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To: NAG1 who wrote (212001)	11/11/2022 1:09:58 PM
From: Stock Puppy	Respond to of 213177

Yay - back to almost 150 - I know I bought some extra shares in the 130's that I should be trading, so I can pick up more when/if it dips again, but - argh. I have a day job.

To: NAG1 who wrote (212001)	11/11/2022 1:59:18 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round	Respond to of 213177

There are some possibilities out there for short circuiting what the markets are doing, but the most prominent one is the war in Ukraine. It doesn't seem likely to end anytime soon given the news about Putin not attending the G20 Summit, only Xi will be there. It's how high level diplomacy always goes. If a lasting cease fire or peace agreement was reached between Ukraine and Russia, it would cause oil and gas prices to fall quickly, but even that would take at least a month to drop them enough for gas to make a meaningful impact for U.S. consumers and business using it. Airlines are affected most by fuel prices in that business, so if that war rages on they'll have to drop prices again like they did in the first wave of the pandemic once air travel opened up. Some insightful commentary I saw yesterday said the U.S. markets will basically into the second week of December since not enough people have lost jobs here to affect Christmas spending, but overall results will be very mixed when reporting begins in January. COST and TGT will benefit most in retail, as will AAPL if they can get enough iPhone 14 models to sell, but they're selling everything else in stock very well to current customers. I don't care to say how many new AppleTV 4K (2nd Generation) streaming boxes my family has already bought when the new Gen. 3 ones came out in October, but it's a lot!

To: NAG1 who wrote (212001)	11/11/2022 5:00:17 PM
From: Doren	2 Recommendations Recommended By OldAIMGuy Stock Puppy Respond to of 213177

OT humor: Investors Lose $5 Trillion On 12 Stocks They Bet The Farm On I have no faith in the METAverse. Talk about geeks out of touch with the rest of America... Goog is gradually moneti$$$ing youtube. They should buy Netflix and Disney. There'd still be competitors right? CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) I *predict* things will get better... if they don't get worse. Certainly though at this point companies with cash reserves don't have to borrow to expand, and those who have to borrow have larger overheads. Profits for those who use energy are impinged... those who don't use much or create their own are going to do better. Nobody is slowing down on freeways. I'm not sure $10 a gallon gas would get people to slow down. People drive like Pavlov's dog drooled. oilprice.com Unknowns are still unknowns. Personally I don't think Ukraine is affecting oil prices much. OPEC has done a great job. Wildcatter frakers bankrupted in 2020 are trickling back into the business reluctantly but they know it's still a gamble. Risk Of An Iranian Attack On Saudi Oil Facilities Remains High Oil and interest rates are the two factors creating inflation... inflation cuts the value of Trillions of debt, without raising taxes, but it's still a tax. Someone has to pay... I don't think many of the ultra rich will be paying, they'll be making money. So that leaves the rest of us to cut the value of the debt. We fixed up Iraq and Afghanistan good. (Iraq has the largest unproven oil reserves in the world last I looked.) Farmers are paying more for fuel, container ships from Asia use oil, home builders... well they aren't building new stuff. Those guys take out short term loans and if they can't sell they're stuck paying high interest rates on unsold empty homes. That's not going to make renting cheaper but it will bring families closer...