Stock Market/Investing/Day Trading/Speculative Trading Thread

[Toe]

Fast food price hikes have way outpaced the rest of the restaurant industry, to the point where you might as well go to a sit-down restaurant and have a nicer meal for about the same price.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/11/business/applebees-chilis-mcdonalds-prices/index.html

 

[HughJanus]

Going to be buying a lot of HIMS this year now that they sell ozempic for 1/9th of the cost. America is getting skinny again.

 

[Toe]

America is getting skinny again.

Oof, I have my thoughts on that stuff, but IDK if I wanna derail the thread, lol.

 

[HughJanus]

Oof, I have my thoughts on that stuff, but IDK if I wanna derail the thread, lol.

I don't know anything about it except celebrities have been buying it all up to lose weight. I think a bunch of hefty Midwestern women are going to throw their money at it now that it's more affordable.

 

[Jay Bilzerian]

Oof, I have my thoughts on that stuff, but IDK if I wanna derail the thread, lol.

I’d love to hear your thoughts

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

I would be at least a little suspect on off-brand Ozempic since it's a completely different compound than the name brand, and it has no clinical research.

 

[Toe]

Well, long story short, the thing about Ozempic is that it's mostly just an appetite suppressant. In the long run, it has all the same problems as any other 'cut the calories way back' diet: most people will ultimately end up gaining the weight right back. Losing weight is the easy part, it's keeping it off that's hard. Ozempic doesn't really change that, unless you're ready to commit to taking it for the rest of your life.

But that last part does make it attractive as an investment, I suppose...

 

[Toe]

Trump Media lost $328 million in the first quarter on just $770,500 in revenue. You buying?

Trump Media and Technology Group posts more than $300 million net loss in first public quarter

Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of former President Donald Trump's social networking site Truth Social, lost more than $300 million last quarter, according to its first earnings report as a publicly traded company. For the three-month period that ended March 31, the company posted a...

finance.yahoo.com

 

[Toe]

Red Lobster has filed for bankruptcy.

 

[God is a Husker]

@God is a Husker

Red Lobster has filed for bankruptcy.

Who needs Ozempic when all of the fat palaces are being squeezed out.

Sad! I remember back when we had a POTUS that was a king of fats

PS: the pics from this will never stop being funny, it actually happening is funnier than anything SNL could ever come up with as satire

 

[BingoDingo]

Who needs Ozempic when all of the fat palaces are being squeezed out.

Sad! I remember back when we had a POTUS that was a king of fats

PS: the pics from this will never stop being funny, it actually happening is funnier than anything SNL could ever come up with as satire

"Make sure to get some Wendy's as well...not everyone like's McDonalds"

 

[jaihawk]

Well, long story short, the thing about Ozempic is that it's mostly just an appetite suppressant. In the long run, it has all the same problems as any other 'cut the calories way back' diet: most people will ultimately end up gaining the weight right back. Losing weight is the easy part, it's keeping it off that's hard. Ozempic doesn't really change that, unless you're ready to commit to taking it for the rest of your life.

But that last part does make it attractive as an investment, I suppose...

My wife manages two Metabolic Research Centers, which always centered on teaching people how to each properly on their own, mixed with their Protein Drinks and supplements. When they started offering Meds, they made all of their clients still continue to do program (learning how to eat properly and use the protein drinks) because research showed two things: 80% of clients would gain back their weight within 60 days once they stopped using the meds if they didn't know how to eat properly, the meds cause a loss of muscle mass if you aren't supplementing with protein. I appreciate the way they've chosen to approach it instead of the majority of operations that just prescribe and don't worry about what it may do to their clients long term. The meds are definitely not a magical pill, but it is amazing the impact they can have if paired with good nutrition.

 

[God is a Husker]

"Make sure to get some Wendy's as well...not everyone like's McDonalds"

Embarrassment of wealth back then with #45 at the helm.

 

[LoudHogRider]

$NVDA earnings ...

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

$NVDA earnings ...

Probably buy some puts. Seems like nvda earnings kill it every time I do

 

[Dr.DrakeRamoray]

Zero shot this is happening

 

[iruletheskool]

Just pay cash amirite #dave

 

[BingoDingo]

Zero shot this is happening

The macro environment needed to drive rates up ~40% from an already quarter century high would be fucking wild.

 

[RedSavage]

Zero shot this is happening

I'd also love to know who these "households" are. Are they economists to get such precise figures? Do they understand that mortgages don't go up when interest rates are declining? I would bet most of these so called "households" don't have a fucking clue about rates.