"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
Baron Von Strucker: you must be talking about your self here. your point reads as your pretending to be a big brain smarty
Your point reads like someone who bought Gold in 2011 and didn’t change course. Not sure what the issue is here. Gold bricked hard for the last decade in a period where it should have flourished. That was the only point. It’s not wrong.
Can you walk into any business there and purchase goods and services with gold?
If not it's all well and good to hold some gold as an asset class for investment as long as you don't rely on it too heavily, but you still have to convert it to legal tender to do anything with the value it represents. So you are still depending on the stability of the system and the government's currency.
My issue isn't with gold as an investment, though I personally don't think it's a good investment. My issue is with the people saying it's protection against the collapse of currency or general socioeconomic breakdown. It isn't.
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"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
Well, now you know:
Prediction For "Unprecedented" Recovery Lifts Stocks Off Their Lows
Stocks pulled back yesterday, but finished off their lows.
As it becomes clear the worst of the outbreak is behind us, the focus remains on opening up the economy.
It will likely be on a rolling basis. Lesser hit states will likely go first, with harder hit states going last or opening up to a lesser degree.
Guidelines are expected to be issued soon. And the administration is expected to work hand in hand with the governors.
While that still means being locked down for another couple of weeks, it's great to know we're getting closer.
We got some bank earnings yesterday, and as expected, they weren't pretty. But hardly a shocker.
Retail sales were down as well, falling by -8.7%. Basic goods were up, but were dragged down by food services, gasoline, and auto sales. Although, I must say, while it fell greater than expected (the consensus was for a -7.3% decline), I thought it was a decent showing, all things considered.
Mortgage Applications were up 7.3% overall. The Purchase Index was off by -2.0%, but Refi's jumped by 10%.
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed the General Business Conditions Index falling to -78.2 vs. last month's -21.5 and views for -35.0. But like most of the other reports, none of this was a surprise. And we all know why this is happening.
That's probably why nobody really batted an eye at the Goldman Sachs report that said the global economic drop will be 4x worse than the financial crisis of 2008.
But it's important to remember, this was not a bubble. There wasn't a structural economic problem. This is because governments around the world shut down their economies and asked people to stay home in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. So of course the economic numbers are bad. But it's all short-term. And the drop in stocks already reflected that.
However, the part of the Goldman report that isn't getting as much airtime is the part where they say the recovery in the second half will be "unprecedented" and that they expect stocks to fully recover by year's end.
And it looks like more and more people are expecting that too.
But don't wait for the second half before getting back in. The market is forward looking. If one is expecting a full recovery in the second half, the time to get in is now.
The bear market has already officially ended for the all of the major indexes, and a new bull market is underway.
And it looks like it could get even better with the start of earnings season having just begun.
Since stocks typically go up during earnings season, that's adding even more excitement to the market. And it's not uncommon to see individual stocks soar 10%, 15%, or even 20% or more in one day after an earnings report.
The key is getting into the right stocks.
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With this amazing run up Amazon has had this past week(18% and counting so far), can we expect this to continue once earnings come out next week?
I mean, Amazon has had to SLOW DOWN peoples purchasing power and efforts on their site to handle all the incoming orders.
Interesting.
cool my first mem ever
won't be poor for long i put all my cash on your stock picks and just waiting for the loot to role in. Keep those picks coming.
side note: glad i didn't pick up those gold stocks they're up a bit but obv there ultimate doom is coming soon rite?
Bitcoin is in full nose dive too, Micon will have to sell his jet soon.
all hail Hydra
Originally Posted by DanDruff:Since I'm a 6'2" Republican with an average-sized nose and a last name which doesn't end with "stein", "man", or "berg", I can hide among the goyim and remain undetected unless I open my mouth about money matters.
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
No fucking way you cunts stick with your sneaker and widget stocks.
Fucking dinks probably test positive for the gold fever and fuck everything up.
all hail Hydra
Originally Posted by DanDruff:Since I'm a 6'2" Republican with an average-sized nose and a last name which doesn't end with "stein", "man", or "berg", I can hide among the goyim and remain undetected unless I open my mouth about money matters.
so im thinking of scalping futures options because im a fucking degenerate, and im seeing vegas in the 1.0 to 1.3 range and i dont understand because vega on stock options are like .05 to .15 range generally.
is there a sane logic at bar that im not seeing or are these just unregulated scumbags setting trap-options that are guaranteed to burst into flames screaming every time the vix moves?
also whats with these fucking spreads?
tia.
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"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
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