…56 posts on GA election law…mine included…and what does that add to this board?
Does it enlighten one’s investment strategy?
Does it change minds?
Or are we re-creating another Political Asylum, Conservative Fools, etc. etc.?
Cheers!
Murph
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Does it enlighten one’s investment strategy?
Does it change minds?
Or are we re-creating another Political Asylum, Conservative Fools, etc. etc.?
No. No. Yes.
But TMF only has themselves to blame.
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Hi g,
I agree with you, but as a Home Fool had zero input into that decision–was just as surprised as anyone else.
Cheers!
Murph
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I question why a ‘Home Fool’ is inserting themselves into the discussion?
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…I question why…
Could it be a typing addiction? I know i have one
ie: ‘i need to post or else my blood pressure will go up’ or ‘i post therefore i exist’ or ‘too much caffeine, must quell hyper-tension by typing on a message board’.
Ah, i feel better already :^)
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I question why a ‘Home Fool’ is inserting themselves into the discussion? - wecoguy
I suspect if he was coming down in support of the liberal position, you would not be asking this question.
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I question why a ‘Home Fool’ is inserting themselves into the discussion?
Hi wecoguy,
Because we are people too, with investing ideas, feelings, opinions and questions. We don’t give those up just because we have a TMF. Home Fools are contractors; not TMF employees. I once figured out that I make around $.75/hour. 
Cheers!
Murph
BL Home Fool
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I suspect everyone supporting a traitorous goose stepping regime, in any way… Useless, pointless to read, other than to P-Box, a P-Box I emptied at the turn, but I see it’s still useful. Life’s too short to put up with idiocy.
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Well, wecoguy, I suppose you’re calling the GA government “traitorous and goose stepping”…because that what this thread is about?
If not, perhaps you are referencing the Biden Administration? Trumps? Either way, the personal attack is noted…versus attacking the argument.
So, it seems to me that demonizing one who disagrees with you rather than presenting one own facts smacks of the very behavior you abhor.
Cheers…and good luck with your investing.
Murph
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56 posts on GA election law…mine included…and what does that add to this board?
A. Your post was the only one that was Snide and Condescending
B. There were more post than this on Saul’s board about a stock that’s crashed over 300%
C. Anyone changed their mind on either thread? No.
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…a stock that’s crashed over 300%
Curious how a stock can go down more than 100%. The market doesn’t support negative prices for stocks now, does it?
-IGU-
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Curious how a stock can go down more than 100%.
Meaning, a stock that has lost over 300% of its value.
Meaning, a stock that has lost over 300% of its value.
But, still not possible. I can (but won’t) reduce my weight by 10% - but when I reduce my weight by 100% I weigh nothing - and I can’t go lower than that - there is no negative weight (or mass, but don’t make me break out my old physics textbooks). Similarly, stocks can lose at the most 100% of their value - and no more.
I suspect the original is just lazy / sloppy writing. That’s okay - it generally indicates lazy / sloppy thinking, and we can ignore anything that follows.
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“Meaning, a stock that has lost over 300% of its value”
When all else fails, double down.
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>>Curious how a stock can go down more than 100%.<<
Meaning, a stock that has lost over 300% of its value. - Tusconbones
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??? Seems like the same thing. But maybe I am missing something. Perhaps some math will help people like me understand.
If a stock had a peak value of $100 per share, what would its price have to be in order for it to have lost 300% of it value? Number please…
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If a stock had a peak value of $100 per share, what would its price have to be in order for it to have lost 300% of it value? Number please…
Easy. Means you now have to pay the market $300 per share.
…or is it only $200?
Pete
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If a stock had a peak value of $100 per share, what would its price have to be in order for it to have lost 300% of it value?
Of course, technically, you’re correct.
But even I, a mathematically challenged investor, understand that what they mean is a person looses a bunch of bags they had gained. So, if I bought XYZ at $30/share and they increased 1500% in value, then tanked a bunch so I only had 1200% gain, I lost 300 of that 1500% gain.
Sure, it’s not grammarically correct or mathematic reality, but I understand the gist of the misuse.
click on the Recs link for this board to see what a real investment board used to look like.
