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Leperflesh
May 17, 2007

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

Doesn't matter if their profit went up 500% in the last year. If the next fiscal quarter goes down even a single percent the whole company quakes.

That's capitalism for you!

That's true, but also based on price to earnings the entire market is somewhat inflated, and the market is massively driven by those specific listed stocks.

FANG (or sometimes FAANG) refers to the big drivers of the market today: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google. These five stocks represent around 40% or so of the entire Nasdaq valuation, and about 10% or so of the entire S&P500 valuation.

Everyone knows this. The market is nervous. It's also exuberant, loves the idea of giant tax cuts for corporations, and so there's still a very strong buy side: I am not predicting a crash. But everyone is also simultaneously acutely aware of how critical to the entire stock market those specific companies are, so any sign of weakness in any of them - or especially in several of them - has to be taken very, very, very seriously.

e. Also, a nitpick, but this is not "capitalism" - it's specifically the behavior of public markets. You could have a capitalist system with no public companies that would behave very differently but still totally be capitalism.

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BI NOW GAY LATER
Jan 17, 2008

So people stop asking, the "Bi" in my username is a reference to my love for the two greatest collegiate sports programs in the world, the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Marshall Thundering Herd.
https://twitter.com/annehelen/status/935947204182753280

:barf:

Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.
And now we know the rest of the story



Wait gently caress that's Paul Harvey

FizFashizzle
Mar 30, 2005







Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

The gently caress?

Pron on VHS
Nov 14, 2005

Blood Clots
Sweat Dries
Bones Heal
Suck it Up and Keep Wrestling
Things are happening so fast in the world and I am struggling to understand it all

BI NOW GAY LATER
Jan 17, 2008

So people stop asking, the "Bi" in my username is a reference to my love for the two greatest collegiate sports programs in the world, the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Marshall Thundering Herd.

SHOAH NUFF posted:

Things are happening so fast in the world and I am struggling to understand it all

everything is bad, 2017 is worse than 2016

BI NOW GAY LATER
Jan 17, 2008

So people stop asking, the "Bi" in my username is a reference to my love for the two greatest collegiate sports programs in the world, the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Marshall Thundering Herd.
https://twitter.com/RichardRubinDC/status/935949106018648065

"actually, you'll find that i extremely didn't gently caress my state for years to come..."

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



SHOAH NUFF posted:

Things are happening so fast in the world and I am struggling to understand it all

Dudes who grew up before the internet are broken, shameful people due to not having enough pornography.

The kids though, they're alright.

Kalli
Jun 2, 2001



:lol:

https://twitter.com/SweeneyABC/status/935942616167960576

Pron on VHS
Nov 14, 2005

Blood Clots
Sweat Dries
Bones Heal
Suck it Up and Keep Wrestling
Every time I go online there’s so much news that confuses and scares me

I just want to go live in a little Cabin in northern Canada and grow vegetables and befriend animals

Amy Pole Her
Jun 17, 2002
Oh baby

Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

BI NOW GAY LATER posted:

everything is bad, 2017 is worse than 2016

Nah 2016 was worse still

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal

Hey cool, another one of my favorite athletes growing up is a massive dickhole.

BI NOW GAY LATER
Jan 17, 2008

So people stop asking, the "Bi" in my username is a reference to my love for the two greatest collegiate sports programs in the world, the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Marshall Thundering Herd.

Mel Mudkiper posted:

Nah 2016 was worse still

nah. as bad as it was, 2017 feels way loving worse

this is basically me, but about 2017 which i cannot believe still has gas in the tank:

https://twitter.com/SBNationCFB/status/827290177013948418

Ehud
Sep 19, 2003

football.

SHOAH NUFF posted:

Every time I go online there’s so much news that confuses and scares me

I just want to go live in a little Cabin in northern Canada and grow vegetables and befriend animals

like a really chill version of the unabomber

Pron on VHS
Nov 14, 2005

Blood Clots
Sweat Dries
Bones Heal
Suck it Up and Keep Wrestling
Lol I was thinking of a more stoic tom bombadil

Quiet Feet
Dec 14, 2009

THE HELL IS WITH THIS ASS!?






Hey, did anyone else watch Big Mouth on Netflix? Cuz there's a scene in there that I suddenly feel slightly less weird about but slightly more uncomfortable with in a different way.

Pron on VHS
Nov 14, 2005

Blood Clots
Sweat Dries
Bones Heal
Suck it Up and Keep Wrestling
I also have never heard of Garrison Keillor and at first thought it was that underrated old 49ers running back they were talking about until I saw a photo

swickles
Aug 21, 2006

I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just some QB that I used to know

:lol: I hope they treat this the same way they do when they overbook a plane, start offering 2x pay, then 3x etc.

Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

SHOAH NUFF posted:

I also have never heard of Garrison Keillor and at first thought it was that underrated old 49ers running back they were talking about until I saw a photo

Look at this basic bitch never listens to npr

Pron on VHS
Nov 14, 2005

Blood Clots
Sweat Dries
Bones Heal
Suck it Up and Keep Wrestling
I actually listen to tons of NPR podcasts. The best way for me to fall asleep is to put one on at 1/2 speed and I’m asleep in 20 minutes

FUCKFACE MORON
Apr 23, 2010

by sebmojo

BI NOW GAY LATER posted:

everything is bad, 2017 is worse than 2016
It's as if 2017 asked 2016 to hold its beer

BI NOW GAY LATER
Jan 17, 2008

So people stop asking, the "Bi" in my username is a reference to my love for the two greatest collegiate sports programs in the world, the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Marshall Thundering Herd.

Mel Mudkiper posted:

Look at this basic bitch never listens to npr

i am extremely basic and listen to npr constantly

i am also drinking a flat white and wearing a bunch of jcrew

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

No problem, just make sure at least one of the booked passengers can fly a plane.

JIZZ DENOUEMENT
Oct 3, 2012

STRIKE!
Seems good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B65hW9YYY5A

No Butt Stuff
Jun 10, 2004

I just wrote down everything I accomplished over the last year at work. It only took 2 pages.

I think I need to go through my e-mails and figure out if I'm just blocking out a few of the more painful projects.

Quiet Feet
Dec 14, 2009

THE HELL IS WITH THIS ASS!?






This has gotta be something that stretches multiple movies, right?

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga

Quiet Feet posted:

This has gotta be something that stretches multiple movies, right?

Yeah it's two parts

Spoeank
Jul 16, 2003

That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it

No Butt Stuff posted:

I just wrote down everything I accomplished over the last year at work. It only took 2 pages.

I think I need to go through my e-mails and figure out if I'm just blocking out a few of the more painful projects.

2 pages is a lot dude. Unless it's like one project a page.

No Butt Stuff
Jun 10, 2004

Spoeank posted:

2 pages is a lot dude. Unless it's like one project a page.

Nah, it's detailed bullet points.

It doesn't matter because there's not such thing as anything except the average merit increase here.

Durandal1707
Oct 11, 2013
Really don't like the rigmarole of having to mail stuff back because the company I ordered from was too fuckin dumb to ship me something that wasn't broken in the first place.

Oh well.

Quiet Feet
Dec 14, 2009

THE HELL IS WITH THIS ASS!?





Jota posted:

Yeah it's two parts

Makes sense. I'm glad it's more than one because there's a lot characters to find room for but three would've been nuts. Just thinking on how much of a mess the Hobbit was.

Neil Armbong
Jan 16, 2004

If anybody wants to see, there's a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up.
Pillbug
Is infinity war the end of the marvel universe? Where do they go from someone putting together the infinity gauntlet and all the stones?

edit: i know not the end, but end of current movie universe

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

BI NOW GAY LATER posted:

everything is bad, 2017 is worse than 2016

i never bought for one second the gently caress you 2016 narrative

this is why

and next year will be even worse, imo

No Butt Stuff
Jun 10, 2004

Neil Armbong posted:

Is infinity war the end of the marvel universe? Where do they go from someone putting together the infinity gauntlet and all the stones?

edit: i know not the end, but end of current movie universe

There was a news article yesterday that said expect at least 20 more MCU movies, with Avengers 4 being a clear line between the two sections.

Quiet Feet
Dec 14, 2009

THE HELL IS WITH THIS ASS!?





Neil Armbong posted:

Is infinity war the end of the marvel universe? Where do they go from someone putting together the infinity gauntlet and all the stones?

edit: i know not the end, but end of current movie universe

You could "reset" by introducing new characters and phasing out the previously introduced ones. The problem with that is of course that they've started with all of the big names and after a while suddenly you're looking at Speedball: The Bounciest Avenger or something.

Which I would totally watch.

Impossibly Perfect Sphere
Nov 6, 2002

They wasted Luanne on Lucky!

She could of have been so much more but the writers just didn't care!
Well in the comicbook world they would just reset by introducing some stupid universe/time gimmick and start over, soooooo....

BI NOW GAY LATER
Jan 17, 2008

So people stop asking, the "Bi" in my username is a reference to my love for the two greatest collegiate sports programs in the world, the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Marshall Thundering Herd.

Vertical Lime posted:

i never bought for one second the gently caress you 2016 narrative

this is why

and next year will be even worse, imo

i mean depends on what happens when mueller nails someone close to trump

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Neil Armbong
Jan 16, 2004

If anybody wants to see, there's a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up.
Pillbug

BI NOW GAY LATER posted:

i mean depends on what happens when mueller nails someone close to trump

war happens. the tweets will stop and bombs will drop when the investigation gets to his front door. and with reports of flynn potentially flipping this week, could happen sooner rather than later.

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