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>> No.54405198

I need the Nasdaq to crash before open or I’m screwed

>> No.54405199
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54405199

Kek BBBaggies

>> No.54405209

I need the Nasdaq to pump tomorrow or I'm screwed

>> No.54405212

>>54405198
And I need SQQQ to go back to 38 to break even
You can't always get what you want

>> No.54405217

>>54405212
Why, why can’t I get what I want

>> No.54405223
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>>54405198
>>54405209

>> No.54405254
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54405254

i hope there's a super rally later today with TSLA or i'm super fucked.

green futures give me hope

>> No.54405256
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54405256

>nasd-ack ytd +20%
>comes exclusively from megacaps
daily reminder the market is neither fake nor gay it's real and healthy market action.
picrel ytd performance, first quarter 2023

>> No.54405271

>>54405217
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1CJCjri4CR8

>> No.54405290
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54405290

full send at dawn bros

>> No.54405296

Consider this: Negative-strike puts are free money.

>> No.54405300

>>54403884
Anyone alive now is still living in the GFC1. It hasn't left us at all. The reason there has been zero wage growth since then and house prices have 10x is because the root cause wasn't dealt with.
What we're dealing with now is the system finally having to face the actual consequences of GFC1 but being unable to use can-kick measures. The Fed is totally stuck and keeps pretending it has "tools" to deal with this, yeah it has tools alright.(Jeff Snider may be dumb and a broken clock but he has got the macro picture right)

So if anything we're probably going to live through the first event post-1929 where the system is going to finally rope itself and enter an actual new paradigm (lol). Just won't be the paradigm anyone expects. Anyone here should just have bought gold when it was at 1680. There's still silver which is historically undervalued. You have time. Eventually the pivooooot will come.

>> No.54405318

>>54405300
I was buying gold in 2016 when it was $1300, those were the days

>> No.54405319

ASTS earnings tomorrow, you boughted, right anon?

>> No.54405380
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54405380

So the Ukraine war was a success?

>> No.54405389 [DELETED] 

>>54405178
https://youtu.be/1sFyrfqTdcg

>> No.54405391

Oil will dump today.

>>54405212
>>54405217
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef9QnZVpVd8

>> No.54405398

>>54405318
>buying gold with dollars, which get inflated
Should have just bought it with silver baka

>> No.54405401
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>>54405380
america always wins

>> No.54405416

>>54405380
yes, even if ukraine loses america is going to benefit a LOT from fucking russia over like this. hopefully china pivots to the west more too, but we'll see. they might vassalize russia.

>> No.54405426

who is the safest broker? schwab is not looking too great, and td ameritrade is converting over to their service. fidelity? etrade?

>> No.54405448
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>>54405380
Win or lose, Russia is weaker. And the US wins by default. Thanks for playing.

>> No.54405463

I did a fomo today

Did I do good?

>> No.54405486

>>54405380
This is what always tickles me when people say the BRICS nations will be the new world leaders because they have commodities, america has boat loads of commodities and produces a obscene amount of them

>> No.54405515

Fuckin scammarket

>> No.54405522

>>54405426
Interactive Brokers?

>> No.54405532

How will the markets react to Drumpf being imprisoned?

>> No.54405544

>>54405532
Nobody gives a fuck about politicians.

>> No.54405556
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>>54405532
that one isn't relevant to markets. maybe in an election year but not now.

>> No.54405576

>>54405556
I thought the market is forwardlooking?

>> No.54405605

WHY ARE WE PUMPING EURO BROS ?

>> No.54405611

>>54405576
sure but election is a long way off and usually you don't see much of a market reaction to anything during the campaign anyway. Too far in the future and not sufficiently important that speculation on it would happen right now.

>> No.54405624
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>>54405380
>>54405416
>>54405448
>>54405486
1PBTID

>> No.54405627

>>54405576
"the market" as you know it after printing, bail-out, bail-in, muh "tools" over the years does not exist anymore
you buy le dip and wait for the fed to take "decisive and forceful actions" if shit hits the fan

>> No.54405631

>>54405611
2024 is going to be an absolute shitshow though.

>> No.54405653
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54405653

hello friends let's have a great day today :)

>> No.54405658

Buttcorn is dropping. Bearish for tomorrow.

>> No.54405665
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54405665

https://www.axios.com/2023/03/29/office-real-estate-is-getting-kind-of-ugly
Commercial real estate mortgage defaults gonna bring this shitpile down

>> No.54405666

DIE YOU FUCKIN SCAM EUMARKET

>> No.54405671

>>54405666
>Satan trips
EU, rest in shit

>> No.54405672

>>54405627
fuck no, I want this market to dunk on Retail/Retard Dip(shit)buyers

>> No.54405678

>>54405665
and thats a good thing

>> No.54405681
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54405681

>>54405256
Microsoft? More like microhard

>> No.54405687
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54405687

>Futures

>> No.54405694
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54405694

>>54405448
That’s a man

>> No.54405711

>>54405605
I really could kick myself for not having bought more during the generational bottom in 2022. But at least I didn't sell either. And thank fuck I'm not shorting, holy shit, could you imagine being a bear right now?