Sad.
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There were more post than this on Saul’s board about a stock that’s crashed over 300%. …Anyone changed their mind on either thread? No.
At the obvious risk of prolonging this (so far, apparently useless) discussion…
An unwillingness to change one’s mind in the face of new information–referred to in the psychology literature as “the closed mind”–is the focus of a great deal of research (which, of course, closed-minded individuals will preemptively dismiss). As you suggest, it affects investment decisions as well as social outlooks and attitudes.
As it happens, I’ve changed my mind any number of times as a result of posts on Saul’s board–in terms of my willingness to buy and to sell stocks featured there. That board has been very useful in bringing certain companies to my attention and educating me about what they do. The stubborn refusal of most folks there, including Saul, even to discuss matters of stock valuation has been equally educative insofar as it has demonstrated the dangers of “investing” that way. (An aside: Saul is a fairly recent convert to the “price doesn’t matter” camp. Valuation used to be a key criterion for him.)
Here and elsewhere in TMF, the closed-mindedness of self-styled “conservatives” with respect both to investing and to social/political matters is entirely in keeping with a great deal of empirical research. Even when presented with factual, objective evidence that contradicts their prior beliefs, they double-down, gaslight, or change the subject. I cannot recall one of them ever saying something like, “Oh, I didn’t know that” or “Hey, you’ve got a point there.” And, no, that’s not as commonplace among other posters here, or other people in general. Again: this isn’t just my opinion; there’s a mountain of research on the subject.
As one (tiny) example, in light of my five decades of published research on voting, elections, and IDs, as well as my decade of practical work assisting thousands of individuals, face to face, in obtaining their IDs, I propose that I know more about this particular topic than anyone else here. I’m not just talking off the top of my head. But that cuts zero ice here with posters that I need not name. I feel sad about that. I really do.
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As one (tiny) example, in light of my five decades of published research on voting, elections, and IDs, as well as my decade of practical work assisting thousands of individuals, face to face, in obtaining their IDs, I propose that I know more about this particular topic than anyone else here. I’m not just talking off the top of my head. But that cuts zero ice here with posters that I need not name. I feel sad about that. I really do.
I trust MFungi because of his five decades of experience.
I wonder if anyone in this thread actually lives in Georgia? I do. And they are making it HARDER to vote. The absentee ballot process is bizarre and out of control. I don’t live in a hard to vote county, but I do face restrictions in absentee ballot because of the big lie. Note the link below was actually written and produced in October 2020, long before the more draconian voting rights laws in Georgia were passed in 2021. They happened so fast after Joe Biden won Georgia and Democrats won two Senate seats here, it could make your head spin. Why? Not because of election fraud. “Trump’s own officials say 2020 was America’s most secure election in history.” (Vox) And Brad Raffensberger, our SoS also confirmed a free and fair election, no widespread fraud. BTW the lies told about poll workers in Fulton County went to court. Those women were harassed (including by TFG) and run out of their home, had to go in hiding. Reuters: “Two Atlanta poll workers settle defamation lawsuit against One America”
There is plenty in this article to digest if you really care about Georgia politics. If not, you can throw out all the quips and talking points you want, but I’ll continue to see what is happening on the ground here.
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/17/924527679/why-do-nonwhite-geo…
Why Do Nonwhite Georgia Voters Have To Wait In Line For Hours? Too Few Polling Places
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Shelby v. Holder decision in 2013 eliminated key federal oversight of election decisions in states with histories of discrimination, Georgia’s voter rolls have grown by nearly 2 million people, yet polling locations have been cut statewide by nearly 10%, according to an analysis of state and local records by Georgia Public Broadcasting and ProPublica. Much of the growth has been fueled by younger, nonwhite voters, especially in nine metro Atlanta counties, where four out of five new voters were nonwhite, according to the Georgia secretary of state’s office.
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Republican Brad Raffensperger, who took over as secretary of state in January 2019, has called for more resources and polling places, but he has been unable to push these changes through the GOP-controlled legislature.
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