The Deuce: Hopefully that works out better than selling all your equities last night*

check yo stocks - Ari Gold June 27, 2025, 8:33:50

Just heard that 1 out of every 4 car loans or leases are for over $1,000/mo - timmer Today, 13:57:51
Check yo dollars. - VIV Today, 13:55:42
Kinda tempted to sell ~half of my Bitcoin today.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 11:23:04
- Hopefully that works out better than selling all your equities last night* - snipes824 Today, 12:06:00
luzl. it must be tough to be pissed when the market continues to bounce back.* - Ari Gold Today, 10:54:58
- Jerome Powell says the economy is shitty, everyone rejoices* - gvibes Today, 11:54:14
- No, there is still plenty to be pissed about. * - PapaDels Today, 11:16:57
- Selective victory laps are kind of funny - Chilango Today, 11:04:51
  - because the market hasn’t gone up over time? the last 15+ years has been littered - Ari Gold Today, 11:15:41
    - Huh* - RVA Today, 11:41:55
    - Let's come back to this in a bit - Chilango Today, 11:24:34
- The market has been untethered from reality for basically 20 years - Sounder Today, 10:59:52
  - Exactly. The market is not the economy.* - PapaDels Today, 11:17:32
- WSJ: "Powell highlights job-market worries" - ATL Today, 10:57:53
Wow. That was a sudden spike - timmer Today, 9:04:16
I’m surprised by the number of you who actively trade and invest in individual stocks - snipes824 August 20, 2025, 10:54:09
- I mean, there's no earthly reason not to own Costco stock* - Stu August 20, 2025, 15:09:47
  - My wife bought that right around the start of the pandemic - Sounder August 20, 2025, 15:10:54
- Most of my domestic equities are in individual stocks but that's teh way my robobroker/financial guy - ATL August 20, 2025, 14:32:50
- 30%* - Stu August 20, 2025, 14:23:13
- Right now, I have about 2% in individual stocks. Doubt it's ever been higher than 5%. - larue33 August 20, 2025, 12:28:08
- I can’t imagine having the time and energy to actively invest - DT August 20, 2025, 12:24:45
Noahpinion on data centers and the economy - reggiedunlop August 20, 2025, 9:48:18
- Good podcast released today - jfinsocal August 20, 2025, 12:59:46
- I’m sure any crash will happen in 2028 when we have a Dem President and House - doubledown August 20, 2025, 11:01:09
  - 2029* - Orangeillini August 20, 2025, 14:26:23
    - 2028. Like the GOP blaming the shit that happened in 2020 on Dems* - ECEIllinois August 20, 2025, 15:13:32
  - Trump took control of the economy on Day 1, threatening tariffs, etc. No coattails. - Warrin'_Illini August 20, 2025, 11:28:37
  - Wash. Rinse. Repeat. - KingTalkyTiki August 20, 2025, 11:19:10
  - like Mayor Photo Op blaming Nixon for crime* - Poldark August 20, 2025, 11:18:58
    - i thought crime was down?* - Ari Gold August 20, 2025, 14:21:26
Things are really unwinding a lot. Could be leading to an October crash.* - Stu August 20, 2025, 9:45:30
- I'm sure Ari will keep us updated if and when that happens.... - KingTalkyTiki August 20, 2025, 10:25:59
  - I don't think comments are allowed during the trading day, but just for the record I've been - Ari Gold August 20, 2025, 14:20:21
    - must have just looked over all those posts from 2012-2015 and 2021-2024. weird* - John Coctostan August 20, 2025, 16:49:44
- I’m spooked.* - Toonces August 20, 2025, 9:52:26
  - You should be* - Stu August 20, 2025, 10:11:43
    - I read yesterday that businesses filing for bankruptcy hasn’t been this high since the pandemic. - Toonces August 20, 2025, 10:18:49
      - One grain of salt to take this data with: start ups were record setting post pandemic as well* - Chilango Today, 11:05:49
      - Employment is weakening, inflation is on the verge of steamrolling. Stagflation is on the horizon. - Stu August 20, 2025, 14:24:50
- Likely time to drum up some mortgage fraud and fire fed governors* - UofIL6 August 20, 2025, 9:49:17
  - Lol, Quintanilla just asked Pulte if he's looking into Ken Paxton's 3 primary residence designations - UofIL6 August 20, 2025, 10:23:25
