Investing Thread

[jesmu84]

https://youtu.be/AcjnLc4TH4M?si=fu_UCXu1vRx95x9e

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

4.2% inflation for May.
Fantastic!

[TSmith34, Inc.]

4.2% inflation for May.
Fantastic!

I think you're wrong. As I understand it:

"We fixed inflation, and we fixed almost everything"

"The U.S. has virtually no inflation. Grocery prices, energy prices, airfares, mortgage rates, rent and car payments are all coming down, and they're coming down fast"

"already solved inflation" and that "costs are down."

[Jay Bee]

BCCJ on hump day. Nothing like it!

[Skatastrophy]

I can't believe these idiots score so many own-goals. They should have raised rates 6 months ago if they were going to keep this trade war going and start a war in Iran.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

I can't believe these idiots score so many own-goals. They should have raised rates 6 months ago if they were going to keep this trade war going and start a war in Iran.

Well, you know, "successful businessman"

[TSmith34, Inc.]

4.2% inflation for May.
Fantastic!

https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3mnx3wrxq7h2n

[MU82]

"I WILL BRING THE COST OF EVERYTHING WAY DOWN. I WILL BREAK THE INFLATION NIGHTMARE!!!"

- Lies Social Post, August 2024.

[Skatastrophy]

You know inflation is bad when there's a Scoop thread about tipping fatigue

[Uncle Rico]

BCCJ on hump day. Nothing like it!

ban dis guy ^^^

[MU82]

Well, Dozing Don did get the price of eggs down ...

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Well see, eggs are solved, which I heard endlessly was the main issue in the 2024 election

[Jay Bee]

Oh no! We may see 52k today. 

[MU82]

Oh no! We may see 52k today. 

Well sure ... the promise of opening a Strait that was open before Capt. Bone Spur got 13 U.S. soldiers killed is good for stock market.

To heck with those dead soldiers - my portfolio will go up a percent today!

[MU82]

As most predicted, the Fed opted to keep rates unchanged. The market went from positive to negative today during new chairman Kevin Warsh's first post-Fed-meeting press conference.

I watched the press conference and was fairly impressed. I later read accounts that described Warsh as "hawkish," but I didn't get that feeling as I listened to him; it's not as if he pushed for a rate increase. He sounded reasonable and pragmatic, and I came away feeling that, at least for now, he was determined to keep the Fed independent.

Over time, it will be interesting to see how his Fed moves - and how he publicly describes its actions; in this first media session, he kept things pretty close to the vest and disclosed minimal information. Obviously, it also will be interesting to see how long a leash he gets before the guy who hired him starts calling him names.

[Skatastrophy]

As most predicted, the Fed opted to keep rates unchanged. The market went from positive to negative today during new chairman Kevin Warsh's first post-Fed-meeting press conference.

I watched the press conference and was fairly impressed. I later read accounts that described Warsh as "hawkish," but I didn't get that feeling as I listened to him; it's not as if he pushed for a rate increase. He sounded reasonable and pragmatic, and I came away feeling that, at least for now, he was determined to keep the Fed independent.

Over time, it will be interesting to see how his Fed moves - and how he publicly describes its actions; in this first media session, he kept things pretty close to the vest and disclosed minimal information. Obviously, it also will be interesting to see how long a leash he gets before the guy who hired him starts calling him names.

Wouldn't it be funny if Trump accidentally picked two excellent Fed Chairs in a row?

[MuggsyB]

AI earnings and their stocks continue to be an absolute freight train.  Is it unreasonable to think this will mirror Big-Tech and how they've performed over the last decade?  If you found 100K and were asked to invest it with the goal of exponentially increasing MU's NIL, or the WDCDF (World Diminutive Citizen Defense Force), and had to choose 5 stocks, where would you go for a 5 year window?  Would it be in AI stocks? 

[Uncle Rico]

AI earnings and their stocks continue to be an absolute freight train.  Is it unreasonable to think this will mirror Big-Tech and how they've performed over the last decade?  If you found 100K and were asked to invest it with the goal of exponentially increasing MU's NIL, or the WDCDF (World Diminutive Citizen Defense Force), and had to choose 5 stocks, where would you go for a 5 year window?  Would it be in AI stocks? 

Coal is a safe bet

[jesmu84]

AI earnings and their stocks continue to be an absolute freight train.  Is it unreasonable to think this will mirror Big-Tech and how they've performed over the last decade?  If you found 100K and were asked to invest it with the goal of exponentially increasing MU's NIL, or the WDCDF (World Diminutive Citizen Defense Force), and had to choose 5 stocks, where would you go for a 5 year window?  Would it be in AI stocks? 

I'd put my money in whichever stocks the Trumps are buying.

[JWags85]

I'd put my money in whichever stocks the Trumps are buying.

Certainly not hand waving away any correlation between Trump stock buying and news, but even further there are various politician stock trackers and if you follow them, you can make REALLY health returns, even factoring in the lag between them front running news and the reporting window they have to follow.

Its hilarious rampant and shameless and I think the main reason it isn't a bigger deal and uproar is that far too many people are ignorant/naive to financial markets for one reason or another.

[MU82]

But c'mon Wags. The corruption knows no bounds.

[MuggsyB]

But c'mon Wags. The corruption knows no bounds.

Pelosi had a solid portfolio. 

[MU82]

Pelosi had a solid portfolio. 

Does she make comments 10 times a week that could influence stock prices? Does she make executive orders that affect crypto and AI policy (or lack thereof)? Maybe she does. You tell me.

[Hards Alumni]

Does she make comments 10 times a week that could influence stock prices? Does she make executive orders that affect crypto and AI policy (or lack thereof)? Maybe she does. You tell me.

You can just say both are bad. 

[Jockey]

Pelosi had a solid portfolio. 

Every rich person does.