Cortopassi wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 11, 2020 3:49 pm

I don't think my PP has seen such a large one day swing %-wise ever?

Same. I manually updated my spreadsheet today as a forcing function to keep myself humble next time things are going gangbusters

My big concern with the metals run up is that this could be the aftermath of the 2008/2009 banking crisis all over again. It seems to me that the last time there was this kind price action it was due to a fear of inflation stemming from all the QE and stimulus. When consumer price levels didn't sur...

How do you evaluate his handling of this virus crisis? Did he and his administration put the full force of the government behind it in terms of managing it in a logical, organized manner? Do you believe he put his personal interests LAST in all the actions he took and all he said while putting the ...

Side Note: I just got an email notification for this thread. That's the first email notification I have received for any thread I have commented on here in close to a year. Hmmm. Xan mentioned in another thread that the email daemon for the forum hadn't been running. I suspect that's what was sendi...

I have been using this website as a key to clue me in on what to expect. But even, then, every place I go has posters up : "New Order from Governor Fulano : As of tomorrow, yada yada yada" How could I take any of this seriously, even if I wanted to believe? Thanks for posting this Mark. I hadn't th...

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:22 pm

What do non-techie folks on this board do for sanity?

Besides drink heavily, you mean?

Gold had a quick $40 drop as well.

Agree. Was just updating my spreadsheet - stocks basically flat on the year (a little down actually), but gold and treasuries are really outperforming.

Up ~12% YTD with a standard 4x25 portfolio. As I believe Kriegs said, "shit's bananas"

Congrats and thanks, Tyler!

You can also edit your reply after posting, so while it may be a bit more onerous/require you to be diligent to check after posting your reply, you should be able to get the same outcome.

technovelist wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:12 am

Use the Dissenter browser (https://dissenter.com/) and you can comment on anything on the Web.

Where is the comments DB stored/who controls it? Cool idea, but it seems that person(s) has a lot of power to shape the conversation?

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 18, 2020 8:32 pm

sophie wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:28 pm

modeling studies

Thinking about what you wished you'd majored in in college?