Looking at my stocks on the ticker at the open today....the market is probably about a PUSH for me right now. A mild...but red open today. S&P 500 opens little changed as traders await possible Hormuz deal, Intel shares fall https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/09/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
Sounds good to me as an owner of....MU. I suspect it will be longer than two years....perhaps MUCH longer. Memory chip supply crunch will last 2 more years, JPMorgan warns https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/s...st-2-more-years-jpmorgan-warns-130733703.html
As usual....META.....is a master of the AI PR statement. They are very good at using the media and PR announcements to capture short term gains in their stock....just like is happening today. BUT...in the end.....I dont think they ever really perform. Look at their last earnings and the RIDICULOUS.....META-VERSE. LOL....sorry META owners....this story just looks like BS to me. As i have said before....on the other hand a company that is performing very well....MSFT....sucks on communication. Meta to open source its most powerful AI model as it takes swipe at OpenAI, Anthropic https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/meta-muse-glimmer-open-weight-ai.html
Very nice to see this...as a long term investor. The BULL MARKET is alive and well.....even if the short term markets are CRAZY. The number of stocks beating the S&P 500 is the highest in 4 years. Why that number should rise. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/t...hy-that-number-should-rise-b9bd05b3?st=nBCTgn ......"within the SP500 shares of 226 constituents, or 45%, were outperforming the index this year. That was also the highest reading since 2022, following three calendar years in which roughly one-third or fewer finished beating the index.".... #4009
For those of you that dont know me well.....I have been a MUSICIAN for as long as I have been an investor....nearly 60 years. After I retired as a small business owner at age 49.....I continued to work as a professional musician....touring Nationally and Internationally. I recently produced a live album of the most prominent band and frontman that I worked and toured with. That frontman is now deceased.....as are many of the people that I had the honor to play with. The album has now been released and is far exceeding my expectations in streams and down-loads. It has also opened at number 29 in a top 100 chart......for the type of music that it would be categorized in. NO.....NOT the big Billboard charts. But at least a legitimate chart that reflects real sales. Does that mean I will make a bundle of money.....NO. Number one I did not write any of the songs....and that is where the money is in the music business....songwriter royalties. Number two...he music business is very difficult for record labels now with streams paying mere pennies. My main goal with this release was to make sure this live material was preserved for HISTORY......and if I am lucky...perhaps make a bit of money for my ART COLLECTING fund.
I like this little article......words....are very important. Unfortunately the current financial media is very lose with words. Seek more context when you hear these popular words and phrases about markets https://www.tker.co/p/ambiguous-markets-words-and-phrases ....."Words and phrases can help us communicate with each other quickly and efficiently. But for some important matters, a single word or phrase can be a little too imprecise and ambiguous, leading some to make incorrect assumptions about what’s being said. This can be a big problem when discussing the markets and the economy, where language sometimes has multiple meanings.".....
I like this little article. The One Wish Willow Economy https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2026/08/the-one-wish-willow-economy/ ....."My finance brain immediately had me wondering about the unintended consequences if people got to make their economic wishes come true."....
WELL....the SP500 is now green....and the NASDAQ has improved. Later this week.....we will see the CPI and PPI numbers. For me....I really dont care much. I dont invest based on economic data. i invest based on fundamental company business data.
GEE....you mean someone has the GUTS to say what the rest of the media will not say.....they are too busy fear-mongering. YES.....AI CAP-EX....is paying off....WAY MORE than most people realize. JPMorgan Strategists Raise S&P 500 Target as AI Capex Pays Off https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/jpmorgan-strategists-raise-p-500-092820794.html
ANOTHER....big positive indicator....for big cap investors like myself. World’s biggest chipmaker TSMC’s sales surge 45% amid buoyant AI demand https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/tsmc-revenue-surge-ai-chip-big-tech.html
HEY ANYONE...that is still here. MOST of us have moved to a new home: stocksforums.com We have a LONG TERM INNVESTOR thread there. I am double posting here to make sure no one gets left behind. BUT...eventually I will fade away from posting here. Once you are registered on the new site you are good to go. The BIG ISSUE with this site....there is no way for anyone new to register and join us....so we have been basically abandoned....with no way to grow...for the past two years. PLEASE....PRETTY PLEASE.....join us on the new site. If you have any issues finding that site...or...registering please post here and we will help you get set up.