>> No.54405724

>>54405681
what about microsemi?

>> No.54405726

>>54405178
me on the left

>> No.54405730
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54405730

Yields now saying that peak fear will occur early July.

>> No.54405738

>>54405730
How do you know that from the yields?

>> No.54405740
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54405740

Soo, what are the predictions for today's inflationary numbers? Please don't drag us euros down with you USbros. Lower than expected but core inflation again up?

>> No.54405759

This is Black Friday. Buy puts now.

>> No.54405761

>>54405738
The highest (interpolated) point in the yield curve is the date that the market is most fearful about.

>> No.54405773

>>54405759
>Buy puts now
I hope that guy hasn't roped yet

>> No.54405789

>>54405773
He'll be back. They always manage to resurrect themselves the moment it turns in their favour again.

>> No.54405790

>>54405448
you didnt win shit dumbass. China only got stronger while you showed your warmongering face to the world.

>> No.54405794

>>54405391
You shouldn't dump oil that's bad for the environment

>> No.54405804

>>54405448
"what was she wearing?"

>> No.54405806

>>54405740
i hope they do

>> No.54405809
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>>54405740
it should be lower since PCE has a smaller wage component

>> No.54405812
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>>54405790
>while you showed your warmongering face to the world.

>> No.54405814

>>54405794
The ocean loves it when people feet it old car batteries.

>> No.54405823
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>>54405794
Oil comes from the environment. Putting it back heals nature.

>> No.54405840
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54405840

>>54405790
> China only got stronger

>> No.54405850

>>54405486
biden has now even allowed the ConocoPhillips company to produce 600 million barrels of oil in alaska over the next 30 years. although he rejected this during the election campaign.

>> No.54405853
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>>54405740
Hot steamy inflation. Market dumps, pumps, dumps, closes and then after hours pumps it because why the fuck not. This market would pump on the day a nuclear missile launched in anger

>> No.54405867
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54405867

usdcad doin sum

>> No.54405872

>>54405840
1PBTID, you're obviously the same poster hitting refresh on a VPN

>> No.54405890

>>54405823
People bitch about man made pollutants, nobody blames the damn dinosaurs for dinosaur made pollutants

>> No.54405908

1980s:
S&P 500: 317.00%
Nikkei: 501.54%
Gold: 261.88%
Real Estate: 63.99%
10-year bonds: 100.36%
Inflation: 72.88%

1990s:
S&P 500: 316.46%
Nikkei: -14.48%
Gold: -26.67%
Real Estate: 25.78%
10-year bonds: 97.85%
Inflation: 36.36%

2000s:
S&P 500: -9.10%
Nikkei: -36.15%
Gold: 222.46%
Real Estate: 54.63%
10-year bonds: 60.26%
Inflation: 27.25%

2010s:
S&P 500: 189.10%
Nikkei: 73.12%
Gold: 49.18%
Real Estate: 44.21%
10-year bonds: 26.72%
Inflation: 1.74%

>> No.54405909

>>54405665
We did it, gen xyz WFH bros, we ended the boomer finally

>> No.54405918

>>54405908
So just invest in S&P500 and you’re good right?

>> No.54406040

>EU pumping
I knew the market is a scam, but this bad?

>> No.54406118

>>54406040
15 minutes to european data, including eurozone CPI and unemployment. Guess they are frontrunning a bullish report. Or not. I don't know, but it happens before data releases.

>> No.54406188
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54406188

>Futures

>> No.54406199

European inflation decreasing faster than expected.

>> No.54406206 [DELETED] 
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54406206

you lost

>> No.54406207

>>54406199
Headline inflation is expected to decline, Energy prices are in there. Core inflation isn't declining, it went up from 7,4 to 7,5%. But the market doesn't care, since Lagarde and their cucksimps already hinted at pussying out.

>> No.54406210

>>54405178
$FRC baggies stand up.

>> No.54406218
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54406218

How much would a gay prostitute make on wallst?

>> No.54406234
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>>54406206
We're sorry.

>> No.54406235
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>>54406218
Not much if you look like that

>> No.54406237

>CPI MoM is higher than expected
>CPI YoY is lower than expected
Now that's some next level jewish accounting

>> No.54406278
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54406278

Hold up. So, service, food, and services and what have you, i.e. core inflation, is up right? And the central banks have said that core inflation is their biggest concern. So why in hell are we pumping? This just means that the central banks ain't doing their job and will have to hike further... fugg this gay market

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>>54405790
>Chyna ornly get stwonga

>> No.54406294

Will BOIL tank even more today?

