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Is anyone else watching/listening to the GME fiasco hearings right now?

Most of our Reps are so bad at getting to the point of their questions.

We have to assume they were instructed by Wall Street to filabuster, side-track, stay on pointless topics, avoid meaningful discussion etc.

They didn't want to figure it out.
 

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So what do we think? Market correction?
**** man, I hope so tbh. I feel like since I started investing (2014) is when I joined the working world, it's been all time highs after all time highs. I did dump a good chunk of change in in March 2020 that I was sitting on, but not near enough. I thought for sure the market would continue to go down. I don't understand anything anymore. Stonks only go up
 

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**** man, I hope so tbh. I feel like since I started investing (2014) is when I joined the working world, it's been all time highs after all time highs. I did dump a good chunk of change in in March 2020 that I was sitting on, but not near enough. I thought for sure the market would continue to go down. I don't understand anything anymore. Stonks only go up
Other than that massive crash in March 2020.. this has essentially been a bull market since 2010. And yeah, I thought 2020 was gonna be much more down. Was surprised it wasn't.

2018 I think was a down year overall for the S&P, but not enough to be a bear.
 

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**** man, I hope so tbh. I feel like since I started investing (2014) is when I joined the working world, it's been all time highs after all time highs. I did dump a good chunk of change in in March 2020 that I was sitting on, but not near enough. I thought for sure the market would continue to go down. I don't understand anything anymore. Stonks only go up

How do you guys balance inflation statistics and the value of dollar against global currencies into a better measurement of actual gains in wealth? (fed inflation calculation and interest rates?, dollar value?)

The Dow could go to 50,000, but if gas is $20, bread is $8, cars cost 100,000, real estate jumps...etc...I'm sure there are useful statistics with cool formulas I just don't know what those are or where to look or learn.
 

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How do you guys balance inflation statistics and the value of dollar against global currencies into a better measurement of actual gains in wealth? (fed inflation calculation and interest rates?, dollar value?)

The Dow could go to 50,000, but if gas is $20, bread is $8, cars cost 100,000, real estate jumps...etc...I'm sure there are useful statistics with cool formulas I just don't know what those are or where to look or learn.
The Fed's keeping an eye on inflation and it seems to be a distant factor(at the moment),watching the yield on the ten year fed note is important right now. If we see a move up near 2%,it could result in a flight to quality as they call it but as far as I'm concerned,I'm hanging onto quality plus growth. The FANGS might go sideways for the immediate future but the FANGS are the future along with other good companies.

When tracking inflation, the Fed thinks this index is better (cnbc.com)
 

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Other than that massive crash in March 2020.. this has essentially been a bull market since 2010. And yeah, I thought 2020 was gonna be much more down. Was surprised it wasn't.

2018 I think was a down year overall for the S&P, but not enough to be a bear.

Contrarian here. 2010 sucked. 2011 sucked. 2015 sucked and the end of 2018 and beginning of 2019 sucked. All 4 of those years saw over 10% corrections. 2011 was almost a 20% dip.


Market rises with time though. When it dips, dip yo hands in yo pockets!
 

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How do you guys balance inflation statistics and the value of dollar against global currencies into a better measurement of actual gains in wealth? (fed inflation calculation and interest rates?, dollar value?)

The Dow could go to 50,000, but if gas is $20, bread is $8, cars cost 100,000, real estate jumps...etc...I'm sure there are useful statistics with cool formulas I just don't know what those are or where to look or learn.

Prices do seem hyper inflated. Actual realized gains are better than any savings or money market could do for me personally.
That said, I have no idea how to gouge the value of my dollars????
Do you use anything?
 

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I don't have or ever had any dollar man. My 72 year old mother is driving me across the country in the hope that my baby mama's family can stabilize my situation and get me a risky construction clean-up job.

My father personally taught me how to work however, and I'll be fine if I get the chance I think. If I could just get over the poverty hump I think I can fly pretty easily. Its torture to know all the dips and opportunities I could have, I have some personality problems that **** up alot of shit and I just can't break through.

But I'm not quite finished yet.
You coming to the BEast coast? What state?

Regarding your situation... you got this man!
 

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So, I wonder when the SEC will come after Elon for his market manipulations. He does it all the time, and the most recent is him saying he thinks Bitcoin is now overvalued. Guy is just trying to make the price drop so he can buy more at a lower cost.
 

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Shout out to @MDB111™ . Called the massive selloff on CCIV once merger was confirmed. I still have a small position and will add more when the stock kind of finds its rightful place but i locked in more profit than i would have if i didn't listen to a more experienced trader.
 

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Shout out to @MDB111™ . Called the massive selloff on CCIV once merger was confirmed. I still have a small position and will add more when the stock kind of finds its rightful place but i locked in more profit than i would have if i didn't listen to a more experienced trader.
@MDB111™ rekts the market.
 

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Any of you in JMIA? It's the "African Amazon" Seems to have tons of upside. Today's dip was my entry. Gonna hold for a bit.
 

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Any of you in JMIA? It's the "African Amazon" Seems to have tons of upside. Today's dip was my entry. Gonna hold for a bit.

i had it a long time ago. Got in at $5 a share. Sold at $20ish. Wish I hadn’t, but when you’re staring at a 4 bagger, it’s hard not to take profits
 

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I'm getting deja vu.
 

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I'm getting deja vu.

Same.

Feels like a similar crash is on the way to last year.

Feels an awful lot like our markets are orchestrated rather than free.

If you are in the know, you buy the right stocks on the annual dip, enjoy the profits all year, rinse and repeat.
 

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I'm getting deja vu.

ehh I wouldn’t get to caught up in thinking it’s going to be like March of last year. It’s not going to be
 

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ehh I wouldn’t get to caught up in thinking it’s going to be like March of last year. It’s not going to be
I was expecting a weird week, just wasn't expecting the opening to have so many stocks down 10%+.
 

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After successfully rotating out of dividend paying,value traps the last decade in favor of well run tech and chip stocks all I can say is........I am not the least bit deterred by what I'm seeing and some outstanding buying opportunities will be on the horizon.
I feel the 'reopening factor' has ben priced into many of these 'reopening' stocks and I'll go broke before I get into these poorly run and greedy airlines and these cruise lines could still be floating petri dishes until herd immunity is reached and 30% of the country opting out of the vaccine program is problematic for that reason.
Boing? When these ******* do keep their planes in the air,their engines start on fire and fall off.........I'm out!
Disney is the one 'reopening' stock that interests me with the number of streaming subscriptions they're adding but not at this level. I'm sure the parks will be slammed again at some point too but when is that and they've been slammed before.
AAPL and AMD both reported outstanding quarters with even better guidance not long ago,AMD sells chips as fast as they're made and Apple just claimed the global,smartphone market lead from Samsung and they opened their FIRST store in India......

An improved political and trade climate with China will be advantageous for these two and many other great tech stocks.

Corrections help avoid crashes,just gotta tighten your chinstrap and ride em out.
 

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I was expecting a weird week, just wasn't expecting the opening to have so many stocks down 10%+.

i had been expecting this type of dip, although admittedly I felt it was coming a couple weeks sooner than it did. That said, now is the time to think about starting positions in companies you’ve been looking at. I.e. - those that hadn’t gotten into the pot stocks, now could be a solid time to open positions now that they pulled back 10+%
 

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