    - Is there actually that much of a lower rate on a primary residence?* - gvibes August 20, 2025, 10:45:30
      - Maybe 1/4-1/2 point. Not game-changing. Like the rest of the admin, Pulte - UofIL6 August 20, 2025, 10:56:49
I just bought a little NNE. It’s the company that’s building the pilot advanced reactor at UIUC - Stu August 15, 2025, 13:05:45
- hmmm - Quiz August 15, 2025, 17:42:53
  - Saw that stuff beforehand, but UIUC did is due diligence before entering the partnership* - Stu August 15, 2025, 17:55:50
Must be nice to be Berkshire. Buy 5 million shares in United Healthcare and announce it. - Carl Spackler August 15, 2025, 8:16:36
- oOo - KingTalkyTiki August 15, 2025, 13:00:39
Effing Coreweave - timmer August 13, 2025, 15:02:13
- Congrats are in order - Stu August 15, 2025, 13:09:16
check yoyo * - jjlocke923 August 12, 2025, 21:18:09
check yo corn - larue33 August 12, 2025, 18:46:08
- My back yard yield was INSANE* - gvibes August 20, 2025, 10:46:01
- it's got the juice* - Sammich August 13, 2025, 9:19:08
- 188 avg for corn is bonkers* - John Coctostan August 12, 2025, 21:02:50
- I remember when I worked in the Agri-meteorology field mid 90s corn was $2-3/bu - timmer August 12, 2025, 19:41:32
  - That's part of the problem. Over supply coupled with market uncertainty thanks to a stupid trade war - opey8 August 12, 2025, 19:48:44
    - Apparently it's the sorghum growers who have real problems. - larue33 August 12, 2025, 20:25:40
- Corn acres up this year. Soy down 5%, cotton down 10%* - opey8 August 12, 2025, 19:36:26
What the hell? Fidelity just took $90 from me for owning RYCEY? - longsnapper August 12, 2025, 13:16:20
- 30 minutes after I buy it I want another share.* - DT August 12, 2025, 19:11:23
  - Sure sign of a crash* - Stu August 12, 2025, 20:08:37
- $15 from me. - EffinIllini August 12, 2025, 15:33:45
  - I’ve been pleased with this stock* - TarheelIllini August 12, 2025, 17:35:56
    - Yes. Though displeased I sold almost 40% of my shares (at a profit) at just over $4 a share.* - EffinIllini August 13, 2025, 9:09:56
  - Is this an annual thing? I really need to pay attention* - longsnapper August 12, 2025, 15:34:46
    - Yeah, my fee didn’t change from last year* - TarheelIllini August 12, 2025, 17:35:23
    - Appears to be. Though a month later in 2025 than 2024.* - EffinIllini August 12, 2025, 15:53:08
- Because you don’t actually own RYCEY. Buy American 🇺🇸 * - doubledown August 12, 2025, 15:33:23
  - Commies, if you will* - Stu August 12, 2025, 18:58:53
- All ADRs charge fees I think, it's not a Fidelity thing* - Quiz August 12, 2025, 15:27:38
- Just a fraction of the 109% increase YTD* - timmer August 12, 2025, 15:21:21
- $75 for me, you must be holding more shares than me* - TarheelIllini August 12, 2025, 15:18:34
rinse and repeat.* - Ari Gold August 12, 2025, 12:41:37
- This is my new favorite board schtick* - Mrap24 August 12, 2025, 12:53:41
Open AI users not happy about recent changes - jfinsocal August 8, 2025, 14:55:37
- The economy is currently being held up by AI. It’s the next internet.* - Toonces August 12, 2025, 18:19:02
- It’s the future! - John Coctostan August 8, 2025, 20:09:07
- Can’t spell “enshittification” without AI* - Sammich August 8, 2025, 15:19:56
- ooo - ATL August 8, 2025, 14:57:14
Been a fan of SOUN for over a year now… - timmer August 8, 2025, 7:25:38
- You are a very shrewd investor, my friend! You should run your own Hindsight Fund!* - longsnapper August 8, 2025, 8:07:13
  - Tapped out at $14. Nice little, quick profit* - timmer August 8, 2025, 15:35:31
STONK* - VIV August 6, 2025, 8:43:20
took a flier on DOCN late in the day yesterday - timmer August 5, 2025, 9:00:13
- ALAB keeps crushing* - OrangeSox August 5, 2025, 18:59:29
- DOCN, you SUCN! Get off the STAGN!* - Sammich August 5, 2025, 9:32:29
- Got out at $175.00 - timmer August 5, 2025, 9:06:19
  - I also would like money making suggestions.* - Warrin'_Illini August 5, 2025, 9:43:44
    - What is your time horizon and risk tolerance? - Stu August 5, 2025, 9:46:19
      - 4-5 years, the riskier, the better.* - Warrin'_Illini August 5, 2025, 9:53:42
        
