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This little nugget makes the GameStop story even more hilarious -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 27, 08:55 6
- Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 27, 09:02
- It thrills me to see people who bet against the success of a company getting screwed royally -- nm - TWuG Jan 27, 09:01 2
  - 'cept this isnt based on the success of the company, more about people wanting to screw those investors. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 09:04
  - Yup. Its rude. Like when people bet on the Don't Pass Line in Craps -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 09:02
- The unfortunate part of all this is the inflation - oblique Jan 27, 08:59
- heelarious -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 08:57
people who schedule meetings starting at noon, and then suggest "you should eat lunch before or after the meeting" should be banned. -- nm* - tRuMaN Jan 27, 08:53 9
- Yeah, this one drives me crazy (but it happens a lot because we're across all time zones). -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 27, 09:07
- What's the work equivalent of a party foul. That's what a noon meeting is. - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 09:00
- I second this motion on the floor - Pippy Jan 27, 08:57 2
  - I now have 2 weekly meetings, until april, from noon to 1. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 09:03 1
    - that is NOT RIGHT! -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 09:05
- eat pretzels and doritos with your mic on. -- nm - Max Jan 27, 08:54 3
  - Straight from the bag, too -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 08:56 2
    - Get those sunchips extra loud bags -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 08:56 1
      - "And for dessert I have some ultra moist brownies. Moist." -- nm - Max Jan 27, 08:57
my brother (who is a broker) pretty much confirmed Funds are getting the hell out of shorts en amsse -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 08:52 4
- lesson learned? -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 08:58 3
  - Layer Cake: "If you have to kill a person, never ever tell a living soul." addendum: Also never ever announce your shorts. -- nm - Max Jan 27, 09:01
  - for now; I'll wager they start again once they see some targets. This was just the perfect storm of greed (136% shorted) and nerd rage -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 09:00
  - "And that's why you always leave a note." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 08:59
Google bots know all you want in your anime is ASS, so they banned .ass support app for a short while. -- (link) - Qale Jan 27, 08:47 1
- And if you’re in the mood for some hentai espionage perhaps the trailer for Demonlover with Connie Nelson and Chloë Sevigny will perk you up? -- (link) - Qale Jan 27, 09:00
Nokia stock has doubled in price -- (link) - budice Jan 27, 08:46 1
- I assume there will be more stories like this and BlackBerry due to funds covering short positions ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 08:48
znu, if you bought the dip on MAGA ETF in March 2020, you'd be doing decently -- (pic) - ty97 Jan 27, 08:44 [Attachment]
oh, and Max and znu, have you even looked at ICLN's performance today? -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 08:37 8
- That's why today is a good day to buy. - Max Jan 27, 08:45 6
  - That's on my " watch list". Ha! I feel smart, I already have it to watch. VIXY is the only thing good in my watch list -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 09:04
  - I bought LIT cause the ticker made me laugh. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 08:46 3
    - I'm waiting for FUN. -- nm - Max Jan 27, 08:48 2
      - Cedar Fair! -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 08:50 1
        
        I should thank you Canadians for my best performer - FaceDrive is 102% since I bought it. - Max Jan 27, 08:52
  - oh I already own ICLN in my Roth -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 08:45
- Yeah, that happens. ICLN in particular seems more exposed to semiconductor names, because solar, so my guess is that is what is dragging it. -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 08:41
I have here in my hand, hot off the presses, JackDawson's published (on Instagram) list of his Top 10 movies of 2020. Any guesses? -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 08:33 18
- Hamilton! :) -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 08:48
- Here's his Instagram. Give him some love - and some likes. -- (link) - Mop Jan 27, 08:46
- who? -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 08:45
- croods 2 (or whatever its title was) -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 08:41 1
  - Not as good as Trolls 2! -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 08:45
- Monsoon -- nm - LMS Jan 27, 08:39
- Promising Young Woman. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 08:38 2
  - #1! -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 08:38 1
    - Damn, I was going for the 10 point answer. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 08:40
- tenant. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 08:37 3
  - Ah yes, lesser-known sequel to The Landlord (with Will Ferrell) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 08:39
  - TENET isn't even in Christopher Nolan's Top 10 of 2020. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 08:39 1
    - it has to be based on the # of commercials I saw. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 08:39
- That one with Stephen Yeun. Minari. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 08:37
- BBFL -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:34 1
  - I'm starting to think you guys aren't taking this seriously. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 08:35
- Birds of Prey -- nm - decline Jan 27, 08:34 1
  - *checks notes* No. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 08:34
Soooo there is video of Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing the Parkland kids when they were at the capitol. Amazing. -- (edited) - Volnelk Jan 27, 08:33 1
- good grief -- nm - mud Jan 27, 08:50
does st have opinions on smart watches? should I consider any of the non-apple watches? - tRuMaN Jan 27, 08:30 15
- I use a MiBand. I think I'm on v4 although v5 is out. As a basic fitness tracker I love it. I can see notifications on it (texts, calendar, etc.) - oblique Jan 27, 08:55 1
  - miband is basically the same as the amazon band option right? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 09:03
- I got the versa 3. It's pretty nice and does what I want it to and no more. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 08:52
- If you have an iPhone, no. - spamlet Jan 27, 08:46 1
  - And you just need an app for sleep tracking. There are hundreds. - spamlet Jan 27, 08:47
- FWIW, Consumer Reports seems to think there's not much reason to consider anything but Apple. A Samsung is #7 on their list, after 6 Apples. -- nm* - mara Jan 27, 08:33 7
  - It's about the functionality (ergo, the apps, duh). - Mop Jan 27, 08:36 1
    - *nods* but are the other options actually good? and will they work with an iphone. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 08:37
  - yeah thats what I've been seeing online. honestly, I like the look of round watches better - tRuMaN Jan 27, 08:36 4
    - Let me know if you want me to email you the article/list. -- nm - mara Jan 27, 08:48 3
      - sure send it my way, not in a hurry to get a new watch, just trying to start reading up on options. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 08:54 2
        