>> No.54406301

>>54406294
I think it will suffer until late summer, fren.

>> No.54406305

>>54406278
Because bigmoney doesn't care about ECB. They OPENLY STATED that they will have to keep financial stability in mind. They practically gave up on their PRIMARY target being price stability. They desperately want a soft landing, they are nothing but a copycat of the FED but worse. Instead we need a hard crash, so that everything readjusts.

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>>54406305
Jepp. ECB are quite simply giant pussies. I mean, they are a bank after all and since long term high rates + inflation is a massive boost for their earnings, they will try to maintain this stupid charade for as long as possible.
Inflation really is damn sticky here in europoor. Sure, the growth of inflation might be decreasing but it's still getting worse. That stupid service inflation is literally out of control, not to mention food.
I hate those bloody cretins.

>> No.54406374

>>54406291
Cope hohol.

>> No.54406385 [DELETED] 

>>54405178
https://youtu.be/1sFyrfqTdcg

>> No.54406390

>>54406305
At this point I really think our regulators are bullshit, and that it's right to take advantage of the system until it breaks.
I don't like this mindset from a system control perspective, but the reality is what it is

>> No.54406445
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54406445

I am officially giving in to mumus. You won. I fuckin bought and am already positive. Gonna ride this train until FED/ECB decides they have had enough (which arguably will not happen this year)

>> No.54406459

>>54406371
look at this stupid market still trying to go higher. There is no data that can stop EU market. This is just money flight. Pumping money into the market in expectation inflation will increase.

>> No.54406461

>>54406278
Umm sweaty I don't think you understand. You WILL pay $100 for a loaf of bread and you WILL be happy. The hedge against inflation is having money in stocks. Stocks will gigapump as your money becomes worthless.

>> No.54406472

>>54406461
100$ in the EU? You mean 1 million Euro?

>> No.54406535

BUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUY

This bank crash showed the investors/bankers true face. Gamble as long as you fuck it up and then be saved only to gamble on.

>> No.54406563
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54406563

croc market

>> No.54406564
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54406564

Yields...

>> No.54406578

>>54406564
>There is not enough space to accommodate her feet
The biggest bull signal I've seen this year

>> No.54406613

>>54405256
>big tech pumping on the worst earnings in decades
>healthy market

>> No.54406656
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54406656

SI

>> No.54406670

Explain one thing to me, /smg/. Why the FUCK are tigers black and orange. They stick out like a sore thumb in the green rain forest they hunt in.

>> No.54406693

>>54406670
Most animals, including all of their prey, have only 2 types of cones in their eyes, only blue and green, no red. To these animals, red and reddish colors are the same as green, so to them, it's a green-black in a green environment. I guess green fur would be the same or better, but green fur doesn't exist in nature.

>> No.54406706

>>54406237
I never understood how this works

>> No.54406711

>>54406564
so bonds pricing in the pivot in july/august. same time last year we had a massive facemelting rally

>> No.54406742

>>54406670
Maybe it means you can't be fucked with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aposematism

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>>54406670

>> No.54406774

>>54406693
But why does orange fur exist?

>> No.54406790

>>54405576
>forwardlooking
They would go to zero if that was the case. The US is collapsing.

>> No.54406810
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54406810

>>54406711
Yes may at the earliest

>> No.54406826

>>54406774
Because the LORD GOD Almighty wants it to.

>> No.54406835

COCOA - BROWN GOLD
SUGAR - COCAINE SUBSTITUTE
ORANGE JUICE - LIQUID XTC

>> No.54406854

>>54406835
NUTMEG - LSD POWDER
DATURA - DMT LEAF

>> No.54406899

>>54406854
Everything I listed is booming atm. Nutmeg and Datura too?

>> No.54406902

>>54406774
Because almost all pigmentation is down to various concentrations of melanin and its variants, which basically every animal has and so it evolved slowly into different direction. It's black or brown by default, because that's the most efficient at absorbing sunlight.

>> No.54406918
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>futures

>> No.54406940

>>54406810
isn't this just because they turned QE back on? no one wanted bonds as long as they were going brrrrrrr and driving down the cost

>> No.54406944

>>54405426
I used Schwab, RH & TD's Thinkorswim which were decent, Webull was my favorite for options though, active trade widgets and fast fills.
I'm a Futures fag now and use Ninjatrader

>> No.54406951

>>54405426
It has always been fidelity. Even Bogleheads buy their Vangaurd etfs at fidelity.

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54406957

>>54405178
is this the calm before the storm?

