Dow Jones futures up 3% this morning. I'll take it.

[VakAttack]

7 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Back in the day this was called a dead cat bounce. As in, even a dead cat will bounce when you drop it. There were a lot of colorful descriptions back in the day. Not necessarily true, but colorful.

The cat hath plunged they the earth's crust as it makes it's way to the core. 

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

14 minutes ago, Boring said:

Really? You think China is being the bully here? It's not China putting tariffs on penguins. 

ask Tibet's opinion,,,

[mspart]

3 hours ago, red viking said:

Nice strawmen argument 

First, not every country. I said, "in general." 

Second of all, I'm talking about this one specific aspect of culture. 

3rd, I'm actually talking about the "far east." The area where China is, since that was what I was referring to; Trump's bullying of China. I didn't clarify that, but since you want to make a huge issue about it, I'll clarify that. 

Yes, on average, they put up with bullying and direspect less than U.S. cowards. 

I was stationed in Korea for a year when I was in the military and traveled around over there. 

I'm thinking that is general to all cultures except in France!!

mspart

[scourge165]

6 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

LOL China not a bully?

I mean, I'd say we "started" this one, but I don't understand all the "Go China" crap. 

Then again, I just posted on another thread about how I didn't think most people who were center or to the right were of the belief the election was rigged and J6 was not a big deal and...then I was proven wrong.

 

So...I guess it's all or nothing. You're on the left, it's celebrating the further decay of the Middle Class(this hurts the middle class far more than the wealthy).

And then the elections are rigged unless your guy wins them...

 

 

Jesus Christ is this depression. There's nothing pro-America about almost any of these posts. And YES, China is a bully. They're a huge bully. They didn't start THIS, but...whatever. I don't even care about the US being bullies to China. I just care about them doing it EFFECTIVELY. That isn't putting tariffs on every other Country so it's China AND THE WORLD against us. 

[JimmySpeaks]

3 hours ago, Boring said:

Really? You think China is being the bully here? It's not China putting tariffs on penguins. 

Um China wants to take over the world.  And you’d like that 

[Boring]

3 hours ago, JimmySpeaks said:

Um China wants to take over the world.  And you’d like that 

Definitely, we can tell by all the countries they've taken over in the last 100 years. Let me know what Fox has to say about that. 

[Boring]

6 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

ask Tibet's opinion,,,

Sure. What's his number? 

[vsnej]

...did not age well

[Paul158]

22 hours ago, Boring said:

And it finished down 320 points for the day.  A failed rally. 

It ain't gonna get better, bud. 

I was just wondering what you were having for dinner tonight? If you would have read all my posts, you would have seen that I wrote. I hope by the end of the week things would start to turn around. I also said I had no idea how things were going to go. Enjoy your dinner.

[Paul158]

22 hours ago, VakAttack said:

The cat hath plunged they the earth's crust as it makes it's way to the core. 

I think the cat has amazingly bounced back to life. He was just playing possum. We will see if plays possum again or if he really dies.

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[Paul158]

On 4/8/2025 at 9:24 AM, scourge165 said:

Yeah...I'm more concerned with the Nasdaq and the Semi stocks at that and...I don't know what the hell is going on. I thought I picked up more NVDA, AVGO and TSM at good long term prices yesterday, but they're turning around and...really regaining a lot of the value they lost quickly. 

 

I hope it stays green. The Russell was up 2% last I checked...I hope everyone has a good day....except options traders. I hope this is a nice short squeeze. 

Russell is up 8.67 percent at 3:30 today. Good news. NVDA up18.5%. AVGO up18.6%. TSM up 12 %.

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[Gene Mills Fan]

4 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

I think the cat has amazingly bounced back to life. He was just laying possum. We will see if plays possum again or if he really dies.

 VakAttack   this is coming from  .......    a voice of reason      

[VakAttack]

9 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

I think the cat has amazingly bounced back to life. He was just playing possum. We will see if plays possum again or if he really dies.

Yes, by completely abandoning the previous plan, the cat has been revived...for now.

[Paul158]

6 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Yes, by completely abandoning the previous plan, the cat has been revived...for now.

The DOW has a chance to close up 3000 points. Crazy stuff.

[VakAttack]

2 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

The DOW has a chance to close up 3000 points. Crazy stuff.

Yes.  Still below where it was before this all started, of course.

[scourge165]

25 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

Russell is up 8.67 percent at 3:30 today. Good news. NVDA up18.5%. AVGO up18.6%. TSM up 12 %.

Yeah...it was beautiful. He almost completely reversed course and now....hopefully, in 3 months, the trade deals we have will put more pressure on China(who was pressuring India...and I said it all in the post, but all of Asia could have turned to them). 

 

We got out of a bad deal and while there are still some tariffs in place...things are definitely moving in the right direction. 

[scourge165]

32 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

I think the cat has amazingly bounced back to life. He was just playing possum. We will see if plays possum again or if he really dies.

No...that cat is dead. This is a new cat. He's not in great shape, little scared...but he's in MUCH better shape than the last cat. 

If he plays this right, China has to make some concessions. They are not a corrupt trade partner. Oh...dang, we got lucky. Trump did the right thing...at this point, but...we got lucky. If India fires back or Japan and SK, we can't un-ring that bell. 

It still sucks. I got pretty lucky but a lot of retirees cashed out and they'll have to pay massive fees and we still have tariffs, but...still, move in the right direction.

I think we learned that TRUMP learned...trade wars don't work. Going after China, that can work(though...we do still need them).  

[JimmySpeaks]

[scourge165]

15 minutes ago, JimmySpeaks said:

LOL..."a self inflicted nuclear winter, this is not what we voted for." That's what he said about the tariffs. Trump realizes how badly they're failing and it's "oh, wow, that was so smart! 

Even you Jimmy...no way you're that dumb....

 

[JimmySpeaks]

21 minutes ago, scourge165 said:

LOL..."a self inflicted nuclear winter, this is not what we voted for." That's what he said about the tariffs. Trump realizes how badly they're failing and it's "oh, wow, that was so smart! 

Even you Jimmy...no way you're that dumb....

 

Current events.  One is from today. One is not. 

[JimmySpeaks]

He blanketed every one.  He found out who was willing to negotiate and who wasn’t.  Who was aligning against and who wasn’t.   He has 90 days to negotiate.   The best part is China will suffer.   

[Wrestleknownothing]

Ackman is no dummy. He knows that Trump responds to flattery like no other. And it costs him nothing.

[JimmySpeaks]

21 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Ackman is no dummy. He knows that Trump responds to flattery like no other. And it costs him nothing.

Trump is no dummy. He knows TDS is real.  And he loves it.  

[scourge165]

1 hour ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Ackman is no dummy. He knows that Trump responds to flattery like no other. And it costs him nothing.

LOL...still, it's just amusing. No matter how many people said it was stupid at the time...and the rights favorite in Sowell call it moronic, they are libs or why should we care. 

He cleans SOME of the *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me* he stepped in off his shoes and it's "wow, that's brilliant!

[TylerDurden]

I'm amazed at how many people think that Trump is actually solving some sort of issue with this charade.