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The Problem Isn’t Buying at the Wrong Time — It’s Not Having a Plan When You’re Profitable

27 Nov 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Luke86

Most traders obsess over their mistakes:• “I bought too early.”• “I bought the top.”• “I should’ve waited.” But here’s the uncomfortable truth:The biggest losses don’t come from bad entries — they come from good trades managed badly. I’ve watched tra...

The U.S. “Crypto Market Structure Bill” Is Coming: What This Means for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 2025 Investors

26 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Luke86

Every time the United States touches crypto regulation, global markets pay attention.And this week, all signals point in the same direction: the long-awaited “Crypto Market Structure Bill” is finally moving forward in the Senate. It’s the closest thi...

The Ultimate Long Game: Why Bill Gates’ Q3 Portfolio Holds the Keys to Decades of Stability

18 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments PanicSellGuru

The release of the latest Bill Gates 13f q3 filing offers a compelling masterclass in institutional investing designed for perpetuity. The portfolio, managed by the Gates Foundation Trust, is not optimized for quarterly alpha; it is optimized to fund...

Pour One Out As The Philadelphia Mint Presses Final Penny Today

12 Nov 2025 2 minute read 3 comments Cje95

For years now the calls to get rid of the Penny have been growing louder and louder but since Congress failed to pass legislation to phase out the Penny it kept on grinding along. That was until early this year when the Trump Admin announced that the...

Apple Intelligence, intelligent path or fallen by the wayside?

11 Nov 2025 6 minute read 0 comments lowededwookie

If you listen to the markets, Apple is so far behind in the AI race that it will die in the next 5 years if it doesn't do something. These statements are as old as time itself. Apple has been "about to die in the next 5 years" for the past 40 so all...

As The US Government Enters Week 3 of Shutdown A New Plan Is Being Discussed for Funding The Government

21 Oct 2025 3 minute read 1 comment Cje95

Prior to the government shutdown the clean continuing resolution (CR) that the House passed was only going to extend funding for an additional 7 weeks. Well now we are 3 weeks in to those 7 weeks and talks for the full year spending bills have ground...

EU Instability Spikes As French President Macron's Allies Drop Him Increasing Pressure To Step Down

10 Oct 2025 5 minute read 2 comments Cje95

Situation Instead of focusing my morning reading on the US government this morning I have been trying to digest and catch up on all of the wild news out of France that has emerged over the last 24-48 hours. I was aware and had posted about how Fran...

What Happened The Day of The US Shutdown

7 Oct 2025 6 minute read 2 comments Cje95

This was a post I had written and posted last Tuesday on SN and it provides some key insights into what is going on right now with the US Government.     I have to admit yesterdays White House meeting was much less eventful than I figured it would be...

The Story of U.S. Interest Rates: From Postwar Stability to Post-Pandemic Uncertainty

19 Sep 2025 5 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn

A seven-decade journey through inflation, crises, and recovery and the Fed’s delicate balancing act.  Few indicators tell the story of America’s economic evolution as clearly as interest rates. Set by the Federal Reserve, the federal funds rate—the r...

Stock Markets - Time to sell or hold ?

27 May 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Hoosie

Hi All, I continue to watch the stock markets closely and so far this year has been a roller coaster - although a good one for me so far. In short, I sold at the end of Jan when tariffs were being threatened, and bought back in in early April when th...