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    Sharpen Your Moving Averages

    %% OK; +put profits another way. THAT 20 ma on monthly QQQ [DON Channels]charts, which has been downtrending for over a year\sometimes pay attention to it \LOL:D:D Nothing like a simple trick \sharp headline; +sometimes OCT lives its Stock Traders Almanac nickname/ ''Bear killer'' Good...
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    Van Tharp Position Sizing Game

    %% NOTHING like a good uptrend/good RE uptrend ; or good downtrend like downtrend taxes, downtrend in crime:caution::caution::D:D Our southern state cut the tax to zero[0%] on food for 3 months this year; average down buys LOL\worked well there :D:D..............................
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    Greater than 50-50, ability to predict range market?

    %% YES; some of its public. Get a room full of quants, Long Term Capital did that ....... 200 day moving average is worth much more than 10X a 20dma =200. Trend study helps, many years ; bull markets = much different from bear markets\trends. STOCK Traders Almanac = a great read, but i don't...
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    A 30-Year Trap: The Problem With America’s Weird Mortgages

    %% Except for the many that bought travel trailers, raw land. And mobile homes[depreciating asset] And a lot more bought mini homes \some prebuilt, some not prebuilt. And some bought built in AZ, no water, so trucked in water, better than rent:D:D
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    Van Tharp Position Sizing Game

    %% YES=perfect sense. I bought/sold RE [real estate ] for 20 years, 95% thru REALTOR; always got a small discount off list price. BUT medium + long term was UP/typical RE bulluptrend market BUT not overpriced RE like in certain CA cities , so many people exit there. A price drop in a hi crime...
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    We are living in a big anomaly right now, rrriiight?

    %% Interesting; could be why he lived such a small life[in years].But i never really hated the Christians + Jews in the media , like he did. AND I never considered the talking snake media very powerful ,but I look @ much more than 33.666 or 40...
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    Van Tharp Position Sizing Game

    %% SOME have + worked well [within well planned limits]sometimes with billions; not so much when LEH \ GM went bankrupt. I got more out Dr Van Tharp's books than his game. Not so much all of his title ''Financial Freedom Thru Daytrading'' LOL:D:D Dave[Realtor + redneck] Ramsey helped a lot...
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    A 30-Year Trap: The Problem With America’s Weird Mortgages

    %% LOL I dont regret paying off several of mine[30 yr, 20 yr]; if any hate that, they can always get in debt again . But that [debt ]could actually help climate change, mortgage paper is a renewable resource; + I'm in favor of tree + paper harvest, which uses fossil fuels, or literal horse...
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    Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout

    %% I Never like to punch in a product number, i use the WMT auto cashier AI pictures or barcodes; even though its shortchanged me + overpaid by a penny LOL. May use a cashier sometimes. But too much trouble to get a penny refund; and I figure a $00. 25 find in parking lot is mine. The WMT...
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    Likelihood of moving straight up

    %% SUPER small %; but on a good treNder like MSFT, AAPLE,AMZN, tech leaders..... split adjusted/ very good %%% its going up a lot more than that + has ............................................................ On a day's time seldom happens happens , once we get past open gap LOL; but...
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    Do "They" come after big positions?

    %% THAT could work; actually they ''com after'' smaller + mid positions with enough of them LOL:D:D But that's also a good thing if one understands business ................................
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    Which setting of MA does work well?

    %% I like 21 better, less slippage, less signals maybe ; + FIBO number. I have some charts with 50 + 55 ma \so best not to tell all we knoW LOL:D:D WSJ likes 65 + 200; 65ma is too little + to late for me :caution::caution:.......................................
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    Why Sam Altman got fired

    %% IT'S not just the accuracy, or the fact we can easy correct a paper copy/book . Like Dave Ramsey says ''readers are leaders'' Some would say many newspapers got what they deserved\out of business . I enjoy old IBD + WSJ newspapers , sometimes patterns repeat LOL. FUN to know ebooks NEVER...
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    trading strategy

    %% RECORDING the accuracy rate of your gut could + should help. On a short term trend,[counter trend ] gut could help , but that's about simple math as much as any gut. Since my gut tries to get me out of a good trend waaaaaaaaaaaaaay to early, i study the trend some more. Retailers hope...
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    Why Sam Altman got fired

    %% Good pictures , very good in that magazine.[Even though Brazil rain forest is not the worlds ''lungs'' LOL] DIS has lousy customer service, not surprised? I think MSFT has a 49% stake in Altman's Co. Good thing BMK was not in a self driving auto. BUT sounds like Angeline , customer...
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    Best trading indicators?

    %% Good . Another problem with using only fixed inputs , when they stock split of ETFs split ,can be super confusing LOL. Plus , the price of a home or anything in 1933, could be fun/ but not so much useful this year. Good repeating patterns, 50% off sale tends to be a big winner, no wonder...
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    One of the narrowest market rallies in 50 + years!!!! Just 7 stocks

    %% Good points; even though you ignored SEPT drop \OCT down. Good thing for US we can read price data. 7 stocks /LOL that just proves the advantage of a good benchmark like SPY, VOO, QQQ:D:D........ Super stock pickers like Peter Lynch,Mr Greenblatt ....... can be a bit rare:caution:
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    Dave Ramsey Portfolio vs. 100% S&P 500 ETF (VOO, SPY)

    %% TRUE, but no doubt, you know thats subject to change.:D:D Many millionaires + much prosperity has been thru small business + real estate; but those seem to work better ''gazelle intense'' + non- Wall Street+ Wall Street Fees. Like Dave Ramsey says /get out of the cave, kill something +...
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    efficient stop loss

    %% IT varies, like a repeating pattern. On cash metals trading business, dont use stops ,its more of a somewhat bid/ ask profit. Even though risk management[expenses,stops etc.....] is real important; profits are more so. Sure could blow up on risk management errors, but best risk management...
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    Dave Ramsey Portfolio vs. 100% S&P 500 ETF (VOO, SPY)

    %% Much better than Russel 2000; some of the best funds /ETFS have expences almost 1%................. .I could get ripped off holding SSO in a bear trend /so i dont , expences of 0. 91%
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