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Post by nagrani on Sept 18, 2015 11:34:31 GMT -8
Bravo to market makers. We had a Jewish holiday, fed announcement and first weekend preorder commentary from Apple mgt and they freakin kept the stock flat for the week. All those calls and puts bought this week - zero'd out. Bravo!!!
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Post by hamourabi on Sept 18, 2015 11:36:14 GMT -8
max pain @ 114 ?
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Post by stub on Sept 18, 2015 12:23:12 GMT -8
So... Market participants didn't want the Fed to raise rates because raising rates can slow down the economy and be bad for stocks. No one expected the Fed to raise rates because of recent weak economic reports. So then, the Fed doesn't raise rates and... Everything gets kneecapped. Makes sense. Absolutely!
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Post by rob_london on Sept 18, 2015 12:32:34 GMT -8
Financial Times:
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Post by mace on Sept 18, 2015 12:53:49 GMT -8
I updated my 5s via USB and it went fine. I updated iTunes to 12.3, first. Last evening I updated a 2nd 5s; again fine. (I was sure to have backed up photos to iPhoto, and had iPhone backups to iCloud and Mac. A year or two ago, I did have an issue updating one iPhone, and had to buy a third party utility -iMazing.app- to recover things from a backup that iTunes simply would reject as invalid.) My iTunes screwed up. It shows Unable to connect to iTunes purchases whenever I launch iTunes. Is only a message... I can't find anything wrong. All content are available and playable. No problem now.
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Post by BillH on Sept 18, 2015 12:56:27 GMT -8
The current economy presents many challenges going forward, but I'm with BillH on some of the framework that has been built. One very key metric is how we as a nation are positioned to withstand the "next" downturn. The Banks are much better capitalized than in 2008, as are the insurance companies and corporate balance sheets are quite strong. The Consumer has paid down debt, is much less leveraged (in general) than in 2008 and while employment could be better, there are signs that key economic sectors are having trouble finding skilled people. I wish, as a nation, we were committed to better training and development of skilled positions...and I would absolutely support a large increase in improving infrastructure. Not makework tasks, but the electric grid, bridges, airports, schools. These projects need to be done and they put people to work. I've been affiliated with a helmets to hardhats program where I live and it has been reassuring to see the number of vets being absorbed into the construction trades. JMHO, but as a nation we still incent all the wrong ways when it comes to job creation. So much could be done with a tax rewrite...but we have been over this issue before, as it relates to Apple and so much more. I don't know the welfare world but if I understood it correctly Bill Clinton's reforms put a cap on how long and under what circumstances it could be collected. My view was that if people wanted to eat (and most do) they'd find and/or make the work needed for their survival. I've personally know a few that were let go (white collar types) during the last downturn. It became clear that it would be difficult to find similar employment. They turned entrepreneurial in a pretty big hurry. I stumbled across this recently and couldn't agree more with his view of our world. Highly recommended. As for the infrastructure part, I've been yammering about that for years to the annoyance of many. www.onbeing.org/blog/work-we-value-intelligence-we-ignore-work-made-america-great-valued-any-longer/2590
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Post by mace on Sept 18, 2015 12:57:40 GMT -8
Mace - what's your current EW count. Are we in wave 5? Presume yes unless below $92 but look like a leading diagonal so could decline back to $105 5.i.(2) before staging a strong rally 5.i.(3).
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Post by chinacat on Sept 18, 2015 13:30:13 GMT -8
If Ghostery was the backend of the Peace app and that Whitelist is updated, won't the Peace App continue to work just fine? Is there a place where someone can download apps that aren't in the App Store anymore? Meant to get Peace this morning as the reviews were great. Marco Ament has pulled Peace from the App Store
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Post by Mav on Sept 18, 2015 14:19:02 GMT -8
I upgraded all iOS devices (iPhone 6, iPhone 4, iPad 2) immediately and a friends iPhone 5 during the debate. No problems with any of them. Must be my magic touch. Upgraded my iPhone, not my iPad 3 yet. Early returns - some bugs (what's new), concrete gains in battery life (reminds me of my iPhone 4 battery), a touch of slowdown. Since I don't think iOS 9 is really all that much of a feature release, I...don't have much else to say. Seems fine, like the battery efficiency improvements!
