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Synj

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My mom has a wealth manager to maintain her retirement shit. I'm pretty sure her entire financial plan is to just maintain the same income no matter what the market does until she dies. It has worked out rather well for her so far. There are some funds she has that I still don't fully understand but they aren't typical investment style accounts to make money. Almost like an insurance. Either way it's all going to me when she's gone and the wealth manager is being cut out. He gets 1% but no yearly base.
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One of my friends was put into a bunch of crazy funds with leverage and wonky shit and all of them had expense ratios of like 1.3-2.0% and YTD gains of like 5%. Meanwhile no brainer easy af VOO is up 9.5% YTD.

Fucking scabs.
 
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M Power

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Synj said:
One of my friends was put into a bunch of crazy funds with leverage and wonky shit and all of them had expense ratios of like 1.3-2.0% and YTD gains of like 5%. Meanwhile no brainer easy af VOO is up 9.5% YTD.

Fucking scabs.
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I made sure to check all of the funds she was put into. None of them have crazy expense ratios and most are just mutual funds of things most people invest in anyway. If it was anything crazy I'd have had her pull out of whatever nonsense it was. I'm pretty sure the wealth manager gets a kick back of things he put her into but none of them are bad so what do I care if he gets something out of it? She's only being hit for 1% anyway. She's too old and knows nothing so I have to make sure she isn't taken advantage of.
 
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More on those ATHs yesterday. Doesn't look great under the hood. Not calling for corrections, but could very easily see some profit taking & rotations happening soon. OpEx this Friday, btw.

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Just took my AMD and SMH profits.
 
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Another day, another TACO.

Title: I have been asked by the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to hold off on our planned Military attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was scheduled for tomorrow, in that serious negotiations are now taking place, and that, in their opinion, as Great Leaders and Allies, a Deal will be made, which will be very acceptable to the United States of America, as well as all Countries in the Middle East, and beyond. This Deal will include, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN! Based on my respect for the above mentioned Leaders, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, The Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Daniel Caine, and The United States Military, that we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow, but have further instructed them to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Source: Newsquawk - Truth Social
Created: 5/18/2026
URL: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116597121700043134
 
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Jysin said:
Another day, another TACO.

Title: I have been asked by the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to hold off on our planned Military attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was scheduled for tomorrow, in that serious negotiations are now taking place, and that, in their opinion, as Great Leaders and Allies, a Deal will be made, which will be very acceptable to the United States of America, as well as all Countries in the Middle East, and beyond. This Deal will include, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN! Based on my respect for the above mentioned Leaders, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, The Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Daniel Caine, and The United States Military, that we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow, but have further instructed them to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Source: Newsquawk - Truth Social
Created: 5/18/2026
URL: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116597121700043134
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Yes, but it doesn't seem as magical if he does it on a day that's not Tuesday.....

From an investing standpoint the next thing which will change anything in this conflict will be the strait re-opening. Question is if the US has any cards to play that will make that happen, and if so, when do they play them.
 
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Pretty sure the market ignores a lot of what Trump says now. The market is tanking because gas prices continue to go up and inflation is ramping back up. It has little to do with what the moron randomly tweets out any given second of the day.
 
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M Power said:
Pretty sure the market ignores a lot of what Trump says now. The market is tanking because gas prices continue to go up and inflation is ramping back up. It has little to do with what the moron randomly tweets out any given second of the day.
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The market is tanking?
 
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Maybe my words were a bit over the top. I literally looked at the market news for today as I was typing that and was annoyed.
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I know that feeling. Just making sure I wasn't missing something, market still looks pretty good to me.
 
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RKLB fits a niche spacex doesn’t. Companies use spacex for cost efficiency at the sacrifice of getting their sat exactly where needed. Highest payer gets priority of where their sat goes. So if you’re low on the payload priority list your sat gets less priority on getting to “jump off” exactly where needed.

RKLB is aimed at sat customers who need their sats at more precise locations and are willing to pay for it. I think small sats primarily fall into this category and the small sat industry is booming.

So yes you’re correct that spacex is the better provider cost wise but it comes at a sacrifice especially for small sat providers.

RKLB is solid. They have multiple successful launches and contracts. They also have a larger product portfolio that includes more than just spacecrafts.
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Foler said:
This is spicy. I thought the original trump tariff dip was panning out to be a once in a lifetime buying opportunity. I’ve buffered my “ammo” for another trump dip and it looks like we may get it. However, not really sure what I’m eyeing to buy.. Unless NVDA goes down 30% I’m probably not interested. I’ll be looking at AVGO, AMD, and TSLA I guess. Also I added PL to my portfolio over the past 2 days. This is my second space stonk that I’m banking on.
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Still very bullish on space. Will probably buy SpaceXAI at IPO for Starlink/XAI exposure. RKLB panned out with 3000% return on the 2024 buys. I know a few folks bought back then, congrats. PL also paying off. Bullish on semis with reevaluation on q2 2027. Keeping eyes on the memory cycle. Eyes on ASTS - big things ahead.

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Haus

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Gravel said:
Cmon Cad, we just wiped out 4 whole days of gains over two days! The end is nigh.
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The blood is RUNNING IN THE STREETS!!!!!
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That jokingly said.. the market has had a hell of a run up in the last month and a half despite what some would call headwinds (Hormuz situation, energy prices, etc...) So it wouldn't surprise me to see a little cool down retraction. Still I'm not complaining about it. We were firmly mostly sad pandas after a 14% drop in q1, we're up around 30% right now even with today's slight drop.
 
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