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Winter Banter and General Disco 2


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14 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

They’ll never be another Tom Brady. You can make the argument he is the greatest athlete of all time across any sport.

I think Michael Phelps may hold that title. He was a literal freak of nature who did it all by himself too. Brady had teammates and a legendary coach. Swimming gets far less coverage than the NFL so in terms of recognition and star power it's Brady, of course.

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6 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

I think Michael Phelps may hold that title. He was a literal freak of nature who did it all by himself too. Brady had teammates and a legendary coach. Swimming gets far less coverage than the NFL so in terms of recognition and star power it's Brady, of course.

As a former swimmer who raced (and got his ass kicked by) Phelps as an age grouper, I heartily endorse this message. People who don't follow swimming cannot truly fathom what a freak of nature he was. From making the Sydney team at barely fifteen to his unmatched versatility (at one point he held world records in the 100/200 fly, 200/400 IM and 200 free, was within hundredths of the world records in the 100/200 backstroke and 100 free, and was American record holder in the 400m free), to his superhuman ability to recover quickly between races, he was a talent for the ages. Even when he slacked off for a few years before the London Olympics, he still managed to be the most decorated athlete of the games. I wish we could have seen what he was truly capable of. He always swam so many races that many of his world records were set while he was exhausted. I bet if he had been fresh many of his records could last decades.

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3 hours ago, PhineasC said:

I think Michael Phelps may hold that title. He was a literal freak of nature who did it all by himself too. Brady had teammates and a legendary coach. Swimming gets far less coverage than the NFL so in terms of recognition and star power it's Brady, of course.

With how this season has turned out in TB....this is definitely debateable.......Belly-ache should be paying Tom at this point......

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Amazing is all you can say about a group of 2m users in Reddit community (Wall Street bets)

I joined this weekend

They are leveraging and buying particular stocks on margin and sending their price to the moon.

GME was first target . Some made millions on Friday options and they sent this from 65 at close Friday to 125 high in this morning trading (before falling back to 95. GME was 18$ January 12 . 

They are hitting ticker symbols BB, And to lesser extent AMC , PLTR and Jay’s favorite CCIV 

Something has to give here 

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9 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Amazing is all you can say about a group of 2m users in Reddit community (Wall Street bets)

I joined this weekend

They are leveraging and buying particular stocks on margin and sending their price to the moon.

GME was first target . Some made millions on Friday options and they sent this from 65 at close Friday to 125 high in this morning trading (before falling back to 95. GME was 18$ January 12 . 

They are hitting ticker symbols BB, And to lesser extent AMC , PLTR and Jay’s favorite CCIV 

Something has to give here 

This kind of manipulation is like a modern version of the 1920s stock pools that guys like Joe Kennedy used to pump and dump themselves to riches. At some point the SEC will catch on, but the markets have become a farce. Manipulation and speculative mania are the orders of the day for the time being.

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15 minutes ago, Hoth said:

This kind of manipulation is like a modern version of the 1920s stock pools that guys like Joe Kennedy used to pump and dump themselves to riches. At some point the SEC will catch on, but the markets have become a farce. Manipulation and speculative mania are the orders of the day for the time being.

In a normal market setting this may have been taken care of by now ,  but the market  is a giant casino . It’s almost like authorities don’t want to upset retail and shake the confidence of the money tree . When is the last time retail traders beat professionals in annual returns . It began with Dave Portnoy in April and the madness has grown.

Penny stocks (stocks traded In OTC markets ) increased 300% in December (from November) and wait till January data is out .

Premarket AMC , GME and BB are all up 30-50% from this group that is coordinating capital and buying on margin . Much easier to move stocks in the lower volume environment of premarket trading , so will be interesting to see volume of each in first half hour after 930 open  (compared to their normal volume )

 

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10 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

In a normal market setting this may have been taken care of by now ,  but the market  is a giant casino . It’s almost like authorities don’t want to upset retail and shake the confidence of the money tree . When is the last time retail traders beat professionals in annual returns . It began with Dave Portnoy in April and the madness has grown.

Penny stocks (stocks traded In OTC markets ) increased 300% in December (from November) and wait till January data is out .

Premarket AMC , GME and BB are all up 30-50% from this group that is coordinating capital and buying on margin . Much easier to move stocks in the lower volume environment of premarket trading , so will be interesting to see volume of each in first half hour after 930 open  (compared to their normal volume )

 

Yeah, it's rapidly getting out of control. The daily volume of options contracts is just insane now, which of course forces stocks up via dealer gamma hedging. You wonder what the ultimate endgame is and whether another October '87 style day could come along under the right conditions.

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10 hours ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Greatest (Winner Player) could be a argument  , he’s not that athletic 

Lebron might be the greatest professional athlete I’ve watched. 
 

I’m happy for Brady though, he felt like he had more to do and he’s doing it.  The TB management and fan base must be ecstatic. 

