My impression of Florida is that the whole dang state is virtually a retirement community with non-stop activities for senior citizens. You can find this sort of thing going on every night of the week in almost in any town. $3 Happy hour beers and the music starting at 4pm. Florida.jpeg Plus : boat...

I may not be here (or anywhere) if somewhere along the line my father had not lost his sense of smell.

Though he was in the army during World War II he was kept in the United States because (according to my mother) if gas had been used during battles he'd not have been able to smell it.

Although I am not yet in a position to “retire” (however you wish to define that), I do turn 55 this year. A snowy Sunday afternoon in the Midwest has me wondering about all of these 55+ active adult communities around the country, particularly the ones in warmer climates. Looking for pros and cons...

My wife and I received our first Pfizer injections this morning. So far so good. What put you so close to the head of the line? My doctor told me my turn would be about summer-time. I really don’t know. We registered on the Delaware Health website about 10 days ago. The rest happened rather quickly...

Looks like Trump cannot get the approval from ANY attorneys....

My wife and I received our first Pfizer injections this morning. So far so good. What put you so close to the head of the line? My doctor told me my turn would be about summer-time. I really don’t know. We registered on the Delaware Health website about 10 days ago. The rest happened rather quickly...

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January 29, 2021 What happened this week The mechanics behind your trades https://blog.robinhood.com/news/2021/1/29/what-happened-this-week With the extraordinary market activity this week, and the temporary restrictions we put in place on certain securities, we’ve received questions about how Robin...

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 12:07 pm
My wife and I received our first Pfizer injections this morning. So far so good.

What put you so close to the head of the line? My doctor told me my turn would be about summer-time.

Biden's current approval ratings are higher than Trump ever achieved in the four years of his presidency. That correlates with him getting significantly more votes than Trump. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/ Source?! That seems like a stretch, I'd have to give it 4.5 pin...

Biden's current approval ratings are higher than Trump ever achieved in the four years of his presidency. That correlates with him getting significantly more votes than Trump.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/bi ... al-rating/

Does anyone disagree that all of this was NOT "investing" but was, instead, "speculating"?

I believe investing is for the long-term while speculating is for the short-term.

A couple of random thoughts... 1) I don't consider myself knowledgeable enough to have any strong opinions pro/con short-sellers (or hedge funds, for that matter). I did find this thread on Twitter by Cory Doctorow pretty informative (if accurate). Here's the specific quote of interest re:short sel...

The official recommendation is that you're supposed to get the vaccine even if you've had COVID or evidence of past infection. No reason or scientific rationale given, so I can't explain why. What is your source for this? There have been bulletins distributed from my hospital and also NY DOH, but h...

On which side will this crew be on? Or, will it be like the Civil War with brother fighting brother so that they will be fighting against one another? Finally, and, most importantly.... Will they be on my side or fighting against me???!!! Vinny Capture.JPG Yesterday I heard someone discussing the p...

Dismiss All the Populist GameStop Hype: Short Sellers Are Heroes John-TamnyJohn Tamny – January 29, 2021Reading Time: 4 minutes https://www.aier.org/article/dismiss-all-the-populist-gamestop-hype-short-sellers-are-heroes/ “Serves them right,” some will say. “Short selling is a seedy act whereby big ...

How Should Advisors React to the GameStop Squeeze? https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2021/01/28/how-should-advisors-react-to-the-gamestop-squeeze/?kw=How%20Should%20Advisors%20React%20to%20the%20GameStop%20Squeeze?&utm_source=email&utm_medium=enl&utm_campaign=earlywire&utm_content=2021012...

Robinhood received bipartisan rebuke from Congress for ending Gamestop sales. Why that's concerning Robinhood is being condemned by lawmakers for freezing Gamestop trading amid pressure from Wall Street bigwigs By JON SKOLNIK JANUARY 28, 2021 11:05PM (UTC) https://www.salon.com/2021/01/28/robinhood-...

Grantham piece worth reading....GME is only another piece of evidence to support the thesis that we are witnessing another massive bubble forming. Who knows how much further this one can expand before it eventually pops... https://www.gmo.com/americas/research-library/waiting-for-the-last-dance/ Fi...

I too am trying to figure this out. Here's a good explanation: https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/gamestop-reddit-wallstreetbets-gme.html Basically, social media is now big enough that a bunch of individual investors figured out that they can pool enough money to execute the same type of short sq...