        What's the email add? (Sorry, I may have it but please refresh my memory.) -- nm - mara Jan 27, 08:57 1
        
        hsjtruman at the gmail -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 09:03
- I'll never commit to the Apple ecosystem, particularly since I'm so deep into Google. I love my WearOS watch. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 08:32
- No. Maybe. - Beryllium Jan 27, 08:31
A story in two parts: Sling promises not to raise prices if you subscribe by Aug 1, 2020. -- (link) - Mop Jan 27, 08:29 2
- You were warned! Sling raises prices on new customers. -- (link) - Mop Jan 27, 08:30 1
  - bastards -- nm - decline Jan 27, 08:30
An annoying theme I'm seeing against the increase in the minimum wage... - Dano Jan 27, 08:25 13
- I am not an economist but having worked with many small businesses, I see both sides... - Walt_Disney Jan 27, 08:43
- because they dont bother to read into the places/companies that already have a higher wage to see that it doesnt mean drastic price increases. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 08:31 1
  - And tend to drastically overestimate labor’s cost share to begin with. -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 08:33
- *sigh* - znufrii Jan 27, 08:29
- The last line is a concern I had last week on ST, but was told I was incorrect. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:27 5
  - To be clear I said that prices likely would go up, but by a much smaller percentage than the wage increase. - Reagen Jan 27, 08:43
  - Heh, true. Although I'm sure those same folks (and me) are disappointed that it won't be in place until 2025. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 08:29 3
    - That way Trump can kill it after he gets reelected. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:35 2
      - Yes, which gives the Dems an election point, maybe? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 08:38 1
        
