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Chataya de Fleury -- another interesting glimpse into the corporate world, thank you for sharing! Your description reflects my former profession. Often, I'd be compelled to work on a trading floor-equivalent, known as a TOC or TAC. Likewise, it's challenging to do focused work in a place that often approximated a schoolyard. More, working elsewhere would have been a social and professional liability. I understand

Secretary of Eumenes -- what do you mean? What exactly are you suggesting Chataya de Fleury should do to her colleagues?

The CNN Fear & Greed Index now reflects extreme greed. A year ago, it was approaching extreme fear. Data points seem positive, and the position of Bank of America / Merrill Lynch is a likelihood of a mild and short recession. Yet, the market's reaction doesn't feel appropriate (e.g., missed earnings). It should be signaling anxiety. And there should be a reasonably predictable action / reaction / counter-reaction cycle, but consequences in this game seem to be hit or miss. On the other hand, I know it's not all luck. Given that (at most) 3% of professional traders are successful, year after year, maybe it's 97% luck, hahaha. Since I'm not part of the professional 3%, I suppose the most reasonable approach is to posture for success regardless of market direction.

Nice big bowl of starvation.

Fragile Bird -- just looked and found them, thanks! I'm curious how it'll compare with Andrew Tate's family relationships. Incidentally, my Asian mother is a neighbor and friend of another Asian mother who is a friend of Tiger's Asian mother, hahaha. They're all from the same era, share the same background, and married American GIs.

Now I need to watch this doc.

Zorral -- homunculus

Towards the end of my career, we were offered follow-on training. For fun and exposure, I enrolled into the (machine) industrial side and was impressed by the instructors and students. They weren’t the ex-cons and heavily tattooed civilians I expected to be interacting with, hahaha. Students (surprisingly young, early 20s, and several teenagers) would graduate and move into some relatively good positions. Notably, one girl in her twenties went to Embry-Riddle starting at over 50K USD, while the others (overwhelmingly men) also started in great local and regional jobs, averaging 36K. On the other hand, the instructions with decades of line experience looked beat down and prematurely aged; good men, though

The evil stepmom has a higher rating than Harry, hahahaha! And the only one rated lower than Meghan is a sexual deviant!!!

TOTAL [100%]. Higher, +0.2% to +5%. Prematurely returning above water on all but my most favorite holding. I don't get it, but I suppose the recent positive indicators are strong enough to support this (e.g., employment, amazing; inflation, improving; hike, reasonable). I hedged my bets (if that's the right term) several months ago by moving out of cash, but I'm still waiting (i.e., hoping) for at least a bumpy landing that would see my holdings drop to -15% or worse. Well done, Uncle Joe; well done. Where do I send the 10% *** T [29%]. Higher, +2% to +3%. MMM [19%]. Higher, -1% to +1%. KHC [18%]. Higher, +11% to +18%. AMZN [13%]. Higher, -7% to 0%. DOW [8%]. Higher, +2% to +18%. WBD [2%]. Higher, -43% to -30%. CS [1%]. Higher, -4% to +10%. CASH [10%]. No change.

Me, when my favorite stock climbs from -54% to -30%

Chef’s kiss for both, hahaha.

BBB Jacelyn -- George? Good man; I like him. He shows promise.

“Americans are getting stronger. Twenty years ago, it took two people to carry ten dollars’ worth of groceries. Today, a five-year old can do it.” -- Henny Youngman

Sunshine. Too much sunshine! Worse, low 70s right now.