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Wall Street thought Ozempic would kill the gym industry. Planet Fitness just signed a deal with the company that prescribes it.
Wall Street panicked in late 2023 that GLP-1 drugs would empty gyms. Planet Fitness added 1.1M net new members in 2025, grew revenue 12.1% to $1.3B, and signed a Perks partnership with Ro (Serena Williams's GLP-1 prescriber). Life Time grew revenue 14.3% to $2.995B and tripled its in-club Miora clinics, …
Is the stock market becoming more & more volatile?
Has the stock market become way more volatile lately, or am I just noticing it more now? VOO seems to swing ±2% almost daily sometimes, which feels unusual compared to how stable index funds used to seem. I’m used to seeing that kind of volatility in crypto, but not in …
I built a daily AI news classifier to see whether journalism framing predicts short-term market moves.
I'm retired and have been writing software since the early 80s. A few months ago I got curious about whether AI-sector financial news has any predictive structure beyond simple bullish/bearish sentiment. Not sentiment in the usual sense exactly more like what kind of story journalists are collectively telling. Earnings story, …
Is Cisco showing where enterprise AI spending is heading next?
CSCO jumped about 15% after earnings, which got me thinking about where the real AI opportunity actually is. Most investors are still keyeing into the obvious AI names, but some of the bigger winners might end up being the companies building the backbone of all this, networking, servers, and enterprise …
Why do people who just buy index funds call themselves investors? You set up an auto deposit once. My grandmother does the same thing with her savings account.
Seriously asking. I see people on here acting like they cracked the code because they bought VOO and forgot about it. That's not investing, that's outsourcing your thinking to a committee and hoping for the best. At least people who pick stocks are actually engaging with markets, reading financials, taking …
Daily General Discussion and Advice Thread - May 15, 2026
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Right mentality for buying calls?
Hi all, For investing, I tend to be one who happily buys dips which has worked out well and is probably a strength. Conversely, I think I'm too quick to sell once things start going well which probably hurts me more than helps. I bought a bunch of HOOD calls …
What's the best strategy as a 30 year old?
Just curious what would you all say I should prioritize to invest in for my taxable account that I just opened? for some context I've maxed my roth ira for 3 years now and is about 80% s&p 20% international- roth ira account is with fidelity My taxable account is …
have been saving to buy a home in cash... but no idea when i'll buy. should i move most of that over to a brokerage, and settle for a 20% down payment?
34, single. income is $150-250k/year, depending on commission. 401k (currently at $415k) is maxed out, no longer qualify for roth ira. mega backdoor roth through 401k. about $520k in money market (3.15%) for emergency/eventual down payment on home. i love the idea of buying a home in cash, or paying …
Will you continue to hold SNDK?
I bought 1,000 shares of SNDK when the stock price was $356, and I’ve watched it rise ever since. I’ve thought about selling countless times during this period, so as the price went up, I kept selling in increments: I sold 250 shares when the price reached $850, and another …