>> No.54406966

>>54406957
No, we just had the storm before the calm

>> No.54406977

>>54406940
no

>> No.54406980
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>>54406957
>inflation goes up from excess printing
>"It's transitory!"
>"It's cause of the supply chain!"
>"It's because all you stupid goyim are getting too high of raises!"
>"Fine, we'll try raising the interest rate."
>inflation stops accelerating
>"It's a TOTAL COINCIDENCE that worked. Stop being antisemitic."
>"Hey technically if we lower the rate hikes to the smallest hike we can still technically say we're raising it."
>we move down to 25 rate hikes
>inflation stops falling and instead stalls
>"Everything is fine goyim."
>inflation keeps stalling
>"Um... okay maybe we need to do 50."
>bank failure
>"Sweet sheckles! Don't worry buddies we got you!"
>invents a new form of QE
>expands the balance sheet
>walks back the rate hikes down to only 25
>"Inflation will magically still go down this time, you'll see!"
the fed is run by morons

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54406990

>>54406980
seriously, look at this fucking shit

>> No.54406996
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54406996

We rippen

>> No.54407009
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>>54406940
The market thinks that some thing is go to break witch could be
Corporte real estate
banks runs round 2
China bs (unlikely)
That will make the have fed have to cut rates or do more QE (bond buying) witch would lower bond yields and raise bond prices

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>>54406996
look at Nasd-ACK

>> No.54407023

We poopen

>> No.54407067

Can we finally start the EU stockmarket crash? thanks

>> No.54407075
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>>54407023
yes

>> No.54407076

I regret selling my KOLD and going into BOIL yesterday....

>> No.54407092

>>54406980
they are only gaining time. they will not get the soft landing they wish for. that's what I meant with "storm"

>> No.54407097

okay, enough talk
post your % losses right now

>> No.54407127
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54407127

Crab day today. Sorry Bobo no cumming allowed.

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54407144

>>54407097
losses?

>> No.54407147
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54407147

>>54407097
What if we don't have any?

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54407166

>>54407097
stupid soiface manchildern stopped buying my videogames

>> No.54407181
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>Virtually 0 earnings next week
I understand that the market will be closed (?) next friday. But why no earnings?

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>>54407144
That's solid work

>> No.54407208

>>54407195
I am honestly afraid of what will happen when the market stops being retarded because my returns were flat/negative prior to covid. Fingers crossed this is the new normal.

>> No.54407232
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54407232

>>54407144
How? This looks like GME squeeze + parking gains in FAGMAN for 2021 + perfectly shorting the top.

>> No.54407239

>>54407232
That is GME followed by Oil, with INTC being that spike at the end

>> No.54407251

My broker won’t even allow you to buy natural gas ETF’s anymore kek, the state

>> No.54407254

>>54407208
Then you just go back to boomer investing based on PE ratios or the ol' diversification meme they teach in university

>> No.54407258
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54407258

>>54405178
Why is everyone just cattle?
Even billionaires, at least the ones that want to be seen as celebrities and important people are just cattle impaired by group think and peer pressure.

Remember in 2020 and 21 when they all were racing to space? Then in 22 when they all were trying to race to the metaverse? And now it's all about AI.

I'm beyond nigger fatigue. I'm at human fatigue levels now. At least the NPC kind.

Soulless society filled with narcissistic retards doing anything for attention. I used to work with a woman that would drive me crazy. She would eat all this shit, and once the fad was over she would immediately forget the failures and just follow the next fad.

>> No.54407268

>>54407258
Did you make money through any of those?

>> No.54407271

>>54407166
god i hate these e-televangelist grifter fucks

>> No.54407272

>>54407166
what the fuck is with millennials and having such a fucking aversion to just buying stocks? why do they have to do meme shit like crypto or video games or pokemon cards?

>> No.54407307

>>54407239
Are you rolling like a gambler with a pay roll and just going till you take a big hit or are you going retard YOLO?

>> No.54407317

>>54405178
Why were her thighs so deliciously thick in this photo, but in all others she has skinny legs?

>> No.54407330

>>54407097
0%
just take out massive loans to average down on any red position

>> No.54407332

inb4 retard pump

>> No.54407338

>>54407272
It's cause we all think the traditional routes to intergenerational wealth are for jews, not for you

>> No.54407350

>>54405665
>The impact: The value of commercial property produces anywhere between 20% and 40% of tax revenues for states and localities.

>Meanwhile, smaller banks are big lenders to real estate developers, putting them at risk if office defaults spike.

>Goldman Sachs analysts estimate that banks hold roughly half of the $5.6 trillion in commercial property mortgages outstanding, with the overwhelming majority of that half held at small banks.
>Many of those same regional banks have been under pressure since Silicon Valley Bank failed. With deposits migrating to larger institutions — or simply to higher-interest accounts like money markets — they'll have less capacity to refinance loans on office properties.
ooooohhh it's coming!

