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Scott Bessent to meet with Chinese officials
I had posted this few days back, and one of my thoughts was about Scott Bessent taking a lead role. >[Trying to make sense of the market .. my 2 cents](https://www.reddit.com/r/stocks/comments/1kdxs72/trying_to_make_sense_of_the_market_my_2_cents/) by[u/New-Ad-9629](https://www.reddit.com/user/New-Ad-9629/) in[stocks](https://www.reddit.com/r/stocks/) Few minutes back, I read this breaking news: [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/bessent-greer-to-meet-with-china-to-start-trade-talks-this-week](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/bessent-greer-to-meet-with-china-to-start-trade-talks-this-week) Anyone thinking that the market is going to …
AMD earnings beat as overall sales surge 36%
Advanced Micro Devices reported first fiscal-quarter earnings on Tuesday that topped expectations, and provided a strong forecast for current-quarter revenue. Shares of AMD rose more than 4% in extended trading. Here’s how the chipmaker did versus LSEG expectations for the quarter that ended March 29: * **Earnings per share**: 96 …
Buy the dip: The trend that keeps stocks from crashing (Economist article)
Here's the article (bypasses paywall): [https://archive.ph/41xUo](https://archive.ph/41xUo) Another angle that I thought of after reading the article is as follows: Retail investors of today may be considerably younger than in the past. (I don't have stats to back this up.) Many therefore may not have experienced a prolonged, grinding bear market …
Trump just said that they have a zero tariff agreement with India and there was no market reaction
Trump just said that they have a zero tariff agreement with India and there was no market reaction What will happen to markets if that is the big, big announcement? He announced that India will remove their tariffs and it really seems like that will be the big, big announcement …
Call Okta $123 for May 27th
Okta has been performing consistently from the beginning of this year. Looking string holding options for May 30th call.
The Fed has started QE 3.
35% of the bonds sold at the treasury auctions today and yesterday were purchased by the Fed. This means the Fed balance sheet will start going up again and QE 3 has started. I closed my puts, can’t bet on a mkt going down when the Fed steps in. This …
Public companies with government contracts?
I’m looking for companies that are not necessarily gong to be affected by the threat of tariffs. I’m thinking along the lines of AXON. They are continuously going to be purchased by police departments which have contracts and are going to use them regardless.
Comcast’s cable spinoff to be named Versant, picked to emphasize corporate versatility
Comcast’s spinoff of the majority of its NBCUniversal cable network portfolio will be named Versant, the company said Tuesday, ending a months-long process to select a new corporate moniker. The new company chose Versant (pronounced like the root of the word conversant) to emphasize its versatility and its familiarity with …
Why is it illegal for me to ask Tim cook about earning before they are released?
If I send The CEO of Apple a message, asking if earnings are a hit or miss before they are released, why is that bad? As an investor, isn't it my obligation to know how my money might perform in the future?
Trump makes market makers take their orders out of the market
All of the market makers controlling the bid/ask on QQQ stopped trading during the Trump live stream. What could his "very very big announcement" be? Trump says its positive. What could it possibly be and is the market priced in for something as positive as he is making it sound?