It has long seemed to me, if they do a shooting war - that a lot would ride on whether the actual TSM factories get destroyed. This could happen through miss-aimed hostile fire, or if the "good guys" get driven out of their homeland, scuttling the ship on [...]

Huh - that's odd. They must've not had time machines back then, either![...]

Michael, Please let us know how this phone call turns out. Good job, of getting their attention! (From another BOC shareholder).[...]

A lot of farmers are annoyed with John Deere (DE) for trying to force them into paying DE for all their tractor maintenance work. Many have done that work themselves for years (generally during the off seasons). Now, if you want to continue having that pa[...]

My best guess is that BOC shares will wobble around for a while, but probably be pretty much the same company 6 months down the road (you guys are both much better informed than i).So i set up a small wager on that idea - but so far nobody has stepped [...]

Hi Theta - long time no see! I like the way you clearly describe your maths. Your article a couple years ago, on Synthetic Covered Calls - jump started my reading about options. You also once mentioned the city where options were invented. But i didn't s[...]

Traffic laws have pretty much lost their meaning in Alaska, too. That includes even old-style dimming of headlights. It's 'every man for himself' - so you HAVE to be very defensive, if you want to get old someday. People act so surprised when their loved o[...]

I once accepted 200 pieces of silver as partial payment on a sailboat. That was fun![...]

No, keep 'em detailed! (Even though i admit i don't always read the whole article on some stocks). Paid subscribers get a condensed abstract at the beginning of each article. It's usually < a single page.[...]

Yes - me too! I'm still at only half a LockBox position, so feel safe enough... I figure if your assessment of the actual business is good enough for the LockBox - i sure ain't going to worry about single-quarter herd stampedes, this way or that. MOO!![...]

The Foole pushed SPT pretty hard. I bought a tiny sample back in 2020 (back when i still listened to them).[...]

I hope today’s sharp drop in DV was a great buying opportunity. ‘Cause i just “backed up the truck!” (in my own small-ish way...)[...]

Agreed, on the "AI."[...]

You bought it at a lot better time than i did! (i was way too early).[...]

I let the Foole talk me into this several years ago - then it promptly dropped hard. But i held it long enough to finally break even, and got out. I no longer have any apatite for newsletter picks - so i guess the apatite-suppression worked![...]

You get a CHANCE to double. A dartboard gives you a chance, too...[...]

That makes sense.[...]

Money spent on lobbying, being seen as more important than doing useful work.[...]

I wonder what MTCH is lobying for. Less regulation of internet lying, maybe?[...]

Strategas Global Policy Opportunities ETF (SAGP) Holy Smokes! That's just like the super right-wing State of Alaska - living off the federal tit! (plus some oil money)[...]