>> No.54407360

>>54407272
Same reason Boomers and Really old people didn't just buy stocks in the 50's and 80's. They fell for the most basic FUD and missed 2 of the greatest bull runs until the 2010s. Like people act like the majority of Boomers were buying stocks but those retards were always falling for securities scams just like their parents did and just like their kids are. It's all the same anon. The only difference is millenials have bigger platforms so it is more out there. You should see the dumb ass shit boomers fell for.

>> No.54407364
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54407364

divvies just arrived

>> No.54407375

BUY BUY BUY

>> No.54407376

Wtf was that

>> No.54407377
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54407377

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>> No.54407378
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>>54407307
I am not going to do anything that I think might risk my account going to zero, so no options yolos. I am only about 100k more from my goal where I can quit my job, and if I fucked that up I would be taking a trip to the rope store.

>> No.54407383

>>54407268
no retard that's the point.
They all end up losing money. Look at how much money Zuckerberg lost with metaverse. Look at Virgin Galactic since inception.
Do you see Warren Buffet jumping from fad to fad like a retard?

Go buy more bitcoin faggot.

>> No.54407385
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54407385

*casually browses the International Journal of Market Theory, 1876*

>> No.54407386
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>>54405448
Holy shit who is THAT

>> No.54407387

>>54407376
inflation is officially canceled

>> No.54407388

Amazing how EU stats didn't do shit.

>WE'RE ALL LIVING IN AMERICA

>> No.54407391

>>54407338
>not doing financial things that are for Jews
NGMI

>> No.54407398

>>54407385
wow Anon ur r so k3wl haha XD

>> No.54407401

what happened at 13:30?

>> No.54407407

>>54407386
my wife, Shipka

>> No.54407411

>>54407383
Then why do you hate them nigga
Sounds like the only thing you made while everyone else was having fun is insecurities and no money

Go buy more gold or some shit nigga.

>> No.54407412

>>54407401
>13:30?
You Bri'ish innit? PCE inflation slightly lower than expected.

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54407416

>>54407258
Nothing has changed in the last 100 years, we just like to think it was easier times back then

>> No.54407431

>>54407401
The Americans wake up for their first morning McDonald’s, usually the highest spending activity on the planet

>> No.54407459
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54407459

>>54406758
Humanbros we just keep winning!

>> No.54407473

Consumption, adjusted mm
Feb. 2023 0.3% 1.8% 0.2%
expected, previous, actual

Does this bullshit not matter in any way for stocks which are papers for companies that make money judging on consumption? Same with germany earlier, NO effect (except for it being EU and thus inherently irrelevant)

t.EU

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>>54407378
Slow and steady Fren I want you to succeed so badly. Impatience is the killer of all future plans. Good luck.

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54407491

>>54407473
>NO effect

>> No.54407494

FA? just applied for a consumer lending manager spot and i have no experience with this, however I have the degree qualification. What are some things I should read up on for an interview? also, what are we buying today frens?

>> No.54407517

>>54407482
>Impatience is the killer of all future plans.
True, fucked me 2 years ago and might fuck me again. In this case I'll stop with trading alltogether since I'm my own worst enemy.

>> No.54407523
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54407523

>>54407383
Why not just monopolize on the moment? you already know it's a fad so profit on the rise and fall of these companies.. I had my first ten bagger when NKLA switched over from VTIQ and made money off most of the companies you named. I'm no zoomer cryptofag but you sound salty anon

>> No.54407526
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54407526

>>54407494
Dunno, I still work part-time unskilled labor. Good luck on getting an interview.

>> No.54407529

>>54407491
NO effect downwards. What data can be considered bearish at this point? Nothing matters anymore. Higher infation = pump, lower inflation = pump. Shit consumption = pump

>> No.54407547

>OOOOO-nevermind

>> No.54407565

>all these seething bears that don't realize the market is for investment

Holy fuck lmao

>> No.54407581

>>54406210
HERE!!!!!

>> No.54407582
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54407582

The market owes me gains

>> No.54407595
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54407595

And there were people saying inflation is gonna come in significantly higher... it's official boys. FED has managed to best inflation with minimal rates and QE to boot.
Life in the US must be paradise with such a great system, while europoors still have to live with double digit inflation for years to come. :)

>> No.54407596

>>54407097
20%, could've been a lot worse since I was a dumb gay bobo that got wrecked shorting nvda

>> No.54407598
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54407598

FED pause & hold until fall '23 is going to happen.
They will let inflation accelerate again to continue rising late '23 / early '24 in 25bps increments.
We'll be entering the 2030s with a FED funds rate well above (positive) 7%.

