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Ooh… now we are to the “you must be a bad trader.” I really thought you were better than this. I still trade. Like Warren Buffett, I spend a lot of time allocating capital between the company and my trading account. and I love the hypocrisy. You insult me for creating jobs but then rail...

@Magna , @Baron , if you are going to allow these Racist posts, can you please at least move them to politics?

The companies in the countries you mentioned pay the higher dividend rates than the US. Are the middle class doing better or worse there? Are the CEO’s of those companies sheeple? Are those companies lacking innovation and growth opportunities? There we go talking about the middle class and...

Most original market wizards p actually ran funds.

Your generic statements sound like they are coming from a 14 year old whose reading too much Drudge Report. companies exist to serve their owners (public shareholders). In fact it’s largely argued that management has stacked the corporate structure to make it difficult for shareholders to have...

I never said that all dividend policies are good. Clearly you think all dividend policies are bad. Someone who has been on the institutional side of finance surely understands the complexity in managing shareholders and capital structure would have a more nuanced view than what you’ve stated...

You didn’t say that. You said “there are many ceos who pay dividends.” I’m not sure what your point is. Perhaps you are on your period. companies in the US never cut their div because they have better uses for the cash. They almost always cut their divs because their profits are declining...

that a scumbag can do this without any regulatory scrutiny does say something about crypto in general.

paying dividends isn’t stupid. it’s better to pay dividends if you don’t have a better alternative for it, doofus.

he doesn’t pay dividends because he feels he’s the best steward of his company’s cash. He’s an investor so it would be odd if he didn’t feel that way.

A lot more than 1mm/year in just regulatory and legal fees.

I would agree that it should not be characterized as income stream.

he’s selling a call presumably because he has some view on the distribution of Exxon (that it won’t sell off much). He didn’t trade it because Goldman was looking to offload inventory to a sucker.

I guess I see your point about the option price. he’s long 50 shares and short 1/2 a straddle at inception. He’s trading a terminal payout. That straddle may or may not be priced in his favor but he doesn’t know. The long share dwarfs his pnl. I certainly wouldn’t call the premium “income.” I...

You have proven my point. Your argument doesn’t hold. You can earn despite all those Hft’s and smart quant and fundamental funds pricing risk quickly. a covered call’s largest risk is delta. He might be selling vol at an edge loss but his delta will dwarf that. But he may not be selling at an...

Every security has a thousand phds at a thousand smart hedge funds and banks looking to get an edge. It’s not an argument against covered calls, unless you are saying trading any options strategy isn’t profitable. There are many on here who have made a lot of money trading options despite the...

this argument applies to all trading for all market participants as everyone in the ocean has a shark chasing them.

the box spread goes against that balance sheet limit.

The menu prices on the delivery apps are higher than if you order directly. I know there’s inflation. I am loving it everyday in my day job. In NYC it’s a lot higher in the food industry than in other areas. I think restaurants are taking advantage of demographic shifts and higher wealth...

I was in the city for a month and I noticed this too. And the menu prices are often higher too. I think the restaurants like it because they don’t have to manage the delivery people which was tricky because of demand. The delivery people like it because they have more work. We get screwed...