@policytensor If you think of a small elite group of people wanting to have full control over the entire world, everything makes sense. US doesn't have enough military to do this alone, so it uses NATO to contain Russia, Japan/Korea to contain China, Israel to contain the Middle East.
@RyanRozbiani This means that they collect and look through all information. It's an invasion of privacy. You might want to consider using a local LLM.
@BrettErickson28 And I feel bad for the Cubans. It was never about freedom. It was about control over others and US wants control over the whole world.
@UnicusResearch Isn't it strange to anyone that Nvidia always beat expectations in every earnings call? It does make me feel uncomfortable as if the numbers were made up.
@DejikaDonatova B.
Prices for A can be manipulated via oil futures. Solvable.
Refined products are necessities for the population. Paper futures can't solve physical shortages. Mid terms coming. Need votes. Can't afford angry population and long queues at the fuel station or food shortages.
@indica Generally speaking, the Chinese culture prefers peace to war. They understood that war is bad, for both parties. It's a lose-lose situation. This is very different thinking for US military complex, who wants control and demands control over others through military superiority.
@StealthQE4 I think the US debt is at the point of no return. The logical conclusion is that US would keep printing US dollars at an ever increasing rate, devalue it significantly, to service the debt. For investors, they have to plan how to protect their money / purchasing power.
@MarcDeMesel Looking at this, I would feel more bullish about Chinese stocks. I think when sentiment is super bad (uninvestable), assuming fundamentals remain same/improved, then it's probably a good time to enter. But I would sell on the way up and not hold forever.
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Yeah, I have decided to take profits on oil today. It went up 20% in 2 weeks. I am guessing that it needs to take a breather before the next push up. If the oil price comes down, I will buy back in again because I still don't see Hormuz reopening anytime soon.
My opinion still stands since the Iran war started. There is no real peace until things get so bad, one side finally capitulated.
So far, I don't see any signs of capitulation. Demands from both sides remain loud and so far apart, it's not possible to reach a compromise.
@BrettErickson28 US used up all its long range precision missiles in the war. (estimated 18000 bombs). If they have more, they would use it to end the war. You think US is giving Iran chances? No, US wants to win. They use economic warfare because this is the best option left. US is not merciful.
US government intervening in the bond market, in the Yen market, in the oil market, and who knows what else. This isn't free market nor capitalism. This is more like Soviet Union of the past. A few guys thinking they know best on what price to set for everything.
Bearish US.
@GavMcCracken Even if you knew the exact number of the physical oil, it is no guarantee as the paper oil futures is based on buyers/sellers. Hence I no longer use margin/leverage.
@joperec@GavMcCracken I can confirm that US is a net importer of oil. If a country has no oil resources but considers animals as oil (ignore how absurd it sounds), that doesn't change the reality. It only separates the people who accepts the new numbers from the people who rejects it as absurd.
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@Boondox82@GavMcCracken For the most part, I believe the market is right. Being contrarian is a difficult job. It also happens that the best returns come from being right when a huge majority are wrong. Because that's where the forced buying/selling comes in, leading to exceptional returns.