>> No.54407628
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54407628

WHY MARKET IS ON NO NEWS

>> No.54407631

Hold up, I just read through it. Core inflation is still increasing right? Just at a slightly lower pace than the month before. Fuck these statistics, pump the market, and enjoy bobos seethe

>> No.54407640

>>54406711
>betting odds
>thinking the FED will cut into a roaring economy and the strongest job market ever

>> No.54407676

This twenty something chick I work with was telling me about xrp and keeping btc in cold storage. Im worried about crypto bros.

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54407680

I got just got a call for a wagie job(yuropa) I applied last week. Phone interview on tuesday. I'll once again be able to fund my CFD account(blew up again in december)(I wont blow it up this time(

>> No.54407735

>>54407631
yes, a whole 0,1% less than expected, New paradigm! Earlier EU had higher core and we pumped, no less core, and we pump. Tomorrow banks go bankrupt, but WE WILL PUMP

>> No.54407746
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54407746

boil bros...IT'S OUR TIME

>> No.54407755
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>>54407009
There's nothing on the horizon that will warrant or pressure the FED to cut rates.
>corporate real estate is going to collapse any day now
Now, it won't. China was able to handle entire ghost cities without any dent to their real estate market. A few empty office lots in the US will not crash anything. It simply won't. Also, the economy is stronger than most people want to admit. Even movie theaters (and much everything else) have come back from the plandemic without issues.
>muh bank runs
There has not been a bank run. The SVB and whatever that other nothingburger bank's name was haven't been bank runs. What we are seeing are controlled demolitions to consolidate the banking space. This poses no danger to the system and henceforth will not result in any drastic moves in the markets, let a lone pressure the FED to lower interest rates.
The FED already has implemented this "backstop" facility which of course will, if need be, extended from a 12 month holding period to "until maturity."
The "banking issues" we've seen recently already have performed the softest of all landings thanks to the FED.
Most of it was MSM and doomtard youtube grifter FUD anyways.
>China bs
China is rock solid.
They shut down entire portions of the country during the plandemic and look at how much it has damaged them.
Like... not at all.

There's nothing that will pressure the FED to lower rates for the remainder of this decade.
Inflation will accelerate again during the remainder of this year and they will have to raise interest rates in 25bps increments again.
Price inflation will mostly come due to companies already gouging the customer and needing to remain these levels of profit with now re-accelerating cost of energy.
Remember:
We've been getting HUGE YoY price increases for three years and a row and so far the consumer, business and commerce have resoundingly accepted these.
There is no stopping this.

>> No.54407756

>>54407628
No news is good news.
Any news is bad news.

>> No.54407761
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54407761

I don't understand

>> No.54407775
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54407775

Tech bros, it is OUR time

>> No.54407797

>>54407746
Man it is *spiked*, I just got back from a trip to the bathroom and coffee making to find it mini mooning after reaching new lows in the pre.

>> No.54407809

I think I’m gonna buy some puts at open. I want to gamble and feel smart

>> No.54407822

>>54407797
The PCE report probably has something to do with it, and at 945 there will be the PMI, then at 10 the University of Mich consumer sentiment.

>> No.54407831

Is it time to fomo into BOIL?

>> No.54407833
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54407833

HOLY SHIT STOP FUCKING BUYING YOU ASSHOLES

>> No.54407836

>>54407761
Just buy the dip bro even Burry is doing it

>> No.54407838

>>54407831
I ain't.

>> No.54407847
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54407847

Can somebody please fill me in on the cons of stock lending? It's a new Wealthsimple feature which is automatically enabled, but there isn't any obvious reason to disable the feature?

>> No.54407873

>>54407529
>Nothing matters anymore
I explained this to my high paid Jewish series holder and then asked him why I needed to pay him to be "diversified" in this market. I need to fire this guy and take control of my own destiny

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54407879

>>54407680
Make smart choices

>> No.54407882
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54407882

Who is buying?

>> No.54407885
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54407885

>>54407836
but it doesn't make any sense. I don't get it

>> No.54407889

>>54407822
Yep, PCE was released at 830, and that's right near the bottom of the spike.

>> No.54407890

>>54407847
I'd guess that you don't benefit from the stock going up. And you lose out to the market long term.

>> No.54407913

>>54407890
Based on the in app explanation, you maintain ownership of the security and can sell it at any time. I feel like there is some sort of underlying jewry, because surely it isn't a matter of 'nothing will change AND we will pay you a little something on top, goyim'

>> No.54407926

>Some faggot bank in California that only lends to "clean" energy and crypto blows up
>oh no this is the end

retards

>> No.54407933

How can SQQQ be lower yet SOXS higher?

