SVOL is holding near 30% of itself? Lmao. This can’t be accurate right?

Nike what do you think?? It's cheaper than pre-covod...Long term investment... already bought little bit of Under Armour

Money market funds hit record as investors jump at 5% returns

What Does It Mean When a Technology Company Starts Paying Dividends or Repurchasing Its Stock? - Technology is a race that has no finish line. If a tech company has no new growth opportunities – if it doesn’t have enough new “question mark” products, then doesn’t that mean it will ... See More eventually lag? And if a tech company finds nothing better to do with its cash than to return it back to its shareholders, in the form of dividends or share buybacks, then isn’t that a hint that it is running out of new growth opportunities? Don’t dividends and share buybacks indicate that the company has shifted from its Product Life Cycle “Growth” stage to “Maturity” stage? Doesn’t that mean that it isn’t a growth investment anymore?

What do you think?

Options Screeners - What platform do you use for stock options screening?

Is there a particular site or app you would you suggest for beginners?

I’ve been trading in the market for approximately seven years and I enjoy learning the nuances of the market. Recently I’ve been learning more about trading ... See More options. At this point I’m just focusing on calls and puts. I’m not entirely sure options trading is right for me, but I enjoy learning about it and would like to continue.

Thanks in advance for any input.

I’m running out of things to write in this post, but I need to meet the minimum number of required characters.

Beat the market - So I’m always setting the S&P as my target to beat and the stocks I own have outperformed slightly better than the market by only a couple of percent. Most of my funds are in VOO and QQQ now so obviously I’ve just been matching the ... See More market for the most part. I’ll occasionally get a call or sell a put/call for a few extra but I’m curious what sector would you recommend or what stocks do you guys own that have outperformed? Any options trading that has helped, specifically selling options? What would it cost do make $1k in premium per month and with what stock?

Lowering Fed Rates Question. - Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that rates get lowered when there is a need to stimulate the economy. Things like COVID, 9/11 or 2008 (major events) that essentially disrupt both demand and supply.

There is speculation that the fed will ... See More lower rates soon just to lower rates. I'm not sure I fully understand why anyone would think the fed would do this. Not only are we **not** at the fed's target for inflation, but we have a ways to go if we want to get there.

If the fed decided to lower rates for no reason other than stimulating the economy, I would expect to see a surge in inflation again. For example, we paused rates in June and a month later, inflation went up again. Imagine what lower rates would do. Especially if we lowered them and disaster struck.

I can understand lowering rates if inflation was clearly going down and rates were high like they were in the 70's or 80's. However, rates aren't that high and the means to stimulate the economy without having to deal with inflation are extremely thin. That is a massive liability for the fed to take if they did this.

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Answer:

>When rates change, there are short term effects and long term effects. The high inflation you see now is related to the low interest rates over the past 1-2 years as it overstimulated the economy driving prices to inflate. As we’ve now raised rates nearly a dozen times in 2023 at a quick pace, we’ll most likely see the long term effects in mid-late 2024 and there is a more than likely overshoot which is why speculation is rates will lower a bit in Q4 2024 to bring it back up slightly. Rate effects take time to be realized throughout the economy and may also change direction as other factors come into play between now and Q4 2024.

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Trading for a living - Hi everyone, just out of curiosity - how many people trade as their majority or full income?

I've been doing this for coming up to three years and after much loss, I have recently started to become consistantly profitable and have finally found my edge ... See More in the market. I only trade S&P500 Futures as I feel its best to master one thing and learn how one ticker trades day after day rather than trying to apply certain strategies to multiple tickers. Anyway, my long-term goal is to do this full time and quit my job after I've been consistantly profitable for two years at least. Have many others gone through something similar?

I sold my nvda stocks then bought again couple hours later but automatically had -15$ can anyone explain

Do you know why countries with the best GDP growth rate do not have the best stock market returns? - Historically, there has been a negative correlation between real stock market returns and real per-capita GDP growth, with a correlation coefficient between -0.29 and -0.41.

My week and how I solve it now:

Stocks Waiting To Open Everyday This Week 🛎️ 📉 ⚠️

Stock market crash?

Thoughts on $BNTX ? - Been thinking about getting in on them. They peaked at $390 a share. I personally see potential of it going back to a similar point in 5-10 years. Thoughts?

UNH analysis I am expecting a fall upto 250 level - I am buying 480 put at 4.5 expecting target 25-30 level