PlanoPrivateer

The worst day I can remember in my trading account. Down a little over 3%. I do have some dry powder and picked up some OUST near the low for the day. Now on to Monday.

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There is 0 aggression by Austin Metcalf and it was pure murder.

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This might be a problem. I believe it is alleged that Austin shoved Kamelo before he was stabbed. So not zero aggression but certainly not enough to be stabbed to death. I will wait for all the evidence to be presented.

The Travelers are playing Frisco in the middle of June. I hope to see Kade pitch.

I watched her swing several times, ok maybe more than several. Her stroke is a little too slow, but I 'd enjoy her slow stroke for all 18 holes.

I'm bought a little at $9.25 before I saw the below news. I'm holding off to see how this shakes out.

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10:24 AM EDT, 04/29/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Merlin (MRLN) has entered into a securities purchase deal with a fundamental institutional shareholder to raise $80 million of equity capital through a private investment in public equity, the company said Wednesday.

Under the terms of the agreement, the company said it will issue 8 million shares of common stock, and warrants to buy 4 million shares at a strike price of $6.67 per share, with an expiry date of 5 years from the issue date.

The company said it plans to use the proceeds to support advancement of core platform development, regulatory approval funding, program capacity scaling, and the execution and expansion of existing and new customer contracts.

The transaction is expected to close on or about Friday, Merlin said.

Price: 9.45, Change: -2.12, Percent Change: -18.30

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-The surviving spouse gets the larger of the two checks when one dies.

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This is a point that isn't brought up enough. My primary reason for waiting until I was 70 was that I did not need the money. But the above was another consideration. My wife is younger than I am and, on average, women live longer than men I wanted her to continue to collect the highest amount possible.

Another small consideration is cost of living adjustment. For example, consider that you can collect $30,000 at age 66 or about $40,000 at age 70. Let's assume a COL of 2.0% every year. 2% of $40,000 is more than a 2% increase of $30,000. And the following year a 2% increase on $40,800 is more than a 2% increase on $30,600. And so on and so on for every year you and / or your spouse stay alive. The tradeoff, of course, is that the person that takes retirement at 66 will collect more than $120,000 in the four years that I waited.

Love the rabbit but I'd settle for a sac fly here

Ugliest inning I can remember.

Roths are 100% stock ETFs.

Traditional IRAs about 60/40 % stock ETFs and, bond ETFs and mutual funds.
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Trading (gambling, fun) account is currently about 6% cash, zero bonds, and the rest a combination of individual stocks, and a little bit of stock ETFs.

My wife and I are retired so our IRAs are set except for occasional rebalancing and annual RMDs. I don't like to play the market with retirement funds and have done well with maxi them out as best we could.

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The Ladies like a nice Afternoon Tip

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Afternoon Delight

I seem to remember in February of March of 2009 you thought we hit the bottom. Do you remember? You were right.