>> No.54407935

damn asts got gaped on er

>> No.54407937

>>54407836
Burry is obviously being sarcastic and just allowing for retards to find out the hard way. My guess is he felt a bit of hypocritical guilt after saying that J Romey needs to STFU and let investors determine valuations organically (essentially, I'm not going to dig up the exact quote). The "congratulations" really says it all.

>> No.54407948

Bros, what do I put into an Easter basket for a grown women?

Pls respond

>> No.54407952

>>54407948
a hole at the bottom

>> No.54407956

>>54407948
>Bros, what do I put into an Easter basket for a grown women?
Painted Ukrainian eggs, surrounding your cock; which will also be painted in the Ukrainian egg style.

>> No.54407957

Marketwatch front page
>2023 has been bad for the bears. Here are 5 reasons its going to get even worse.
We gonna touch 408 then dump.

>> No.54407959

>>54407948
Ben wa balls, but egg shaped.

>> No.54407963
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54407963

I only need to make $3521.18 today and I'll have gained 4 months of runway in March.
LFG

>> No.54407964

>>54407847
There's not much value. I made around 100 bucks off share lending last year.

>> No.54407975

>>54407948
A certificate of suffrage revocation.

>> No.54407986
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54407986

*BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG

>> No.54407987

Lol wtf was dump into open?

>> No.54407991

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>> No.54408005

>>54407963

Post folio

>> No.54408012

asts rocket ship engaged

>> No.54408015
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54408015

>>54407833
https://youtu.be/jGrBz9d99_I
NO RETREAT NO RETREAT!
HOLD THE LINE!
SLURP!
SLURP!
SLURP!

>> No.54408023

So Powie's just gonna let inflation run rampant, huh? I don't believe in this bullshit economy but it behooves me to put my cash into SOMETHING. I tried buying a lot of $JEPI as a defensive position but the limited upside is starting to piss me off. Jealous of precious metal schizos right now.

>> No.54408028

>>54408005
It's mostly MSFT because I used to work there and got stock and haven't sold yet for tax reasons.
The rest is tech and index ETFs... and weekly TQQQ calls

>> No.54408030

vix 19, if you aren't buying puts enjoy staying poor

>> No.54408032
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54408032

GDXU, FANG, KOF

easiest money you will ever make in your life.

>> No.54408042

PUMP AFTER PUMP AFTER PUMP AFTER PUMP, fuck off

>> No.54408051

>EU INDICES
>EU DATA
>huh?

>> No.54408052
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54408052

Uh... that pump
Those big green candles....
Could this be...... is this.......
THE BIG ONE?!?!?

>> No.54408056
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54408056

Stop redeeming the Booba Beyond my bastards.

>> No.54408071
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54408071

BULL RUN IS BACK ON THE MENU

>> No.54408090

>>54407847
Read the risk disclosure document

From a quick skim, if you loan them and WS defaults then you get cucked. And they can cancel the loan at any time and take back any money you gained from it.

>> No.54408092

things are going up and i have no idea why

>> No.54408093

>>54405178
JaJa line go up

>> No.54408099

EU again pumping harder than US; fuckin cunt burgers ruining EU. Besides Ukraine warmongering

>> No.54408104

>WWE up
I’m so happy. I’ll hold onto this for awhile.

>> No.54408109

>>54408090
Interesting. Thanks, fren

>> No.54408111
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54408111

From the fed calendar has H.15 Selected Interest Rates been released? And where would I find what they said?

>> No.54408112

Boil bros....we heal....

>> No.54408138

>>54408111

Where did these angels with a billion eyes originate?

>> No.54408139

>>54407092
If they hope if they keep stalling maybe they can pad the banks.

>> No.54408141

>>54408109
Considering all the shit around banks right now, it's extremely ((((coincidental)))) that WS is forcing users to agree to a loan agreement to even open the app

>> No.54408149

Kek DAX will end weekyl at the same spot as 4 weeks ago when crash started happening, "perfect" V. You can't tell me the big guys aren't autistic and doing this just for fun and giggles.

>> No.54408154

BOIL chads...
Our time has come

>> No.54408166

>>54408092
This. Must be drumpf indictment.

>> No.54408200

>>54405178
MULN, anybody?

>> No.54408212
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54408212

>>54408092

>> No.54408239
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54408239

XRP IS THE STANDARD

>> No.54408246

AAAAHHHHHH

>> No.54408248
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54408248

look out ahead

>> No.54408259

lost my nerve and sold some of my intc
still have 3000 shares but i won't be taunting glowies with screenshots of my position anymore. good luck everyone, still like the stock, still irresponsibly long, but i'm selling.

