Any thoughts on how the Trump trials have and will affect the markets? I have limited visibility into the GOP bubble so I would appreciate any perspectives. If Trump skates through and ends up with little to no liability, will that force liberals to pull money from the markets to buy tissue for all the crying? If Trump ends up in jail, will the GOP base pull their money out of the markets to buy guns and ammo? Maybe no significant impact? While you're here, what will happen when the... Macro factor: Trump trials ..read more

I'm breaking this out of my blog because it is specific. Please feel free to counter or present alternative approaches. The vast majority of text on the Internet is total crap based on previous total crap. People like to pretend to know more than they do. Bad information and bad ideas propagate like syphilis in the mediasphere. How then to filter? I start with the idea of disregarding EVERYTHING. I ONLY onboard credible information. If there is no credible information, I move on with... Research - How to filter information ..read more

I've been watching Ukraine's war effort like the Zapruder film. Fascinating stuff. The Ukraine war has turned into a financial war, of sorts. The cheapest guided bomb costs roughly $50K. That is a Russian bomb. Americans can't fill a balloon with water for $50K. The most expensive drone Ukraine uses costs less than $1000. They use several models. They strap grenades to suicide drones using zip-ties and then pilot them into the target. It is brutally simple, comically cheap, and... Incubator - Military industrial complex ..read more

Do you know of any website or service which publishes the stock holdings of ETFs and allows you to export this info as a computer-readable file or spreadsheet? I'm talking about getting the holdings of all ETFs in one place, not going to each ETF's site one-by-one. I realize this is a lot of information. I'm willing to pay for it. How about mutual funds ..read more

Is anyone monitoring Truth Social? Perhap with thoughts of acquisition? TS appears to have 7M users. They seem to value it at $6B. That is roughly $1000 per user. Any thoughts ..read more

It's hilarious how incompetent, negligent, and biased the media is. At the same time, it is horrifying to realize how many people rely on media streams for news in sound byte form. They are more concerned with brevity than accuracy and just about everyone will say that straight out. This morning, I was reading a Reuters article on BYD price cuts. It was a breaking news type article. I was thinking, "I knew this information three weeks ago and shared it 10 days ago. Reuters is just... Media arbitrage ..read more

Hello you very wonderful and intelligent people that make up this forum. I sincerely hope you are doing well and having another positive week. I kindly wondered if anyone has used GuruFocus for Discounted Cash Flow analysis please. You can enter your own values for factors such as the Discount Rate %, Growth Stage (Years & Growth Rate) and Terminal Stage (Years & Growth Rate). It then calculates the fair value of the stock and how undervalued or overvalued the stock is. I kindly please... Using GuruFocus ..read more

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I believe magnesium is going to become a dominant manufacturing material in the next decade and will mostly replace aluminum over time. To that end, I've been following a small group of companies but I think the corporations that will benefit from this migration have not yet become apparent. So, I lay in wait. I welcome any thought or ideas in this regard, including reasons why magnesium will not live up to it's potential to reduce production cost ..read more

Hi everyone. I know I have to make the decision myself here, but I was curious if anyone had any input. I’ve been a good money saver over the course of my life and here is where I am at as of now. With that said, I have quite a bit of $ invested into stocks via Webull. The fact Webull is also offering 5% interest on remaining cash, I’ve been depositing additional money to just sit there as well. This is a significant account for me, obviously. My ‘life savings’ is with my bank invested... 100K Savings - What To Do ..read more