Joe Ferguson forever

The wedding is in an hour. Use your venom quickly.

I agree. But trump shouldn’t be picking winners. Clearly, he hasn’t picked you or I.

Yeah, trump wasn’t engaging in a trade war back then…

Pharma still sucks. LLY down almost 200 from its recent high. Not going to lock in losses. Also, mutual funds and bond funds are played differently from individual stocks, at least by me.

It’s about average yearly returns for anyone but day traders( too early to compare 4 year returns)What is trump’s projected return for this year? I’m very happy with my advisor. U.S. stocks closed out Joe Biden's era on a high note as the president bids farewell to the White House. The 46th president of the United States is bringing his time at the White House to a close with the S&P 500 SPX up over 55% since he took office on Jan. 20, 2021. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA advanced more than 39% over the same period, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite COMP jumped nearly 46%, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

Its job is to inform lenders and investors and to make money. To do that they need to make accurate and timely evaluations. How Moody's Ratings Are Used Moody's ratings are used by a variety of institutions, individuals, or entities. These include mutual funds, pension funds, insurance companies, and hedge funds. Institutional investors manage large portfolios and use credit ratings to assess the risk associated with corporate bonds and other debt securities. they were dead wrong on mortgage backed securities and it cost them. But if they weren’t right most of the time, they’d be out of business

If trump eliminated taxes on social security and my portfolio was outperforming the Biden era, I'd be more than happy to give him credit. I don't see either of those happening.

and counterproductive...

it's down almost 80 points since Jan 17th. party on garth.

well, maybe they think trump's economic policies are pure folly. and they're almost certainly correct.

not a ringing trump endorsement the. I'll sit tight. But there will be many grifters who will do swimmingly. Hawley just announce his vehement opposition to Medicatd cuts. Missouri has a huge Medicaid population as does w virginia, Kentucky and Tenn. All were hit with devastating tornadoes yesterday and FEMA has been drastically weakened. Populism is great until it isn't. The tide will turn. Roll tide indeed.

yup. It's very pretty. I think many of these are second homes from folks from Atlanta. Town seems dark red.

do you have info on what trump will do after the 90 day pause? please share with us all...

who would you guess the snake handle voted for?

so was I. There's supposedly cottonmouths here too...

no, as I said, I'm amongst maga's but not in this house.

Sure😀. I saw a black racer serpent swimming off the dock this am. didn't get a pic. I was going to go swimming. perhaps not. They say the lake is haunted. They displaced a large black community to build it and moved many graves.

It means what it means. Not like there haven't been known posters here with multiple screen names simultaneously. Now that's a bad look. I could be wrong but it's a valid observation. interesting that you so quickly came to Lenny's defense.

I'm in VRBO on Lake Lanier in Georgia. The neighborhood is filled with $million plus homes. And at least half of them have trump flags flying. No confederate flags. Those are in town.. Perhaps they got inside info on the tariffs and made a killing. My nephew works for a medium sized brokerage firm and said billions of dollars flowed just before the tariffs were announced and just before the 90 day pause. MTG represents the next district over and personally profited. Not seeing much voter remorse. I feel left out. Most of you might as well.

Another trump assault on free enterprise https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/17/business/walmart-product-prices-tariffs

Guessing this won’t be good for US bonds. Winning https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/moodys-downgrades-united-states-credit-rating-on-increase-in-government-debt.html

Your writing styles and vocabulary are similar. And you both usually post at simiilar times. It’s almost as if you’re playing 2 opposing characters…

MAGAs: the party of incels, trailer parks, racists and grifters

Because his pronouncements apply to 1.3 billion Catholics’ behavior. He doesn’t pretend to control national or international laws any more than the Dali Llama does. He’s following doctrine. Fine with me and many liiberals. Even better that he sees though Vance’s thin veneer of decency.

Smart to take the advice of highly trained experts and not fools on the internet. That may well constitute self pleasure