA not hitting $200 in 2024. Massive miss.
Pretty close, no…?
😂
I am mostly just busting his chops, in-kind. Although I did take the opposite side of that trade. I do notice he is no longer defending Trump on DGTD. There is only so much one can sacrifice for politics.
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Ghost of Igloi wrote:
comfortably retired from the other ipad wrote:
Pretty close, no…?
😂
I am mostly just busting his chops, in-kind. Although I did take the opposite side of that trade. I do notice he is no longer defending Trump on DGTD. There is only so much one can sacrifice for politics.
On the subject of how much one is willing to sacrifice for politics, I found this bit of information particularly insightful last week, as told in a NY Times article:
"Trump Shifted on Tariffs After Bond Holders Got Jittery. He Held Millions Himself."- NY Times, 4/18/25 wrote:
When President Trump paused a punishing round of global tariffs last week, he attributed his change of heart to one main thing.
“I was watching the bond market,” he said. “The bond market is very tricky.”
Mr. Trump should know — he had a big personal stake in it.
A New York Times analysis of Mr. Trump’s financial holdings shows that he had roughly $125 million to about $443 million invested in bonds as of last year, a range that far eclipsed his investment portfolio’s exposure to the stock market.10 -
Ghost of Igloi wrote:
comfortably retired from the other ipad wrote:
Pretty close, no…?
😂
I am mostly just busting his chops, in-kind. Although I did take the opposite side of that trade. I do notice he is no longer defending Trump on DGTD. There is only so much one can sacrifice for politics.
It never closed above 150.
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Been thinking about everything going on a bit... I am not trying to suggest anything, but one of the scenarios I have thought about, given Trump's age more than anything, is what would happen to the markets if he died of a heart attack or something like that? I can't imagine JD Vance would continue running things the same way as Trump. But maybe the uncertainty would tank the markets further? Anyone have any thoughts on that?
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CG 2 wrote:
Been thinking about everything going on a bit... I am not trying to suggest anything, but one of the scenarios I have thought about, given Trump's age more than anything, is what would happen to the markets if he died of a heart attack or something like that? I can't imagine JD Vance would continue running things the same way as Trump. But maybe the uncertainty would tank the markets further? Anyone have any thoughts on that?
I thought about that too. Lol
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CG 2 wrote:
Been thinking about everything going on a bit... I am not trying to suggest anything, but one of the scenarios I have thought about, given Trump's age more than anything, is what would happen to the markets if he died of a heart attack or something like that? I can't imagine JD Vance would continue running things the same way as Trump. But maybe the uncertainty would tank the markets further? Anyone have any thoughts on that?
As of right now, the cult of personality seems to be strictly centered on Trump himself (.... as cult of personalities tend to be lol). No one else has really succeeded at a large scale or resonated with the die hard MAGA cult followers and on that note, no one thinks JD Vance is anything other than a stooge who just kind of exists.
My guess is markets recover on the expectation that Vance will just get taken advantage of by the highest bidder and the GOP old guard, and all that tends to track towards the status-quo. But anyone hoping for a premature exit from office is dreaming. Trump will easily make it to '28 and probably manage to get a third term because no one in America seems to actually care
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Dr Prof Racket, PhD wrote:
CG 2 wrote:
Been thinking about everything going on a bit... I am not trying to suggest anything, but one of the scenarios I have thought about, given Trump's age more than anything, is what would happen to the markets if he died of a heart attack or something like that? I can't imagine JD Vance would continue running things the same way as Trump. But maybe the uncertainty would tank the markets further? Anyone have any thoughts on that?
As of right now, the cult of personality seems to be strictly centered on Trump himself (.... as cult of personalities tend to be lol). No one else has really succeeded at a large scale or resonated with the die hard MAGA cult followers and on that note, no one thinks JD Vance is anything other than a stooge who just kind of exists.
My guess is markets recover on the expectation that Vance will just get taken advantage of by the highest bidder and the GOP old guard, and all that tends to track towards the status-quo. But anyone hoping for a premature exit from office is dreaming. Trump will easily make it to '28 and probably manage to get a third term because no one in America seems to actually care
And at least half of America didn’t care about the demented last guy that was actually incapable of running the Country.
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If Trump dies peacefully in his sleep, us markets rise the next day.
after that, depends on what Vance does and how well he does it.Trump is a massively destabilizing force and the markets would very much like him gone forever.
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Dow up 1000 today. 1016.57 (2.66%) to be exact
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Dr Prof Racket, PhD wrote:
CG 2 wrote:
Been thinking about everything going on a bit... I am not trying to suggest anything, but one of the scenarios I have thought about, given Trump's age more than anything, is what would happen to the markets if he died of a heart attack or something like that? I can't imagine JD Vance would continue running things the same way as Trump. But maybe the uncertainty would tank the markets further? Anyone have any thoughts on that?
My guess is markets recover on the expectation that Vance will just get taken advantage of by the highest bidder and the GOP old guard, and all that tends to track towards the status-quo. But anyone hoping for a premature exit from office is dreaming. Trump will easily make it to '28 and probably manage to get a third term because no one in America seems to actually care
This seems like a very inaccurate take to me, no offense. Vance is a very smart person. I'm not saying I agree with all of his politics, and he is also young and pretty inexperienced with big league politics, but he is unquestionably a highly intelligent and "get things done" type of person if you know anything about his life story.
I personally think Vance would be a much better president than Trump and would probably manage just fine. I think the country would be on a better course. I know little to nothing about Mark Johnson, who would be become VP as he's current Speaker of the House, but whoever is the VP doesn't matter much unless the president dies. lol. I think if Trump died it would cause a drop initially due to knee-jerk uncertainty and panic, but things would pretty quickly stabilize, and there would be much less uncertainty and stress about the future of the economy than there is at present.
Of course, I could be wrong as Vance is pretty untested. It's hard to say with confidence how things would play out.
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CG 2 wrote:
Been thinking about everything going on a bit... I am not trying to suggest anything, but one of the scenarios I have thought about, given Trump's age more than anything, is what would happen to the markets if he died of a heart attack or something like that? I can't imagine JD Vance would continue running things the same way as Trump. But maybe the uncertainty would tank the markets further? Anyone have any thoughts on that?
It'd go up. Vance would pursue somewhat similar policies but in a more controlled manner. I think he'd be more tax cuts and deregulation than tariffs.
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trump2028 '' wrote:
CG 2 wrote:
Been thinking about everything going on a bit... I am not trying to suggest anything, but one of the scenarios I have thought about, given Trump's age more than anything, is what would happen to the markets if he died of a heart attack or something like that? I can't imagine JD Vance would continue running things the same way as Trump. But maybe the uncertainty would tank the markets further? Anyone have any thoughts on that?
It'd go up. Vance would pursue somewhat similar policies but in a more controlled manner. I think he'd be more tax cuts and deregulation than tariffs.
Well Trump is pretty healthy, so a wasted speculation. Meanwhile this accurate statement got overwhelming down voted:
“And at least half of America didn’t care about the demented last guy that was actually incapable of running the Country.”
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Trump says he doesn't plan to fire Powell, minutes ago. Markets spike upward.
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Having Trump as POTUS is like having a teenaged son or daughter. You wake up with a knot in your stomach every morning. What shtstorm will this 78 year-old adolescent start today? Every day is chaos under this president.
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