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OT: Stock and Investment Talk

Yes it is. It's called dollar cost averaging and if you review all the data analyses, it is the best way to invest.
I am in a period of stock fund accumulation so for me it is buy and buy and buy.

I liked buying when the market was strong but I will love this period once we get back to a strong market. It could be a year, 5 years or 10 years but right now I am buying for use 15 to 30+ years from now
 
And here come the buyers in the last 30 minutes. Did Biden say something reassuring?
MSFT and AMZN penetrated earlier year lows and bounced off for now. FB for a change actually been showing some relative strength most of the day.

Staples still look weak.
 
I am in a period of stock fund accumulation so for me it is buy and buy and buy.

I liked buying when the market was strong but I will love this period once we get back to a strong market. It could be a year, 5 years or 10 years but right now I am buying for use 15 to 30+ years from now
This POV will pay off BIG TIME for you and your family.
 
And here come the buyers in the last 30 minutes. Did Biden say something reassuring?
Did he say that even with the Russia oil ban that the US has plenty of oil sources to fulfill out needs? These are the facts. Hope he was clear and direct.
 
I would rather not prolong the political debate but let’s be real: Trump is a total arrogant d-bag, but his policies were largely spot-on and world leaders feared him. Remember when Trump lambasted Germany and other NATO countries for not meeting their defense spending obligations? Russia and China would never have pulled this crap with Trump.
Trump said it was a genius move by Putin. Trump endorsement was already given.
 
I believe there in inaccuracies in the post above.

Also this canard about Keystone is really just to fool the rubes

But one year after announcing a halt to any new federal oil and gas leasing, Biden has outpaced Donald Trump in issuing drilling permits on public lands. After setting a record for the largest offshore lease sale last year in the Gulf of Mexico, the Interior Department plans to auction off oil and gas drilling rights on more than 200,000 acres across Western states by the end of March, followed by 1 million acres in the Cook Inlet, off the coast of Alaska.

The administration's actions reveal an uncomfortable truth: Although Biden supports a shift to cleaner sources of energy, he has failed to curb fossil fuel

Biden curbed future production but 14 states sued and court then blocked Biden's EO
Another court is trying to block the first court
So yeah it not like Biden is intentionally "outpacing" anyone
He tried to bugger production and now its a legal mess - which deters investment

The "Keystone" is not one thing - a common mistake all around
What Biden buggered was "Keystone XL"
Of course when foreign producers see Biden's actions they know they can jump a gravy train
Then Biden runs around fruitlessly begging foreign producers (enemies mostly) to increase production
Now Russia - who US is in conflict with- helps with Iran getting oil to US.
Admin and US enemies often end-up on the same page for some reason

In any case - an offer to revive XL


"A lawsuit filed in March on behalf of 13 states led to a judgment that blocked Biden's pause.
"Millions and possibly billions of dollars are at stake," Judge Terry Doughty wrote in his ruling. Doughty was nominated in 2017 to the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by then-President Donald Trump.

The Biden administration is moving forward with the new leasing, and White House press secretary Jen Psaki said their hands are tied."

 
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Biden curbed future production but 14 states sued and court then blocked Biden's EO
Another court is trying to block the first court
So yeah it not like Biden is intentionally "outpacing" anyone
He tried to bugger production and now its a legal mess - which deters investment

The "Keystone" is not one thing - a common mistake all around
What Biden buggered was "Keystone XL"
Of course when foreign producers see Biden's actions they know they can jump a gravy train
Then Biden runs around fruitlessly begging foreign producers (enemies mostly) to increase production
Now Russia - who US is in conflict with- helps with Iran getting oil to US.
Admin and US enemies often end-up on the same page for some reason

In any case - an offer to revive XL


"A lawsuit filed in March on behalf of 13 states led to a judgment that blocked Biden's pause.
"Millions and possibly billions of dollars are at stake," Judge Terry Doughty wrote in his ruling. Doughty was nominated in 2017 to the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by then-President Donald Trump.

The Biden administration is moving forward with the new leasing, and White House press secretary Jen Psaki said their hands are tied."

But the claim is the market being down is because leases were not approved

They were approved so that cannot be used as an argument that is causing the market down trend
 
But the claim is the market being down is because leases were not approved

They were approved so that cannot be used as an argument that is causing the market down trend
The stockholders of the oil companies didn’t want to continue drilling when the oil prices were so low according to CNBC and the following article. Investors will make plenty of money.


 
But the claim is the market being down is because leases were not approved

They were approved so that cannot be used as an argument that is causing the market down trend
They also said $20+ is baked into oil prices strictly because of geopolitics
 
These sanction packages seem to have been a potential major miscalculation that was driven on emotion rather than analytics. Already hearing the blame of the negative externalities we’re feeling being passed along.

At the end of the day, these sanctions are built to kill the average Russian citizen, the leadership is pretty insulated. Sanctions against the ruling class and MIC and providing defensive weaponry to Ukraine would likely achieve the same end result without blowing up the global economic and commodity structure and potentially starving millions of Russian citizens and those in developing nations dependent on Russian wheat. This is primarily why I am concerned how Russia will respond, though it doesn’t seem like our leaders are.
 
