dualstow wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:52 pm

Regarding Jesse Plemon’s (Todd’s) weight, he had to gain a lot of weight for Fargo and, I think, other roles.

When he was thinner, he kind of looked like Matt Damon. Now he looks more like he ate Matt Damon.

Yup, it looks like there were public announcements today by both Chinese and American officials that the tariffs on each other's goods would be rolled back in phases if a trade deal is made.

My guess is that that news was the main driver of the sharp drop in gold and LTTs today.

And the punchline is? Punchline is apparently that SGOL shares were split by 10, but for some reason they won’t correspondingly decrease the share price by 10x until Nov 4. So for the weekend my SGOL balance increased by 10x and also increased my Vanguard holdings by a huge amount. Alas, just a tem...

Tyler wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 03, 2019 11:01 am

https://www.bloomberg.com/press-release ... und-sgol-1

Darn. So tomorrow (Nov 4) I won’t be rich anymore.

At least I can enjoy my sudden wealth for a weekend

I checked my Vanguard Roth IRA just now, and my gold position (SGOL) has grown by 10x since the last time I checked two weeks ago!

I'm rich!

Has that not always been the case for the top 5 or 6 stocks in the S&P500? I.e., did market cap used to be less concentrated at the top?

Watched El Camino last night and thought it was pretty good. Obviously wait until after BB before watching if you already haven't (you will probably be confused by the flashbacks if you don't). Like Better Call Saul it's the continuation of the story but featuring Jesse Pinkman's aftermath. Only on...

moda0306 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 25, 2019 9:14 am

Xan wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:53 am

As the parent of a five year old kid, this is utterly horrifying.

Wow I assumed you were older... must be the "wise old man" vibe I get from ya...

Technically, Xan could be old and still have a 5-year-old kid -- if he adopted, or if his wife is a lot younger

doodle wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 23, 2019 12:56 pm

Saw it last night. Sat next to five year old kid..great parental judgement that one.

Dang, doodle. Disturbing.

I haven’t used that app, but off the top of my head, have you enabled background app refresh? Perhaps you’ve blanket-disabled it for all apps to save battery but might want to try enabling it for the Vanguard app to prevent immediate auto-logout?

Sounds like a de facto standing repo facility, which the Fed proposed earlier this year.

If so, maybe at some point they'll just "make it official" and replace their current ad hoc repo market interventions with a standing repo facility.

I saw it last week and thought it was an outstanding film.

Great character development, interesting symbolism and metaphors, and an amazing performance by Joaquin Phoenix.

I also felt that it wasn't too overtly preachy politically, which is rare in movies these days.