I said last year I'd never use telemedicine and that hasn't changed. Sounds like there's no continuity of care and you just get the next doctor in the queue when it's your turn. I'm sure it's great for quick prescriptions if you have the sniffles or something, but most people want a doctor that they know and trust and have used for years. That said, it should be higher post-pandemic than pre-pandemic right?

Welcome to govt controlled healthcare.
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NPR btw

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/12/13/250694372/obamas-you-can-keep-it-promise-is-lie-of-the-year

Employers have steadily decoupled themselves from pensions and unions and healthcare as much as possible over the past several decades… which is exactly what they want. Yet we still have voters who vote against funding a sufficient tax base to replace what was lost, but still want the magical benefits.

Either business or government has to take up the slack. Period.

If business won’t do it, tax them. If business will do it, cut taxes. But it seems we’ve done both… cut taxes for companies while letting them push the burden onto government, then their lobbyists and politicians blame the government.

Everyone needs healthcare, not just those sitting upon a favorable life raft.

It was perfect when my wife & I were 250 miles from home on a weekend awhile back. Made the call with $25.00 co-pay and the Doctor video called us a few minutes later. He prescribed a med and sent the Script 10 miles up the highway. We exited the Interstate and picked it up. BAM! Problem resolved with drugs.....

Literally a day after I posted the above comment about “working on acquiring Arm”, the FTC puts out a notice about trying to block the acquisition:
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/12/ftc-sues-block-40-billion-semiconductor-chip-merger

Oof. I was not expecting that. I’m still long on nVidia, but not as gung-ho if Arm will not be a part of their product portfolio

Same here on the post.
I got out of NVDA at opening ($320). Read the news last night about ARM. We can buy back into it at 290

I've been trying to find an entry for NVDA. I don't see it getting blocked, so this might be an opportunity. I find it strange THIS is the acquisition they are worried about in a time of everyone buying everyone else - many with much worse consumer issues.

You gents still bullish on PYPL? I’ve got an order in @ 180 and still deciding.

100%
I think long term it's a steal in below $185 and a buy up to about $230

Has a lot more competition than it used to have, with more on the way.

What might prevent it from dropping much more is the 'worse' news on the variant, but hard to say.

Meanwhile, still watching everything bleed.

Still a leader in the market and seems like everyone uses venmo
if you buy as a long term holding, I would not be worried and have zero hesitation buying at $180

Stocks, crypto, metals, 10 year, oil.
Its all wounded cats on a trampoline.
Wish something definitive would happen instead of this slow death.

Hi phil-lee,
Expect for the next few weeks until as stated previously there is a clearer direction on the COVID variant that we will have swing days like the last few weeks. I think we are leaning towards a correction and depending on how many new cases surface over the next few days - or until clarity on a vacccine is issued - we will have one day with SPY up 7 points, the next day SPY down 9, the next day up 7 again, etc. Long haul I think things are okay.

When does this end? Delta variant dies, now this, then the next. I mean, isnt a pattern developing?

Agreed. I don't know when it might end but am hoping it gets to flu level where it is only as strong as the flu (which can be deadly too) but manageable.

That's what happens when you can't get rid of it. It mutates until it either becomes mostly harmless or kills everyone. Fortunately, most of the time it's the former. They don't benefit from killing their hosts.

Historically, it ends through vaccination. Meanwhile, stock up Pfizer stock, up another 2.31% today.

Wrong. Diabetes is really good for business. It means you ate a lot of sugary, carby foods and now the medical companies can sling prescription after prescription on you. It's a win win for food biz and med biz

Hi Pinball.
Hate to be the one to break it to you but the current gyrations have little to do with variants or the status of vaccinations.
It started with Evergrande defaults which are just now reverberating through China, coupled with massive flooding and food shortages.
The Turkish currency dropped 49 percent in value. Coupled with a dozen other European currencies struggling.
Bring on drastic first-time unemployment numbers in the US and Worldwide, exacerbated by mass walkouts/disobedience over mandates.
Then massive debt printed into existence since the last quarter of 2019 leading to runaway inflation.
Icing on the cake is a general uneasiness concerning trust from elected leaders.
Yes, you are correct, a correction is on the table and in the cards.
The extent of it will depend upon the Feds willingness to sustain and increase monetary/debt easing.
Quit buying the Official narrative, its bullshit.

