slackster
| Favorite team: | Stanford  |
| Location: | Houston |
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| Number of Posts: | 84582 |
| Registered on: | 3/3/2009 |
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re: People who refer to Florida State as “Florida” and Ohio State as “Ohio”
Posted by slackster on 4/18/24 at 10:34 am
[quote]People who refer to Florida State as “Florida”[/quote]
Don’t exist. ...
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re: Whatever happened to Dean Witter?
Posted by slackster on 4/18/24 at 6:46 am
[quote]Advice - if you own stock, get hard copies of the shares and keep them in a secure location - if you trade online and allow a broker to transact on your behalf, you don't really own anything - good luck.[/quote]
Terrible advice. ...
re: Some common myths about the markets that are untrue and/or 99% do not know
Posted by slackster on 4/18/24 at 6:31 am
[quote]Anything to back that up?[/quote]
[link=(https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/display.aspx?sp=113051110&s=2&p=113041436#113051110)]LINK[/link]
[quote]For an average holding period of 1 year, dividends accounted for 27% of total returns for the S&P500 since 1940. If we increase the holdin...
re: Yeskie and walks???
Posted by slackster on 4/16/24 at 9:32 pm
[quote]You have to ignore the fact that pitching has evolved significantly just in the last 10 and continues to evolve to think that it’s impossible that Nate Yeskie has digressed as a coach.[/quote]
Throwing strikes is still pretty basic.
Look, there is still a gulf between Nate Yeskie and b...
re: Yeskie and walks???
Posted by slackster on 4/16/24 at 9:18 pm
[quote]Yeski is a big Noski when we're talking about being good! A&M is doing better without him is telling![/quote]
You have to just ignore his entire career to think he’s not a good pitching coach. Congrats. ...
re: DJT is the most expensive stock on the market to short - up to 900% annually
Posted by slackster on 4/16/24 at 8:48 pm
I just find it amusing that many of the PT regulars don’t venture outside of there and many of the other board dissenters don’t go to the PT. The crossover threads are always something. ...
re: Globe Life -53% Five Billion Dollars in value wiped out
Posted by slackster on 4/16/24 at 8:46 pm
Bill Ackman, but stocks were already down 7% that day before he went on CNBC. He basically said the country should stop for 30 days instead of the 18-month half hearted slowdown that would happen with our current approach. He was pretty emotional but his entire point was the country couldn’t withsta...
re: Some common myths about the markets that are untrue and/or 99% do not know
Posted by slackster on 4/16/24 at 8:32 pm
[quote]Another thing about Buffett—he is sitting on piles and piles of cash because he says he can’t find many good investments out there.[/quote]
Alternatively he is not selling his stocks, so indecision can also be spun as a positive signal. He also bough around $9.3B of BRK stock back in 2023,...
re: Some common myths about the markets that are untrue and/or 99% do not know
Posted by slackster on 4/16/24 at 8:27 pm
[quote]The thing about dividends is that it ends up being so little really unless you have a million in your investing account which no one my age does. The theory is that dividends are not a net positive. They are taking cash out the balance sheet to pay investors which will lower market cap by w...
re: Whole Life Insurance, etc
Posted by slackster on 4/16/24 at 8:21 pm
[quote]The problem is that it will fall on deaf ears or in this case blind eyes because it goes against the grain.[/quote]
I’ve read the paper. I disagree with some of the premises but in all it brings up some good points. The effective tax rate in retirement is absurd and 30% equities for someon...
re: DJT is the most expensive stock on the market to short - up to 900% annually
Posted by slackster on 4/16/24 at 8:15 pm
[quote]All I know is you ppl are obsessed with the dude and its hilarious im here for all of it[/quote]
I enjoy the fact that the PT is the safe space for Trump super fans and every other board is apparently full of TDS.
I’m a 2-time Trump voter and I still get a kick out of the dynamic. ...
re: I Missed the Roth Contribution Deadline for 2023
Posted by slackster on 4/15/24 at 10:18 pm
[quote]Can you tell me the illegal ones?[/quote]
Find a custodian that would backdate the contribution and code it accordingly some kind of way?...
re: Larry Fink Referencing Data from ShadowStats re: Inflation on CNBC
Posted by slackster on 4/15/24 at 10:08 pm
[quote]For the uninformed, what are the key differences between the 1980 calc and current?[/quote]
Way too many to count.
Some make sense, some don’t. For example, you cannot directly compare an “entry-level” pickup truck from 1980 since standard features and quality of said truck has improve...
re: I Missed the Roth Contribution Deadline for 2023
Posted by slackster on 4/15/24 at 8:04 pm
[quote]Any sneaky loopholes?[/quote]
Can’t think of any legal ones. ...
re: Cracker Barrel (CBRL) 52 week low today, $1.30 dividend, goes EX-Dividend tomorrow
Posted by slackster on 4/15/24 at 7:29 pm
[quote]And it looks like those who jumped in and got the divi are now green in the stock.[/quote]
I hope they make bank. I’m not rooting against this stock. :lol: :cheers:...
re: DJT is the most expensive stock on the market to short - up to 900% annually
Posted by slackster on 4/15/24 at 8:38 am
This may have still been worth it though. Damn. ...
re: Cracker Barrel (CBRL) 52 week low today, $1.30 dividend, goes EX-Dividend tomorrow
Posted by slackster on 4/15/24 at 7:31 am
T is down nearly 40% from a year ago. Congrats?...
re: Starting a trust in louisiana
Posted by slackster on 4/15/24 at 7:25 am
[quote]Irrevocable for everything else[/quote]
Why?...
re: Black Monday - Iran says that it has fired first wave of Ballistic Missiles at Israel.
Posted by slackster on 4/15/24 at 7:23 am
[quote]Gonna be ugly[/quote]
:lol:...
re: JJ missed on some talent evaluation
Posted by slackster on 4/13/24 at 8:37 pm
I’ll let the Vol fan lecture us on championship baseball…...
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