        Holding a decent amount of QTUM. - OrangeSox August 5, 2025, 19:05:38
        
        Nice, I have some IonQ but will check it out.* - Warrin'_Illini August 6, 2025, 8:33:32
        
        People also love QQQI* - Stu August 6, 2025, 8:41:24
        
        FNGS is pretty cool. Equal 10% portions of the top 10 tech companies. - Stu August 5, 2025, 9:55:38
        
        I dipped my toes into some RSG. You better be right!* - timmer August 5, 2025, 12:02:19
        
        OOO - Stu August 5, 2025, 12:18:24
        
        Got in at $232.80 so I'm in the black so far - timmer August 5, 2025, 12:21:35
        
        I'll take some of each, thanks.* - Warrin'_Illini August 5, 2025, 10:06:19
        
        A lot of people are wild about ULTY, which pays a whoopass dividend every week - Stu August 5, 2025, 10:08:32
        
        Sounds fun. I'm ready to ride the snake.* - Warrin'_Illini August 5, 2025, 10:09:56
        
        I have a little. Just a little. And I'm net positive, reinvesting dividends.* - Stu August 5, 2025, 10:12:57
  - PLTY* - Stu August 5, 2025, 9:18:50
“ After a Lag, Consumers Begin to Feel the Pinch of Tariffs” - ATL August 2, 2025, 12:20:58
- Just got a notice Culver's Cod pricing going up significantly due to tariffs* - Phytynlini August 5, 2025, 9:39:24
  - "100% American beef" is going to skyrocket, too. Because it's Brazilian.* - complainant August 5, 2025, 9:48:11
    - A Brazilian to Juan? * - VIV August 5, 2025, 9:58:29
      - More likely to Joan* - ATL August 5, 2025, 10:08:38
        
        no. that wasn't the name of the buddy cop movie tort and i were going to write. * - VIV August 5, 2025, 10:21:03
        
        and possibly still will* - Tortillini August 5, 2025, 12:05:36
  - What about whatever ingredient(s) make the root beer so damn foamy? - ISeeDeadHawkeyes August 5, 2025, 9:43:51
- A lot of companies, mine included, bought excess international stock in Q4 - VIV August 2, 2025, 12:59:06
- I think bragging about the stock market right now is going to look really silly really soin - John Coctostan August 2, 2025, 12:35:45
  - These AI products are all gonna fizzle when people eventually realize that there are very few - doubledown August 2, 2025, 12:41:03
    - Also, what about this - AI's need for power and the power grid infrastructure... - EffinIllini August 5, 2025, 9:27:01
      - Yep. Investing staggering amount of manual labor into bolstering our energy grid - illini August 5, 2025, 9:41:51
      - We’ve overestimated in software and biotechnology as a country for decades and underinvested in - ATL August 5, 2025, 9:41:21
      - What about it?* - Stu August 5, 2025, 9:40:44
        
        Will there be the power and can the grid support the needs of these data centers... - EffinIllini August 5, 2025, 9:42:59
        