Tobacco Stocks are doing good as well. A cash cow.

Someone forgot to use their brain. You can't give my parents, wife, kids, co-workers and friends diabetes and kill them like you can with Covid, diabetes is not an infectious disease or virus. There is a huge difference between things you choose to do yourself and things you do to others. What does this have to do with the stock market? Why is an anti-vaxxer getting political and trolling the stock market thread?

Please keep your politics out of the stock market thread. Can we get some moderation on this clown? This has nothing to do with pinball, the stock market or investing.

We're up 14.41% dow year to Date.
Invest. Don't trade.

All below noted and respectfully disagree. Why? Because cyclically we go through all of these things every year, and if it isn't Turkey defaulting it is Greece. If it isn't problems here it is problems there. COVID is the wild card because corporations can't easily make plans for businesses 3-5 year out and they hate uncertainty. Markets like to think they can predict the future and the pandemic has thrown everything on it's ear. They hate uncertainty.

Fed has telegraphed rates would be rising and you know everyone will freak out anyways and still the markets will recover if rates go up .25.

Short Term - Still thinking markets will yo-yo or just plotz .

I do agree though that Klondike still kicks ass as a great pin . And I respect your decision to play it multi-ball .

Yup, market is always waiting for the next thing to spook it and long term it keeps rising

The news does not control the market and if you think it does it made no sense since we just had a pandemic lockdowns sickness death high unemployment protests bad election violence variants inflation shortages future regulations and higher taxes and this all made the market go on a huge bull run which will probably continue. If headlines are the driver if you want to trade ahead of the news that’s futile anyway.

Market needs pullbacks to wipe out speculators, leverage, weak hands and have momentum company employees shrug and sell off their 20/1 price to sales stock that’s still up 100% from 2020.

Market is emotional not rational and goes in waves of sentiment. We are on the last leg up of a 40-50 year upward trend and still have juice left to squeeze out of it. Still in a bull market.

Invest in stocks you are comfortable with, don’t put money in that you can’t afford to take a loss on, adjust and importantly manage your emotions along the way and you will be fine. News will likely guide you wrong, make you worry and once again it doesn’t control the market anyway so sure be aware but don’t put much time into it. But if you are into it then enjoy the excitement of stress and anxiety which leads to anger if things don’t go like you predict or want them to go. Calling things and folks names is the next step of following the news too much and this likely leads leads to the lower market returns. Once you start calling the market names you are cooked. I will pass.

That's why you do the research. Spot on.

Anybody know what happens to your stocks on robin hood if it gets delisted? I have a heavy position of Alibaba. If in forced to sell, I will lose my shirt

If it goes to OTC you can hold/sell but you can't buy any more. The very big downside is, you won't be able to average down so unless it becomes a meme stock of non robinhood users, you probably are only going to continue to drop.

Thanks for the encouragement BMore-Pinball ! I went to go buy @ MP and the stock must have dipped long enough around 180 for the call to be executed. I’m still relatively new to all do this stuff and I really appreciated this thread, minus the political junk

We have a very good Discord stock group without the BS here, ask DBLM for an invite

PYPL is a good long term hold, if it drops 5-10% for your purchase price, consider averaging down
I have 175 shares with an avg price of $192.07 & I am not worried
if it goes below $180 again, I am buying more

I have 400 shares. Don’t know my average but not worried about it either.

What are you guys thinking about BABA?

It’s a bargain price but…

I know. Biggest flop drop of a stock I've seen in years.
I keep waiting for a buy in every day, but keeps going lower and lower.
My original order at 120 thankfully canceled days ago.
I have a New buy order at 105 and 100. Will see next week.

I'm bleeding cash but

Yeah I lost $7000 on that trade...stay away till it stabilizes.

Hey Kvan99, I'm going to be in Miami for 10 days starting Wednesday, what are the can't miss things I should do? And best pinball bar?