I love it as a shareholder....go, go, go. Microsoft investing $17.5 billion in India for AI and cloud infrastructure https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-investing-17-5-billion-143333942.html
The market today.....MORE....FED BS. How unfortunate for us to have to live with this drivel. The markets are afraid to be successful. The markets are stuck in SELF-LOATHING mode. We continue to see......good news is bad news.....and...bad news is bad news. No news is bad news. Success is ignored and disrespected. CRAZY STUFF......the short term insanity. It is all delusion over substance.....rumor over fact. Reality does not matter. Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq trade mixed as Fed rate meeting kicks off https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live...-as-fed-rate-meeting-kicks-off-143633994.html
Seems about right to me....but very general, big picture themes here. Five reasons investors are feeling good about stocks again Recent gains reflect more than just optimism about artificial intelligence https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/five-reasons-investors-feeling-good-about-stocks-again
I have now EXHAUSTED everything today. Which means there is actually....NOTHING...happening today of interest to investors or markets. This probably magnifies the FED drama and....BS.
I currently have ONLY two green stocks. PLTR and AMZN. And...neither of them is exactly booming. Can you believe that the markets are this afraid of success....after the HUGE earnings results we just saw? The last earnings reporting period that just ended was HISTORICALLY POSITIVE. Companies....especially the BIG CAP market leaders are....flooded with cash. The AI revolution is pushing business to new levels of success. The economy is nowhere near weakness or recession. Consumers are active and buying "stuff". IT is the best of times in business.......and in the financial media.....you would think it is..... the worst of times. We are seeing a crises of POSITIVITY. OR.....a crises of NEGATIVITY. Take your pick. A symptom of a SOCIAL MEDIA focused world.....especially for those below about age 40. BUT.....in my mind....in my little bubble of reality....at least "MY" reality....things are all good. I continue to make some money. I am pushing toward about +30% gains for year 2025....with only about 17 market days left in the year. The big averages are having a VERY positive and successful year. I continue to be fully invested for the long term as usual. Riding the wave. Trying to IGNORE it all.
I STILL see MUCH potential for a positive close today. We just need to "realize it". Time to let the markets just churn through the morning BS and mature into the day.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT....only 15 market days left in 2025. We have apparently ENDURED our way to year end. The big GAINS for this year are nearly ready to lock in. After the FED cut tomorrow....I am being positive....we will see if there is going to be a SANTA RALLY this year or not. My guess is NOT with the way the markets are behaving lately. At this point I really dont care since I am on track to end the year at about +30%......IF.....BIG IF....we dont collapse over the final 15 days. Seems like MOST..... if not all.......the regular posters on here are going to lock in a REALLY GOOD YEAR in about 15 days.
I am going to miss the close today since I will be on my way to San Antonio. Tomorrow I will miss most of the day on my way to Houston. I will also miss a good chunk of Thursday also. Of course I will have my trusty....MacBook Pro with me....but when I am traveling I do not check my account. If I get some spare time in the hotel I might post a bit. It will be nice to reconnect and play with a couple of people from my past....both of whom now have health issues. It is now a question of who will be the last man standing. Although many of the people that I played with over my life are now DECEASED. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE. Perhaps all of us.......SURVIVORS..... should start a TONTINE.
For anyone that cares about or has interest in the FED. The Fed's Two-Day Meeting Starts Today—Here's What You Need to Know https://finance.yahoo.com/news/feds-two-day-meeting-starts-174448351.html
YES.....I am in the..... TOP 10%.....by income and/or net worth in any region of the country. Where are you? How much money you need to be in the wealthiest 10% of U.S. households, by region https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/inc...e-in-the-top-10percent-in-each-us-region.html