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42 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

In a normal market setting this may have been taken care of by now ,  but the market  is a giant casino . It’s almost like authorities don’t want to upset retail and shake the confidence of the money tree . When is the last time retail traders beat professionals in annual returns . It began with Dave Portnoy in April and the madness has grown.

Penny stocks (stocks traded In OTC markets ) increased 300% in December (from November) and wait till January data is out .

Premarket AMC , GME and BB are all up 30-50% from this group that is coordinating capital and buying on margin . Much easier to move stocks in the lower volume environment of premarket trading , so will be interesting to see volume of each in first half hour after 930 open  (compared to their normal volume )

 

I would also add that I can see how markets like this can drag in even the best managers for fear of missing out. I remember hearing Stan Druckenmiller talk about how he had gotten out of the markets in '99 due to the extreme valuations, only to go crazy watching stocks continue to march higher while he was on the sidelines. He couldn't take it anymore in early 2000, reversed course and piled into tech a few weeks before the market topped. He knew he was being stupid, but couldn't help himself and lost billions.

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45 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

 

Premarket AMC , GME and BB are all up 30-50% from this group that is coordinating capital and buying on margin . Much easier to move stocks in the lower volume environment of premarket trading , so will be interesting to see volume of each in first half hour after 930 open  (compared to their normal volume )

 

BB and GME were being pumped hard in the reddit forums yesterday.  It’s so ridiculous. They get pumped, jump up in the pre-market and then  all the Robinhood fanboys play leveraged bets at 9:30am open only to watch the whales pull out 5 minutes later and leave the suckers bag holding. 

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59 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

BB and GME were being pumped hard in the reddit forums yesterday.  It’s so ridiculous. They get pumped, jump up in the pre-market and then  all the Robinhood fanboys play leveraged bets at 9:30am open only to watch the whales pull out 5 minutes later and leave the suckers bag holding. 

At some point the biggies will pull back but I don’t believe it will be today . 
 

AMC is being pushed very hard .

These are millionaire makers in options .
 

We would need a very resistant strain to put an end or lid to this market madness soon , black swans are the only acceptable way to take this market down , a huge fall  can’t be seen as a organic systematic issue or confidence goes poof and stability follows . That frankly is a matter of national / or global security now and has been for a bit .
 

But a swan , allows The political capital for more fed support , more treasury support , maintains confidence in system and continues to fast track the fourth industrial revolution. That Is the greased up path of least resistance that occurred last year ..and there is tons more money in extending this sort of thing by playing up theoretic scenarios , much more than risking a return to normal and a slowdown of the futuristic economic transition that IS occurring right now .
 

Not saying another swan is coming ,  but either way these are rare times and the market is wild 

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11 hours ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Brady didn’t want to play on a team without weapons At age 40 plus  ...

Tampa had F-16 receivers and the Pats had Fokker D-7s.

I think Michael Phelps may hold that title. He was a literal freak of nature who did it all by himself too. Brady had teammates and a legendary coach. Swimming gets far less coverage than the NFL so in terms of recognition and star power it's Brady, of course.

Most dominant athlete I've seen - not just winning but totally outclassing - is Katie Ladecki.  Her margins in the 400 and 800 free remind me of Secretariat at the Belmont.  The Olympics don't have the 1500 but if they did Ladecki might lap the field.

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11 minutes ago, tamarack said:

Tampa had F-16 receivers and the Pats had Fokker D-7s.

I think Michael Phelps may hold that title. He was a literal freak of nature who did it all by himself too. Brady had teammates and a legendary coach. Swimming gets far less coverage than the NFL so in terms of recognition and star power it's Brady, of course.

Most dominant athlete I've seen - not just winning but totally outclassing - is Katie Ladecki.  Her margins in the 400 and 800 free remind me of Secretariat at the Belmont.  The Olympics don't have the 1500 but if they did Ladecki might lap the field.

Ledecky could legitimately make the top heat in the men's 1500m at Olympic trials. She routinely beats up on some of our best male distance talent in practice, throwing down times from a push that would've won Olympic gold a decade ago. She doesn't have the versatility of Phelps, but she is extremely special in her own right. Also, I believe they've added the women's 1500m and men's 800m to the Olympic lineup, so you may see her lap some folks.

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47 minutes ago, tamarack said:

Never.  This is the first time any SB team has played in its own home park.

The Rams played the Steelers in the Rose Bowl. All things considered that is more of an advantage than the Bucs are going to have.

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17 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

That wasn't their home stadium at the time though.  Home market, but the 1979 Rams called the LA Col. their stadium

The Super Bowl is so corporate that there are hardly any fans in attendance even during a normal year.  It's usually people who like to be at an "event".  I'm not sure home field is all that much of an advantage for it.  I guess we will find out.

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16 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

That wasn't their home stadium at the time though.  Home market, but the 1979 Rams called the LA Col. their stadium

True but there were 90,000+ fans in attendance probably close to 60,000 of which were Rams fans. in Tampa where will be 22,500 that will probably be a roughly even split.

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