Screwball

The story has more holes than Swiss cheese. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together would see that. "Some" people would like to know the real truth, for a change. AFAIK, the police have not said what the "motive" was, so there is only speculation. If you want to be disgusted, you should be disgusted with the media and political dipshits pushing a narrative BEFORE they know the truth. So please tell us why the guy was hit in the head with a fucking hammer and provide the proof?

Given your history, you do a really good job of it. Please carry on.

So we are suppose to hold Rick Wilson, ex-republican, ex-worker for GHWB, co-founder of the pedophile affiliated Lincoln Project, as a beacon of truth? That's some funny shit right there.

It has been well documented in the investing world how he has made millions on illegal inside information. It takes two to pull that off. The insider information is coming from Nancy. It is not limited to just these two. Many in congress and the Fed have done the same thing. It is illegal and that isn't up for debate. They told Martha Stewart to hold my beer. There is no rule of law for these people. The do what they want and get away with it. See Epstein as another example. These people are despicable pieces of shit who should be in jail.

Yes, TWTR, not TSLA, my mistake. Same dude. Point stands.

There is no TSLA stock - so yea - zero. There is nothing to regain. It is now a private company. It didn't trade on the S&P last Friday. Funny to watch all the TSLA haters (and I don't care one way or another) think he is now screwed, because reasons.... I do think he overpaid, for the record. But remember, now that Tesla is a private company, they don't have to report quarterly earnings, and Wall Street is out of the picture. Which means there are no SEC filed earnings reports to hunt down problems with their numbers (that's why we love short sellers - the true gumshoes). At the end of the day, they will make it, or they won't. But we lost transparency.

Guys like Jim Cramer (and there more than him) really piss me off. I hate to admit this, but I actually read one (I think two) of his books. He is no dummy by any way shape or form. His story is interesting as well. Budding Wall Street guy who slept in his car at one time, made the big time, etc. Then ends up becoming the poster boy for Wall Street's predatory nature to retail traders. When I say retail, that includes the "day traders", "swing traders", and normal Joe Sixpacks who run their own money (sometimes in the millions of dollars). But he is only part of the swindle. The networks like CNBC, Fox Business, etc. are nothing but venues to parade "experts" across the screen by the hour on a daily basis, with most/many doing nothing but talking their own book - IOW, they are trying to get you to buy, because they already did and want YOU to help drive the price up - or, they need a chump to dump their stock on. This is the game being played. But you better know that going in. Many don't. You are better off if you listen to the people that are actual traders, or money mangers, where you might get some good insight, but the same rules still apply. Cramer is nothing but a shill for the insiders. Just like all news people, stocks or generic news, they must kiss the ass of the people they want to interview in order to get the interview. Many times, they parrot exactly what their expert wants them to parrot. For example, Becky Quick of CNBC, is a favorite of Warren Buffet. He will only give her interviews. She has worked there for a long time but it is obvious she doesn't know enough to be a successful trader. But she can do a good job of making Uncle Warren look like a prophet, which he kind of is, but do you listen and do everything he tells you in her interview? No. Like I said, they are good for breaking news and the pretty ladies, but that's about it. For those who trade for fun, or manage their own retirement; do your own due diligence (research), study, learn charts, study some more, and hope you don't get your ass handed to you. This shit is not simple, easy, or something that you do part time. And many times NOT profitable (ask all those Robinhood idiots with few exceptions). Remember two important things: 1) If you want a friend on Wall Street - buy a dog. 2) Wall Streets main objective is very simple - separating people and their money. As the Outlaw Josie Wales would say; "that's just the way it is."

I forgot. He doesn't fool many, and I'm honestly not sure why anyone would listen to the dipshit. If you have Twitter;

And I hope FB/Meta is next -fuck them too. Or maybe Musk can by it and blow up more brains. I thought FB was one of the most hyped IPOs ever, but people make a killing over the next X years. Hope some were smart enough to pull the rip cord when they should have (purple crayon rule - h/t Jeff Macke).

I don't know jack shit about this company, but I'll bet you my house someone made a shitload of money on that news. Yes, via insider trading. According to a quick Wiki; Bold and underline mine. I wonder if they will get bailed out like the swine banks? This looks to me, at first blush, a very risky business. And based party in Bermuda?? Not surprising I guess.

Because he can make mega bucks lying his ass on TV without the risk. Just like so many other well paid talking heads paid to lie via the media. YMMV. The fact this POS is given a venue on "the best in business worldwide" is a travesty in and of itself. You only watch business TV for two things - breaking news - and the women. Mute is mandatory.

I wouldn't watch Jon Stewart if they paid me. He is just another version of Jim Cramer pushing bullshit to gullible/naive people. Fuck them both to hell.

Bloomberg is reporting shareholders will get $54.20 and will go private. No reports on who will replace them, so we have the S&P 499?

Jim Cramer cried on TV today so I hear. How pathetic is that. This is where we are in this shit show. Looks like some FAANGS got some teeth pulled.

Funny. We all walk around with more computing power in our pocket than NASA had in 1969 when our machines landed on the moon. We didn't have computers, mice, CNC machines, robots, and the internet (as we know it today). But we had drawing boards, pencils, rulers, and slide rules. That's pretty wild when you think about it. Technology is a wonderful thing.

Some of the FANGS don't look so FANGy.

If Musk takes TWTR to zero, good. I hope FB says, hold my beer. But I digress... If that dream would happen, and it won't, there would be another taking their place in the not too distant future. So it don't (sic) matter. I give him credit (or someone working for him) for the sink thing, and then enough gonads to do it. I respect that; but I'm just a fucking screwball myself. 🙂 I would go to work for Musk, but not a Bezos. I don't think he would bust your ass if you did your job, and besides, he's too busy trying to be Crocodile Dundee.

This could go in the investment thread, but I don't want to do that. I don't care if you love or hate the guy, he is, without a doubt, a real hoot.

FTA: Natural gas on the open market is up %5.5 today. Related; IEA: The Current Energy Crisis Is Unprecedented There Is Only 25 Days of Diesel Supply, the Lowest Since 2008 - Mish & Bloomberg Cost of living protests and strikes across Europe might spell political trouble Yea, it's all good. Fucking idiots.

I'm guessing Paul and Nancy are not quite as giddy as you are, nor all the people who have Vanguard accounts, but hey, it's great losing money as long as it's people you hate and it makes you feel good. Pelosi Exercises Tesla Stock Options To Buy $2 Million In Shares - from March TSLA Institutional Holdings - from the NASDAQ Or maybe you forgot to disclose you were short, but I doubt that is the case. Up over 7% today.

Off topic, but wild stuff in NASCAR today. Those dirt guys.

Another visual.

I watched this from before the 8:30 print. The e-minis (S&P futures) were up then. Took the huge shit when the print hit. Then of course the S&P was going to open gap down at 9:30, which it did, and not long after it was off to the races. Wild. I have no clue what to think.

I was wondering about exactly this today. Happen to cross my Twitter. I remember 4 of those. One in 2008, a buddy of mine sold over a million bucks worth of stock in the morning - a total capitulation - only to watch it go nuts just after he sold. We met and had beers later that day. He didn't look well.