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I would rather not prolong the political debate but let’s be real: Trump is a total arrogant d-bag, but his policies were largely spot-on and world leaders feared him. Remember when Trump lambasted Germany and other NATO countries for not meeting their defense spending obligations? Russia and China would never have pulled this crap with Trump.
I’m just curious, in your opinion what made Trump a “d-bag”?
 
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I’m just curious, in your opinion what made Trump a “d-bag”?
Too abrasive for my taste. Plus, Trump was a client of the first company I ever worked for and he never paid his bills. He used to hold out for as long as possible and then try to negotiate the bill down once the nasty-grams started flying. But, again, I think his policies were spot-on.
 
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Seems like a reasonable view by Josh Brown.


Kinda like Nancy?

Most politicians are dirty and cut from the same cloth. They just happen to pick different sides of the aisle.
 
Happy we agree. My buying across the board was for one of our main retirement accounts (brokerage). 8 ETFs that we will hold for 15+ years. 95% of our investments are long hold funds and ETFs. Definitely not a trader in anyway. Even our stocks and leveraged ETFs are long holds. Maybe not 15 years, but.....
This is a traders dream market. As an investor it must be frustrating.
 
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And in today's edition of "as the market turns" futures up 500. Some of the names I mentioned yesterday came close or broke earlier lows but then held them at the close. Looks like a nice bump coming at the open. Still would sell into strength though.

NKE had a 52 week low yesterday too.
 
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And in today's edition of "as the market turns" futures up 500. Some of the names I mentioned yesterday came close or broke earlier lows but then held them at the close. Looks like a nice bump coming at the open. Still would sell into strength though.

NKE had a 52 week low yesterday too.
Sell into strength but buy at support?
 
Sell into strength but buy at support?
That's what I look to do and also have a plan for the next level I'd buy if it dropped further or have a stop in place to limit losses. Also have an idea where you'd get out as well or use a trailing stop although in this environment I don't know that I'd utilize a trailing stop because I wouldn't expect any large runs for the most part.

I think you have to be flexible depending on the market environment and how things are going but imo you should have at least a rough idea of entry and exit points before you even get in the trade/stock.
 
Ask any oil/gas executive and they will tell you that heavy regulation from the current admin drastically increases the risk to invest and drill. Opening up new leases? Are you seriously saying Biden is turning his back on his voter base which includes the greens? The greens want high oil/gas prices because it makes renewables more competitive. They would like to ban oil/gas/coal and worry about power reliability later. But high gasoline/energy prices hit the poorest disproportionately and will hurt in an election year.
 
Sell into strength but buy at support?
Dan Niles is 25% in cash. He basically said sell into strength because this market will take a while to settle and there’s a ton of geopolitical risk that has yet to play out.
 
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Ask any oil/gas executive and they will tell you that heavy regulation from the current admin drastically increases the risk to invest and drill. Opening up new leases? Are you seriously saying Biden is turning his back on his voter base which includes the greens? The greens want high oil/gas prices because it makes renewables more competitive. They would like to ban oil/gas/coal and worry about power reliability later. But high gasoline/energy prices hit the poorest disproportionately and will hurt in an election year.
I think there is some truth to it. But I don't think they want it this high, and I don't think they like buying the oil from Iran and Venezuela.

Biden read the room and changed his stance on Russian oil, hoping he does the same here. And it's not like he needs to open the flood gates. A couple turns on the American spicket would be quite helpful.
 
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Dan Niles is 25% in cash. He basically said sell into strength because this market will take a while to settle and there’s a ton of geopolitical risk that has yet to play out.
I agree with that but I always remember him as one of the analysts who was beating up MSFT many years ago when I said I didn't believe that whole secular decline and PCs are dying etc...was going to really hurt MSFT long haul. It provided a great opportunity though lol. For whatever reason, that always sticks in my head even all these years later so whether you agree or not, always take these analysts with a grain of salt and come to your own conclusions from all the inputs you hear/read.
 
I agree with that but I always remember him as one of the analysts who was beating up MSFT many years ago when I said I didn't believe that whole secular decline and PCs are dying etc...was going to really hurt MSFT long haul. It provided a great opportunity though lol. For whatever reason, that always sticks in my head even all these years later so whether you agree or not, always take these analysts with a grain of salt and come to your own conclusions from all the inputs you hear/read.
Wow, that was a stupid call, but I guess everyone has their share of WTFs. :)
 
Wow, that was a stupid call! But I guess everyone has their share of WTFs. :)
Sure no one is always right but he wasn't the only one. Somehow he's the one I remember lol...this was when tablet craze was starting etc..

BTW should mention that he said in one of his interviews awhile back he sold out of FB completely and took a beating on it. I'm on the other side of that one for the long haul as well. Hopefully it works out the same as MSFT lol. I wasn't buying when it was flying high but after it's been beaten up 40-50% off the highs and at a reasonable valuation I'm willing to pick it at in spots to wherever it goes.
 
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