        Well, they won't be built if the power won't be there, so the answer has to be yes - Stu August 5, 2025, 9:53:58
    - lol. So my boss thinks AI is great. He tells his phone (GhatGPT app?) to run patent searches... - EffinIllini August 5, 2025, 9:19:05
    - People know that already. - Sammich August 2, 2025, 14:57:21
    - What I think is that the industry is headed toward huge overcapacity - Stu August 2, 2025, 13:51:55
    - also all the AI companies are burning through cash. They're not charging near what their costs are* - ECEIllinois August 2, 2025, 13:29:21
      - Because they can’t. * - doubledown August 2, 2025, 14:16:40
Check yo bonds - jfinsocal August 2, 2025, 11:44:09
- But isn’t that, like, kind of a bad sign? * - doubledown August 2, 2025, 12:37:53
  - Depends on your portfolio allocation but yes - jfinsocal August 2, 2025, 14:48:36
    - Not in the short term - Chilango August 3, 2025, 18:50:09
  - No* - Chilango August 2, 2025, 14:47:30
Can’t wait for Ari to return to being a principled conservative who was always against trump.* - Toonces August 1, 2025, 18:50:08
- "Principled conservative" - opey8 August 1, 2025, 19:06:59
  - = loves money, hates taxes, hates people that aren’t like them and hates any social safety net* - TarheelIllini August 2, 2025, 9:17:24
NYT headline yesterday was hilario - ATL August 1, 2025, 10:09:03
what's up with RDDT today? not that I'm complaining - IlliniSax05 August 1, 2025, 10:07:59
- Outperformed Q2 expectations, significantly increase Q3 projections* - longsnapper August 1, 2025, 13:26:56
the good week we had the last few have all been wiped out this week - TarheelIllini August 1, 2025, 9:52:48
So much volatility and market manipulation - OrangeSox August 1, 2025, 9:34:33
- That's exactly what this administration wants* - opey8 August 1, 2025, 9:56:18
back to it still being the Biden economy I guess* - ECEIllinois August 1, 2025, 9:32:37
The Ari Warrin Trump economy is doing GREAT!* - ATL August 1, 2025, 9:30:02
Check yo stocks after Big Tech cuts CapEx spending - jfinsocal August 1, 2025, 9:27:46
- Creo que si* - ATL August 1, 2025, 9:31:22
Lol - OrangeSox August 1, 2025, 8:55:10
Jerome Powell was wrong* - gvibes August 1, 2025, 8:36:39
- They do seem to always be fighting the last war* - John Coctostan August 1, 2025, 10:12:28
- Naahh...the markets were wrong (if they built the rate decrease into valuations).* - ATL August 1, 2025, 10:09:47
- Don’t you talk about SIIJ that way* - Tortillini August 1, 2025, 9:12:19
  - Dat's rite!* - Warrin'_Illini August 1, 2025, 9:35:58
- They got a backdoor cut - jfinsocal August 1, 2025, 9:10:40
- too late.* - Ari Gold August 1, 2025, 9:07:25
- like Cabinet Sanchez!* - Sammich August 1, 2025, 9:06:48
- No. Job 1 is fighting inflation* - Stu August 1, 2025, 8:38:14
  - No* - Chilango August 2, 2025, 14:48:19
Ari, need a markets update. I don't have cable or internet so can't tell - Stu August 1, 2025, 5:55:42
- just want to make sure when it’s permissible to comment: premarket, during the trading day - Ari Gold August 1, 2025, 9:02:16
  - you only do this to troll and now you're butthurt when you're trolled back about it? - VIV August 1, 2025, 9:55:56
    - Ari gonna Ari - KingTalkyTiki August 1, 2025, 10:11:45
  - When Meta files Ch. 11* - Stu August 1, 2025, 9:05:25
- Jobs report… woof.* - SurfTheBoneyard August 1, 2025, 7:45:53
  - 73k against an estimated 100k. May & June were revised to 19k & 14k, down a collective 258k. - longsnapper August 1, 2025, 7:59:28
    - And Trumpflation on the horizon. Smells like stagflation. - Stu August 1, 2025, 8:01:33
      - Every republican president does - TarheelIllini August 1, 2025, 8:46:44
      - The numbers about the economy are about to be as accurate as his golf scores - opey8 August 1, 2025, 8:09:05
Apple did pretty well.* - Stu July 31, 2025, 15:31:24
Figma looking to be valued at $60Bln when it IPOs later today - timmer July 31, 2025, 12:21:36
- $112.77. No, thanks* - timmer July 31, 2025, 13:12:54
- Thank you Lina Khan* - ECEIllinois July 31, 2025, 12:57:29
- Jesus. Still a better deal than Palantir* - cpsteine July 31, 2025, 12:37:32
  - I cashed out at $160 this morning. Only house money remains - timmer July 31, 2025, 12:50:48
    - it's a total joke.* - cpsteine July 31, 2025, 12:54:14
- What about the projected valuation for Ligma?* - IlliniOllie July 31, 2025, 12:34:21
  - Not sure but I sold mine and invested heavily in Bofa* - Herman Blume July 31, 2025, 12:56:01
    - How about FIGJAM?* - Phytynlini July 31, 2025, 14:40:47
rinse and repeat.* - Ari Gold July 31, 2025, 8:55:47
- down three straight days is indeed rinse and repeat, I guess* - assassin July 31, 2025, 15:46:16
- nice try* - TarheelIllini July 31, 2025, 14:51:10
- That you do this during trading hours always gives me a chuckle* - Carl Spackler July 31, 2025, 13:17:33
  - It's Ari. - KingTalkyTiki July 31, 2025, 14:48:43
- Pretty amazing how the Biden economy just isn't getting ruined by Trump* - Stu July 31, 2025, 9:02:11
  - ...Yet.* - Stu July 31, 2025, 9:21:52
TSLA misses earnings but that doesn’t matter. Stock up* - timmer July 23, 2025, 15:14:17
- How could the future be any brighter? - larue33 July 23, 2025, 20:13:12
  - Well, there’s an Ari born every minute * - ATL July 23, 2025, 20:32:55
Do we have any other proud shareholders of GE Vernova here, or is it just this brilliant guy?* - Stu July 23, 2025, 8:48:47
- represent!* - Ari Gold July 23, 2025, 10:25:42
- Waves at Stu. - BradUnderwoodforprez July 23, 2025, 8:51:18
  - Nope! The world needs a lot more efficient and environmentally benign energy.* - Stu July 23, 2025, 8:55:11
rinse and repeat.* - Ari Gold July 21, 2025, 19:50:14
Back to pre-Trump levels. Congrats?* - WhitmansFolly July 2, 2025, 20:13:04
another record high for those stuck inside their bubble.* - Ari Gold July 2, 2025, 19:51:07
- how’s that jobs report, Ari? * - VIV July 2, 2025, 20:37:35
  - market doesn’t seem to be too concerned.* - Ari Gold July 2, 2025, 20:58:10
    - Congrats? Does that mean we actually added jobs?* - VIV July 2, 2025, 21:03:34
- can you calculate that as a rate of return since January 1st?* - CoronaTheirAss July 2, 2025, 20:01:28
  - a long way from all the doom and gloom in early april.* - Ari Gold July 2, 2025, 20:18:46
    - yay, rich people are safe. * - memyselfandillini July 23, 2025, 20:24:18
    - I don’t think it’s going to be as bad as many predicted, but this is still really early days on this - OB25 July 2, 2025, 21:09:50
    - Just wait until the tariffs actually get baked into the reports. * - VIV July 2, 2025, 20:57:33
      - you mean like the deal with vietnam?* - Ari Gold July 2, 2025, 20:58:47
        
