Stock Market/Investing/Day Trading/Speculative Trading Thread

[Kaladin]

 

[BingoDingo]

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.

Similar polling:

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/22/most-americans-falsely-think-the-us-is-in-recession-poll-shows.html

 

[BingoDingo]

Good thing they aren't Bond traders, amirite?

 

[Kaladin]

 

[Toe]

The actual Big Mac Index is a measure of international price/purchasing power parity, not inflation...

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

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.

Yeah, only professional economists are allowed to be perpetually & comically wrong!

 

[Kaladin]

The actual Big Mac Index is a measure of international price/purchasing power parity, not inflation...

What about the stripper index

 

[LoudHogRider]

$NVDA earnings ...

10-1 split, increased dividend, beats earning ... but slighter better than expected not-so-rosy forward guidance. Imma call it a win.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

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

Never fails

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

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

Ya don’t want to imagine what that would take

 

[God is a Husker]

I'm enjoying all of the shitty food economic analysis lately

 

[Kaladin]

I'm enjoying all of the shitty food economic analysis lately

What’s your opinion on the stripper index

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

 

[Toe]

Worth twice as much as Facebook. Almost five times as much as Tesla.

 

[Toe]

Welp.

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[Faux Sean Callahan]

Costco and Sales force… 2 of my bigger holdings

 

[LoudHogRider]

Costco and Sales force… 2 of my bigger holdings

I've owned several of those logos, but HEICO is the one I regret selling a few years ago. First bought it in late 2016 and dumped EVERYTHING in mid-Jan of 2020 when COVID got real, and never bought back in. With the stock splits and general price appreciation, it was just a "Steady Eddie" of an earner.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

I've owned several of those logos, but HEICO is the one I regret selling a few years ago. First bought it in late 2016 and dumped EVERYTHING in mid-Jan of 2020 when COVID got real, and never bought back in. With the stock splits and general price appreciation, it was just a "Steady Eddie" of an earner.

How you know it is good…..

Spoiler: Click me

Feels like my best holdings are either A rated or F. 🤣

 

[Toe]

Deflation Never Happens, Except Right Now

Walmart, McDonald’s, and Ikea are all reversing some price hikes, but the trend is far from universal.

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