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Post by JDSoCal on Sept 18, 2015 23:00:18 GMT -8
The current economy presents many challenges going forward, but I'm with BillH on some of the framework that has been built. One very key metric is how we as a nation are positioned to withstand the "next" downturn. The Banks are much better capitalized than in 2008, as are the insurance companies and corporate balance sheets are quite strong. The Consumer has paid down debt, is much less leveraged (in general) than in 2008 and while employment could be better, there are signs that key economic sectors are having trouble finding skilled people. I wish, as a nation, we were committed to better training and development of skilled positions...and I would absolutely support a large increase in improving infrastructure. Not makework tasks, but the electric grid, bridges, airports, schools. These projects need to be done and they put people to work. I've been affiliated with a helmets to hardhats program where I live and it has been reassuring to see the number of vets being absorbed into the construction trades. JMHO, but as a nation we still incent all the wrong ways when it comes to job creation. So much could be done with a tax rewrite...but we have been over this issue before, as it relates to Apple and so much more. I don't know the welfare world but if I understood it correctly Bill Clinton's reforms put a cap on how long and under what circumstances it could be collected. My view was that if people wanted to eat (and most do) they'd find and/or make the work needed for their survival. I've personally know a few that were let go (white collar types) during the last downturn. It became clear that it would be difficult to find similar employment. They turned entrepreneurial in a pretty big hurry. I stumbled across this recently and couldn't agree more with his view of our world. Highly recommended. As for the infrastructure part, I've been yammering about that for years to the annoyance of many. www.onbeing.org/blog/work-we-value-intelligence-we-ignore-work-made-america-great-valued-any-longer/2590LOL @ "Bill Clinton's reforms." Clinton vetoed welfare reform twice, but he finally signed it after getting shellacked in the midterms because the people overwhelmingly supported it. Same thing Clinton did with the budget, shut down the government and called Republicans who wanted cuts mean and heartless - then took credit for the balanced budget! Oh, and Obama stripped all the work requirements out of the Clinton-era welfare reforms.
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Post by Mav on Sept 18, 2015 23:55:14 GMT -8
The process of getting my refund for Peace was way more annoying than any web ads. Do tell.
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Post by BillH on Sept 19, 2015 13:59:05 GMT -8
I don't know the welfare world but if I understood it correctly Bill Clinton's reforms put a cap on how long and under what circumstances it could be collected. My view was that if people wanted to eat (and most do) they'd find and/or make the work needed for their survival. I've personally know a few that were let go (white collar types) during the last downturn. It became clear that it would be difficult to find similar employment. They turned entrepreneurial in a pretty big hurry. I stumbled across this recently and couldn't agree more with his view of our world. Highly recommended. As for the infrastructure part, I've been yammering about that for years to the annoyance of many. www.onbeing.org/blog/work-we-value-intelligence-we-ignore-work-made-america-great-valued-any-longer/2590LOL @ "Bill Clinton's reforms." Clinton vetoed welfare reform twice, but he finally signed it after getting shellacked in the midterms because the people overwhelmingly supported it. Same thing Clinton did with the budget, shut down the government and called Republicans who wanted cuts mean and heartless - then took credit for the balanced budget! Oh, and Obama stripped all the work requirements out of the Clinton-era welfare reforms. I'll just submit the Wikipedia page on the issue which seems a factual account of what took place at the time. Calling it Bill Clinton's reforms was a poor choice but the essence remains as it was clearly an issue he ran on in 92 with a pledge to "reform welfare as we know it". There's also information on your assertion that Obama stripped all the work requirements which isn't quite accurate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Responsibility_and_Work_Opportunity_ActIt's inevitable that "economic" comments should turn into a political discussion given what a heavy hand it now has on our economy. I'm okay with that. I keep this pic as a reminder to ME of how much difference there is between two really inept groups. Attachments:
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Post by JDSoCal on Sept 19, 2015 23:06:00 GMT -8
LOL @ "Bill Clinton's reforms." Clinton vetoed welfare reform twice, but he finally signed it after getting shellacked in the midterms because the people overwhelmingly supported it. Same thing Clinton did with the budget, shut down the government and called Republicans who wanted cuts mean and heartless - then took credit for the balanced budget! Oh, and Obama stripped all the work requirements out of the Clinton-era welfare reforms. I'll just submit the Wikipedia page on the issue which seems a factual account of what took place at the time. Calling it Bill Clinton's reforms was a poor choice but the essence remains as it was clearly an issue he ran on in 92 with a pledge to "reform welfare as we know it". There's also information on your assertion that Obama stripped all the work requirements which isn't quite accurate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Responsibility_and_Work_Opportunity_ActIt's inevitable that "economic" comments should turn into a political discussion given what a heavy hand it now has on our economy. I'm okay with that. I keep this pic as a reminder to ME of how much difference there is between two really inept groups. Did you even read your own link? A politician - a Clinton, no less - "ran on" an issue and that's good enough for you? LOL! Did he also run on Mom and Apple Pie and the flag? As far as Wikipedia citing PolitiFact, what a joke that left-wing site is!
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Post by BillH on Sept 20, 2015 7:35:02 GMT -8
Did you even read your own link? A politician - a Clinton, no less - "ran on" an issue and that's good enough for you? LOL! Did he also run on Mom and Apple Pie and the flag?
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