        Uh… yeah. Do you think that extra 20% is baked into the reports from last month? - VIV July 2, 2025, 21:01:42
- Shareholders love layoffs. Film at 11.* - complainant July 2, 2025, 19:53:47
Are the stocks still booming, or is it just a mirage?* - KCWildcat June 27, 2025, 13:55:40
- Dots............. - MtHoodIllini June 27, 2025, 21:18:00
What’cha talking about Willis? - TarheelIllini June 27, 2025, 13:30:19
- getting back to even is a start* - bucktownillini June 27, 2025, 13:31:22
  - but not really any sort of gain or progress, right? - memyselfandillini July 23, 2025, 20:25:22
I wish I bought more shares of COIN when it was $35. Although I fear they are pretty evil.* - Warrin'_Illini June 27, 2025, 9:42:26
- I’m still sitting on some shares with a price point around $50-60 after I sold some last time it hit - harb June 27, 2025, 12:56:12
  - Yeah, I think I bought when the SBF stuff was going down. Thanks to that big dummy.* - Warrin'_Illini June 27, 2025, 15:25:11
that's a good thing. will the fed cut rates as expected? will the "china framework" actually be - Nobster June 27, 2025, 8:59:45
Wat? - ATL June 27, 2025, 8:53:16
Biden’s economy* - memyselfandillini June 27, 2025, 8:51:51
personal income down, personal spending down, inflation up... and you're gloating? - VIV June 27, 2025, 8:50:46
The dollar losing its value is good?* - KCWildcat June 27, 2025, 8:35:01
- sometimes, but it's not going to boost anything like buying american goods or tourism in this case* - torinese June 27, 2025, 8:58:03
  - I forgot the specific number, but tourism makes up a signfiicant portion of the US economy - Sounder June 27, 2025, 12:58:12
    - [oh no]This could end Florida.[/anyway]* - complainant June 27, 2025, 14:09:55

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