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tugofpeace said:
I wonder why this guy keeps defending BA.
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It's most likely because this forum has a tendency to completely lose its mind over things that, when you step back and actually look at them, are statistically negligible.

We've seen it happen before. Remember the mass hysteria a few years back when a handful of food processing plants had fires, and suddenly half the forum was convinced the entire national food supply was on the brink of collapse? The narrative spun itself into doomsday-level panic, despite the reality being that the overall impact was minimal to nonexistent.

This place sometimes thrives on inflating rare or isolated incidents into existential crises, even when the numbers and basic common sense say otherwise.
 
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Kirun said:
It's most likely because this forum has a tendency to completely lose its mind over things that, when you step back and actually look at them, are statistically negligible.

We've seen it happen before. Remember the mass hysteria a few years back when a handful of food processing plants had fires, and suddenly half the forum was convinced the entire national food supply was on the brink of collapse? The narrative spun itself into doomsday-level panic, despite the reality being that the overall impact was minimal to nonexistent.

This place sometimes thrives on inflating rare or isolated incidents into existential crises, even when the numbers and basic common sense say otherwise.
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This forum does tend to fall into the grumpy old doomer demographic I don’t see any reason to deny it lol
 
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Kirun said:
It's most likely because this forum has a tendency to completely lose its mind over things that, when you step back and actually look at them, are statistically negligible.

We've seen it happen before. Remember the mass hysteria a few years back when a handful of food processing plants had fires, and suddenly half the forum was convinced the entire national food supply was on the brink of collapse? The narrative spun itself into doomsday-level panic, despite the reality being that the overall impact was minimal to nonexistent.

This place sometimes thrives on inflating rare or isolated incidents into existential crises, even when the numbers and basic common sense say otherwise.
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Wow. Totally forgot about that but you’re 100% right heh
 
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Sanrith Descartes said:
Its truly a copy/paste of the blockchain madness of a few years ago except the name has been changed to AI. Remember tea/beverage companies adding blockchain to their name?
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Maybe more akin to the dot-com but yeah it's a bubble. Bubbles are based on excitement and anticipation, not mature tech. The internet was absolutely transformative but that bubble still popped long before the market matured into what it is now.

By market cap, Nvidia alone is now larger than the entire London stock exchange. BP, Shell, HSBC, Unilever and a hundred more companies together.

Also dollar devaluation is still a big issue for foreign investors in US markets. S&P has grown strongly in USD terms but measured in Euros it's been flat since November and still down over 3% YTD. Would you buy this chart? I'm not dumping everything but I'm definitely running some close stops on some things.

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Kirun said:
Flew on a 757-300 and a 737-700 this past week. Didn't die. The 757-300 ride was actually super comfy.

Sounds more like an airline rather than manufacturer problem, tbh.
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Someone posted the other day airlines have a William Shatner seat. One an employee can sit at and see the whole wing while in fight and they call it the Shatner seat lol. No idea if true but sounds reasonable.


“TIL about the ‘William Shatner’ seat, a term for the seat on an aeroplane providing the clearest view of the wings, allowing flight attendants and other crew easier inspection. It is denoted with a black triangle,” they wrote.
 
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Lambourne said:
Maybe more akin to the dot-com but yeah it's a bubble. Bubbles are based on excitement and anticipation, not mature tech. The internet was absolutely transformative but that bubble still popped long before the market matured into what it is now.

By market cap, Nvidia alone is now larger than the entire London stock exchange. BP, Shell, HSBC, Unilever and a hundred more companies together.

Also dollar devaluation is still a big issue for foreign investors in US markets. S&P has grown strongly in USD terms but measured in Euros it's been flat since November and still down over 3% YTD. Would you buy this chart? I'm not dumping everything but I'm definitely running some close stops on some things.

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I trimmed some outperformers and they kept outperforming. I'm sitting pat for the moment.
 
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Sp500 bounced to 2.5% and just pulled back to 1.5%. I think it’s one of them dead cats I hear about
 
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Borzak said:
Someone posted the other day airlines have a William Shatner seat. One an employee can sit at and see the whole wing while in fight and they call it the Shatner seat lol. No idea if true but sounds reasonable.


“TIL about the ‘William Shatner’ seat, a term for the seat on an aeroplane providing the clearest view of the wings, allowing flight attendants and other crew easier inspection. It is denoted with a black triangle,” they wrote.
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From Twilight Zone episode.

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Wow. Totally forgot about that but you’re 100% right heh
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Don't forget the phase where people were running around shouting about eating dogs and pets, holding it up as some kind of ominous omen for the collapse of society. The way it was discussed here, you'd have thought the country was one step away from destruction because of a few sensationalized anecdotes.

They love letting social media whip them into a frenzy, chasing whatever panic narrative is trending that week.
 
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Opened some $330 TSLA 0DTE this morning. Went to bed afterwards and 10 min later they had multiplied 8x lol

I wonder if market will price in the cut before it happens and when it does, becomes a sell the news event.
 
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Closing in on $40/troy ounce for silver. Heard all kind of things but supply hasn't been keeping up with worldwide demand. Who knows heard everything from use in electric cars, missles, and handheld games. Surprised they haven't thrown in aliens or one of the dead Hunt brothers.
 
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It's funny how every single market indicator turned into a hockey stick with the Powell speech. Stocks, gold, crypto, everything. Say the magic word and algos pump every single market. You could make millions in a minute.

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Also the dollar instantly dropped another 1% at the same time. (Only reason the EUR/USD pair is green is because the ratio is inverted relative to the others)

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