        Pretty sure if it is against Trump, we will have way too many. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:42
- In-n-Out pays $17-$19/hr and their burgers are under $5 -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 08:27 1
  - reference -- (link) - decline Jan 27, 08:28
- Minimum wage already higher in a number of states -- nm - budice Jan 27, 08:27
This MFer needs to go to jail—beat his GF—if the Seahawks still have him on their roster, at the end of the day...[Graphic photo] -- (link) - Flavorize Jan 27, 08:12 1
- One would hope. The NFL and their teams are kind of all over the place on such issues. KC signed Tyreek Hill to a 3 year extension pretty much - JD Jan 27, 08:20
First look at Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana -- (link) - LMS Jan 27, 08:10 7
- she looks very Gillian Anderson in that photo -- nm - Pippy Jan 27, 09:01
- I guess Wayne Gretzky was busy. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 08:26
- "I'm just so over war, man, like whatever. No bombs and mines okay?" -- nm - Kristen Stewart as Diana Jan 27, 08:16
- Wow -- nm - decline Jan 27, 08:14 3
  - Sadly, it is just that *one* angle. Otherwise, she looks nothing like her. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:15 2
    - I'm gonna have to disagree with my good friend Spawn here. -- nm - mud Jan 27, 08:50 1
      - I saw a straight on shot and she looked like Bob from Accounting. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:53
Follow-up: Found out more about the program Logan would go in to. Liked most of what I heard. - Spawn Jan 27, 08:07 10
- I know a couple of kids that graduated HS with their Associates. It sounds like one of those type programs? - spamlet Jan 27, 08:23 5
  - Yeah, that is part of it. There was a whole section on the path to take with classes giving them the GPAs better than 4.0 (which I still think is - Spawn Jan 27, 08:33 3
    - Heh. My daughters' weighted GPA is something like 5.76 on a 4 point scale. -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 08:44 2
      - "Why don't you just make 10 louder?" -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 08:45
      - EVIL! -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:44
  - Yes. Sounds exactly like that same program we have in D300 -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 08:24
- Some programs can lock you into a HS-College combo. Sometimes those units won't be transferrable to other 4yr colleges -- nm - budice Jan 27, 08:23 1
  - No, that is not what this is at all. Ivy League, etc is on the table. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:29
- Take community College classes in high school to get community College credit which transfers over and honestly - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 27, 08:21 1
  - Yeah, I did that back in the 80s but this seems an impressive set-up. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:28
So, figuring we will get an *actual* infrastructure bill this time, is PAVE a good ETF investment or it is already priced in? -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 08:07 6
- Jump on the clean energy train with me. ACES, ICLN, PBD. - Max Jan 27, 08:11 2
  - PBW has been my best in this space so far -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 08:28
  - QCLN and BEP have been good to me there, I hold ICLN as well. -- nm* - znufrii Jan 27, 08:13
- Deserves props for that ticker if nothing else. - znufrii Jan 27, 08:11 2
  - I presume you've seen half the cannibas ETF tickers. - ty97 Jan 27, 08:29 1
    - I own MJ, so, yeah. :) - znufrii Jan 27, 08:38
Well OK Virgin Galactic, go on with your bad self -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 08:04
A two mana counter spell that doubles as a removal card. Yup, that sounds like Wizards of the Coast to me. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 08:03 1
- Is that one of the new cards? I haven't paid too close attention yet as the hot takes are always wrong. -- nm - spamlet Jan 27, 08:20
lolMets -- (link) - decline Jan 27, 08:02 3
- Steve Cohen is a criminal - and famous as the man to have paid the single biggest fine in financial fraud history. He shouldn't be allowed to invest. - Mop Jan 27, 08:10
- That option trade might be the best ever in the history of trading if he can get out in time - Reagen Jan 27, 08:07 1
  - Right. He's not dumb and the investee had no other options. -- nm - spamlet Jan 27, 08:26
Yes, yes, eat *all* of our shorts. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 08:01 1
- ?? -- nm - mud Jan 27, 08:19
I really need to stop reading comments. Every article about Biden action on climate change is filled with "$4 gas!" or "destroying jobs" - oblique Jan 27, 08:01 10
- I have a job killing people. How will the new prohibitions on killing people affect me? -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 08:13
- Which jobs? Coal jobs? Keystone Pipeline jobs? Yes. Too bad, so sad. - JaxSean Jan 27, 08:09
- No worries, $15 minimum wage will cover it! -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:07
- I remember that gas went to $4, I bought a Prius. Seemed the country as a whole bought more SUVs. *shrug* -- nm - JD Jan 27, 08:06
- They really put the ME in booMErs. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 08:04
- Honestly, gas should probably be a lot more expensive than it is, so... -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 08:04 1
  - We really ought to be averaging out our gas prices like many households do for their home energy. Stabilizing gas prices year round. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 08:09
- But Biden is also the president of GME 340, er, 360, er 350, er, 370, er 345... -- nm - JD Jan 27, 08:03
- It's cute they think the president has more than a marginal effect on gas prices. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 08:02 1
  - I heard he sets them personally every morning for every single gas station. # truth -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 27, 08:04
$370 at 11am. I used to get nervous at that mountain climber game on The Price Is Right. That must be what this feels like. - Max Jan 27, 08:01 8
- Also - damn I miss going to casinos. -- nm - Max Jan 27, 08:05
- Absurd but that's basically a good descriptor for Wall Street in general -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 08:04 1
  - Most companies don’t have seismic value changes in a week unless there’s a cataclysmic event. - Will Hunting Jan 27, 08:39
- AMC is up 220% today also (just about at $16) -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 08:03
- $1000 is supposedly the target. But good luck getting out once the floor starts falling away. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 08:03 2
  - It’s Reddit, are you sure $420.69 isn’t the target? -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 08:10 1
    - 5 8 0 0 8 -- nm - Max Jan 27, 08:12
- It's financial musical chairs. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 08:01
Watch until the end—he’ll never go away -- (link) - Flavorize Jan 27, 07:46 1
- *phew* I was afraid it would be Trump. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:00
Blackberry: the article mentions only a couple funds in short position; but I think Reagen is right. Expect a few more stocks to inexpicably go up - Beaker Jan 27, 07:45 3
- Who needs "articles" when you've got this magic???? - zunkskunk+ Jan 27, 07:51
- re: Tootsie Roll Industries -- nm - decline Jan 27, 07:47 1
  - Company's a cash machine. Don't know why someone would go short on that one esp. with heavy insider ownership depressing the float. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 27, 07:59
Don’t complain about the brain tickling swab. It could be worse. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 27, 07:44 9
- I just realized that the drive-up testing sites would be... interesting. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:41
- Turns out it was just one creepy guy with a booth down the street. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 08:12 4
  - And how many times did you get "tested"? -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:13 3
    - I went back three times to be sure. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 08:37 1
      - That is what we likes about you. - Spawn Jan 27, 08:43
    - OOO-Hoo-hoo-hoo! Jesus Christ. -- nm - Mr. Slave Jan 27, 08:18
- Scream inside your heart -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 07:56 2
  - ... how long are those swabs!?! -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 08:08
  - We went with our second version. -- nm - Deee-Lite Jan 27, 08:00
~Why do you build me up?~ -- nm - Gamestop Jan 27, 07:42

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