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54408265

>>54408239

>> No.54408270

is it possible to short the divex crash? would be guaranteed gains because its always announced before it runs

>> No.54408281

SOXL BROS WE GREEN

>> No.54408284

Absolute clownmarket pumping on shit news that should lead to hikes, but they don't matter cause "LIQUIDITY AID" (QE)

>> No.54408291

>>54408239
it would be really cool to have a car that glows like that

>> No.54408305

IONQ CHADS WHERE WE AT

>> No.54408319
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54408319

bear bros not like this

>> No.54408351
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54408351

I'm hungover.

>> No.54408357

>>54407933
Their underlying assets are completely different, anon...

>> No.54408362
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54408362

My portfolio today.
What do you think?

>> No.54408371

Dead thread
Dead game

>> No.54408376

>>54408362
You're already dead

>> No.54408378

>>54405918
invest in both S&P 500 and Gold.

>> No.54408392

Shiet, like 7 hours later this thread is still not at 290 which is where early baking troon starts baking

>> No.54408406

Im guessing most of /smg/ are bears because this thread is ultradead today.

>> No.54408407

Tom Lee is gloating at bears so be careful out there

>> No.54408410

Charles Schwab bros it doesn’t look good….are we next?

>> No.54408420

>>54408362
single stocks in the us market are worthless. most don't even pay dividends and you have to pay $16 in fees so it has to go up a lot for you to actually get something

>> No.54408424

MORE BAD ECONOMIC NEWS! PUMP IT!!!

>> No.54408440

>>54408407
Based giga-bull Tom Lee. Shame his dad died in that movie...

>> No.54408447
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54408447

>>54408407
Top signal

>> No.54408448
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54408448

Ok, this is effectively looking like a crab day...

>> No.54408459

>>54407987
hasn't this been happening every day this week? shit dumps pre-market, dumps at open then pumps again but lower than pre-market. what the fuck does that even mean? how is this not some obvious manipulation?

>> No.54408462
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54408462

WTF THE GUY FROM LFO IS DEAD?!?!?!
THIS IS JUST LIKE JAN 2022 WHEN BOGDANOFFS DIED!!!!!
SELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>> No.54408474

>>54408459
It pumps pre market and after hours. Market hours are a kangaroo crab to where it opened

>> No.54408475

>>54408407
>>54408440
I'm upset I missed FUNDSTRAT'S chief investment officer Tom Lee!

>> No.54408484

>>54408462
literal who

>> No.54408486
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54408486

Mumus euphoric

>> No.54408485
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54408485

Some market huh.

>> No.54408491

>>54408376
I'm already dead?
And why is that?

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54408496

>>54408462
Chinese food makes me sick.

>> No.54408501
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>>54408486
Kek got me!

>> No.54408503

>>54408484
Imagine not knowing about girls who wear Abercrombie & Fitch.

>> No.54408508

>>54408420
All of my stocks are dividend stocks.
Also,
>$16 in fees
What? I would only have to pay fees if I was holding ETFs or the like, none of these are ETFs.

>> No.54408514

holy fucking shit

>> No.54408515

>>54408511


>>54408511


>>54408511

>> No.54408524

FRC gamblers

>> No.54408527

>>54406826
This is the real answer. When you realize all beauty in the world is intentional, you’ll feel closer to God.

>> No.54408538

How can this EU market be so cucked that it pumps on higher EU core inflation and pumps on lower US core inflation. What sense does this make?

>> No.54408552

>>54408515
early bake. report.

>> No.54408614

>>54408496
Was that the same year as Len's steal my sunshine?

>> No.54408621

>>54408491
If I have to tell you you're ngmi

>> No.54408638

>>54408614
Never mind Steal my sunshine was 5 years later. They have the same vibe though.

>> No.54408668

>>54408508
at least here they have a $8 x2 fee as a fuck you to small investors. you pay 8 when you buy and when you sell

>> No.54408687
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54408687

Can someone explain this? How could a stock be worth $600 mil at any point and also crash to worthless and still be in business?

>> No.54408750

>>54408687
Dilution maybe.
>5.38B float
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AITX/key-statistics/

>> No.54408931

>>54408503
>girls
what am I some kind of faggot?

>> No.54409038

>>54407258
>Even billionaires, at least the ones that want to be seen as celebrities and important people are just cattle impaired by group think and peer pressure.

The billionaires are often the ones doing the influencing. Not always.

Remember the golden rule though. If you're hearing about ANYTHING
- school lunches
- hogs taking over Texas
- ai language models (look I'm even using the term for it they made up in the last 3 months)
- seed oils

Someone is organizing and paying for that message to get to you.

>> No.54409169

>buy stock
>it dumps and i baghold for a bit
>stock finally gets above cost basis, so i sell
>stock rallies

every fucking time

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>>54409169

>> No.54409723

>>54408687
stock value has nothing to do with the actual business