south by southwest

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NO. Not a chance. I went from high school, a prominent high school to D2 and it was incredible the difference in speed, size and strength just at the D2 level.

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agree.
16/17 year old kids vs 21/22 year old men?

Basketball,maybe.
Football, no.
21/22 year olds are too mature and strong, and would expose whatever weakness high school team has.

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You're bragging about investments based on two month time frames?

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You're an idiot.

Up 15 percent over the last two months beats being down 50 -80 percent on the fakebooks, drafkings, zooms, peletons that so many people here love.

I haven't owned gold for 10 years, I've owned gold and silver for a few months, for a nice 15 percent pop.

MSN

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Gold is down over the past 10 years. Good luck in your future investing.

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Well I bought gold and silver a few months ago.
Up about 15 percent in two months.

How did your Fakebook, Draftking, Peleton and zoom perform over the last few months?

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It’s only a loss if you sell. Thanks for the heads up, though. Congrats on your gold.

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Ah, the tried and true mantra of those who are losing their arses. Ha.

It's also not a profit until you sell.

And if you had enough sense to sell at a much higher price you could now buy back many more shares at much lower prices.

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I choose to own underpriced tech

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But people are losing their arse because they owned it when it was overpriced and held all the way down.

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Is the claim you’re referencing (which no one has made, btw) as delusional as saying the only reason the 6th largest company in the world is still in business is due to tax credits?

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Tesla nearly bit the dust numerous times in their history.
They would not have survived without the tax credits, period.

Billions from regulatory credits
In a tweet last year, Musk admitted that Tesla nearly was forced to file for bankruptcy as recently at 2019. The stock price that seems unstoppable today had been floundering among investor’s justified concern that the company was facing a cash crunch as it had difficulty ramping up production of its Model 3 sedan.

“Closest we got [to bankruptcy] was about a month ago,” he said in that 2020 tweet. “The Model 3 ramp was extreme stress & pain for a long time — from mid 2017 to mid 2019. Production & logistics hell.”

What Musk didn’t say was that one of the keys that kept the company alive was the sale of regulatory credits to other automakers.

Environmental regulations require companies that are not meeting emission standards to pay fines or buy credits generated by companies that comply with the rules. And no one had more of those credits to sell than all-electric Tesla.

Between 2008 and the first half of 2019, sales of regulatory credits generated more than $2 billion that was crucial to the company’s survival. And the increased car sales ever since have resulted in additional credits that Tesla sold for another $3 billion since June of 2019.

That allowed the company to show profits sooner than it would have without the credits, lifting the value of the stock. In fact it wasn’t until the second quarter this year that Tesla reported more in net income than it got from regulatory credit sales.

“It was really US taxpayers that helped get him through his roughest time,” said Dan Ives, tech analyst with Wedbush Securities who is a bull on Tesla shares — today. In 2019, he was still skeptical as the company struggled.

“If it didn’t have regulatory credits, Tesla would not be the brand it is around the globe, and Musk wouldn’t be the richest person in the world,” Ives said.

Predict the Day & Time that the Fed announces they will not raise rates in March due to Ukraine.

Powell must be giddy right now.

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Still blows my mind that US manufacturers are actually ahead of the Japanese for the first time in 40+ years and most of the America First Patriots are rooting for the the Japanese to win.

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The last time that I stopped into a Buick/GMC dealership I was only able to find 1 vehicle built in the USA.
The rest were assembled in Mexico or China.

So much for "US Manufacturers".

GM took the bailout money, didn't pay it back,and are moving plants to mexico and china as fast as they can.

Meanwhile there are massive Honda & Toyota plants in Columbus Ohio, Georgetown KY, Texas etc.

So if you buy a GM vehicle made in China you are buying American vs buying a Toyota/Honda made by your neighbor in Ohio/Kentucky/Texas?

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No link, just heard from my don

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I'm waiting for Jjdoc to confirm.
Then I will know that it's real.