Talk about great timing on my end, I sold off Boeing (BA) a few weeks ago after the Alaska Air door blew out mid-flight. Now the whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in a parking lot of an apparent self-inflicted wound. Barnett, a Louisiana resident, was then found dead in a car outside a Holiday Inn from what the Charleston County Coroner’s Office ruled was suicide. The Charleston City Police Department is investigating. Read more...

Despite the Wendy’s debacle, surge pricing for food was going to get traction. Of course it would, people need to eat and might as well extract as much money from them as possible. Barbecue chain Tony Roma’s and nearly 100 other small restaurants have already turned to fluctuating menu prices during peak times — similar to the rollout planned by fast-food giant Wendy’s next year — according to one company that sells the software specializing in dynamic pricing. Read more...

My plan is to stay out of the market today. There was some violent sell off on Friday in the semiconductors. All the stocks and ETFs I follow sold off and there were a lot of shooting starts or bearish engulfing candles. Several of the indices are looking tired too, the S&P500 has a bearish engulfing candle as well. But MSFT is hanging in there, that’s one that I want to bet on for the long term and I might be increasing my long term holdings of it. Read more...

Mitch McConnell’s niece drowns in her Tesla Model X because no one could break the reinforced glass. Angela Chao, the billionaire sister-in-law of Sen. Mitch McConnell, tragically drowned in a pond at her Texas ranch. It is speculated that she may have accidentally put her Tesla in reverse while attempting a three-point turn. Drowning is one my worst fears and this is terrible, whether she’s a billionaire or not. As her car began to submerge, Chao panicked and called a friend to explain her situation. Read more...

This is a trade review of my Advanced Micro Devices AMD call option trade. Why was I interested in AMD? Because it’s getting action for momentum traders interested in the AI market. Which way was AMD trading? It was in a long upward trend. Was AMD making an all-time high? Yes. When did you enter the trade and at what cost? I entered the trade on 3/1/2024. I bought 5 May 17, 2024 AMD Calls for $8. Read more...

Big news as China is looking to take back Taiwan. I’m sure they would make a move after the election if Trump wins. China also officially adopted tougher language against Taiwan as it released the budget figures, dropping the mention of “peaceful reunification” in a government report delivered by Premier Li Qiang at the opening of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s rubber-stamp parliament, on Tuesday. They’re putting their money where their mouth is militarily. Read more...

Good reference materials, definitely worth going through this list. If you head over to this page, you can access 243 free ebooks covering a range of different topics. Below, we’ve divided the books into sections (and provided links to them), indicated the number of books in each section, and listed a few attractive/representative titles. - via Open Culture

This cracks me up but I don’t blame them. There are many times I don’t want to be bothered by office coworkers and I’m glad I work from home 95% of the time. If you’ve ever found yourself stuck with a gabbing coworker who makes it difficult to work, you’re not alone. And if you’ve taken extreme measures to get peace and quiet, you have company too. Employees worldwide have found a solution that lets them avoid seeming like party poopers by telling colleagues—or in some cases, family members or friends—to be quiet and to stop bothering them. Read more...

This is a trade review of my Costco COST call option trade. Why was I interested in COST? Because earnings was coming and I wanted to catch a price run up. Which way was COST trading? It was in a long upward trend. Was COST making an all-time high? Yes. When did you enter the trade and at what cost? I entered the trade on 3/5/2024. I bought 10 June 21, 2024 COST Calls for an average price of $7. Read more...

Biden says “I betcha (the) rates come down” at a campaign stop. He did say that it’s not guaranteed. https://twitter.com/LastCallCNBC/status/1766260439179038741 President’s do do this but Trump did it and he broke the seal. Who knows but the S&P500 made a bearish engulfing candle on Friday.