CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR YOUR CHILDREN From time to time I have mentioned that I gave my daughters some stock, to help jump start their investing. If you find yourself not knowing what to give your child or grandchild for Christmas, their Birthday or a graduation. This was my solution, these are in WORD but you could use any format you are comfortable with. It's a gift that they can keep for a lifetime, and it opens the door for you and your children to talk about the stock market and investing. Just fill in their names and yours , mom and dad , adjust the wording a little , and you have a personalized gift , that is an investment in their future. Happy Investing
YES......this is a GREAT IDEA. I have mentioned earlier in this thread how I had my first investment at around age 10 to 12....I cant remember......ATT stock. I am not sure if I had my own stock or....PROBABLY....I think my mom just mentally and verbally allocated a few of her shares to me. I do remember very well as a teen and college student starting at about age 18.......having my own account and my parents giving my sister and I shares for Birthdays and Christmas. My mom would actually transfer the shares into our accounts.....usually 4-5 shares. I remember very well owning Schering Plough, and a few others. I am sure it was a real CHORE to set up a child account and do transfers back than....but they did it. AND.....it STRONGLY REINFORCED my interest in investing. My sister....not so much. BUT.....even as a kid I was a very business oriented person.
That's dirt cheap compared to prices in Europe. Yesterday I drove to Italy and diesel price was 2.15€/L.
Chipmaker SK Hynix has overtaken Samsung Electronics as South Korea's most valuable listed company. https://finance.yahoo.com/technolog...AEll0TJmAziwMDRzFkWfG_h0w-UND5_617-AFbtogtJuu
Strathmore......once oil settles back we will see gas prices here in Texas around......$2.30 to about $2.80.
In my view what will happen is....NOTHING. the Baby Boomers are not all going to suddenly sell everything. It will be a very SLOW and constant process covering about the next 30 years. AND....the amount of selling will be much lower than expected. What Happens to the Stock Market When Baby Boomers Sell? https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2026/06/what-happens-to-the-stock-market-when-baby-boomers-sell/
The markets are open and trying to find direction. ALL the big averages are GREEN right now....by a small amount. Seems like a typical open lately. S&P 500 rises to start the week as traders weigh Iran deal progress; Micron climb https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/21/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
A major story today......but.....simply historical. Longtime Fed Chairman Greenspan dies at 100 https://finance.yahoo.com/?guccount..._ZpgayLm0O7keRbuvCY7W7301sfwsUkMALmerPsuyQrQh
Of course I bought this stock as a full position last week. This is nice....but EARNINGS on Wednesday will be CRITICAL. Micron stock surges amid memory trade boom https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/s...-surges-amid-memory-trade-boom-125205263.html
I am starting the day with three GREEN stocks....MU, AAPL, and NVDA. They are probably helping me to be somewhere about FLAT so far today,
SpaceX is going through a typical post-IPO REALITY check. The stock is down to about $169 right now.....a level not seen since the initial day of the IPO. This is perfectly NORMAL....following an IPO. SpaceX Stock Drops 4% As Pullback Starts to Erase IPO Gains and Slips Below Amazon Market Cap https://www.tikr.com/blog/spcx-spac...fering-gains-and-slips-below-amazon-valuation NOW.....we investors and the company....settle in for the long term. There will be MANY up and down times as we go forward....just like with any new and highly hyped tech stock.
What MANAGEMENT has done to this company over the past 3-4 years....is a HUGE DISASTER. This is what happens when a company loses ALL focus on their customers and basic business.......to go chasing after social and cultural "stuff". ‘Reward for failure’: Investor support for Target chair Brian Cornell falls to lowest level ever https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/22/target-brian-cornell-shareholder-support.html ......"Cornell has faced criticism for overseeing a 50% decline in the company’s share price, three straight years of annual sales declines and falling profits.".....
AND....unfortunately the RED has escalated in the NASDAQ and has now infected the SP500. Another day today with NOTHING going on....so the markets is simply DRIFTING. Probably being driven by the short term traders and speculators today.....as the little people....us retail investors sit and do nothing. What I am seeing right now does not give me a lot of hope for a GREEN close today. The Ten Year yield is up today and over 4.5%....I am sure the markets dont like that......as rates continue to be STUCK in the 4% range.......in spite of all the FED cuts over the past year or so.
A very BROAD.....RED day.....in the big cap tech world right now. I have not bothered to look but I am SURE I have now progressed from a mild day to a very RED day at this moment. It is AMAZING....but not surprising....that the markets continue to totally DISRESPECT many top big cap stocks......and....EARNINGS dont matter.
Yeah, Yeah .... Quit rubbing it in, the market being down hurts enough, then YOU have to come along and spread a little salt in my wound The only Bright spots are Super Micro (SMCI) and Micron (MU) , they are however heavily outweighed by the Darkness of AMZN and GOOGL ARGH
I wanted to buy SK Hynix in 2022. If I could have, I would have. At the time, I had zero interest in Samsung but it was SK Hynix research that lead me to eventually buy Samsung. Samsung is the less attractive Korean sister but it still puts out.
REALLY.....seems to me with the FAILURE of GOOGL to get much traction with AI......it is probably time for these two to go....after two years and nine years in high level AI jobs at the company. AND....it is not like these two people are the entire AI department at the company. Just ridiculous. The market reaction today is a MASSIVE and IDIOTIC over-reaction. Alphabet paces for worst day in a year on AI concerns after high-profile exits https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/22/alphabet-goog-stock-ai-departures.html A PERFECT example of AI Program Trading.....responding to headlines and media content.
Looks like just about ALL the chip stocks are green today. WELL....except for the most disrespected single stock in the markets....NVDA. AND....SPCX.....sinking like a rock today. Typical post-IPO action. AND...just for fun....PLTR...hitting a 52 week LOW today. Another DISRESPECTED tech stock VICTIM. For at least two of the three.....NOPE....earnings do not matter.
Hello and good day, praying all is well. Mr. WXZY, I was just curious about the speculative position you have mentioned in the past. The NVDL and PLTU, was just curious on how they were performing. Thanks
