Are you now saying that you are not leveraged short...not rooting for a crash?
You seem to be in the habit of insulting people who disagree with you.
Are you now saying that you are not leveraged short...not rooting for a crash?
You seem to be in the habit of insulting people who disagree with you.
Try,
You have an opinion that may be different than mine, shall I describe that opinion as your agenda? Are you investing your money according to your agenda? Not a good argument in my book.
You started with the attack, yet you don't expect me to defend myself.
In the end you can spin it anyway you like.
Igy
There is no attack. My goodness, you have thin skin.
You said you have no agenda. I merely pointed out that you have made claims here which suggest that you do.
Those are facts. There is no spin.
Try,
No thinner skin than yours.
agenda: a list of things to do; a program
opinion: a conclusion based on special knowledge
Let me just respond further with an editorial comment, that you can take as you wish, but is not directed at you.
I find it interesting that my comments on the stock market are construed in a such a negative way. Yet there is little challenge to those that express an opposing view.
Igy
Seriously, Igy. You challenge virtually every piece of positive news that anyone posts here.
agenda: an underlying often ideological plan or program
Leveraged shorting would sure see to fit that definition.
Try,
OK, the agenda, ideological plan, or program is up 3.49% as we speak.
Igy
Try,
I should add the anti-thesis agenda, ideological plan or program is down 3.49% as I write.
Igy
So ends yet another positive month for the Dow and S&P. Life is good.
Big,
I could be like some on this thread and claim how you are lying and distorting facts, but I won't.
Igy
What?
Big,
Joke my friend, but the difference in the S&P 500 was somewhat meaningless.
Igy
1% is 12% annualized.
Big,
OK, but what about the NASDAQ? Life was not good in April.
Igy
Wasn't it Meat Loaf who sang "2 out of 3 ain't bad"?
Big,
Good job and have a good weekend.
Igy
So it's 2007 again? uh oh...
Stock futures rose moderately as a new month of trading kicks off, with investors expected to seek direction Monday from a key gauge of U.S. manufacturing.
While no major earnings reports are due, the official termination of a deal between Halliburton Co. and Baker Hughes Inc. may draw some attention.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 50 points, or 0.2%, to 17,743, while S&P 500 futures inched up 6.40 points, or 0.3%, to 2,065.50. Nasdaq-100 futures added 11.25 points, or 0.3%, to 4,342.
The Dow industrials and S&P 500closed out April with gains of 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively, but the Nasdaq Composite slid 1.9% due to weaker-than-expected earnings from Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Intel Corp. (INTC). The main three indexes logged a weekly loss.
Oil prices were under some pressure on Monday, as investors continued to cash out of a fast run up in prices in April. June WTI crude slipped 9 cents to $45.88 a barrel, while the dollar tapped a fresh 18-month low against the yen overnight.
Gains for the yen crushed the Nikkei 225 index, which closed down 3.1%. Most Asian markets were shut for holidays. European stocks moved moderately higher in the absence of London markets, also shut for a holiday.
Gold prices pushed past $1,300 an ounce after closing new highs for the year on Friday. Prices were last up $10.30, or 0.9%.
Monday econ
US consumer spending strong - Gallup has a measure that shows a large rise. The highest reading for an April in 9 years.
and construction spending very good - up 8.0% y/y
but
PMI mfgring flat at 50.8, which suggests neither growth nor shrinkage
same for ISM mfgring: 50.8
Igy I went for a 21 miler on Saturday - the actual run went very well but man oh man this aging stuff is not for the weak. I feel like a truck ran over me.
I'm going to periodize a bit - just work on aerobic fitness for a couple months. No training faster than say 10k or 10 mile pace. I have a few races in the next couple months - it will be very interesting to see how a lack of faster work affects my racing.
Ideally, I do this through end of July and then reintroduce faster training with the hopes for a strong fall and xc season.
But there's a good chance I get bored of this after a month and get back on the gas. Which would be fine.