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Egypt Solomon's avatar

“Robocop, dance till you drop do the robocop" I like it! I like it!

Hahaha!

The mixed reality headset will be great for people who hate their own reality! 😂

I think I’ll wait until China steals the idea and then I will order a knock off set, (that does exactly the same thing), on eBay First Class Mail from Shanghai for $99 bucks next week! Lol

On a different note, waiting for Robert F. Kennedy to succeed in the polls is like leaving the lights on for Jimmy Hoffa. Not gonna happen! 😂

Trump is going to crush all them wanna-be rent a senate jokers in the mix. Real tangible wealth with real profits will once again become the mainstream shift of the American way of life, when Trump gets back in that office, and you can take that to the bank! 😀

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Hey Gypt -

What have we here? Cogent, rational and understandable ramblings from the infamous North African Solomon? Have I slipped into an alternate universe while I was busting butt out in the SFL early summertime heat today??

I'm right there with you sir. You have articulated what is very likely the most favorable outcome for our future - at this point in time anyway. We have a long journey to November '24, and it will probably just get absconded AGAIN once we get there.

Bleat harder folks...

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Egypt Solomon's avatar

LOL!

Starman "I'm from the future. I came here in a time machine that you invented. Now, I need your help to get back to the year 1985.".

Ok FUTURE BOY! 😂

Here we go:

Within the realms of the celestial universe, the Ambrones syndicate the existence of eternal power. When the eagle soars, the 8th dimension delineates the path of Tutankhamen. The abyss no longer serves its purpose and the Big Crunch reverts the universal gravitational pull with pin point accuracy.

The Iron Sheik’s vessel has broken, and the spirit will make it’s way back to Allah and the Winds Willow. KoKo B. Ware sings like a canary, the taste of Toucan Sam is wretched with spoiled milk, as the masses wipe their mustard mouths with love napkins that sway in trenches of time. More croutons with your word salad you ask? How about bacon bits and some bird feed? After drinking the Kool-Aid, you became the sense on nonsense, and you took that path, so now you can never come back!

Hahahaha! 😂🤣😂 J/K!

Trump! Trump! Trump! Trump!

Oh yeah boy!

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Will Foster's avatar

If Trump picked RFK for VP, they would crush it. With RFK's inside knowledge, Trump could really drain the swamp this time around...

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Paul Murray's avatar

Have you considered the COVID angle here? RFK, Jr. has made his little ripple knocking the very thing of which Mr. Trump is so proud: his "beautiful" vaccines, such as they are. Best always. PM

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Egypt Solomon's avatar

Perhaps, but I think he will pick Big Jim Justice as his running mate.

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Will Foster's avatar

Perhaps but that wouldn’t be very strategic… If he wants to stay within the party, perhaps Tim Price would be a good choice. He’s got a connection to the Christian conservatives, is well spoken and very positive. It would be a nice balance.

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Alex Fridman's avatar

Provided RFK would go along instead of sabotaging Trump every step because he too would not like mean tweets.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Hi Mr. Fridman,

The jury is kinda still out I guess, but I'm leaning toward the same RFK Jr. conclusions you and others seem to be articulating...

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Dorothy's avatar

ES: You have done yourself...take a bow!

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Egypt Solomon's avatar

LOL!

Like Satoshi Nakamoto likes to say: Domo Arigato Gozaimas. Except that I’m afraid of bowing too low, I might fall flat on my head and pop the big balloon! 😂

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Mackinac's avatar

Funniest comment I've read in years-

"The 3 dimensions we have already seem completely adequate…and our real world, such as it is, is spooky enough". Amen!

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Paul Murray's avatar

The advertised looming crisis in commercial real estate is for me by far a more compelling interest than over-priced "metaverse" escapism. Reassessments, defaults, bankruptcies all have tangible effects. I believe we will be able to discover just how far along we are in accepting and dealing with reality based on the reaction to the anticipated upset in commercial real estate. If there is a rush, especially on the part of establishment politicians, to bail out the sector, then one will be able to deduce that we are not as evolved as necessary and not emotionally prepared to let go. In the "inflate or die" scenario, a CRE bailout would indicate that the official path is "inflate". How ironic that "die" is really the only way to survive. Best always. PM

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Alex's avatar

That reminds me of an old saying - Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.

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Bob Wetmore's avatar

Not to worry. If Apple can add a couple more "dimensions," it'll all turn out okay.

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swiftsteve's avatar

There's some chance Apple is looking to the commercial or business segment for its first augmented- reality-goggle sales. Places where the use of mixed reality can produce a real cost reduction in production costs. Then as developers come out with new apps for the device, sales to the individual consumers can begin to ramp up, driving the device's price down.

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Huey Reed's avatar

Credit cards will pay for the new Apple toy. And like AI, it will be used to further push the global political stew down the throats of all those who believe that everything is ok!

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Wait, wut?

You mean everything is NOT ok??!

;)

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Mackinac's avatar

Big City real estate: I'm not in Cities often but I was in Denver for a few days a couple summers ago. It was unbelievably dead and closed up, with bums representing 30 percent of the occupants in the streets. Haven't been since.

I've got a suspicion that when pressure comes on financing those degrading environments, and as mentioned the lesser clientele and higher financing costs. Might that be the weakness that pricks a new bubble?

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Mackinac's avatar

Joel's comment that mortgage backed securiities issuance increased 51% in 2013 and 88% 2021.

Assuming those two increases were representative of the entire period that seems drastically higher than the growth during that period, which was gradually falling and far lower numbers maybe 2% being my estimate.

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Mackinac's avatar

The grand finale of Bill's final comment was worth the year's subscription in itself.

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Frank Westmoreland's avatar

Bill wondered about Apple's real worth. And Apple is only one part of the wireless world. In the U.S., for example, you also have the wireless companies (e.g., AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, etc.) and the cell tower builders (e.g., American Tower, Crown Castle, etc.).

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Hi,

I bought on 3/30/23 for 31.12 and sold a 1/19/24 call for 294.34 . If I would be called in Jan I would have a profit of almost 38% + 3 dividends. If I sell today I have a 17 % profit

I see EQT at resistance. Next resistance on a weekly chart is 40 ( my opinion ,no guarantee) I also see support at 34.60

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Thank you gentlemen. A few more in-depth posts from Pros who could seemingly do this in their sleep and have me burning up Fidelity's research pages looking for, deciphering and understanding basic terms...

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Hi,

You saw I sold the call way to early ( hind sight) If you sell the same call tomorrow you will get more then $500 . When I did the trade I wanted down side protection. I did limit my potential loss but also the possible gain.

If I like a stock I look at the chart (mostly daily ,3 years weekly) I overlay the chart with the Keltner channel ( Bollinger band will do).I try do buy at the lower band and sell at the upper band. I sell naked puts at the lower band to collect premium or get the stock for a lower price .I sell covered calls for protection or extra income.

In my view Tom is an excellent fundamentalist researcher. I put everything he writes about in chart lists. Their is a reason he likes a stock but before I buy it it has to fit my

technical analysis . You be surprised how much money can be made that way.

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